contemporary greek film cultures conference 2015

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contemporary greek film cultures conference 2015
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CONTEMPORARY GREEK FILM CULTURES CONFERENCE 2015
An International Interdisciplinary Conference
hosted by the Hellenic Studies Program
at the University of Washington, Seattle, May 8-9, 2015
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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015 –
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Special screening by invitation
VENUE: Allen Library, Allen Auditorium, University of Washington.
http://www.washington.edu/static/media/campus-and-vicinity.pdf
Stratos (Το Μικρό Ψάρι): film screening
A special film screening at Allen Library, Allen Auditorium, University of Washington –for
conference speakers and session leaders.
With the lead actor Vangelis Mourikis. Discussion with Vangelis Calotychos (Brown University)
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
VENUE: Sundance Theatre, 4500 9th AVE NE, 98105
http://www.washington.edu/static/media/campus-and-vicinity.pdf
Attenberg - Film screening
Followed by Q & A with the director Athina Rachel Tsangari and lead actor Vangelis Mourikis
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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 continued
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch – Participants may choose from the many cafes located along University Ave as one
walks toward campus. A variety of menus are available on campus at McMahon Residence
Hall (6-0 on your campus map) which has a wonderful selection at a reasonable cost to the
public. Here is a link https://www.hfs.washington.edu/dining/hours/#gsc.tab=0 McMahon
only accepts Visa, MC and Husky Cards. No cash and no AMEX.
2: 00 PM – 3:30 PM
VENUE: Thomson Hall, room 317, on campus. Thomson Hall is located to the right of the HUB
(Husky Union Building) please see http://www.washington.edu/static/media/campus-andvicinity.pdf Thomson Hall is located at N9 on this map.
Panel 1: Angry Youth, Wasted Youth in the City
Chair: Taso Lagos (University of Washington)
Konstantinos Tzouflas, “Cinema and the Eurozone Crisis: Anger, Unemployment and Breaking
Bad in Southern Europe”
Vassiliki Strataki, (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) “Greek Youth in Revolt:
Athens in the Aftermath of December 2008 in the films Wasted Youth (2011) and
Kolopaida/Jerks (2011).”
Rosa Barotsi (Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry), “The Politics of Contemporary Greek
Cinema in Wasted Youth and Dogtooth.”
4:00 – 5:45 PM
VENUE: Thomson Hall, room 317
http://www.washington.edu/static/media/campus-and-vicinity.pdf
Panel 2: Adapting and Adaptation in Contemporary Greek Film(s)
Chair: Nektaria Klapaki (University of Washington)
Elsa Amanatidou (Brown University), “Film as Cultural Narrative in the Language Classroom.”
Katerina Zacharia (Loyola Marymount University), “Greek Tragic Idiom in Contemporary
Greek Cinema.”
6:30 – 8:30 PM
VENUE: UW Club, Lake Washington Room
See O 9.5 on map. http://www.washington.edu/static/media/campus-and-vicinity.pdf
Dinner, Welcome, & Keynote Address
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VENUE: UW Club, Yukon Pacific Room
Key-note Address
Chair: Lydia Papadimitriou (Liverpool John Moores University)
Director Athina Rachel Tsangari speaks about her work and contemporary Greek cinema with
critic Lydia Papadimitriou
9:45 PM Shuttle from Silver Cloud will arrive.
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SATURDAY, MAY 9TH
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
VENUE: Sundance Theatre, 4500 9th Ave NE., 206 633 0059.
Xenia – Film screening
Panos Coutras, Xenia
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Lunch break
1:30 – 3:15 PM
VENUE: Thomson Hall, room 101
Panel 3: Memory, History, and Identity
Chair: Vangelis Calotychos (Brown University)
Wendy Everett (University of Bath), “The Displaced Gaze: Journeys to Uncertainty in
Contemporary Greek Cinema”
Panagiota Mini (University of Crete), “Film Narration and the Interpretation of the Past in
Contemporary Greek Cinema.”
Vassiliki Rapti (Harvard University), “The Noose Within Vassilis Loules’ Film ‘The Noose’: An
Endless Mise En Abîme As A Tribute To Théo Angelopoulos.”
3:45 – 5:30 PM
Panel 4: Weird Bodies in Times of Crisis
Chair: Kostis Kornetis (NYU)
VENUE: Thomson Hall, room 101
Patricia Felisa Barbeito (Rhode Island School of Design), “The Lily-Livered Ogre: Nikos
Koundouros’s O Drakos as Anti-Noir”
Ina Karkani (Cinema Department, Stockholm University), “Framing the Weird Body in
Contemporary European Cinema.”
Yannis Lambrou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), “The Liberation Of
Sexuality In Greek ‘Weird Wave’ Cinema As Symbolic Of A Move Toward A New Greek
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Consciousness.”
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6:00 – 7:45 PM
Panel 5: Family Values, Family Horrors
Chair: Toby Lee (NYU)
VENUE: Thomson Hall, room 101
Tatjana Aleksić (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), “The Politics of Sexploitation and
Violence, or Loving One’s Children to Death”
Tonia Kazakopoulou (University of Reading): “The Mother Accomplice: Questions of
Representation in Dogtooth and Miss Violence.”
Mikela Fotiou (University of Glasgow), “’Steer Clear From That Chick, She Will Be The End Of
You’: Female Representation In Contemporary Greek Horror Films”
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8:00/8:15 – 9:15 PM
Panel 6: Reception: Wrap up session - members of program committee; invited guests.
VENUE: Liam’s restaurant, University Village.
SUNDAY, MAY 10
9 AM
De-briefing
VENUE: to be decided
This conference was made possible through the additional support and generosity of: the
Center for West European Studies at the UW, the PhD Program at the Jackson School (UW),
the Hellenic Studies Program at Sacramento State and by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
at the UW.
For questions or corrections to this itinerary please contact [email protected]
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