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The Nicholas and Theodora
Matsakis Hellenic
Culture Center
The Greek Professorship at the University of
Missouri-St. Louis is proud to
announce the establishment of the Nicholas and Theodora Matsakis
Hellenic Culture Center on the UM-St. Louis campus.
The Nicholas and Theodora Matsakis
Hellenic Culture Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is a
place where scholars, students, and community members are welcome to
immerse themselves in Hellenic
culture and history and to access political, educational, cultural,
travel, and business information about Greece.
The Center has five main constituents:
• The Mary E. Critzas Gallery of Greek
Art features a permanent exhibit of ancient Greek and Byzantine
art, as well as periodic exhibitions of artwork by modern Greek artists.
• The Karakas Family Library is filled
with general-interest books and periodicals on ancient, Byzantine, and
modern Greece as well as a collection of current brochures, informational
booklets, and other printed materials from Greek public and private
organizations, including subscriptions to major Greek newspapers and
magazines.
• The Hellenic Spirit Foundation
Conference Room is available
for a number of events and activities related to Greek culture including
lectures, films, meetings, and performances.
• The Mary E. Critzas Archives of the
Greek-American Community details the history of the local
Greek-American community, including the documents resulting from the Greek
Chair’s Oral History project.
• The Andrew Dimarogonas Media
Center holds computers with access to the internet and updated
bookmarks for major Greek portals and Web sites. Also, the Media Center
features a projection area with Greek films and educational and
informational videos
For a slide show of the Center, please click here.
CENTER OPENING HOURS, FALL 2007
Tuesdays
and Thursdays 11 am – 3:30 pm
Fridays
11 am – 5 pm
INFORMATION
For more information please contact: Prof.
Michael Cosmopoulos, tel. (314)
516-6241, e-mail cosmopoulos@umsl.edu
Photos from the Opening
of the Center, November 18, 2005
  
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