Program Events and News:

• Onassis Foundation (USA) Senior Visiting Professor; February 5-7, 2008

Professor Platon Mavromoustakos (Department of Theater Studies, National and  Kapodistrian University of Athens) is the Onassis Foundation (USA) Senior Visiting Professor for Spring 2008.  He will give three public lectures at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus:

1. Ancient Greek Comedy on Modern Greek Stage Tuesday, February 5, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Kenneth R. Williams Administration Building, Board of Trustees Room (ADM 305), Boca Raton Campus.

2. Skene vs. Scena: Ancient Drama and Theatrical Space Wednesday, February 6, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Building, Room 101. Boca Raton Campus.

3. Teatro di San Giacomo and Italian Opera in Corfu (1733-1900) Thursday, February 7, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Building, Room 101. Boca Raton Campus.

Lectures are free and open to the general public.

Sponsor: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA).

Organizers: Hellenic Society Paideia of South Florida; Classical Studies Certificate Program; Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature; Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

For more information, please contact Dr. K. P. Nikoloutsos:
561-297-0497 or nikolout@fau.edu (preferred).

• In Fall 2003 we welcomed two new Classics faculty to FAU: Dr. Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos and Dr. Brian E. McConnell. Dr. McConnell, in the Department of Visual Arts and Art History, brings to us his expertise in classical archaeology and art. Dr. Nikoloutsos, in the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Studies, contributes his expertise in ancient and modern Greek, Latin, and classical literature. Dr. Nikoloutsos’ position has been generously supported by a three-year grant from The Hellenic Society, Paideia. We are delighted to welcome these strong additions to the Classics program at FAU.
  

• On 27 March 2003, the Classical Studies Program held a workshop for teachers (K-12) on Sophocles' Antigone  from the perspective of various disciplines. The goal was to help teachers integrate classical studies into the school curriculum.
  

• An enrollment drive in Spring 2004 brought 13 new students into the Certificate program. Welcome!
  

• Kim Hutcheson was the 2003-2004 winner of the Traci Jill Edelman Award for Excellence in Classical Studies.
  

• Katerina Synodinou, Professor of Classics at the University of Ioannina in Greece, visited FAU as an Onassis Foundation (USA) Senior Visiting Scholar. She delivered two public lectures and one seminar at Florida Atlantic University in April of 2004.  The lectures were open to all audiences; the seminar was addressed to all faculty and graduate students in the Humanities.
  

  Professor Synodinou’s schedule was as follows:
  
  A. Public Lectures:
  
  1. “Transgressive Women in Ancient Greek Tragedy, Part 1: Medea.”
  Date & Time: Monday, April 17, 2-3:30 p.m.
  Venue: Administration Building, Room 305 (Board of Trustees)
  
  2. “Transgressive Women in Ancient Greek Tragedy, Part 2: Clytemnestra and Antigone.”
  Date & Time: Tuesday, April 18, 2-3:30 p.m.
  Venue: Administration Building, Room 305 (Board of Trustees)
  

  Lectures were followed by a small reception.
  

  B. Seminar:
  
  “Slavery Revisited: Some Aspects of Slavery in Euripides. Is Euripides One of the First Critics of the Institution of Slavery in Antiquity?”
  Date & Time: Wednesday, April 19, 12-2:00 p.m.
  Venue: Social Sciences Building, Seminar Room SO 105
  
  Sponsor: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, USA (www.onassisusa.org)
  

  Co-Organizers: Hellenic Society “Paideia” of South Florida; Classical Studies Certificate Program; Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature; The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.
  
  For more information, contact Dr. Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos at 561-297 0497 or nikolout@fau.edu.