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Rethinking Greece

Rethinking Greece

"Rethinking Greece: Interviews about Greece & Europe" is part of the Greek News Agenda website by the Secretariat General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2 days ago

Rethinking Greece
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐨" 𝑳𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆The American School of Classical Studies at Athens will be hosting this Thursday at 19:00 a lecture entitled "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐨," by professor Louis A. Ruprecht Jr, who will explore the process whereby Sappho of Lesbos, one of the preeminent lyric-erotic poets from the Archaic Greek period, became a textual figure, and more specifically, a figure in print. 🔗 Read our Rethinking Greece interview with prof. Ruprecht on the concept of "𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎," on the transformative moral value of Greek tragedy and finally, on the future of the Classics in U.S. Universities 👉 tinyurl.com/mrxm3h5c📍More info on the lecture👉 tinyurl.com/mpcrzava ... See MoreSee Less
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4 weeks ago

Rethinking Greece
📣 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 '𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐒𝐈': 𝟓𝟎 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜This year marks 50 years from the Greek ‘Metapolitefsi’ the period of restoration of democracy that followed the fall of the seven-year military dictatorship of 1967-1974. The anniversary is an excellent opportunity for reflection on contemporary Greece.In this context, newspaper Kathimerini is partnering with the Hellenic Observatory, LSE the Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης - ΜΙΕΤ and the Delphi Economic Forum in the organisation of a major conference, titled ‘50 YEARS OF POLITICAL TRANSITION: the achievements and deficits of The Third Greek Republic’.Participants in a series of discussions reflecting on the past and future include Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and former prime ministers George Papandreou, Lucas Papademos, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Antonis Samaras, and Alexis Tsipras.ℹ️ The detailed programme can be found here 👉 www.metapolitefsi.gr/agenda📍 Follow the conference through Kathimerini's daily reports: www.ekathimerini.com/tag/metapolitefsi-50-years/📺 View videos of the proceedings: m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhJH8lYtW6g8JF_Vfzj5JDzX8C589LbU0 ... See MoreSee Less
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