[MGSA-L] Upcoming events at the Hellenic Studies Program at Yale

Syrimis, George george.syrimis at yale.edu
Thu Jan 19 11:12:10 PST 2017


Thursday, January 26, 5:30 PM
Luce Hall 203

Beneath the Olive Tree

A documentary directed by Stavroula Toska

The screening will be introduced by the director who will also be present for a discussion afterwards.


"Beneath the Olive Tree" is based on secret journals found buried beneath an olive tree on the island of Trikeri, which served as a concentration camp during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949). The journals, buried for close to three decades, tell the incredible stories of the women exiled in the camps, speak the truth about the involvement of the US and British governments at the time and draw a line connecting the past with the present. Director Stavroula Toska takes the journey from New York to Greece to shed light on a part of modern history the world knows very little about, and in the process discovers a family secret that shakes her to her core. Narrated by Academy Award Winner Olympia Dukakis.

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Thursday, February 9, 4:30 PM
Luce Hall 203


Michalis Kappas
Greek Ministry of Culture and Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks

Archaeology in Mani: Visualizing the Late Byzantine Village Kastania (tentative title)

The late Byzantine village of Kastania boasts ten churches from the 12th to the 15th centuries, a medieval castle, six water mills and close to thirty threshing floors. The talk analyzes the basic economic and social structures of the village through an examination of the remaining evidence (architecture, sculpture, painting and inscriptions)and recreates the administrative, religious, and artistic relationships with the main administrative centers of the period initially in Monemvasia and subsequently in Mystras.


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Monday, February 20, 4:30 PM
Luce Hall 203


Gail Holst-Warhaft
Institute for European Studies and Director of Mediterranean Initiative at Cornell University

The Fall of Athens

Gail Holst-Warhaft will read from and discuss her latest work "The Fall of Athens. The collection of poetry and prose reflects the bleak state of present-day Athens and reminds the reader there is nothing new about Greece’s suffering. Combining present observations with portraits of Greek musicians and writers, Holst-Warhaft’s book is both a peon of praise for the music and poetry the author first discovered in the Greece of the 1960’s, and a reminder of how much the country has changed since it returned to democracy in 1974. This eclectic compilation of poetry, prose, translation, memoir, and songs captures the enigmatic, hybrid nature of Greece, a country that has always had the ability to create extraordinary beauty out of suffering.

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Friday, February 27, 4:30 PM
Luce Hall 203

Yannis Grigoriadis
Associate Professor & Jean Monnet Chair Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Bilkent University

Recent Developments and the Chance of Conflict Resolution in Cyprus




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All events are free and open to the public. For more information about the Program's activities visit our website at http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/hsp . Please also visit our “Community Events” section for local activities. You can also find us on Facebook. Search for “Hellenic Studies Program, Yale University”

The activities of the Hellenic Studies Program are generously funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Hellenic Studies at Yale University.



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