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Weaving Histories: Margaret Kenna and Anafi

An exhibition of the work of anthropologist and researcher, Margaret Kenna begins on Sunday 27th June 2021 in Athens.Margaret Kenna has devoted most of her academic work to the island of Anafi. Her lifelong love of the island began with her first visit in May 1966, almost a year before the imposition of the military dictatorship, to conduct researc…
Whoops, Acropolis! New paths on the Sacred Rock cement opinions.

On 28th April 2021, The Art Newspaper reported on planned alterations to the Acropolis. In article entitled, "Acropolis renovation plans spark accusations that it’s ‘just another way to fit in more tourists’," the paper states: " This latest renovation is intended to improve access and traffic management of visitors and, according to a statement fr…
In Search of the Lost Greek Infinitive in Anatolia

The June 2020 edition of Greek Doalogues Online, feature Dr Ioanna Sitaridou, Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, presenting her research into the ancient and endangered Greek dialect spoken in the Pontus.The region of Pontus lies in the north of Anatolia, or Asia Minor along its coast with the Black. The region was settled by Gr…
Greek Dialogues Online - In Search of the Lost Greek Infinitive in Anatolia

Dr. Ioanna Sitaridou, Deputy Director of the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, discusses the evolution of Pontic Greek within the broader context of Asia Minor Greek and in relation to the emergence of other Modern Greek dialects. Romeyka, an endangered Greek variety still spoken in North-East Turkey, has maintained the infinitive, whic…
GAPSTI looks to leave "a long-lasting footprint" to mark the Greek Bicentenary with GAPSTI@Greece2021

The Gianna Angelopoulos Programme for Science Technology and Innovation (GAPSTI) has launched two initiatives to mark the bicentenary of Greece's independence: The Greece 2021 Mathematical Legacy Programme and the Greece 2021 Next Generation Modelling Programme collectively known as GAPSTI@Greece2021.Detailed activities for both programmes are yet …
Alexandros Papadiamandis: Between Greek Heritage and Modernity?

The forthcoming seminar in the series Greek Dialogues Online celebrates the publication of Volume Two of the translation series Alexandros Papadiamandis, The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories, edited by Lambros Kamperidis and Denise Harvey. Details of the series can be found on the publisher’s website: https://deniseharveypublisher.gr/books/…
Greek Dialogues Online - Why did Greeks in the Roman Empire still write epic poems?

Following on from their research project Greek Epic of the Roman Empire: A Cultural History, Dr Emma Greensmith (Oxford), Dr Emily Kneebone (Nottingham) and Professor Tim Whitmarsh, Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, explore the motivations behind the continued creation of Greek epic poems during a period of Roman domi…
The London Hellenic Prize has announced the shortlist for 2020

The Committee of the London Hellenic Prize has announced a shortlist of five books for the prestigious prize. Whittled down from the longlist compiled late in 2020, the five contenders cover a range of topics from anti-semitism to classic history. The five finalists are:Ravenna - Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe Judith Herrin"In this engrossin…
Greek Dialogues Online - The Erechtheion: An Overlooked Paradigm of the Greek Revival?

In this fifth seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series, Dr Frank Salmon, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Cambridge, contrasts the well-known rise of the Parthenon, in the neo-classical and Romantic age, to pre-eminence as the monument par excellence of the ancient Greek world with the relatively unstudied influe…
The Cambridge Greek Lexicon

Our fourth seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series is to be presented by Professor James Diggle of Cambridge University's Faculty of Classics. Publication of the new Cambridge Greek Lexicon is imminent and in his seminar, "The Cambridge Greek Lexicon - a twenty-four year odyssey" Professor Diggle highlights the main, and original, features of …
Greek Dialogues Online - Alexandros Papadiamandis: Between Greek Heritage and Modernity?

A discussion on the influential Greek novelist Alexandros Papadiamandis, moderated by Professor Edith Hall (King's College, London) with Rev Dr Andreas Andreopoulos (University of Winchester), Professor Roderick Beaton (King's College, London), Professor Georgia Farinou-Malamatari (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), and Rev Dr Lambro…
Greek Dialogues Online - Greek Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: an insight into The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project

Dr Suzanne Paul, Keeper of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, and the team, reveal insights into The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project, which aims to conserve, catalogue, and digitise the medieval and early modern Greek manuscripts in Cambridge's extensive collections. The project is being run in…
Platonic Philosophy and Dialogue in the Latin Works of Henry More

The second seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series takes the form of a discussion between Professor Douglas Hedley, Director of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism, and Dr. Christian Hengstermann of the University of Wuppertal. The focus is the influence of Plato on those works of Henry More which were translated into Latin. More w…
Greek Dialogues Online - Platonic philosophy and dialogue in the Latin works of Henry More

Professor Douglas Hedley of Cambridge University's Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism and Dr Christian Hengstermann of the Classics Faculty at the University of Wuppertal discuss the influences of Platonic philosophy on Henry More's writings in Latin including his seminal work, the Opera Philosophica of 1679 and his epistolary tr…
Greek Dialogues Online - Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands

Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou of Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum, talks about what defines island identity in the Mediterranean and the insights afforded by islanders' material culture.