Panel discussion with director Nicos Perakis (director), Katerina Bei (scriptwriter), and Maria A. Stassinopoulou (University of Vienna)

Modernizing: Political, Social, and Cultural Change in Greece after 1974: A speaker series based on the films of Nicos Perakis. Following its transition to democracy in 1974, Greece entered a process of rapid and uneven change that has transformed society, politics, and culture. The Hellenic Studies Program proposes a reappraisal of the last four decades with a series of talks on post-1974 Greece, which address the turning points and formative transitions of the country with an eye on the cultural representations of the specific periods. The springboard for each talk will be a film by director Nicos Perakis whose films address and record the wider transformation of Greek society. The discussion will be followed by the director’s latest film, “Art Therapy.”

Speaker: Auditorium, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street