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September 2020
Quarantine Art Exhibition
This exhibit will celebrate the work of creatives worldwide who have experienced quarantine, lockdown, isolation as part of the coronavirus pandemic. Please reserve your free ticket for this event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/quarantine-art-exhibition-tickets-118120530687 Entry to the exhibition will be according to booked times slots so that we can ensure physical distancing on the premises. Booking is therefore essential.
Find out more »October 2020
Beyond words: history and translation in modern Greek fiction
Beyond words: history and translation in modern Greek fiction – David Ricks (King’s College London), Karen Emmerich (Princeton), Lambrini Kouzeli (journalist and translator), and Joshua Barley (translator). A panel discussion exploring how translators manage the reader's historical awareness in relation to modern Greek fiction and how these works can be made relevant for a contemporary audience. This event is a collaboration between the BSA and Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London. It is co-organised with Aiora Press. Virtual panel discussion Friday 2 October, 6pm…
Find out more »Dimitris Sotiropoulos, ‘Populism, party politics, and the economic crisis: contrasting the case of Greece with the case of Portugal’
Dimitris Sotiropoulos (University of Athens), ‘Populism, party politics, and the economic crisis: contrasting the case of Greece with the case of Portugal’ Discussant: Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) - Hosted by the British School at Athens Abstract Among all South European countries, Greece underwent the most severe economic…
Find out more »November 2020
Roderick Beaton, “From the Europe of empires to the Europe of nation-states: The Greek Revolution of 1821 in international context, 200 years on”
2021 will mark the bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution, or War of Independence. As that anniversary approaches, this talk takes a long view, beginning with the European settlement reached at the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15, known as the ‘Concert of Europe’, and continuing with the disappearance of multi-national empires and their replacement throughout the continent by the nation states that we are familiar with today. International recognition for Greece as a sovereign nation-state, sealed by the…
Find out more »December 2020
Iosif Kovras, ‘Who’s sorry now? Explaining (Non) Apologies in Post-Crisis Europe’
Iosif Kovras (University of Cyprus), ‘Who’s sorry now? Explaining (Non) Apologies in Post-Crisis Europe’ Discussant: Stathis Kalyvas (University of Oxford) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) - Hosted by the British School at Athens) Monday 14 December, 5pm (UK) / 7pm (Greece)
Find out more »March 2021
Foteini Kalatzi , ‘A ‘bare life’ in the borderlines of the Mediterranean’
Foteini Kalatzi (SEESOX, University of Oxford), ‘A ‘bare life’ in the borderlines of the Mediterranean’ Discussant: Dimitris Skleparis (Newcastle University) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) Hosted by the British School at Athens) Monday 1 March, 5pm (UK) / 7pm (Greece)
Find out more »April 2021
Antonis Ellinas , ‘Antifascism in Greece: Actors, resources, and tactics’
Antonis Ellinas (University of Cyprus), ‘Antifascism in Greece: Actors, resources, and tactics’ Discussant: Vasiliki Georgiadou (Panteion University) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) - Hosted by the British School at Athens) Monday 19 April, 5pm (UK) / 7pm (Greece)
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Susannah Verney , ‘Researching Greek Attitudes towards European Integration through Eurobarometer surveys’
Susannah Verney (University of Athens) , ‘Researching Greek Attitudes towards European Integration through Eurobarometer surveys' Discussant: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) - Hosted by the British School at Athens) Monday 14 June, 5pm (UK) / 7pm (Greece)
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