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The Second York University-University of Athens- Canadian Institute in
Greece

Workshop on the Mediterranean

March 3-5, 2005

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The Old Lecture Hall, Prytanion, University of Athens, Panepistimiou =
Street
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"Constructions of Mediterranean Nostalgia"

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Collaborating Institutions:

The University of Michigan

The Network on Cultural Memory in European Countries (ACUME)

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This event is free and open to the public. For further information about =
the
conference, please consult the conference website:
http://www.arts.yorku.ca/hist/tgallant/athens
<http://www.arts.yorku.ca/hist/tgallant/athens%202005> 2005.

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Programme

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Thursday, March 3, 18.00-21.00

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Official Opening Ceremony: =20

Chair:   Thomas Gallant -Antonis Liakos

Welcome: The Honourable Philip Somerville, Ambassador of Canada to =
Greece

Welcome: Prof. George Babiniotis, Rector, University of Athens

Welcome: Prof. Sheila Embleton, Vice-President Academic, York University

Welcome: Dr. Stefanie Kennell, Director, Canadian Institute in Greece

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Break

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Panel 1: Creating Cultural Memory

Chair: Thomas Gallant

Antonis Liakos, (University of Athens)=20

"The Body and the Mediterranean."

Luigi Cajani, (University of Rome)=20

"Landscape and Identity: The Case of the Mediterranean Natural =
Environment."

Yiorgos Chouliaras, ("Hellenic Authors' Society"),=20

"Benefits of a Mediterranean Nostalgia Diet."

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Reception

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Friday, March 4, 9.30-13.30

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Panel 2: Literary Constructions of Nostalgia

Chair: Bessie Dendrinou=20

Efrosini Camatsos, (Panteion University, Athens)

"Nostalgia of the Diaspora: Greek-Australian women writers."

Charitini Christodoulou, (University of Birmingham)=20

"Dreams in Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation: a nostalgic space founding
subjectivity."

Christina Dokou, (University of Athens)=20

"Nostalgia and Gender-bending in Lilika Nakos' 'Maternity'."

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Break=20

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Panel 3: Memory and the re-writing of history

Chair: Artemis Leontis

Asli Igsiz, (University of Michigan)=20

"Rewriting Individual Stories into the Collective Memory Repertoire:
Documentary Genres in Response to Monophonic Official Historiography in
Contemporary Turkey."

Efi Gaz=ED, (University of Thessaly)=20

"History, Nostalgia, "Catastrophe."

Thanos Koulos, (LSE, London)=20

"Asia Minor, 'Paradise Lost': The Cultural Construction of a National =
Myth."

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Friday, March 4, 16.00-21.00

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Panel 4: Memory and Identity

Chair: Olga Katsiardi Hering

Nicoletta Giantzi, (University of Athens)

"La conception de la Nostalgie hom=E8rique dans la pens=E9e et la =
pratique des
h=E9retiques de la France m=E9ridionale."

Odette Varon-Vassard, (Open University, Athens)

"La nostalgie comme el=E9ment constructif de l'identit=E9 s=E9farade."

H=E9di Bouraoui, (York University)

"Memory and Identity: Readings from the works of H=E9di Bouraoui." =20

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Break

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Panel 5: Mediterranean Identity: A View from the East

Chair: Katerina Gardikas

Irad Malkin, (Tel Aviv University)

"The Mediterranean Option."

Alexandra Nocke, (Tel Aviv University)=20

"Mediterraneanism in Israel - Narratives of the Past and the =
Construction of
Modern Israeli Identity."

David Ohana, (Ben Gurion University)

"The Mediterranean vision of Jacqueline Kahanoff: Nostalgia or Utopia."

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Keynote Address:

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Dr. Adrian Shubert (York University)

"The Bullfight: Commercial Spectacles and National Nostalgia"

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Saturday, March 5, 9.30- 13.30

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Panel 6: Collecting and Communicating Nostalgia

Chair: Maria Efthymiou

Artemis Leontis and Lauren E. Talalay, (University of Michigan)=20

"Museum Collecting in the Mediterranean: The Case of the Kelsey =
Expeditions,
1919-1926."

Pavlos Kavouras, (University of Athens)=20

"Allegories of Nostalgia: Mediterranean Music, Mediterranean =
Ethnography."

Theodore Koutsogiannis, (University of Athens)

"Nostalgia for Athenian grandeur: The popular tradition of nicknames for =
the
ancient monuments of Athens and its influence on the visual arts and
literature."

Anastasia Stephanidou, ( University of Athens )=20

"Cultural Nostalgia in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex."=20

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Break

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Panel 7: Visualizing Nostalgia

Chair: Ioanna Laliotou

Stephane Savvas, (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

"The nostalgia for Asia Minor in Greek movies from the twenties to
nowadays."

Nicolas Potamitis, (British Film Institute), "Barrel-organs and =
Bordellos:
the mise-en-scene of nostalgia in fifties Greek film."

Penelope Papailias, (University of Thessaly)=20

"Re-membering: Photomontage, family portraits and the diaspora archive."

Mitsos Bilalis (University of Thessaly)=20

"Re-domesticating the National Past: Visuality and Nostalgia on Greek
Personal Homepages."

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Saturday, March 5, 16.00-20.00

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Panel 8: Institutional Frameworks for Cultural Nostalgia=20

Chair: Adrian Shubert

Luciano Marrocu, (University of Cagliari)=20

"Construction of past and artifices of memory in the Sardinian culture =
of
1800s."

Eleftheria Deltsou, (University of Thessaly)=20

"Agrotourism Recollecting."

Vassiliki Yiakoumaki, (Panteion University)

"Constructing Mediterranean Nostalgia Institutionally: Some Examples =
from
On-going EU-Sponsored Research."

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Break

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Panel 9: Living the Present between the Past and the Future: A New =
Critical
Nostalgia.

(Panel sponsored by ETNP ACUME )

Chair: Elena Lamberti

Vita Fortunati, (University of Bologna)

"Memory, Desire and Utopia: A New Perspective on the Notion of Critical
Utopia."

Roumiana Stantcheva (Institute for Balkan Studies & Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences)

"Constructing/Reconstructing Mediterranean Space in Bulgarian and in
Romanian Literature."

Anna Gamberini, (University of Bologna)

"Echoes of Nostalgia in the Roman-Greek world: the contribution of
archaeology and material culture".=20

Stephanos Stephanides, (University of Cyprus)=20

"Nostalgia for the Future: A perspective on Cypriot poetry"

Jacopo Masi, (University of Bologna)

"Nostos, a Voyage to the Self: Comparing Mediterranean Poetry"

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Conclusion: Thomas Gallant

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 Organizing Committee: Thomas Gallant, Nicole Giantzi, Antonis Liakos =
and
Mary Gallant

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Dr. Thomas W. Gallant

Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair=20

Professor of Greek History

Department of History

2140 Vari Hall

York University

4700 Keele Street

Toronto, ON

Canada M3J 1P3

(campus office) 416/736-2100 x 30415

(off-campus office: preferred) 416/920-3882

(mobile) 416/358-2475

http://www.arts.yorku.ca/hist/tgallant=20

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<DIV> The Second York University-University of Athens- =
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Institute in Greece Workshop on the Mediterranean March =
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2005 &nbsp; The Old Lecture Hall, Prytanion, University of =
Athens,=20
Panepistimiou =
Street 30 &nbsp; &nbsp; "Constructions of=20
Mediterranean Nostalgia" &nbsp; Collaborating=20
Institutions: The University of Michigan The Network on =
Cultural=20
Memory in European Countries (ACUME) &nbsp; This event is =
free and=20
open to the public. For further information about the conference, =
please=20
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2005. &nbsp; &nbsp; Programme &nbsp;=20
 Thursday, March 3, 18.00-21.00 &nbsp; Official =
Opening=20
Ceremony:&nbsp; Chair:&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas Gallant -Antonis=20
Liakos Welcome: The Honourable Philip Somerville, Ambassador of =
Canada to=20
Greece Welcome: Prof. George Babiniotis, Rector, University of=20
Athens Welcome: Prof. Sheila Embleton, Vice-President Academic, =
York=20
University Welcome: Dr. Stefanie Kennell, Director, Canadian =
Institute in=20
Greece &nbsp; Break &nbsp; Panel 1: Creating =

Cultural Memory Chair: Thomas Gallant Antonis Liakos, =
(University=20
of Athens) "The Body and the Mediterranean." Luigi =
Cajani,=20
(University of Rome) "Landscape and Identity: The Case of the=20
Mediterranean Natural Environment." Yiorgos Chouliaras, =
("Hellenic=20
Authors' Society"), "Benefits of a Mediterranean Nostalgia=20
Diet." &nbsp; &nbsp; Reception &nbsp; =
 Friday,=20
March 4, 9.30-13.30 &nbsp; Panel 2: Literary Constructions =
of=20
Nostalgia Chair: Bessie Dendrinou Efrosini Camatsos, =
(Panteion=20
University, Athens) "Nostalgia of the Diaspora: Greek-Australian =
women=20
writers." Charitini Christodoulou, (University of Birmingham)=20
 "Dreams in Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation: a nostalgic space=20
founding subjectivity." Christina Dokou, (University of =
Athens)=20
 "Nostalgia and Gender-bending in Lilika Nakos'=20
'Maternity'." &nbsp; Break &nbsp; Panel 3: =
Memory=20
and the re-writing of history Chair: Artemis Leontis Asli =
Igsiz,=20
(University of Michigan) "Rewriting Individual Stories into the=20
Collective Memory Repertoire: Documentary Genres in Response to =
Monophonic=20
Official Historiography in Contemporary Turkey." Efi Gaz=ED, =
(University=20
of Thessaly) "History, Nostalgia, "Catastrophe." Thanos =
Koulos,=20
(LSE, London) "Asia Minor, 'Paradise Lost': The Cultural =
Construction of=20
a National Myth." &nbsp; Friday, March 4,=20
16.00-21.00 &nbsp; Panel 4: Memory and =
Identity Chair: Olga=20
Katsiardi Hering Nicoletta Giantzi, (University of =
Athens) "La=20
conception de la Nostalgie hom=E8rique dans la pens=E9e et la pratique=20
des h=E9retiques de la France m=E9ridionale." Odette =
Varon-Vassard, (Open=20
University, Athens) "La nostalgie comme el=E9ment constructif de =
l'identit=E9=20
s=E9farade." H=E9di Bouraoui, (York University) "Memory =
and Identity:=20
Readings from the works of H=E9di Bouraoui."&nbsp;=20
 &nbsp; Break &nbsp; Panel 5: Mediterranean=20
Identity: A View from the East Chair: Katerina =
Gardikas Irad=20
Malkin, (Tel Aviv University) "The Mediterranean=20
Option." Alexandra Nocke, (Tel Aviv University) =
 "Mediterraneanism=20
in Israel - Narratives of the Past and the Construction of Modern =
Israeli=20
Identity." David Ohana, (Ben Gurion University) "The =
Mediterranean=20
vision of Jacqueline Kahanoff: Nostalgia or=20
Utopia." &nbsp; Keynote Address: &nbsp; Dr. =
Adrian=20
Shubert (York University) "The Bullfight: Commercial Spectacles =
and=20
National Nostalgia" &nbsp; &nbsp; Saturday, March =
5, 9.30-=20
13.30 &nbsp; Panel 6: Collecting and Communicating=20
Nostalgia Chair: Maria Efthymiou Artemis Leontis and =
Lauren E.=20
Talalay, (University of Michigan) "Museum Collecting in the=20
Mediterranean: The Case of the Kelsey =
Expeditions, 1919-1926." Pavlos=20
Kavouras, (University of Athens) "Allegories of Nostalgia: =
Mediterranean=20
Music, Mediterranean Ethnography." Theodore Koutsogiannis, =
(University of=20
Athens) "Nostalgia for Athenian grandeur: The popular tradition =
of=20
nicknames for the ancient monuments of Athens and its influence on =
the visual=20
arts and literature." Anastasia Stephanidou, ( University of =
Athens )=20
 "Cultural Nostalgia in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex."=20
 &nbsp; Break &nbsp; Panel 7: Visualizing=20
Nostalgia Chair: Ioanna Laliotou Stephane Savvas, (Ecole =
Normale=20
Superieure, Paris) "The nostalgia for Asia Minor in Greek movies =
from the=20
twenties to nowadays." Nicolas Potamitis, (British Film =
Institute),=20
"Barrel-organs and Bordellos: the mise-en-scene of nostalgia in =
fifties Greek=20
film." Penelope Papailias, (University of Thessaly)=20
 "Re-membering: Photomontage, family portraits and the diaspora=20
archive." Mitsos Bilalis (University of Thessaly)=20
 "Re-domesticating the National Past: Visuality and Nostalgia on=20
Greek Personal =
Homepages." &nbsp; &nbsp; Saturday, March=20
5, 16.00-20.00 &nbsp; Panel 8: Institutional Frameworks =
for=20
Cultural Nostalgia Chair: Adrian Shubert Luciano Marrocu, =

(University of Cagliari) "Construction of past and artifices of =
memory=20
in the Sardinian culture of 1800s." Eleftheria Deltsou, =
(University of=20
Thessaly) "Agrotourism Recollecting." Vassiliki =
Yiakoumaki,=20
(Panteion University) "Constructing Mediterranean Nostalgia=20
Institutionally: Some Examples from On-going EU-Sponsored=20
Research." &nbsp; Break &nbsp; Panel 9: =
Living the=20
Present between the Past and the Future: A New=20
Critical Nostalgia. (Panel sponsored by ETNP ACUME =
) Chair:=20
Elena Lamberti Vita Fortunati, (University of =
Bologna) "Memory,=20
Desire and Utopia: A New Perspective on the Notion of=20
Critical Utopia." Roumiana Stantcheva (Institute for Balkan =
Studies=20
&amp; Bulgarian Academy =
of Sciences) "Constructing/Reconstructing=20
Mediterranean Space in Bulgarian and in Romanian =
Literature." Anna=20
Gamberini, (University of Bologna) "Echoes of Nostalgia in the=20
Roman-Greek world: the contribution of archaeology and material =
culture".=20
 Stephanos Stephanides, (University of Cyprus) "Nostalgia =
for the=20
Future: A perspective on Cypriot poetry" Jacopo Masi, (University =
of=20
Bologna) "Nostos, a Voyage to the Self: Comparing Mediterranean=20
Poetry" &nbsp; Conclusion: Thomas=20
Gallant &nbsp; &nbsp;Organizing Committee: Thomas Gallant, =
Nicole=20
Giantzi, Antonis Liakos and Mary=20
Gallant &nbsp; &nbsp; Dr. Thomas W. =
Gallant Hellenic=20
Heritage Foundation Chair Professor of Greek =
History Department=20
of History 2140 Vari Hall York University 4700 =
Keele=20
Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 (campus office)=20
416/736-2100 x 30415 (off-campus office: preferred)=20
416/920-3882 (mobile) 416/358-2475 <A=20
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