ΔΙΑΛΕΞΗ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΤΗς ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑΣ ΤΕΜΠΛ

 

   

TEMPLE   UNIVERSITY

THE  CENTER  FOR  HELLENIC  STUDIES

Presents a lecture by

Dr. Evangelos G. Avdikos

Professor of Folkloristics at the University of Thessaly

“Continuity, Folk Studies, and National Identity in Greece”

Monday, December 1^st, 2008 – 2:30 p.m.

AC 207, Anderson Classes, Anderson Hall, Temple University

Folk studies in Greece have played

a role both in the creation of the Greek national state and in the shaping of the Greek identity.

The theory of continuity is a key

concept for understanding these processes.

Dr.  Evangelos  G.  Avdikos,

Professor of the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, Greece, researches cultural identities, narratives, oral history and memory, and the supernatural. He has conducted fieldwork with both Rom children and refugees from the former Soviet Union.

     Refreshments will be served.