Events

Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean Lecture by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Director, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, Athens) and Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (Curator, Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities, at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Demonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and […]

Greece as a Pillar of Stability in the Mediterranean and Beyond: Perspectives and Prospects a lecture by Dr. Alexandros Kyriakidis The Caloyeras Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Kyriakidis to LMU and our community. His lecture will focus on the role of Greece as a consistent pillar of stability in the region of the Mediterranean […]

Pylos and Minoan Crete November 22 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Royce Hall, 314, 10745 Dickson Ct. Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States  A lecture by Andreas G. Vlachopoulos Professor University of Ioannina Hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture in collaboration with The J. Paul Getty Museum and held in conjunction with the exhibition […]

Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium December 6 @ 9:00 am - 4:15 pm Royce Hall, 314, 10745 Dickson Ct Los Angeles,CA90095 United States Symposium with Emily Egan (Associate Professor, University of Maryland), Joanne Murphy (Professor, UNC Greensboro), David Schneller (Assistant Professor, UCLA), Efthymia Tsiolaki (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of […]

“Χριστουγεννιάτικες παραδόσεις στην Ελλάδα,” lecture (in Greek) by Stavroula Pisimisi December 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Via Zoom, Χριστουγεννιάτικες παραδόσεις στην Ελλάδα Stavroula Pisimisi, Folklorist and Director, Angeliki Chatzimihali Museum of Folk Art and Tradition Saturday, December 13, 2025 10:00 A.M. Zoom This lecture will be in Greek RSVP link to be provided soon

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs January 13, from 4-6 pm in Royce 314 A screening of a short documentary about Governor Michael Dukakis. The event is sponsored by the Aris Anagnos Family Chair in Hellenic Studies The screening will be followed by a panel discussion including Rusty Bailey (former Mayor of Riverside, California); Daniel […]

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026 | 10:00AM PST  | Zoom Presentation   CONSTANTINE CAVAFY: A NEW BIOGRAPHY A special ZOOM book presentation and conversation with Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys, co-authors of Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography. Drawing on extensive archival research, the authors offer the first major reexamination of Cavafy’s life in nearly 50 years, revealing the man behind […]

John Gibson, RAUlysses Forcing Polyxena from Hecuba to be SacrificedPhoto courtesy of the Royal Academy of Arts, London West Coast Hellenic Book Club: Hecuba by Euripides   Discussion led by Professor Kathryn Morgan, Joan Palevsky Professor of Classics, Professor Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili, Senior Lecturer, Global Humanities at Simon […]

Remembering Alekos Fassianos Presented by Art Historian, Eleni Glinou See her bio at EleniGlinou.com Hosted by: Hellenic American Women's Council Saturday, January 24, 2026 11am Eastern 10am Central 8am Pacific 6pm Athens 4pm London   Register for this most interesting and uplifting presentation on modern Greek art. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_VTcDYcHRsWVS9Y3YzU8Vw

LAGFF proudly launches LAGFF-doc, its inaugural Documentary Festival, dedicated to the courage, craft, and hard work of documentary filmmakers whose stories give voice to lived experience and truth. Created to offer these films a distinct platform beyond Greece, the festival honors excellence with Orpheus Awards for Feature and Short Documentary, Audience Awards, and a Social Justice […]