Looking for Utopia around every corner of the “New World,” 17th and 18th century Europeans saw in the Jesuit-Guaraní Republic of Paraguay an ancient Greek polity nestled deep within the heart of Spanish America. This talk examines the evolution of that European narrative as well as the carefully crafted response that emerged from the Americas...
Narratives of metamorphosis, from human into other living and mineral forms, have long provided an important tool for thinking through the complexities of our relationship with the world around us. From Ovid to David Cronenberg, thinkers and artists have used the trope of physical transformation to figure the ways in which human and non-human agencies...
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.
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...
We 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.
Please 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.
