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Tentative program of the Opening Seminar
Syros/Athens, Greece Oct 2- 9, 2017
Director: Professor Eero Tarasti (Helsinki),
Assistants: Lazaros Papoutzis (Florina) ; Paul Forsell (Helsinki),
Monday Oct 2nd: arrival by ferry boat at Syros from Piraeus, leaving at 7 p.m. arriving around 10.30 p.m.
Tuesday Oct 3rd, Seminar, participants’ papers, Ritsos Hall, Municipality of Ermoupolis
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Welcoming and Opening words by the Director of the Academy, Prof. EeroTarasti (Helsinki)
Students From the University of Helsinki:
Mikko Metsälampi, David Forsman, Tuukka Brunila, Sari Helkala-Koivisto, Aleksi Haukka, Grisel McDonell, Kim Keskiivari, Panu Heimonen
(1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Lunch)
Afternoon:
Students From the University of Western Macedonia:
Lazaros Papoutzis: Semiotics of the Olympic Spirit
and others to be announced
Wednesday Oct 4, Excursion to the Delos island[1]
Alternatively: conference-recital by EilaTarasti according to her just appeared book on the Finnish woman composer Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982), Apollo Theater (or other venue to be available).
Participants’ papers: Ivo Velinov (Sofia), Dimash Suleimin (Almaty), Osman Axmedzade (Baku), Lauri Linask (Tartu), Son Melo (Bahia), Daniel Rohe (Brasilia), and others to be announced
Thursday Oct 5, return to Piraeus by ferry boat
taking hotels in Athens, dinner
continuing the seminar (place to be announced)
Friday Oct 6: “The Greek Miracle”, lectures by specialists
Finnish Institute, Athens, Zitrou 16, tel. +30 21 0922 1152
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Prof. Alexandros Lagopoulos (Athens): Ancient Greek Semiotic System
Dr. Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou (Athens): Architectural Theory and Heritage
Prof. Altti Kuusamo (Turku, Finland): Visual Arts in Ancient Greek
Prof. DemetreYannou (Athens): Music in Ancient Greek Tragedy
Dr. Samuli Salmi (Helsinki): The Medicine of Antiquity
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. lunch
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Prof. Kristian Bankov (Sofia): The Influence of Greek Philosophy on Semiotics
Prof. Dario Martinelli (Kaunas): Animals in Greek and Roman mythology
Prof. Karin Boklund-Lagopoulos (Athens): Modern European Writers and Poets in Greece
Prof. Pirjo Kukkonen (Helsinki): Göran Schildt (1917-2009) and his Odyssey with Daphne in the Mediterranean
As. Professor Nikos Fotopoulos, Prof. Ifigeneia Vamvakidou (Florina):
Dr. Kalliope Stiga (Athens): Mikis Theodorakis
Saturday Oct 7, Finnish Institute: Participants Papers and projects
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Prof. Zeynep Onur (Alanya Univ. Turkey): Semiotics of the Greek Miracle in Alanya
Prof. Rahilya Geybullaeva (Baku Slavic Univ. Azerbaidjan, and her colleagues): Ancient Mythological Thought in Azeri Culture and its Greek Origins
Prof. Bella Musaeva: The Incarnation of Plots of Ancient Greek Tragedies on the Azerbaijan Scen e
Rahila Kuliyeva Huseyn: Modification of Greek Myth in Stories “Haron, charitable Haron” and “Choice of Paris” by Kamal Abdulla
Dr. Deniz Özden (Istanbul) and others
Sunday, Oct 8, Visits to the Antiquities and Museums in Athens
Monday Oct 9 Home return
[1]Depending on weather conditions