Switched Off: Greece's Transition to Media Democracy

Part of 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 talk will be followed by a screening of the film “Pater Familias”

Speaker: 212 York Street, Room 106, New Haven. Please consult the linked map if you are unfamiliar with the venue: http://www.yale.edu/seas/York212