Hellenic Studies Program
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The Hellenic Studies Program, at Yale University, announces a series of events that addresses the cultural, social, political and academic aspects of Hellenism from late antiquity to today. Many of this year’s events are loosely structured under general title “Beyond Greece” and are a continuation and elaboration of our series of events entitled “Crossing Borders: Literary Exploration in Greece and Beyond.” The aim of the events is to highlight the diachronic diffusion and cross-cultural interactions of Hellenic culture with adjacent or distant societies. By focusing attention beyond the geographical limits of the modern Greek state, the events aim to bring to the foreground the richness and, on occasion, the challenges and problems of such cultural centrifugal cross-fertilizations. Events include an ancient Greek play in New York City, the dissemination of Greek cuisine, a Greco-Italian concert, two films and two lectures on the Greek diaspora communities in America and Australia, as well as a series of lectures entitled “Greeks and the East,” which examines intellectual and artistic interactions between Greek communities and their Eastern neighbors.
Wednesday, September 13 @ 4:30pm
The Hellenic Studies Program presents
The Stavros S. Niarchos Lecture
featuringLydia Koniordou
Actor and Director, National Theater of Greece“Greek Tragedy and the
National Theater of Greece”Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Aeschylus’ The Persians
Citicenter, NYCBy popular demand, the world-renowned National Theatre of Greece returns to New York City Center (September 16-20)! The Persians (Persae) is the oldest surviving play in history, and the only surviving Greek tragedy dealing with a non-mythical theme. The play celebrates the final defeat of the armies of Xerxes in the sea-battle of Salamis (480 B.C.). After it was performed in 472 B.C. in Dionysia, Aeschylus (who himself fought in that battle) was awarded the first prize. The play is not only a boastful picture of the Greek triumph over the Persians, it is solemn warning addressed to both victors and vanquished. It is a vision of divine justice humbling the pride of nations, a moral lesson on tyranny that touches the heart and conscience of each oppressor, whether Greek or barbarian. For more information you can also visit http://www.nycitycenter.org/
Prices: The group prices are listed below:
Full Ticket $35.00 $55.00 $75.00
Groups of 15-19 $29.75 $46.75 $63.75
Groups of 20+ $25.00 $44.00 $60.00Signing Up: Please respond to Debra Christopoulos (debra.christopoulos@yale.edu, or at 432-9346) indicating the price range you prefer. Note that discounted prices depend on number of people interested so if less than 15 people sign up we will all need to pay full price.
Free Transportation: The Program will provide free transportation leaving Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse avenue, at 10:00 Am and returning from New York City center at 4:30 PM.
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Kopiaste! Greek Food, Public Health and Policy I:
Scientific Evidence on Benefits of the Greek DietWelcoming Remarks:
Tassos Kyriakides,Yale School of Medicine
Demetris Trichopoulos, Harvard University
Pagona Lagiou, University of AthensModerator: Lowell Levin, Yale University
Featured food: Greek wine, olives and olive oil
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Giorgos Antoniou, Ph. D. candidate, European University Institute, Florence
“Clio and Mnemosyne: The History and Memory of the Greek Civil War in Post-War Greece”Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
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Nikos Panou, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University
“Toward a Conceptual History of the Greek Diffusion in Pre-modern Balkans: Gabriel’s Vita of Patriarch Niphon II (∫1508) and The Political Production of Faith in Early Sixteenth-Century Wallachia”Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Greek-Italian Folk Music Concert
Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street, New Haven
directions to Trinity Lutheran Church
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Greeks and the East Series
Dimitri Gutas, Near Eastern Language and Civilization, Yale University
“’We belong to the East:’ Greeks and Arabs Through the Ages”Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Wednesday, November 15 @ 4:30pm
Kopiaste! Greek Food, Public Health and Policy II:
Perspectives of New York Greek Executive ChefsDiane Kochilas, Food Writer and Consultant, Athens & US
Jim Botsacos, Molyvos Restaurant
Gregory Zapantis, Thalassa Restaurant
Michael Psilakis, Onera and Dona RestaurantsModerator: Diane Kochilas
Featured food: Greek wine, feta and other cheeses
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
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Greek Diasporas: Legacies, Prospects, and Challenges
Lectures by Martha Klironomos, San Francisco State University and
George Anagnostou, Ohio State UniversityFilm Screening of Head On, Greek-Australian production, directed by Ana Kokkinos @ 6:30pm
Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
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Wednesday, December 6 @ 4:30pm
Greek Food Fest
Part of Kopiaste!
Luce Common Room, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
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