Please join us for the annual Πρωτομαγιά Picnic hosted by Lykion ton Ellinidon and the Hellenic Women’s Cultural Association on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015. Tickets are available PRE-SALE only, so make sure to purchase your tickets in advance. The afternoon will feature traditional activities such as wreath-making and the flying of kites, as well as music and dancing.
The afternoon will also feature a traditional Greek menu of souvlaki, spanako-tiropites, oven-roasted potatoes, tzatziki, pita bread, and soft drinks/water. Beer will also be available for purchase. Our kid-friendly menu will include hot dogs, chips and a drink.
You are invited to a social gathering for Lykion members and friends. Before the summer break, please join us for coffee and refreshments, updates on exciting future activities, and a special treat – a documentary film! Please email your RSVP if you plan to attend, so we can plan for refreshments.
Friends of GSU’s Center for Hellenic Studies,
The deepening crisis regarding conflicting European attitudes and residential policies regarding the expanding refugee crisis impacts the poorer Mediterranean EU nations inordinately. While North African refugees have entered Europe primarily through Spain and Italy (and mostly Italy), the recent flood of Syrian refugees have entered Europe in overwhelming numbers through the Dodecanesian Greek islands (Lesbos, Kos, Chios and Samos).
Please join us for a panel discussion of this crisis sponsored by the Center for Hellenic Studies’s Global Studies Initiative partner, the Middle East Studies Center, on Tuesday, September 29, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm in the Troy Moore Library.
Please note this upcoming lecture at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum…Hamilakis colloquium flyer
The Center for Hellenic Studies is very pleased that Georgia State University has been selected to host the 24th symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association. The biennial conference, to be held on campus October 15-18, 2015, is the meeting of the largest professional organization for Hellenic Studies in the world. Some two hundred international scholars are expected to attend the conference, which typically features more than eighty presentations, a keynote address, music concerts, film screenings, and more. Some of the program highlights will be announced well in advance on the program’s website, which can be accessed via www.mgsa.org.
Join us for this incredible event…a neoPhonia Music concert, Present Tense Antiquities: Modern Music from an Ancient Culture, designed by Nickitas Demos on Thursday, October 15, at 8:00 pm inside the Kopleff Recital Hall of GSU. Please see website for more details.
The Modern Greek Studies Association conference will be organized by the Hellenic Studies Center at Georgia State University this year. This is an annual academic conference that brings together hundreds of scholars from the US and abroad, specializing in Modern Greek studies. The opening keynote address of the conference is on October 16th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. The lecture is open to the general public – and all are welcome to attend. Dr. Yannis Hamilakis, a professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton in England will deliver the lecture.
