PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies
Cosponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
9:00 a.m. Welcome: Dimitri Gondicas (Princeton University)
9:10 a.m. SESSION 1: STATECRAFT AND NATIONAL IMAGINATION
Chair: Elizabeth Davis (Princeton University)
Vassilis Varouhakis (University of Southampton)
"Patriots, Cosmopolitans and Antiquarians: The Past as a National Cause, from Nineteenth Century Crete to Modern Conflicts"
Bio - Abstract
Kalliopi Amygdalou (University College London)
"The University of Ionia: Nation Building or its Deviation?"
Bio - Abstract
Sokratis Niaros (University of Ioannina)
"The Legislative Establishment of State Literary Awards in Greece During the Last Venizelos Government (1928-1932)"
Bio - Abstract
Respondents:
Anastasia Sakellariadi (Princeton University)
Dimitri Antoniou (Princeton University)
12:30 p.m. LUNCH
2:00 p.m. SESSION 2: COLLECTIVE MEMORY, INDIVIDUAL ETHICS
Chair: Effie Rentzou (Princeton University)
Elli Charamis (University of Athens)
"The Historical Culture of the 1940s in Greek Classical Music"
Bio - Abstract
Vladimir Bošković (Harvard University)
"Liebes Räthsel, fass' ich dich? - Odysseus Elytis and the Ethics of Romanticism"
Bio - Abstract
Respondents:
Iosif Kovras (Princeton University)
Eleonora Vratskidou (Princeton University)
4:00 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
4:30 p.m. SESSION 3: COMMUNAL SELF IN MOTION
Chair: Molly Greene (Princeton University)
Angela Falcetta (University of Padova)
"Ways of Identity in the Greek-Orthodox Communities of the Central Mediterranean (Eighteenth Century): A Regional Perspective"
Bio - Abstract
Theocharis Tsampouras (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
"The Mount Grammos Painters' Contribution in the Formation of a Common Artistic Language in the Seventeenth Century Balkans"
Bio - Abstract
Respondents:
Ayşe Ozil (Princeton University)
Eleonora Vratskidou (Princeton University)
6:30 p.m. RECEPTION
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Dimitri Antoniou (Hellenic Studies)
Elizabeth Davis (Anthropology and Hellenic Studies)
Dimitri Gondicas (Classics and Hellenic Studies)
Molly Greene (History and Hellenic Studies)
Iosif Kovras (Hellenic Studies)
Ayşe Ozil (Hellenic Studies)
Effie Rentzou (French and Italian)
Anastasia Sakellariadi (Hellenic Studies)
Eleonora Vratskidou (Hellenic Studies)
Secretary to the Committee:
Nikos Michailidis (Anthropology and Hellenic Studies)