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Kaisariani: a walk through memory and making home
One of our recent faculty-facilitated walks for the ‘Greek Key: Unlocking Athens’ brought students to the neighborhood of… More
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Kaisariani: a walk through memory and making home
One of our recent faculty-facilitated walks for the ‘Greek Key: Unlocking Athens’ brought students to the neighborhood of Kaisariani, a lively Athenian district on the foothill of Mount Hymettos. Kaisariani developed as a formal, state allocated, refugee… More
A Day out in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Our exploration of Athens during this fall’s Orientation Week concluded with the ‘Greek Key: Unlocking Athens’ and ‘Greek Language’ cornerstone courses’ excursion to the brand new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Starting with an early morning… More
Island Exhibitions
In Greece, summer continues well into September and the islands remains warm and welcoming. The students of Greek Art: The Present, fresh off the plane from the US and still recovering from jetlag, were whisked by flying dolphin to the island of Hydra… More
The Pnyx: An Introduction to Rhetoric
Who says Ancient Greek and Latin are dead languages? The ancient language classes joined together for an afternoon visit to the Πνύκα, or Pnyx, a low hill opposite the Akropolis where the Assembly of Athenians met to deliberate public policy. After… More
Countryside in Athens
The first academic excursion of the fall semester took place recently. Students were joined by Greek language faculty Ourania Sinopoulou and Greek Key faculty Maria Michou for a visit to Tatoi, a 'cultured wilderness' that is part of the Former Royal… More