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The Enduring Legacy of El Greco

Monumental Works in Toledo and Escorial a talk by Professor Marina Lambraki-Plaka with a reception to follow Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:30-8:30pm in House A free and open to the public advance registration required, click here to register In collaboration with the Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage This event will be streamed and […]

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CHS News | Michael Marks award-winning poets reading their own work

2016 Poets in Residence Program Poets Gill Mc Evoy and Jennifer Elliott, this year’s winners of the “Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlets” in London and Edinburgh (a.k.a. the Callum MacDonald Award), participated in the Michael Marks Poets in Residence Program for two weeks during the past summer. The CHS had prepared a program full of activities in Nafplio, Ancient […]

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The Reawakening of an “Extinct” Language: The Case of Cappadocian Greek

A screening of “Last Words” (seriousFilm, 2014) with an introduction by linguist-philologist Mark Janse Friday, October 14, 2016 7-9pm in House A Admission: Free and open to the public; advance registration required Overview The Cappadocian variety of Greek, spoken in Asia Minor until the population exchanges between Greek and Turkey in the 1920s, has been of considerable interest to […]

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Call for Applications | Academy Stavros Niarchos Foundation Senior Fellowship for Greek Citizens

Applications Now Open! Application Deadline: October 31, 2016 The Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs is now inviting applications for experienced leaders and practitioners to spend six months in London as an Academy Stavros Niarchos Foundation Senior Fellow. Beginning in February 2017, the fellowship is open to citizens of Greece. Applications are now […]