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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