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Selections from the Vlavianos archives are on display in the Special Collections reading room at the CSUS University Library. Some photos are below.

biographical materials

political materials

ahepa artifacts

greek war relief association poster

dimitri mitropoulos' bluthner grand piano

Professor Apostolos Athanassakis Lecture at CSU,  Sacramento

Friday 3-20-09

Professor Apostolos Athanassakis, who will deliver this Friday, March 20, the Opening Night Lecture for the Mehri Yazdani exhibit in the University Library Gallery(exhibit: “Hellenism & the Elements”; lecture: “Hellenic Poetry as the Art of Speaking through the Elements”) has offered to preside at an informal discussion of various topics relating to his scholarship and teaching.

The discussion will take place this Friday from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. on the CSUS campus in Amador 354. Feel free to drop in or to leave anytime during the session.

Professor Athanassakis is an expert on Homeric poetry and on Hesiod, among various other subjects in classical studies. Depending on the interests of attendees, topics of discussion likely will include:

· Homeric geography

· Arrangement of the books of the Odyssey

· Translating the works of Hesiod, the Homeric poems, the Orphic hymns, the Apocolocyntosis, et al.

(Some have probably read his translations published by Johns Hopkins University press, and included in classical mythology anthologies, etc.) For information on Professor Apostolos: http://www.classics.ucsb.edu/athanassakis.php

The schedule for the evening lecture:

· Reception (Library breezeway), 6:00-7:00; the exhibit will be open

· Lecture, 7:30 (inside the Library, next to the Gallery)

Mar 12, 2009

DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR PRESENTATION

“Greece: Between East and West”

The Hellenic Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation, American Hellenic Professional Society, and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) invite you to join us for the upcoming lecture by Dr. Sotiris Mousouris, former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and former President of the Organization of the Construction of the New Acropolis Museum.

Thursday, March 12, 2009 Senator Nicholas Petris Room, Library 3023 (3rd floor) Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, University Library

Schedule of Events:

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.: presentation and discussion

8:30 – 9:30 p.m. : refreshments

The presentation and reception are free and open to the public. This event has been made possible by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA).

For further information, contact Dr. Katerina Lagos at (916) 278-7103.

Mar 15, 2009

Hellenism and the Elements Exhibit Opening Night

The Hellenic Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation, American Hellenic Professional Society, and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) invite you to join us for the opening night of the Hellenism and the Elements exhibit and presentation by the artist, Ms. Mehri Yazdani.

Ms. Yazdani will give a presentation entitled: “The Seed: The Creation of the Elements”

Sunday, March 15, 2009 University Library Gallery (1st floor)

Schedule of Events:

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. exhibit viewing and reception

7:00 – 8:30 p.m. presentation and discussion.

The presentation and reception are free and open to the public.This event has been made possible by generous grants from the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation.

For further information, contact Dr. Katerina Lagos at (916) 278-7103.

The BJV Project is progressing nicely. We’ve a whole workshop of labor now working on the collection, with three new interns added this spring. Jennifer Crouch will also be re-joining the team to continue work on the photograph collection. So the shop is buzzing with activity. We will shortly begin work on the National Herald newspaper materials which are some of the most important in the collection. When this is completed we will have the majority of the Business series organized.

We have also recently heard from our colleague Kostis Karpozilos who, while in Athens, continues to work away on his PhD dissertation on the history Greek-American labor radicalism. We send him our greetings!

Finally, Special Collections/Tsakopoulos Hellenic is in the process of acquiring a another small collection of very interesting Greek-American papers. More news as it comes available.

~~Aaron

Sonya Lovine, graduate student intern

Hello!  My name is Sonya Lovine. I started my internship with the CSUS Special Collections department at the beginning of this spring semester. I’ll be doing a research project on digitization for preservation and access grants, learning what grants are out there and what digital projects have been funded, studying the Basil J. Vlavianos collection, and finally, making recommendations of grant possibilities for this collection with intentions of helping the department submit future grant proposals. In addition, I’ll also be learning the basics of using digital technologies to preserve and provide better access to digital collections. I’ll have my work cut out for me!

A little bit about me ~ I’m a part-time grad student at Sacramento State University in the Public History program. This is my third semester in grad school. I also work as a Sponsored Research Officer in the Research Administration office here at Sacramento State and have worked for the University now for just over 20 years.

From George Mason’s Center for History and New Media:

What is Digital History?

Digital history is an approach to examining and representing the past that takes advantage of new communication technologies such as computers and the Web. It draws on essential features of the digital realm, such as databases, hypertextualization, and networks, to create and share historical knowledge.

Digital history complements other forms of history—indeed, it draws its strength and methodological rigor from this age-old form of human understanding while using the latest technology.

We have added a feed for Center for History and New Media’s Digital Campus podcast

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Check out these very witty and interesting discussions.

~Aaron