The University of Missouri-St. Louis International Studies and Programs The Hellenic Government-Karakas Family Foundation Professorship in Greek Studies Twenty Years of Greek Studies at UMSL A celebration of the 20 th anniversary of the Greek Professorship Wednesday, February 3 2016
MISSION To preserve and safeguard the heritage and identity of the St. Louis Greek-American Community To develop programs that will establish the Greek Professorship as a leader in Greek Studies at the local, regional, national, and international level To study and teach Greek Culture in its full diachronic and interdisciplinary character
AREAS OF FOCUS Research Teaching Public education Fundraising
RESEARCH
State formation and Origins of Federalism History Advancing knowledge about Greece Greek Bronze Age Art and Architecture Mystery Cults
Parthenon Experience of war Bob Dylan and Greece Dissemination of research through Conferences and publications Conference on Constantine Cavafy Balkan Wars and Liberation of Macedonia Greek women Olympic Games
THE PROFESSORSHIP IN THE NEWS
TEACHING
Courses Introduced 1. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO GREEK AND LATIN IN ENGLISH TODAY.[ONLINE] 2. A HISTORY OF BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOGRAPHY 3. ADVANCED TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY 4. AEGEANART & ARCHAEOLOGY 5. ANCIENT GREEK I 6. ANCIENT GREEK II 7. ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE 8. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON WESTERN CULTURE. BEST OF GREEK LITERATURE AND CINEMA 9. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL 10. ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREEK RELIGION 11. ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREEK MYTHS 12. BYZANTINE HISTORY AND CULTURE 13. CONVERSATIONAL GREEK, I 14. CONVERSATIONAL GREEK, II 15. CURRENT ISSUES IN ANTHROPOLOGY: GREEK HISTORY AND CULTURE 16. DEMOCRACY AND WAR 17. FIELD STUDIES IN GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY 18. GREECE AND EUROPE TODAY 19. GREECE IN FILM AND THEATER 20. GREEK ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE AGES 21. GREEK ART & ARCHAEOLOGY 22. GREEK CIV AND CULTURE 23. GREEK HISTORY AND CULTURE. BYZANTIUM AND CULTURE. 24. GREEK HISTORY AND CULTURE. CONSTRUCTING GREEK IDENTITY 25. GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 26. GREEK MYTHS AND MONUMENTS 27. HEROES AND HEROIC TRADITION IN THE GREEK WORLD 28. HISTORY OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS 29. INQUIRIES IN WORLD HISTORY. HELLENIC DIASPORA: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. 30. INTERMEDIATE MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE & CULTURE 31. MODERN GREEK I 32. MODERN GREEK II 33. MODERN GREEK III 34. MODERN GREEK CIV AND CULTURE 35. MODERN GREEK HISTORY (INDEPENDENT STUDY) 36. MODERN GREEK II. MODERN GREEK LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 37. MODERN GREEK HISTORY 38. MONSTERS AND VICTIMS. WOMEN DRAMATIS PERSONAE 39. ORAL HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS GREEK AMERICAN COMMUNITY 40. RITUAL, DEATH, AND SPORTS IN GREECE 41. SPECIAL READINGS IN MODERN GREEK 42. SPECIAL TOPICS IN GREEK CULTURE 43. SPORTS, RITUALS, AND DEATH. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREEK MYTH 44. THE OLYMPIC GAMES AS A MAJOR CIVILIZING AGENT 45. THE OLYMPIC GAMES IDEALS AND REALITY.[ONLINE] 46. WONDERS OF GREECE
Student Enrolments 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Nr. of Students
Certificate in Greek Studies Number of graduates 25 20 15 10 5 5 6 7 10 15 18 22 0
STUDY IN GREECE Missouri Consortium for the Academic Program in Greece 1) Missouri Central State U. 2) Missouri Southern State U. 3) Southeast Missouri State U. 4) Truman State U. 5) MO. U. for Science &Technology 6) UM-Columbia 7) UMKC 8) UMSL 9) Lincoln U. 10) Northwest Missouri State University
Semester in Greece
Archaeological Fieldschool
Summer archaeological fieldschool PYLOS
PUBLIC OUTREACH
PUBLIC OUTREACH 120 events 82 lectures 15 performing arts events 7 conferences
ENDOWED EVENTS LECTURES, CONCERTS, FILMS Catharine Pelican Dr. Nicholas Matsakis Leon and Johanna Spanos Sam Nakis Prof. Diane Touliatos-Miles
THE NICHOLAS AND THEODORA MATSAKIS GREEK CULTURE CENTER
THE NICHOLAS AND THEODORA MATSAKIS HELLENIC CULTURE CENTER Hellenic Spirit Foundation Conference Room Mary E. Critzas Gallery of Art Andrew Dimaroggonas Media Room Karakas Karakas Family Family Library Library Mary E. Critzas Archives of the Greek Community
THE NICHOLAS AND THEODORA MATSAKIS HELLENIC CULTURE CENTER
PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF THE ST. LOUIS GREEK COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY (48 interviews) TANGIBLE HISTORY
FUNDRAISING
Gifts and Grants Source Purpose Amount Costamare Shipping Co. Iklaina $90,000 Costamare Shipping Co. From Athens to Beijing Conferences $113,000 Institute for Aegean Prehistory Iklaina $325,000 Ν. Karakas, J. Critzas, Κ. Dimaroggonas, Hellenic Spirit Foundation Matsakis Center Base Funding $25,000 Loeb Classical Library Foundation Iklaina Excavation $64,500 Matsakis Family Matsakis Center Base Funding $25,000 Annual gifts for programs; Matsakis Center Endowment Ministry of Culture Fund $58,000 Ministry of Education Matsakis Center Endowment Fund $82,000 Nakis Family Sam Nakis Memorial Lecture $30,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Eleusis Project $24,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Pylos Excavation $515,000 National Geographic Society Iklaina Excavation $89,500 National Science Foundation Iklaina Excavation $130,000 Onassis Foundation Position for Modern Greek Language and Literature $255,000 Spanos Family Spanos events $30,000 Visiting Assistant Professor in Modern Greek History St. Louis Greek Community position $180,000 Touliatos-Miles family Touliatos lecture $20,000 Total grants and gifts $2,056,000
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