Orhan Pamuk
What is going on in our minds when we’re reading a novel?
Awarded with a Literature Nobel, with thousands of dedicated readers from all over the world, writer of eight novels that have caused a global sensation, Orhan Pamuk is visiting Athens on January 11, at 19:00, at the Megaron Plus, for a lecture entitled, “What [...]
Europe’s Promise
IPEDIS would like to invite you to their next event entitled “Europe’s Promise: Europe’s leading role in forging socially responsible institutions and green development strategies“ with keynote speaker the writer, columnist and political professional Mr. Steven Hill, co-founder of Fairvote and former director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation – who [...]
Silent Hollywood, Cinema of Contradictions
On Thursday, September 30, at 20:00, Mark Garrett Cooper, a leading expert on silent films, will give a lecture entitled “Silent Hollywood, Cinema of Contradictions,” followed by the screening of the film Our Hospitality by Buster Keaton. The lecture is open to the public and translation will be provided.
Mark Garrett Cooper is an Associate Professor [...]
Olympia Doukakis at the American College of Greece
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis will visit The American College of Greece during the week of January 18-23, 2010, and will offer a public lecture titled “A Woman’s Story: a Conversation with Olympia Dukakis” on January 19, 7:30 p.m., at the John S. Bailey Library on the Aghia Paraskevi campus. Simultaneous translation into Greek will be [...]
How Alain de Botton Can Change Your Life
Invited by the Hellenic American Union and Patakis Publishers, the renowned writer delivers a lecture for the first time in Athens, on the occasion of the publication of his new book, “The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work”, on November 12, 2009 at the Grande Bretagne Hotel.
Born in 1969 in Zurich Alain de Botton now lives [...]
The Philosophical Basis of Kazantzakis’s Writings
The third Gennadius Library and S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Lecture will take place on March 10, 2009. Peter Bien, fellow of the Onassis Foundation, will lecture on “The Philosophical Basis of Kazantzakis’s Writings.”
Peter Bien is Professor of Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College, and a former president of the Modern Greek [...]
Hollywood Highlights
Music for the Cinema
Lecture in English by conductor and musicologist Christos Mitsakis and concert with American cinema songs for piano and voice.
The lecture is on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 19:00 at the Hellenic American Union auditorium (Massalias 22, Kolonaki), with the cooperation of the Greek Composers’ Union, the Hellenic American Union and the Hellenic [...]
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