Title: On Islands and Camps: From Leros to Lesvos Date: Thursday, 10 December 2020, 6 pm (NL time) Language: English Speakers: Neni Panourgia (Columbia University) “Infrastructural governmentalities, or confinement by any other name. The paradigm of Leros” Danae Karydaki (University of Thessaly) “Towards a ‘Greek Neverland’: the infantilisation of Leros institutions’ inmates with…
Title: “Golden Dawn: The End of the Story?” ‘Modern Greek Studies and Beyond: Local Cases, Global Debates’ Roundtable Series Date & time: 19 November 2020, 18:00-20:00 (NL time) Speakers: Georgios-Evgenios Douliakas (Leiden University / University of Amsterdam), Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck, University of London), Eleftheria Ioannidou (University of Groningen), Maria Margaronis (London correspondent…
Τhe Amsterdam-Oxford partnership Rethinking Modern Greek Studies in the 21st century: A Cultural Analysis Network announces an online roundtable series that will take place in the course of 2020-2021. Roundtable series “Modern Greek Studies and Beyond: Local Cases, Global Debates” First roundtable: “Greek and Green? Eco-turn in Modern Greek Studies” Date: 21 October…
Celebratory event on the occasion of the acquisition of G.H. Blanken’s Cavafy archive by the University of Amsterdam The event is livestreamed. Via this link you can watch it live. On September 25, 2020, the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam in collaboration with the Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek…
The Marilena Laskaridis Fellowships 2020-2021 were awarded to the following three colleagues, who will join the Modern Greek Studies team at the University of Amsterdam in the spring semester of 2020-2021: 1.Dr. Nikolas P. Kakkoufa Project title: ‘Word is the flesh’: The Homosexual Body in the Work of Walt Whitman,…
With the support of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, the Marilena Laskaridis Endowed Chair of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam has begun a new collaboration with the CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature project, which is led by Prof. Dia Philippides (Prof. Emerita, Classical Studies, Boston College) and Prof. Wim…
The Department of Modern Greek Studies of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) offers online in cooperation with the St. Thomas Polytechnic-OMSGSA and UvA’s Illustere School the course Project Greece: Athens. Period: 1-30 June 2020 (academic year 2019-2020, block 6) Description: The course is an introduction to various aspects of urban…
In the last days of January 2020, Oxford University hosted the opening event of the new international partnership between the Universities of Amsterdam and Oxford under the title “Rethinking Modern Greek Studies in the 21st Century: A Cultural Analysis Network.” More info about this network can be found here: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/rethinking-modern-greek-studies-in-the-21st-century-a-cultural-analysis-network…
Date and time: Sunday 24 May, 20:00 Location: Concert hall Paradiso, kleine zaal, Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam Organisation: Paradiso (in cooperation with the NGNS & the Dept. of Modern Greek Studies, UvA) The Circle: a music band without borders with passion for the rebetiko music. Musicians: Sotiris Letsios – guitar /…
Due to the international coronavirus crisis this lecture is postponed. It will take place in the academic year 2020-2021. Title: “Yes, indeed! It’s Greek to all of us!” – The case of international words based on Greek lexical elements. Date and Time: 20 March, 3.30-4.30 p.m. Location: University Library (UB),…