Events: AZ Athens
The Greek language school in
Athens hosts cultural events and activities year-round at its
Athens facilities, in the Soap Factory in the suburb of Paradissos,
on the island of Spetses and other venues. Activities include
guest lectures , exhibits
and theatre performances.
Guest
Lectures
Lecturers and guest speakers at the Greek language school have
included the following:
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Alan
Ansen- American poet,secretary to W.H. Auden 1949-53.
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R.
Buckminster Fuller- Creator of the Geodesic Dome Inventor,
poet.
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Gregory
Corso- American Poet.
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Kimon
Friar- translator of Nikos Kazantzakis.
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Robert
Liddle- scholar,author specializing on Cavafi.
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James
Merrill- American poet.
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Philip
Sherrard- Author.
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Peter
Macridge- Oxford University, Greek Scholar.
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Edmund
Keeley- Princeton University,historian, author of many
books on Greece.
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Desmond
O'Grady- Irish poet.
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John
Papaioannou- Greek musicologist.
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John
Rassias- Dartmouth College- language expert.
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Nikos
Stavroulakis- Byzantologist, artist, author.
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Irving
Stone- American author.
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Richard
Demarco- Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, artist.
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Willis
Barnstone- American translator and poet.
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Eugene
Borza- historian, expert in Macedonian Civilization.
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Marcos
Dragoumis- Greek Musicologist.
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George
Huxley- former director of the Gennadius Library.
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Fred
Ahl- Author, classics professor at Cornell University.
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Nanno
Marinatou- author, archaeologist, art historian.
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Berit
Wells- Director of the Swedish School of Archaeology.
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Richard
Burgi- Greek language specialist Princeton University.
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Panayis
Psomopoulos- Athens Centre for Ekistics.
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Th.
D. Frangopoulos- Greek Poet and writer.
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Willie
Eliot- Archaeologist,former deputy Director of the American
School of Classical Studies.
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Theodore
Antoniou- Greek composer and conductor.
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William
Dinsmore- archaeologist
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Chris
Faraone- University of Chicago, classics department
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Rob
Nelson- University of Chicago, art historian
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Johnathan
Hall-University of Chicago, classics department
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James
Redfield-University of Chicago, classics department
Productions are planned with
The Classic Theatre Company of the University of Detroit Mercy.
The Theatre Company of the University of Florida in Gainesville
and with the New World School of the Arts Theatre Company.