[MGSA-L] CORRECTION: New Hellenic Studies Series at NYU

[Kostis Kornetis]

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*Please disregard the previous message. The finalized version of the
Hellenic Series Program at NYU for this fall is included in this e-mail.  *


*Hellenic Studies Series*

*2013-2014: “Transitions”*

*Fall 2013*

The Program in Hellenic Studies of NYU, which hosts the Series, owes its
existence to a generous endowment made by the A.S. Onassis Foundation in
the 1980s. The Onassis Foundation has provided funding for teaching
positions and has created a space where numerous events have taken place.



We are delighted to be able to contribute to the long tradition of Hellenic
Studies at NYU by launching the Hellenic Studies Series, made possible
thanks to the liberal support of Dean Joy Connolly and the History
Department of NYU.



As the title implies, the events of the series revolve around a wide range
of Hellenic topics. They will cover a large chronological span from
Antiquity to the present day,  the connecting links being geography and the
Greek language and culture. At the same time, we are also very keen on
having talks or mini conferences covering topics that go beyond the
geographic borders of what may be considered Hellenism at given times of
history.



By placing Hellenism within larger cultural or political contexts, the
objective is to adopt a comparative perspective that would set the Hellenic
against other historical examples, examining their inter-relation.


Overall, the aim of the Series is, on the one hand, to provide a forum for
the experts who study aspects of Hellenism but are dispersed in different
departments of NYU or the wider New York area and, on the other, to bring
together people whose scholarly interests may intersect with those working
on Hellenic topics - ancient, medieval, or modern.



The plan is to hold an event about once a month, either a lecture or a mini
conference. Every one or two years there will be a general, overarching
theme.

This year’s theme is “Transitions”.



The fall program is as follows:



September 26, 12:30-2 p.m.

*Paschalis Kitromilides* (University of Athens, Politics): “From Empires to
Nations: Transitions in the Historical Experience of Southeastern Europe”

*Respondent*: Larry Wolff (NYU, History)



October 30, 12:30-2 p.m.

*Melissa Schwartzberg* (NYU, Politics):

“Voting in Classical Athens: Transitions in the Formation of Judgment”

*Respondent*: David Konstan (NYU, Classics)

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November 19, 5.30-8 p.m.

Mini-Colloquium

*Revisiting the Transitions to Democracy in Greece, Spain & Portugal*

Co-sponsored by the King Juan Carlos Center



*Kostis Karpozilos* (Columbia, Blinken European Institute): Revisiting the
Myths of the Greek Transition: In Search of the "Revolutionary Moment"

*Alberto Medina* (Columbia, Latin American & Iberian Cultures): Portrait of
the Nation as a Young Corpse: Spanish Transition and the Spectacle of
Passion

*Daniel da Silva* (Columbia, Latin American & Iberian Cultures): Different
Folk: Zeca Afonso and Music in the Portuguese Revolution

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*Respondents*: Elena Maria Cavallaro (Lucca Institute of Advanced
Studies/NYU, CEMS) & Germán Labrador Méndez (Princeton, Spanish and
Portuguese)


A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies, 285 Mercer St., 8th floor



*The Hellenic Studies Series is supported by the FAS Dean of the Humanities
and the History Department of NYU*
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