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SUMMARY:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage\n\na seminar organized by\nAnastasia Tsingotjidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)\nMarch 7\, 2026\n9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\n\nRSVP Here \nThis seminar brings together researchers from neuroscience\, pharmacology\, biology\, veterinary medicine\, nutrition\, and plant biodiversity to explore the neuroprotective potential of traditional Greek herbs. Through a combination of in-person and online presentations\, the program highlights translational research\, from animal models and isolated bioactive compounds to nutritional approaches and cultural heritage. The seminar concludes with a culinary demonstration using Cycladic herbs\, emphasizing the connection between Greek history\, daily life\, and brain health. \nView the full schedule here \n\n\n\n\nRoyce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/neuroprotective-greek-herbs-bridging-neuroscience-and-cultural-heritage/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:“Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule” by Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway\, University of London)
DESCRIPTION:Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule \nLecture by \nParis Papamichos Chronakis\nLecturer in Modern Greek History\, Department of History\nRoyal Holloway\, University of London \nPresented by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and\ncosponsored by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nFebruary 24\, 2026\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is part of the Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies \nThis event is moderated by Aomar Boum\, Professor\, Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies\,\nUCLA Department of Anthropology \nRSVP here \n\nFor more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/parischronakis/\n.\n\n\nUCLA Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/seeing-like-a-merchant-jews-and-greeks-from-ottoman-to-greek-rule-by-paris-papamichos-chronakis-royal-holloway-university-of-london/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:Governor Michael Dukakis Film Screening & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs \nJanuary 13\, from 4-6 pm in Royce 314 \nA screening of a short documentary about Governor Michael Dukakis. \n \nThe event is sponsored by the Aris Anagnos Family Chair in Hellenic Studies \nThe screening will be followed by a panel discussion including Rusty Bailey (former Mayor of Riverside\, California); Daniel J.B. Mitchell (Professor Emeritus\, UCLA Anderson School of Management & UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs); Erin Trahan (Film’s Co-Director); and Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks (President & CEO of ECOS) \nRSVP: hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/governor-michael-dukakis-film-screening-discussion/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE - Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium\n\nDecember 6 @ 9:00 am – 4:15 pm\nRoyce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct\nLos Angeles\,CA90095 United States\n\n\n\nSymposium with Emily Egan (Associate Professor\, University of Maryland)\, Joanne Murphy (Professor\, UNC Greensboro)\, David Schneller (Assistant Professor\, UCLA)\, Efthymia Tsiolaki (Postdoctoral Fellow\, University of Toronto)\, and UCLA graduate students \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\n9:00 A.M. – 4:15 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nRSVP Here \nJoin us for an interdisciplinary symposium that reimagines the art and archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia during the second millennium BCE. This event—the culmination of a graduate seminar in ancient art history held in conjunction with the Getty Villa exhibition The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece – brings together invited scholars and UCLA graduate students from Art History\, Classics\, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC)\, and the Interdepartmental Program in Archaeology. Together\, participants will share new discoveries\, fresh ideas\, and creative approaches to understanding the interconnected worlds of this pivotal era in the ancient past. \nBios: \nEmily Catherine Egan is Associate Professor of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Art and Archaeology in the Department of Art History & Archaeology at the University of Maryland. She holds a dual B.A. in Classics and Old World Archaeology and Art from Brown University\, an M.Phil. in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on artistic practice in the Bronze Age Aegean\, and particularly on the production\, consumption\, and iconography of Mycenaean painted surface decoration. She has undertaken archaeological fieldwork in Italy\, Turkey\, Jordan\, Armenia\, Cyprus\, and most recently in Greece\, where she is engaged in the study of wall and floor paintings from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos\, and Petsas House\, Mycenae. \nJoanne Murphy is a professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Archaeology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro\, where she has worked since 2008 and serves as Department Head. She is also the current Director of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies\, President of The American Friends of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies (a 501c non-profit)\, and an Academic Trustee at the Archaeological Institute of America. She received her BA and first MA from University College Dublin\, Ireland\, and an MA and PhD from University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses primarily on religion and death and how they connect with identity\, community\, and political economies. As well as giving tens of lectures both nationally and internationally\, she has published over 30 papers and five edited volumes on these and related topics and has one monograph in press and two other volumes underway. She has led two major research projects: one\, a legacy study\, on the tombs around Pylos in southwestern Greece and one\, an archaeological survey on the Greek island of Kea. She has received awards for her research and for initiatives at UNCG and non-profits from various foundations including INSTAP\, the Mellon Foundation\, the Onassis Foundation\, the NEH\, and the Loeb Foundation.  She has also been recognized for her teaching and was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and UNCG College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. She has a great love of sharing the past and has led tours in Greece\, Ireland\, France\, England\, Italy\, and Turkey\, as well as running an annual archaeological field school in Greece. \nDavid Schneller is an art historian and archaeologist whose research and teaching focuses on the ancient eastern Mediterranean and western Asia. He is currently working on his first book\, Crafting Across Time and Space: Artistic Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean\, a study of artworks that resist categorization in the conventionally accepted fields of art history. This study makes the case for creative\, cross-cultural experiments and collaborations among a diverse group of artists and their patrons during the early first millennium BC by exploring materially-informed object histories and crafting knowledge. This research has been supported by the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation\, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Prior to joining the Department of Art History at UCLA\, Professor Schneller taught in the Core Curriculum and Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and in the Art History Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. \nEfthymia Tsiolaki is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. She is an archaeologist specializing in the Bronze Age Aegean\, with a focus on the social and economic organization of the Greek mainland. Her current research project explores the long-term history of settlement and land use in Messenia from the bottom-up\, integrating surface survey and excavation data with GIS-based analysis to highlight the dynamic character of peripheral communities before and during the rise of the Mycenaean palace at Pylos (ca. 3000 – 1100 BC). She also studies the technology and function of ground stone tools across several archaeological projects\, examining their roles in domestic and craft activities. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by:\nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/messenia-to-mesopotamia-new-directions-in-the-art-and-archaeology-of-the-second-millennium-bce-symposium/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:Pylos and Minoan Crete - Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Pylos and Minoan Crete\n\nNovember 22 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm\nRoyce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 United States \n\n\n\nA lecture by \nAndreas G. Vlachopoulos\nProfessor\nUniversity of Ioannina \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece\n(June 27\, 2025 – January 12\, 2026 at The Getty Villa) \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025\n4:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nRSVP Here \nA recording of the event will be made available on our YouTube channel soon after. \nDescription: \nPylos\, a vibrant and sun-drenched coastal region in Messenia (southwestern Peloponnese)\, features a rich landscape and abundant natural resources that closely resemble those of the palace of Knossos on Crete. In the heyday of the Neopalatial period of Crete (c. 1600-1500 BC)\, the area of Pylos gradually became the seat of powerful rulers of the Mycenaean elite\, whose way of life reflected not only the strong influence of the art and aesthetics of the Minoans\, but also a profound fusion of ideological and religious beliefs between the two societies. \nIn this engaging lecture\, we will delve into the historical journey of these two fascinating Aegean cultures. We will uncover the extensive Minoan influence on Pylos and the surrounding Mainland regions\, highlighting how the palatial Mycenaean world of early Greece gradually came into being. Join us for an exploration that illuminates the interconnectedness of these remarkable cultures. \nBio: \nAndreas G. Vlachopoulos is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Ioannina. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Archaeology at the University of Athens\, specializing in Aegean Prehistory. His 1995 dissertation on the Post-Palatial period on Naxos and the Aegean received the Michael Ventris Award. He has been a Research Fellow at Princeton University (1998-99) and at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts (2001-02). Currently\, Andreas directs the Vathy\, Astypalaia Archaeological Project and the Kokkino Vouno Project at Akrotiri\, Thera. Among his main research interests are the Mycenaean Cyclades\, the Mycenaean period in Pylos\, the Thera frescoes\, and the Aegean Early Bronze Age. He is the author of monographs on Mycenaean Naxos and Astypalaia and the editor of two volumes on Aegean Prehistory (Argonautes and Paintbrushes) and seven volumes on Greek archaeology. He is a Fellow of the Archaeological Society at Athens and a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/pylos-and-minoan-crete-lecture/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean
DESCRIPTION:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean \nLecture 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) \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies) \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nDue to high demand\, registration is now closed. Please fill out this waitlist form if you would like to be notified of any openings. \nA recording of the event will be made available on our YouTube channel soon after. \nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece exhibition at the Getty Villa brings together some of the most exquisite artistic creations of the second millennium BCE Aegean. Many of these objects were the products of cultural fusion and combined elements from different artistic traditions originating in Minoan Crete\, Mycenaean Greece\, and areas far beyond. This presentation will examine the highly demanding techniques goldsmiths and seal-engravers used to create many of the objects in this exhibition. Following the lecture\, Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation\, etc.) and Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas \nThe artist and researcher of ancient technologies Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in: \n– Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation etc.)\n– Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \nThe demonstration is based on the results of studies conducted in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, the Herakleion Archaeological Museum\, other museums in Greece\, and the Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals at Heidelberg\, Germany\, which involved microscopic examination of artefacts\, archaeometric analyses and experimental reconstructions. \nThe studies have been conducted in collaboration with Dr Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi\, of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, and Dr Nikolas Papadimitirou\, of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss with Mr Goumas and try some of the tools and materials used in the experiments. \nBios:\nNikolas Papadimitriou is the Director of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens\, Greece (www.camu.gr). He specializes in the Aegean Bronze Age\, with an emphasis on Mycenaean burial practices\, cultural interaction in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BCE\, the prehistory of Athens and Attica\, and the study of craft technologies. Previously\, he worked as a Lecturer at the Institute of Classical Archaeology\, Heidelberg University\, Germany\, the Museum of Cycladic Art\, Athens and the Cyprus Department of Antiquities. Currently\, he is co-directing research projects at the archaeological sites of Marathon\, Thorikos (Attica) and Kato Samikon (Elis). He has a rich publication record and has received research fellowships from the Centers of Hellenic Studies at Princeton and Harvard (2011\, 2017). \nEleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi is Curator at the Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities at the National Archaeological Museum\, Athens (https://www.namuseum.gr/en/). She graduated from the University of Ioannina\, Greece\, and received her PhD at the University of Birmingham\, UK. Her research focuses on the Late Bronze Age Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean\, with special interest in Mycenaean jewelry and dress. She has given seminars and lectures on the history and technology of Mycenaean jewelry in Greece and abroad and has written articles and book chapters on various Late Bronze Age issues. For the past decade\, she has been co-directing a multi-disciplinary project for the reconstruction of ancient gold-working techniques\, while she is currently studying the corpus of metal signet rings housed in the Mycenaean Collection of the National Archaeological Museum. \nAkis Goumas is a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies. After receiving a Diploma in Economics (1978)\, he was trained as a jeweler and silversmith. From 1982 to 1986 he studied gemology and seal engraving in Greece and Germany. Between 1990 and 2006 he was the head designer in the jewelry company ONAR. Since 2000\, he has been teaching creative jewelry at the Chalkis School of Art\, and since 2017 at the ANAMMA Jewelry School in Athens\, and the ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewelry School in Florence. Since 2006\, he is member of an interdisciplinary group of researchers\, who study ancient gold-working and seal-engraving techniques. In 2021 he was a Visiting Artist at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. Ιn 2023-24\, he was the holder of a Homo Faber fellowship\, established by Jaeger LeCoultre and Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship. In 2024-25 he participated in the organization of the exhibition “Art in Gold. Jewelry in Hellenistic Times” at the Benaki Museum\, Athens\, Greece. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\nRoyce Hall\, 314\n\n\n10745 Dickson Ct\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 United States
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/between-the-minoans-and-the-mycenaeans-craft-technologies-in-the-second-millennium-bce-aegean/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum by George Manginis
DESCRIPTION:Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum \nLecture by \nGeorge Manginis\nAcademic Director\nBenaki Museum in Athens \nSaturday\, January 11\, 2025\n4:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nConversation following the lecture with Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture. \nRSVP link: To be provided \nOn the third floor of the Benaki Museum in central Athens hangs a portrait of Queen Olga\, the consort of Greece’s second king\, painted a few years after her wedding to George I. In March 2021\, the portrait\, attributed to an unknown artist\, was included in the Museum’s anniversary exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. This lecture will unfold the story of this radiant but enigmatic painting\, from its creation to its bequest to the Museum\, offering surprising insights into 19th– and 20th– century Greek and European history. \nGeorge Manginis is the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens. He has taught and researched Cypriot prehistory\, Islamic art and architecture\, Sinai studies\, Chinese ceramics\, European decorative arts and the Greek and Armenian diasporas. In 2016 he published Mount Sinai: A History of Travellers and Pilgrims and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics\, followed by Ceramics from Korea at the Benaki Museum: The George Eumorfopoulos Collection and Director’s Choice: Benaki Museum in 2021\, and Imperial China in 2023. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece.
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/pretty-in-pink-a-portrait-of-queen-olga-of-greece-at-the-benaki-museum-by-george-manginis/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-first Century: From History to Fiction
DESCRIPTION:This lecture tackles the question of “authenticity” when writing crime novels set in the remote past. Agapitos’ three novels (published between 2003 and 2009 in Greece) that are set in the first half of ninth-century Byzantium during the rule of the last iconoclast emperor\, Theophilos (r. 829–842)\, form the basis of a lively discussion about the challenges of producing a satisfactory narrative. The fairly clear generic conventions of a traditional British-style mystery are not applicable to a medieval culture such as Byzantium\, starting with the basic issue of the absence of detection and the relevant detective. Contemporary fans of crime fiction have broad expectations about what a detective novel should be\, but they also want a feeling of “real” history in the narrative. In his novels\, the speaker tackles this problem by employing various techniques derived from Byzantine rhetoric and narrative\, while at the same time using archaeological\, historical and textual studies to offer a medieval yet contemporary crime story that feels medieval but is\, in fact\, postmodern. \nPanagiotis Agapitos is the Gutenberg Distinguished Research Fellow in Byzantine Literature at the University of Mainz. Previously\, he taught for 25 years at the University of Cyprus as Professor of Byzantine Literature and Culture in the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. He studied at the University of Munich and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Classics\, UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies\, and the Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World.
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/byzantine-crime-novels-in-the-twenty-first-century-from-history-to-fiction/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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