Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean

Royce Hall, 314 314 Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles

Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean Lecture by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Director, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, Athens) and Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (Curator, Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities, at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Demonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies) Hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture  in collaboration with The J. Paul Getty Museum and held in conjunction with the exhibition The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece Saturday, November 15, 2025 2:00...

La Xirgu: la pelicula

Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library

Barcelona, 1927. Only a few hours remain before Margarita Xirgu is set to premiere “Mariana Pineda” written by then-unknown Federico Garcia Lorca. The authorities threaten her with prison or exile if she dares to stage this libertarian play. Yet nothing seems to shake her determination, Until her friend and mentor, Valle-Inclán, also turns against her.