Events
Upcoming Events:
Fall 2026 TBA
Past Events
Spring 2026
El Greco. Invention and Variation
Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 3:30PM. Javits Lecture Hall 101
Lecture by Guillaume Kientz, Director and CEO of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library,
New York
Literature's Refuge: Rewriting the Mediterranean Borderscape
Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 5:30PM. Javits Lecture Hall 101
Lecture by William Stroebel, Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature
at the University of Michigan
Songscapes of Greece
Friday, March 6, 2026 at 6:00PM. Wang Center Theater
Musical performance by Alkyone and Nikitas Tampakis
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Fall 2025
OXI Day Celebration
Friday, November 7, 2025 from 6-9:00PM. Bauman Center
C.P. Cavafy: Intertextuality, Mental Emotion, Cavafean Irony
Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 10:00AM. Humanities Building, Room 1008
Lecture by Lena Arampatzidou, Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature
Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Spring 2025
The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 3:30PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Lecture by Yanni Kotsonis, Professor of History and Russian and Slavic Studies at
NYU
A Comprehensive Conversation with the Consul General, Mrs. Iphigenia Kanara - 'Εφ' όλης της ύλης'
Thursday, March 6, 2026 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Ideas of Power: Adamantios Korais and Revolutionary Violence c. 1800
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 3:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Dr. Simos Zenios, Peter V. Tsantes Endowed Professor in Greek Literature
and Language
Fall 2024
Cyprus 50 Years On: Prospects for a Settlement and the Role of the UN
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Rona-Marie Panteli, Political Coordinator of the Permanent Mission of
Cyprus to the United Nations
The Invasion of Cyprus: 50 Years Later
November 12, 2024
Lecture by Alexi Papahelas, Chief Editor of the Kathimerini newspaper
OXI Day Celebration
November 1, 2024 at 5:00PM. SAC Ballroom B
Metapolitefsi (From Junta to Democracy) as Transition and as Political Era: Light and Shadows
October 10, 2024 at 4:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Pavlos Tsimas, Renowned Journalist, Radio and TV Host; Columnist at TA
NEA
50 Years since the Southern European Democratic Transitions: A Comparative Approach
October 21, 2024 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Prof. Kostis Kornetis
Spring 2024
The Black Angels: Stigma, Sickness, & the Social Caste
April 14, 2024 at 5:30PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Book Presentation by author Maria Smilios
Greek Poetry and Songs (in collaboration with the SBU Greek and Cypriot Student Association)
April 19, 2024 at 5:00PM
Romaniote Greek-speaking Jews: Their History and Their Story
April 3, 2024 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos, Museum Director of Kehila Kedosha Janina
'Ms Greek Melbourne" Calling! New Cartographies of Diasporic Belonging
March 8, 2024 at 1:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1052
Lecture by Dr. Yiorgos Anagnostou, Ohio State University
Greece in the USA: A 21st-Century Perspective
February 19, 2024 at 5:30PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Ambassador Dinos Konstantinou, Consul General of Greece in New York
Fall 2023
The World-Wide Influence of Greek Cuisine
November 15, 2023 at 6:00PM.
Lecture by Chef Nicholas Poulmentis
OXI Day Celebration
October 27, 2023 at 7:00PM.
Spring 2023
Understanding Two Important Commemorations:America’s Involvement in the Greek Revolution of 1821 and the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, from 4-5:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Dr. Kostas G. Hatzidimitriou, American Hellenic Institute Foundation
Community Activism and the Ladies Philoptochos Society of New York City, 1930s -1940s
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Dr. Fevronia Soumakis, Modern Greek Program, Queens College
The Life and Actions of Heroine Laskarina Bouboulina: An Introduction to Bouboulina's Museum
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 12:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Sarah Baxter, Director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting
Heading home? Why it's time to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
February 27, 2023 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Sarah Baxter, Director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting
Fall 2022
Anna, Eleni and Other Female Representations in the Films of Pantelis Voulgaris
November 15, 2022 at 5:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Dr. Kiki Gounaridou, Smith College
OXI Day Celebration
October 28, 2022, from 5-9:00PM. Alan S. Devries Center, Roosevelt Quad
Smyrna: Paradise is burning. The Asa Jennings Story.
October 4, 2022 at 6:00PM.
Lecture by Mike Damergis, Iona College
Spring 2022
Tribute to Mikis Theodorakis: A Celebration of Life
Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 2:00PM. Union Auditorium
Lecture by Mike Damergis, Iona College
Atlas of Greek-Turkish Relations
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Angelos Syrigos, Panteion University,Deputy Minister for Higher Education,
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Exploring the National Gallery of Greece
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 12:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Thanasis Spiliopoulos, National Gallery of Greece
Fall 2021
Cold War Liberalism, Civilization, and the Neoliberal Turn in Greece
Wednesday, November 15, 2021 at 2:30PM.
Lecture by Despina Lalaki, Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, CUNY
Primal Loss: Four Hundred Years of Orpheus and Eurydice in Opera
October 28, 2021 at 8:00PM.
Lecture and Performance by Matthew Aucoin and Liv Redpath
OXI Day Celebration
October 29, 2021 at 7:30PM. SAC Ballroom A
Slaying the Dragon: Byzantine Survivals in the Greek War of Independence
October 7, 2021 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Nikos Panou
Spring 2021
Food for Thought: Modern Greek Cuisine between Empire and Nation
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Frank Hess, Indiana University Bloomington
Reading is Education. Education is Wealth. Books for the Education of Greek Americans at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Monday, March 29, 2021 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Maria Kaliambou, Yale University
Α Greek Lady is Leaving Odessa: Maria Voutsina through War and Revolution
Monday, March 8, 2021 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Nikos Chrissidis, Southern Connecticut State University
The Greeks of Egypt, 1800s-1960s: A Diaspora Community with Two Homes
Monday, February 8, 2021 at 12:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Alexandros Kitroeff, Haverford College
Fall 2020
Digging Homer. The Mycenaean Palace at Iklaina and the Creation of Greek Epic Poetry
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Michael Cosmopoulos, University of Missouri-St. Louis
The “Great OXI!”: War, Freedom, and the Greek Struggle against Fascism
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Lidia Santarelli, PhD, Princeton University
Greek Americans, African Americans: Toward a History of Social Encounters
Monday, October 5, 2020 at 6:00PM. Via Zoom
Lecture by Prof. Yiorgos Anagnostou, Professor, Dept of Classics, Ohio State University
Fall 2019
OXI Day Celebration
October 28, 2019 at 6:00PM.
Focusing on Cythera: History as Lived Experience
October 14, 2019 at 5:30PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Prof. Dennis Galanakis, SBU, and Chef Nicholas Poulmentis, Oli.Vine Restaurant
Spring 2019
The Hidden Correspondence of Eva Palmer Sikelianos in Paris and Athens: Archiving the Intimate Materials of a Life
April 11, 2019 at 2:30PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Prof. Artemis Leontis, University of Michigan
Writing the Self in Mediterranean History
March 14, 2019 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1052
Lecture by Prof. Konstantina Zanou, Columbia University
Fall 2018
Lecture by Prof. Kostis Smyrlis, New York University
November 19, 2018 at 2:30PM.
OXI Day Celebration
October 28, 2018 at 7:30PM.
Lecture by Prof. Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College
October 29, 2018 at 4:00PM.
Lecture by Prof. Alexander Kitroeff, Haverford College
September 26, 2018.
Spring 2018
Metaphors in Our Lives:“I Love You for Yourself"
April 20, 2018 at 3:00PM. Wang Theater
Lecture by Prof. Alexander Nehamas, Departments of Philosophy and Comparative Literature,
Princeton University
Greek Independence Day Celebration
March 30, 2018, from 1:30-4:30PM. SAC Ballroom A
A Golden Dawn? The Fourth Century A.D. and Cultural Appropriation in/of the Poetry of C. P. Cavafy
March 6, 2018 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1052
Lecture by Prof. George Syrimis, Director of Hellenic Studies Program and Lecturer
in Hellenic Studies and Comparative Literature, Yale University
Liquid Gold: Symbolic and Spiritual Significance of Olive Oil in Cyprus
January 31, 2018 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1006
Lecture by Constantia Constantinou, Dean of the Libraries, SUNY Distinguished Librarian,
Stony Brook University
To Make a New Thermopylae: Liberating Antiquity
January 22, 2018 at 4:30PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Katherine E. Fleming, Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture
and Civilization, Provost, New York University
Fall 2017
Christian Mountains in a Muslim Empire
December 8, 2017 at 2:30PM. Humanities Building, Room 1052
Lecture by Prof. Molly Greene, Departments of History and Hellenic Studies, Princeton
University
Preserving Greek Language and Identity in the Complex American Cultural Landscape
November 29, 2017 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1052
Lecture by Prof. Christos P. Ioannides, Director, Center for Byzantine and Modern
Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY
The European Crisis: Ancient Greek Perspectives
November 8, 2017 at 2:30PM. Humanities Building, Room 1052
Lecture by Prof. Vasileios Syros, Senior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland
and the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University
OXI Day Celebration
November 3, 2017, from 7-10:00PM. SAC Ballroom B
'Cloudy Sunday' Movie Screening
October 30, 2017, from 5:30-8:00PM. Wang Theater
Spring 2017
Greek Independence Day Celebration
March 23, 2017 , from 8-11:00PM. SAC Ballroom A
The Allure of Panic after Nietzsche
Thursday, April 27, 2017 , from 2:30-4:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Vassilis Lambropoulos, C.P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek, Departments
of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
Tractatus on the Sixth Fame and Reflections on the Greek Brain Drain and its Diaspora
Friday, March 23, 2017 , from 4-5:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by John Ioannidis, C.F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention, Professor
of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University
Fall 2016
Adventures in Captivity: The Great Church Goes North
Monday, December 5, 2016 , from 2:30-4:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Nikos Panou, Assistant Professor and Peter V. Tsantes Endowed Professor
in Hellenic Studies, Dept. of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Special Performance by Guitar Duo Alexandra Christodimou and Yannis Petridis
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 1:00PM. Department of Music, Recital Room 2318
Investiture Ceremony of Dr. Nikolaos Panou as the Peter V. Tsantes Endowed Professor in Greek Literature and Language
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 3:00PM. Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
OXI Day Celebration
Friday, October 28, 2016 , from 6-8:00PM. Upstairs of the GLS/HDV Center
AA: (Greek) Adoptees Anonymous. Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece.
Thursday, October 20, 2016 , from 4-6:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Prof. Gonda Van Steen, Cassas Professor in Greek Studies, University of
Florida
Spring 2016
Homo Auctor: Orphans, Merchants and the Making of the First Greek-American Citizen in the Nineteenth Century
Thursday, April 14, 2016 , from 1-3:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Prof. Nikos Poulopoulos, University of Missouri-St. Louis'
Everyone Has a Story to Tell: Digital Storytelling and Critical Pedagogies
Thursday, March 10, 2016 , from 4-6:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Prof. Elsa Amanatidou, President of the Ivy-Plus Consortium for Language
Teaching and Learning
Fall 2015
OXI Day Celebration
Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7:30PM. Center for Global Studies and Human Development
"Kisses to the Children" a Documentary by Vassilis Loules, Film Screening
October 28, 2015 at 6:00PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 1
"The Scapegoat" by Sophia Nikolaidou, Book Presentation
October 21, 2015 , from 4-6:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Language Continuity, Contact and Change: The Greek (Romeyka) Varieties in Turkey Today
September 10, 2015 at 1:00PM. Melville Library, Room E4340
Lecture by Prof. Ioanna Sitaridou, Cambridge University
Spring 2015
The Post-War Origins of the Cyprus Question
April 29, 2015 at 3:00PM. Humanities Building, Poetry Center
Lecture by Ioannis D. Stefanidis, Professor of Diplomatic History, Faculty of Law,
School of Law, Economics and Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Spanning the History of Classical Rebetika from Smyrna to Pireaus to the Blues of New Orleans
April 19, 2015 at 5:30PM. Community Center Greek Church of the Assumption, Port Jefferson,
NY
Performance by Grigoris Maninakis, Stavroula Manolopoulou (vocalist), Priscilla Owens
(Blues singer), Christos Vidiniotis (bouzouki soloist), The Mikrokosmos Ensemble
and Sylvester Scott (jazz saxophone)
Fall 2014
Civil and UnCivil Wars: Memories of a Greek Childhood, 1936-1950, Book Presentation
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 4:00PM. Melville Library, Room E4340
Lecture by Dr. Nicholas X. Rizopoulos, Academic Director of the Honors College at
Adelphi University
Ward Melville HS Chamber Orchestra Performance
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:00PM. Greek Church of the Assumption
OXI Day Celebration
October 28, 2014 at 7:30PM. SAC Ballroom B
Live Performance of Traditional and Contemporary Greek Music with Dimitris Mpasis and Sophia Papazoglo
Friday, October 10, 2014 at 9:00PM.
Spring 2014
A Musical Tribute to Poet/Lyricist Manos Eleutheriou
May 4, 2014 at 6:30PM. SAC Auditorium
Performance by Grigoris Maninakis, Stavroula Manolopoulou (vocalist), Christos Vidiniotis
(bouzouki soloist), and The Mikrokosmos Ensemble
The Acropolis Restoration Project: Progress and Laser Interventions
April 4, 2014 at 6:00PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Lecture by Vassiliki Eleftheriou, MSc in Architecture, Director of the Acropolis Restoration
Service and Dr. Demetrios Anglos, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University
of Crete and Associated, Researcher at IESL- FORTH
Why Teach Greek and How
April 2, 2014 at 4:00PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 1
Lecture by Dr. Phoevos Panagiotidis
From the Stables to the Throne: Was Basil I the Perfect Byzantine Emperor?
March 26, 2014 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1006
Lecture by Dr. Nikos Panou
The Book Culture of Greek Americans
March 13, 2014 at 4:00PM. Humanities Building, Room 1006
Lecture by Dr. Maria Kaliambou
The Serpent Column: An Enduring Symbol of Hellenism
February 19, 2014 at 4:00PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 1
Lecture by Professor Paul Stephenson
Searching for the Cities of the Trojan War: The Excavation of a New Early Greek Palace at Iklaina
February 17, 2014 at 4:00PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Lecture by Professor Michael Cosmopoulos
The Greek Civil War: Politics, Strategy and Stalemate
Friday, February 24, 2014 at 4:00PM. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Lecture by Professor Andre Gerolymatos
Screening of "Smyrna: The Destruction of A Cosmpolitan City, 1900-1922"
Friday, November 15, 2014 from 7-9:30PM. Wang Theater