Greek Book Club
Those with interests in Modern Greek will want to check out the Greek Book Club this Fall, which is run by Dr. Simos Zenios at St Sophia Cathedral in LA.
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“The Power of Names in Republican Rome” | Jane Chaplin
For readers of Livy and students of Roman republican history, the idea that names revealed character and foretold behavior is familiar: a Manlius Torquatus can be expected to treat his son severely, and a Publius Decius Mus to devote himself in a close battle. Names as destiny and gentilicial traits culminated in Mark Antony’s reference...
Film Screening | “A Touch of Spice”
James Bridges Theater 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CAWe are proud to offer a screening of A Touch of Spice by our distinguished professor and UCLA alumnus Tassos Boulmetis! Free and open to the public.
Film Screening | “When Tomatoes Met Wagner”
James Bridges Theater 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CAPlease join us for a special film screening hosted by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, led by Director and Professor Sharon Gerstel. This screening features When Tomatoes Met Wagner, the official Greek submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2020 Academy Awards.
“My Own Private Kastellorizo” | UCLA Regents’ Lecture by Fotini Baxevani
Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
Symposium: A Celebration of International Greek Language Day
Symposium: International Greek Language Day | Sunday, February 9 Abstracts of talks Brent Vine (UCLA). Greek in the Bronze Age: Linear B and Mycenaean Greek. 2:10-2:50pm Almost unique among languages of the world, the Greek language provides continuous written documentation over a span of more than three millennia, and has retained its identity as “Greek”...