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Dedicated to the promotion of Modern Greek Studies and conversant internationally on all issues, historical and contemporary, which pertain to Greek matters.

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New book Mikis Theodorakis, His Music and Politics
https://t.co/QibIPI1FDT

[Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer]

Around 2,200 years ago, the artist Hephaistion left his signature on a mosaic floor in the form of a piece of parchment held down with small drops of wax. This perfect imitation of a sheet of parchment, with one corner curled up, was discovered in one of the palaces at Pergamon.

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Greece welcomes back ancient art amid pressure on British Museum https://t.co/dvv8F0Ml6R

[Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 @ArchaeoMaria]

Michael Herzfeld is the '23 @MgsaOrg editor! In '21, in recognition of his 'catalytic role' in the systematic study of Greece by Anthropologists & development/consolidation of the field of Modern Greek Studies in the US, UK, CA, & AU, he was awarded Honorary Greek citizenship.

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Unearthing Everyday Life at an Ancient Site in Greece
https://t.co/GTiOEGSU8r

[American Historical Association @AHAhistorians]

The site of one of the most beautiful gardens on the east coast, @DumbartonOaks is the perfect place to think about the intersection between plants and the humanities, as Yota Batsaki and @juliafine19 discuss in #AHAPerspectives. https://t.co/4s7v5wbkER

[Kostis Karpozilos @k_karpozilos]

In this intriguing interview @a_dalachanis does not only explore “Greek” history in Egypt and Palestine. He offers valuable insight on how to rethink contemporary ties and cultural exchanges between Greece and the Middle East.

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This is important.

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For those of you going to the 27TH MGSA Symposium in Toronto, use ArriveCAN to enter Canada. https://t.co/r0TRqgXSeA

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Guns of Navarone actress, Irene Pappas, dead at 96
https://t.co/3BtdV9EMzq

[Greek News Agenda @greeknewsagenda]

The 2022 Edmund Keeley Book Prize from @MgsaOrg is awarded to Eleni Kefala’s ‘The Conquered: Byzantium and America on the Cusp of Modernity’, “a work of truly original scholarship” comparing aspects of #Byzantine and #Aztec Empires. https://t.co/9NJGBwrL4x

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For those of you going to the 27TH MGSA Symposium in Toronto, use ArriveCAN to enter Canada. https://t.co/r0TRqgXSeA

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And the announcement is here. Congratulations. https://t.co/4j0aUDvXho

[Durrell Society @DurrellSociety]

And so at last outwards upon the main deep, feeling the soft unction of the water's rhythms begin to breast us up, cradle and release us, as if in play.

The night was superlatively warm and fine. A dolphin broke once, twice at the bow. A course was set.

— Lawrence Durrell

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OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay
https://t.co/09BBZ5QJlz

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UNESCO Called to Save the Hagia Sophia By Greek Archaeologists
https://t.co/3vcWeWhuy8

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The preliminary program for the MGSA 2022 Symposium
13-16 October, 2022 · York University, Toronto, Canada is now online.
https://t.co/2i4sk1WTxI

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The preliminary program for the MGSA 2022 Symposium
13-16 October, 2022 · York University, Toronto, Canada is now online.
https://t.co/2i4sk1WTxI

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Is British Museum’s stance shifting on Parthenon marbles return?
https://t.co/wABP8lEwgt

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Hellenic Observatory, A.G. Leventis Research Innovation Programme on Cyprus. Call for Research Project Proposals 2022/23
https://t.co/z0mgtdmQki

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The book selected for the 2022 MGSA Vassiliki Karagiannaki Best Edited Book Prize is - Redirecting Ethnic Singularity: Italian Americans and Greek Americans in Conversation, edited by Yiorgos Anagnostou, Yiorgos D. Kalogeras and Theodora Patrona. https://t.co/mgZhWfs1vP