[MGSA-L] SAVE THE DATE----THE ATHENS DIALOGUES-December 8, 2011- 9:00 am-2:00 pm

[Hande Gumuskemer]

*The Program in Hellenic Studies at Columbia University *

*The Heyman Center for the Humanities and *

*The Onassis Foundation *

*present*

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*The Athens Dialogues *

/At the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America (Casa Italiana), /

/Columbia// University: 1161 Amsterdam Avenue .New York /

/December 8^th , 2011: 9:00am- 2:00pm/

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We are also grateful to the Classics Department and the Institute for 
Comparative Literature and Society for their generous assistance.

Please RSVP to Hande Gumuskemer at the Program in Hellenic Studies if 
you will be joining us for the buffet lunch from 12-1.
She can be reached by email at hg2252 at columbia.edu 
<mailto:hg2252 at columbia.edu> or by phone at 212-851-0297.


PROGRAM SCHEDULE
9:00-10:00
COFFEE- REGISTRATION
OPENING REMARKS AND ATHENS DIALOGUES 2010 HIGHLIGHTS

10:00-11:00         DEMOCRACY
Mark Mazower, Chair, Ira D. Wallach, Professor of World Order Studies 
and Professor of History, Columbia University

Discussion of the Crisis and what it means for the future of Democracy

Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, New School for 
Social Research, NY
Andreas Kalyvas, Associate Professor Political Science, New School for 
Liberal Arts, NY
Nadia Urbinati, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory and 
Hellenic Studies,
Columbia University

11:00-12:00        MEDICAL HUMANITIES
Stathis Gourgouris, Chair, Professor of Classics, Institute of 
Comparative Literature & Society Columbia University

Discussion on the relation of Medical Science and the Humanities

Philippe Bourgois, Richard Perry University Professor of Anthropology 
and Family and
Community Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Konstantinos Drossatos, Post-doctoral research scientist, Columbia 
University  Department of Medicine
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Academic, author and psychotherapist

12:00-13:00 --LUNCH

13:00-14:00     DRAMA
Karen Van Dyck, Chair, Kimon A. Doukas Professor of Hellenic Studies 
S.B., Columbia
University

Discussion of Ancient Drama and its relevance today

Helene Foley, Professor of Classics, Columbia University
Peter Meineck, Clinical Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient 
Studies, New York University
Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and
Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University



-- 
Hande Gumuskemer
Program Coordinator
Program in Hellenic Studies
Classics Department
Columbia University
617 Hamilton Hall
New York, NY 10027
hg2252 at columbia.edu
Tel:212-851 0297


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