NHM Dialogues: Recent Episodes
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NHM Dialogues is a fresh, relevant look at Greek history, art, and culture. Join NHM Resident Scholar Dr. Katie Kelaidis, and Manager of Programs Cairo Dye as they discuss multi-faceted narratives, build bridges between the ancient and the modern, and talk with scholars, artists, and other experts who are shaping the conversation about Hellenism - past and present.Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye
In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss Greek women in the comedy scene like Tina Fey & Nia Vardalos and how they find universal humor in the specificity of their own experiences.
This episode is part of our special programming for Women's History Month.
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Lindsey Ellis' Video Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis
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In this episode of NHM Dialogues, Katie and Cairo discuss the recent catastrophic fires in Greece and place them in a historical - and global - context. They are briefly joined by fire ecologist Dr. Camille Stevens-Runnmann, an assistant professor at Colorado State University and the assistant director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. Her work focuses on post-wildfire recovery.
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In this episode, Katie & Cairo sit down with NHM's Collections & Archives Manager, Jeremy Bucher, to discuss NHM's Oral History Program and Oral History and the discipline as an increasingly valuable resource for historians more broadly.
NHM's Kamberos Oral History Center:
https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/exhibits/oral-history-project/
Chicago Cultural Alliance (CCA) Stories of Arts Resilience with StoryCorps:
https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/chicagoculture/presenting-our-stories-of-arts-resilience/
Cairo & Katie's interview for Stories of Arts Resilience:https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/cairo-dye-and-katherine-kelaidis/
Jeremy's Interview with Andrew Leith (CCA) for Stories of Arts Resilience:https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/andrew-leith-and-jeremy-bucher/
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In this episode, Katie & Cairo sit down with NHM's Collections & Archives Manager, Jeremy Bucher, to discuss NHM's collection of Greek American Artifacts and his work on creating NHM's digital exhibitions.
Aragon Ballroom/Andrew Karzas Collection
https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/entities/7958
Candy Industry
https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Gallery/431
Becoming a Spy: Helias Doundoulakis, the OSS, and the Second World War (Free Digital Exhibition)
https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibits/show/how-to-build-a-spy--helias-dou
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In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss ancient Greek comedy & satire as a genre and its resonances in comedy throughout history, and how it is reflected in writers across time, from Mel Brooks to William Shakespeare.
Lindsey Ellis' Video Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkE
Books by Kwame Anthony Appiah
The Honor Code:
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393340525
Cosmopolitanism:
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393329339
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This episode focuses on Yannis Tsarouchis, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek painters of the 20th Century. Katie & Cairo are joined by Ashley Janke, the Program & Education Coordinator at Wrightwood 659, and Philip Tarlow, a painter and Tsarouchis' 'American Protégé', to discuss Tsarouchis' life, works, and Tarlow's experiences with his late mentor & friend.
This episode is in collaboration with Wrightwood 659 for their current exhibit, Yannis Tsarouchis: Dancing in Real Life. The exhibit is the first U.S. exhibition of Tsarouchis' work and is on display at Wrightwood 659 until July 31st.
Find out more here:
https://wrightwood659.org/exhibitions/yannis-tsarouchis-dancing-in-real-life/
Learn more about Philip Tarlow and his work here:
https://www.philiptarlow.com/
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In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss the origins of the Proxenia, or Matchmaker, and matchmakings history and evolution in Greek Culture.
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In this second part of our two-part series on the origins & evolution of democracy in Classical Athens and its relationship to Athenian Citizenship, Katie & Cairo talk about the political life & legacy of Pericles in Athenian Democracy.
The Perpetual Immigrant And The Limits Of Athenian Democracy by Demetra Kasimis:
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781107670464
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In Part One of this Two-Part Episode, Katie & Cairo discuss the origins & evolution of democracy in Classical Athens and its relationship to Athenian Citizenship. In this first part, Katie & Cairo talk about the establishment of Draco's Constitution and Solon's reforms.
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Katie & Cairo are joined by Nicole Amiridis to discuss her experiences being Greek & Cuban and growing up in a bi-cultural household.
Follow Nicole on instagram @nicoleamiwriting and check out her podcast @creatorstablepod or at their website, https://creatorstablepodcast.com/
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Katie & Cairo are joined by artist Tom Megalis & poet Anthony Roberts to discuss the ways in which their Greek heritage have helped to shape their lives, identity, and work.
This episode of NHM Dialogues is a part of NHM's week of digital programming in honor of the Bicentennial of Greek Independence. Find the rest of our Bicentennial Programs here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmVl4AZiDaQJO6SaTHmt2fS43_C8GTu9L
Find Tom Megalis:
Website: http://www.tommegalis.com/
Intstagram @tommegalis: https://www.instagram.com/tommegalis
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Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/tommegalis
FOX PILOT I wrote and produced Called "Tom's Life": https://vimeo.com/343575163
Clips from Mad Greek, Animation done for Comedy Central: https://vimeo.com/269124517
More about Anthony Roberts:
Anthony Roberts is a poet, educator, and veteran. A graduate of The New School in New York City with a Masters of Fine Arts, he has taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His poetry has been published in Southerly Literary Journal, The Other Voices Poetry Anthology, and Vox Poetica among others and has been translated into Persian, Italian, Bengali, and Czech. His first book, the Pushcart Prize nominated Pigtown, was published in 2017 by Red Dashboard Publications and was selected by Old Dominion University for inclusion in their writing program.
Get your copy of The Clearing Barrel at Anthony's Website:
http://varangiwriting-mobile.surge.sh/
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Katie & Cairo are joined by Cairo's dad, Mark Dye, to discuss their family history in Appalachian coal mines and compare it to Katie's similar family history in the coal mines of the Inner-Mountain West. The three discuss the ways in which those communities have been historically similar and different in various regions of the country, and the ways in which the communities have evolved differently over time.
This episode of NHM Dialogues is a companion piece to NHM's video "Greek Mining Communities in the Inner-Mountain West", available now on NHM's YouTube Channel. Find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_maB6bHBEKw&t=2s
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Katie & Cairo are joined by special guest Menios Papadimitriou, a PhD candidate in Fordham University's Department of Religion, to discuss Orthodoxy and its relationship to Greek Identity.
Menios focuses his research on the history of American Orthodox Christianity and its contemporary issues. His work is driven by questions regarding the engagement of religion and modernity and the tension between institutional religious structures and everyday religious expression. He holds an M.Th and an M.Div from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary and a J.D. from Tulane University. He lives in New York City with his Doberman Pinscher, Mak.
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Katie & Cairo are joined by special guest Dr. Sebastian Matzner of King's College London for a conversation about his life, work, and the classical canon.
Sebastian Matzner is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Director of Queer@King’s (Centre for Research and Teaching in Gender and Sexuality Studies) at King’s College London. Trained in both Classics and Comparative Literature, his research focuses on interactions between ancient and modern literature and thought, especially in the fields of poetics and rhetoric, literary and critical theory, traditions of classicism, the history of sexualities, and LGBTQ studies. Aside from articles and book chapters on a range of topics in these fields, he is the author of Rethinking Metonymy: Literary Theory and Poetic Practice from Pindar to Jakobson(Oxford University Press, 2016, pb 2019) as well as co-editor of Complex Inferiorities: The Poetics of the Weaker Voice in Latin Literature (Oxford University Press, 2018; with S. Harrison) and Metalepsis: Ancient Texts, New Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2020; with G. Trimble). He is a member of the “Young Academy” at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the Humanities/Leopoldina National Academy (2017–2022) and joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of the Classical Tradition as well as Associate Editor of the Classical Receptions Journal.
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Katie & Cairo focus on men & masculinity in Greek Mythology in the second of a two part episode on gender in mythology.
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Katie & Cairo focus on women & femininity in Greek Mythology in the first of a two part episode on gender in mythology.
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In this first episode of NHM Dialogues, Katie and Cairo talk about Oxi Day and how celebration and identity, especially in an immigrant context, are often intimately connected.
NHM Dialogues is a “behind the scenes” look at the conversations and controversies that inspire, complicate, and create the National Hellenic Museum’s work. With topics from Greek Holidays to Classical Mythology, come join us for more casual conversations with NHM Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis & Manager of Special Events Cairo Dye and the occasionally a special guest, these are the conversations we have behind closed doors while we plan for NHM’s videos, special exhibitions, and more!
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