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International Studies and Programs Calendar

2019-2020 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
International Studies & Programs

Date Event Time Location
September 17, 2019 Tracing the Legacy of Irish Catholicism
Prof. Eamon Maher, Technological University, Dublin		 12:30 p.m. Room 331, Social Sciences & Business Building
September 19, 2019 Replacement and Remediation: Loss and the Pleasures of the Genealogical in Japan
Prof. Kathryn Goldfarb, University of Colorado		 5 p.m. Room 331, Social Sciences & Business Building
September 19, 2019 The Artemis Azariadis Memorial Lecture: Greece, Democracy, and the Politics of Civility
Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard		 7 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture Century Room A, Millennium Student Center
September 21, 2019 International Performing Arts Series: Cultural Dances from Northeast China 8 p.m. Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
October 1, 2019 Modern Irish Writing and Culture
Prof. Vicki Mahaffey, University of Illinois		 12:30 p.m. Room 331, Social Sciences & Business Building
October 6, 2019 Mylonas Lecture in Classical Art and Archaeology: The Mycenaean World
Prof. Dimitri Nakassis, University of Colorado		 2 p.m. Saint Louis Art Museum
October 6, 2019 International Performing Arts Series: Compagnie Caravague 8 p.m. Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
October 18, 2019 International Performing Arts Series: Nobuntu 8 p.m. Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
November 12, 2019 Lunchtime Concert: Eimear Arkins and Eileen Gannon 12:30 p.m. Century Room C, Millennium Student Center
November 14, 2019 Dr. Nicholas Matsakis Memorial Lecture: Greece and Ethiopia in Antiquity
Prof. Elizabeth Fisher, Randolph-Macon College		 7 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture Century Room A, Millennium Student Center
February 8, 2020 International Performing Arts Series: Stelios Petrakis Cretan Quartet 8 p.m. Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
February 18, 2020

Poetry reading and discussion
Prof. Mary Madec, Villanova University

 12:30 p.m. Room 331, Social Sciences & Business Building
February 27, 2020

International Performing Arts Series: Dervish

 8 p.m. Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
March 20, 2020 Catherine Pelican Memorial Lecture in Greek Culture: The Origins of the Greek Revolution of 1821
Prof. Yanni Kotsonis, New York University		 7 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture Century Room A, Millennium Student Center
March 28, 2020 International Performing Arts Series: Martin Hayes Quartet 8 p.m. Anheuser-Busch Auditorium, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
April 3, 2020 International Performing Arts Series: Kyo-Shin-An Arts and the Arianna String Quartet 8 p.m. Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
April 16, 2020 Lecture and reading
Emer Martin

 

 12:30 p.m. Room 331, Social Sciences & Business Building
April 22, 2020 Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture in Greek Studies: The Legacy of the Byzantine Empire: Why do we call the eastern Roman Empire Byzantium?
Prof. Anthony Kaldellis, The Ohio State University		 7 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture Century Room C, Millennium Student Center
May 7, 2020 Professor Diane Touliatos Endowed Annual Lecture in Greek Historical Studies: Unearthing the Social and Cultural Roots of the Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis
Prof. Constantine P. Danopoulos, San Jose State University		 7 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture Century Room A, Millennium Student Center