The Marilena Laskaridis Fellowships 2023-2024 were awarded to the following two colleagues, who will join the Modern Greek Studies team at the University of Amsterdam in the academic year 2023-2024: 1) Dr. Carl Mauzy Project title: German occupation photography in WWII Greece. An examination. Summary The project looks at the…
Title: Instrumentalizing Culture for Collaboration: Athens Radio Broadcasting during the Axis Occupation (1941-1944) Speaker: Dr. Yannis Stamos, Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellow 2022-2023, University of Amsterdam Date: 2 June 2023 Time: 16:00 Location: P.C. Hoofthuis (Spuistraat 134), room 1.04 (no registration needed) Language: English Abstract Aside from controlling the country’s…
Titel: Het hellenisme van Kavafis Spreker: dr. Hero Hokwerda, RuG en UvA Plaats: Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB), Doelenzaal, Singel 425, Amsterdam. Datum en tijd: vrijdag 26 mei, 15.30-16.30 uur Taal: Nederlands Abstract ‘Kijk… Zelf ben ik ook Helleens. Denk erom, niet Helleen en ook niet helleniserend, maar Helleens’, zo heeft de dichter…
De Internationale Certificaatsexamens Nieuwgrieks (ΚΕΓ-examens) 2023 zullen plaatsvinden in Amsterdam als volgt: 23 mei 2023: niveaus A1, A2 24 mei 2023: niveaus B2, C1 25 mei 2023: niveaus B1, C2 De examens worden georganiseerd door KEΓ (Κέντρο Ελληνικής Γλώσσας: Centrum voor de Griekse Taal) te Thessaloniki. De opleiding Nieuwgriekse taal en…
Title: From History to Activism: Comics in Contemporary Greece Speaker: Kristina Gedgaudaitė, Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow, University of Amsterdam Date: 17 May 2023 Time: 15:30 Location: University Library (Singel 425), room: Belle van Zuylenzaal, (no registration needed) Language: English Abstract When examining the Greek graphic novels of the past decade, one…
Speaker: Dr. Eleni Papargyriou, Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellow 2022-2023, University of Amsterdam Date: 10 Μay 2023 Time: 15:30 Location: University Library (Singel 425), room: Doelenzaal (no registration needed) Language: English Abstract How is a Facebook poem different from a poem in print? Who reads it? Who reacts and comments…
Title: A conversation with award-winning Cypriot author Louiza Papaloizou Speakers: Louiza Papaloizou (author) & Prof. Dr. Marina Terkourafi (professor of Sociolinguistics, Leiden University) Welcome address: H.E. Frances-Galatia Lanitou Williams (ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus) Date: 21 April 2023 Time: 15:30 Location: University Library (Singel 425), room: Doelenzaal, (no registration…
Spreker: dr. Pieter Borghart, Neograecus en classicus Titel: Kiemen van een nieuwe Griekse wereld Tijd: 15.30 uur Plaats: Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB), De Doelenzaal, Singel 425, Amsterdam Taal: Nederlands Abstract De Griekse taal en cultuur kent een ononderbroken geschreven traditie van bijna 3000 jaar, maar vanaf wanneer kunnen we van ‘Nieuwgriekse’ geschiedenis…
On the occasion of the annual celebration of the International Day of the Greek Language (February 9) the department of Modern Greek Studies and the NGNS organize a lecture by Dr. Vivi Perraky on February 10, 2023. Title: Korais’ two great friendships in Amsterdam: Daniel and Jeanne Wyttenbach Speaker: Dr.…
5th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellowships in Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam for the academic year 2023 -2024. The fellowships are sponsored by the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation for research (partly) situated in the field of Modern Greek Studies. The fellowships are offered annually on…
Dr. Alexander Kazamias, senior M. Laskaridis Fellow academic year 2021-2022: “Modern Greek Studies at UvA provide a friendly, flexible and liberal academic ethos that enables future fellows to organize their research as they see fit.” Dr. Dimitris Soudias, junior M. Laskaridis Fellow academic year 2021-2022: “Without a doubt my fellowship…
Documentary screening & ΚΕΓ-Certificate Award 2022 Title documentary: Mikis Theodorakis (with English subtitles). Time: 3.30 p.m. Place: University Library, room Doelenzaal, Singel 425, Amsterdam Language: English & Greek The ΚΕΓ-Certificate Award 2022 will take place after the documentary screening and be followed by drinks. About the documentary The screening of…
The Marilena Laskaridis Fellowships 2022-2023 were awarded to the following two colleagues, who will join the Modern Greek Studies team at the University of Amsterdam in the academic year 2022-2023: Dr. Yannis Stamos Project title: Culture and Pro-Axis Propaganda at the Athens Radio Station (1941-1944) Summary This project explores discourses…
2nd conference of the Oxford-Amsterdam network, “Greek Studies Now: Local Cases, Global Debates” Date: June 15- 17, 2022 Place: University of Amsterdam The conference will be held on-site, but the opening panel “Future Imaginaries in the Making: The Case of (Post-)Crisis Greece,” held at the Cultural Podium SPUI25, can be attended…
De Internationale Certificaatsexamens Nieuwgrieks (ΚΕΓ-examens) 2022 zullen plaatsvinden in Amsterdam als volgt: 23 mei 2022: niveaus A1, A2, B124 mei 2022: niveaus B2, C125 mei 2022: niveau C2 Er zal rekening gehouden worden met de Covid-19 restricties en maatregelen die geldig zijn in alle UvA gebouwen. De examens worden georganiseerd…
International symposium: 1821-2021. Revisiting the Greek War of Independence: Intellectual Landscape and Global Resonances When: Friday, 20 May 2022, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Where: Doelenzaal, Amsterdam University Library, Singel 425, Amsterdam Organizers: Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation & Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies & Department of Modern Greek Language &…
Title: The Cultural Economy of Emancipatory Practice. Insights from Greece. Speaker: Dr. Dimitris Soudias, Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellow in Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam (2021-2022) Time: 3.30-5.00 pm (CET). Location: University Theater (Nieuwe Doelenstraat16-18 1012 CP, Amsterdam); no registration needed. Language: English Abstract Since the financial…
Title: Greek Authors of the 19th-21st centuries. The CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature. Speakers: Dia Philippides, Professor Emerita, Boston College (USA); Maria Boletsi, Endowed Professor, Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, University of Amsterdam; Ben Florin, Web Developer, Boston College Libraries. Date and time: 5 April 2022, 6:00 pm…
De Stichting Stolpersteine heeft op verzoek van prof. dr. Arnold van Gemert, emeritus hoogleraar Nieuwgrieks en Byzantinologie aan de UvA, mede namens het Nederlands Genootschap voor Nieuwgriekse Studies (NGNS), op 22 maart 2022 tijdens een bescheiden plechtigheid Paul Auerbach en zijn echtgenote geëerd. Door het plaatsen van twee Stolpersteine bij Paul Auerbachs…
Titel: Griekse literatuur tussen Ethiopië en Karelië: het voorbeeld van de Koptische martelaarsverhalen Spreker: Dr. Ewa Zakrzewska, specialist wetenschappelijke informatie Byzantinologie en Nieuwgrieks, Taalwetenschap, Klassieken, Archeologie en Oude Geschiedenis, Universiteitsbibliotheek UvA. Datum/tijd: 18 maart 2022, 17.00-18.00 uur Locatie: Doelenzaal, UB (University Library UvA), Singel 425, Amsterdam Taal: Nederlands N.B. deze…
On the occasion of the annual celebration of the International Day of the Greek Language (February 9) the department of Modern Greek Studies and the NGNS organize a lecture in Greek by Dr. Haralampos Passalis on February 9, 2022. Title: “Yes, indeed! It’s Greek to all of us!” – The…