Events
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Past Events
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From Constantine the Great to Mitsotakis
April 10, 2025 National Hellenic Museum |
Professor Young Kim, Head of Classics and Mediterranean Studies at UIC, lead a discussion with Professors Anthony Kaldellis (Professor of Classics and University of Chicago) and Nick Doumanis (Foundation of Hellenic Studies Chair at UIC), two Chicago-based historians who have recently published major books on the Byzantine Empire and twentieth-century Greece. Each offered new insights about Byzantium and Greece.
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Rebetiko Roads:
A Journey Through the Greek Blues February 7, 2025 UIC Theatre To view pictures and see more information click here. |
Rebetiko and "Laiko" - which has roots in the urban music tradition of Greeks going back centuries - emerged as a distinct genre in the first half of the 20th century, capturing the everyday challenged of life in Greek cities, and touching on subjects like love, sorrow, drugs, politics and current events. This discussion and musical performance traced the Rebetiko story through the 30s and into World War II, the Nazi occupation, the resistance, and the civil war, and looked at how it evolved in the post-war era to tell a new Greek story, one that continues to express Greeks of all walks of life to this day.
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Cyprus and the 1974 Invasion:
Views from the Diaspora September 26-27, 2024 UIC Campus and Online |
Fifty years have passed since the invasion of Cyprus, an event which set in motion a humanitarian tragedy and international crisis that necessitated UN intervention. An understudied aspect of the 1974 Invasion and its aftermath is the impact they had in galvanizing people to solidarity, community activism, and political action. The symposium brought together scholars, students, professionals, and the public to the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to reflect on the 1974 Invasion from the perspective of the many diasporic communities around the world.
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America’s Diner Restaurants:
A Greek Story with Prof. Alexander Kitroeff April 4, 2024 National Hellenic Museum |
Few things are as intimately associated with Greek American life as the American diner. The Foundation for Hellenic Studies - Illinois and the National Hellenic Museum invite Professor Alexander Kitroeff (Haverford College), one of the foremost historians on the Greek American experience, for a discussion on this fascinating story, exploring the cultural and structural factors that led to Greek Americans dominating the diner scene from the 1960s through the early 2000s.
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Reception Celebrating Investiture of
Nicholas Doumanis, Ph.D. September 28, 2023 To view pictures click here. |
The Foundation for Hellenic Studies - Illinois hosted a reception at the National Hellenic Museum to welcome and celebrate the investiture of Nicholas Doumanis, Ph.D., as the Foundation for Hellenic Studies - Illinois Chair in Hellenic Studies. The reception was hosted by the Foundation with the support of John Calamos Sr., Peter Parthenis Sr., and Loukas Kozonis.
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The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) held an investiture ceremony to install Professor Nicholas Doumanis as the inaugural Foundation for Hellenic Studies - Illinois Chair in Hellenic Studies. The ceremony included remarks by UIC Chancellor, Marie Lynn Miranda; UIC Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lisa Freeman; Consul General of Greece in Chicago, Hon. Emmanuel Koubarakis; Foundation President, Loukas Kozonis; and Professor Doumanis himself.
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