Preliminary Calendar 2008-2009 Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are held at 7:30 pm in the Century Rooms of the Millennium Student Center and are preceded by a dinner reception at 7 pm. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - NAKIS MEMORIAL LECTURE TOPIC: Christianity and Classical Greek and Byzantine political philosophy. SPEAKER: Very Rev John H Erickson, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 TOPIC: Greece in the Area of the Euro SPEAKER: Dr. Miranda Xafas, International Monetary Fund SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 TOPIC: Hellenic Ideals and the Education of Future Generations in the US SPEAKER: Dr. Eva Prionas, Stanford University SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, PERFORMING ARTS EVENT GREEK MUSIC CONCERT: FROM EROTOKRITOS TO AXION ESTI featuring Grigoris Maninakis. At the Touhill. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 - PUBLIC LECTURE TOPIC: Reading Kazantzakis Today: A Christian Theological Perspective SPEAKER: Prof. Darren Middleton, Texas Christian University SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 - PUBLIC LECTURE TOPIC: The Abducted Greek Children of the Communists: Paidomazoma SPEAKER: Niki Karavasilis, Author SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 - PUBLIC LECTURE TOPIC: The Byzantine Roots of Renaissance Painting SPEAKER: Alicia Walker, Washington University in St. Louis SUNDAY, MARCH 15 (Sunday)- PELICAN MEMORIAL LECTURE TOPIC: The Greek Civil War 1945-1949 SPEAKER: Prof. Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University SATURDAY, APRIL 25 (Saturday): Conference Music and Lyrics: Greek poetry in popular songs
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