[MGSA-L] Spring 2015 Events: Program in Hellenic Studies, Columbia University

Katherine Stefatos ks3061 at columbia.edu
Fri Feb 27 08:55:33 PST 2015


*Spring 2015 Events, Program in Hellenic Studies*

*Columbia University*



*Thursday, February 26, 2015, 8:00-9:30pm, Schermerhorn 501*

*Film screening: The Other Town: Why Do Nations Clash?*

With Filmmaker Nefin Dinç
Introduction by Christine Philliou
Associate Professor, Department of History, Columbia University

"The Other Town" is a documentary film about Turks and Greeks and the
source of stereotypes, misunderstandings and prejudices against the
"Other." It is about how the stereotypes and misunderstandings are
perpetuated in education in a broader sense in Greece and Turkey countries.
In this film, the filmmakers have collaborated with the writer Hercules
Millas to see where these prejudices are still coming from even though the
last war between the two nations took place about a 100 years ago. They
filmed the national celebrations, religious ceremonies and history lessons
in both countries throughout a year to find an answer to this question.
The film has won the "Audience Award" at Thessaloniki Documentary Film
Festival and the "Best Historical Documentary" at Greek Film Festival,
Chicago. To find more information on the film, and watch the trailer, click
here <http://www.theothertown.com>.

*Sponsored by the Middle East Institute, the Program in Hellenic Studies,
and the Harriman Institute.*


 *Friday, February 27, 2015*, *10:00am- 4:30pm, **Low Library, Faculty Room*

*International Conference: Homer**: Translation, Adaptation, Improvisation*

A Symposium with Francesco de Angelis, Ozlem Berk Albachten, Graeme
Bird, Helene Foley, Emily Greenwood, Justine McConnell, Sheila Murnaghan,
Patrice Rankine, Emily Wilson, and Nancy Worman.


In conjunction with Columbia Explores Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, the
Classics Department and the Program in Hellenic Studies will host a one day
international conference entitled Homer:
Translation-Adaptation-Improvisation.



*Saturday, February 28, 2015, 7:30pm, The Hellenic American Cultural Center
at the Chian Federation*

*A concert tribute* *to the lyricist and poet* *Lina Nikolakopoulou*

Hellenic Studies faculty and students will honor Lina Nikolakopoulou
for her pioneering
achievements in poetry and music, and her long-lasting contributions to
contemporary Greek culture.


*The concert is co-sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies. *

Tickets can be purchased at the hellasportal.com


*Tuesday, March 3, 2015, **6:15pm, **Room 1512, International Affairs
Building*

*Russian Poetry in Translation*: *Your Language—My Ear: Russian and
American Poets at Close Quarters*

A bilingual reading in Russian and English of poetry, with discussion to
follow, by four leading Russian poets from points across the geography of
the Russian-Speaking world, including Shamshad Abdullaev (Fergana,
Uzbekistan), Keti Chukhrov (Moscow), Alexandra Petrova (Rome), and
Alexander Skidan (St. Petersburg). The poets will be joined by
poet/translators Julia Dasbach (Philadelphia), Kevin M. F. Platt
(Philadelphia), Alexandra Tatarsky (New York; Philadelphia) and Matvei
Yankelevich (New York).


*Sponsored by the Heyman Center for the Humanities, the Writing Program of
the School of the Arts, Harriman Institute, the Program in Hellenic
Studies, and Ugly Duckling Press.*



*Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 6:30pm, TBA*

*Modern Greek Seminar: Poetry reading with Elsa Korneti*

Elsa Korneti will by joined by Patricia Felisa Barbeito (English, Rhode
Island School of Design) & Stathis Gourgouris (Classics, ICLS, Columbia)


*Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies and the University Seminars
Program.*



*Thursday-Friday, April 23-24, 2015, Deutsches Haus*

*Workshop: The Colonels' Dictatorship and Its Afterlives*

Forty years after its end, the Greek military dictatorship of 1967-1974 and
its context remain largely under-examined. This two-day workshop aims to
map existing scholarship, initiate new research on the regime and its
afterlives, and provide a forum for scholars and students of diverse
disciplinary backgrounds to think collaboratively about the historical,
political, social, literary, and psychological frames through which the
dictatorship articulates with the present.



*The workshop is sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies, the
Department of History, the Institute for Comparative Literature & Society,
The European Institute, the Program in Hellenic Studies & the Center for
European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University, the Academy of
Athens, and the Melina Merkouri Foundation.*


-- 
Katerina Stefatos
Program Coordinator
Hellenic Studies, Classics
tel: 212 851 0297
fax: 212 854 7856
ks3061 at columbia.edu
hellenic.columbia.edu
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