Humanities

Public Talk: Andreas Mayer

Published: October 7, 2022

Intangible and Recalcitrant Objects: Balzac’s Pedestrian Observations and the Predicament of the Human Sciences   In 1833, Honoré de Balzac published a short essay entitled La théorie de démarche. In…

My Rembetika Blues

Published: October 7, 2022

Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Mary Zournazi. My Rembetika Blues is a film about the power of music and what makes us human. Rembetika music or the Greek blues…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Travelling Players

Published: October 7, 2022

The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) Greece, 1975 A powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors on perennial tour, The Travelling Players swept the awards…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: Ulysses’ Gaze

Published: October 7, 2022

Ulysses’ Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odissea) Greece, 1995 Theo Angelopoulos once confessed to an interviewer, “I would like to believe the world will be saved by the cinema.” Ulysses’ Gaze…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Weeping Meadow

Published: October 7, 2022

The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi pou Dakryzei) Greece, 2004 A family history told in wide shot, The Weeping Meadow spans the turbulent decades between 1919 and the end of the…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Hunters

Published: October 7, 2022

The Hunters (I Kynighi) Greece, 1977 When a hunting party finds the body of a communist partisan perfectly preserved in the snow, they carry it back to their lakeside lodge…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: Alexander the Great

Published: October 7, 2022

Alexander the Great (O Megalexandros) Greece, 1980 Theo Angelopoulos insisted that Alexander the Great was his “most simple film” to date for its linear structure, beginning on New Year’s Eve…

Byzantine Studies Conference

Published: October 7, 2022

We welcome the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA) and participants to the 48th Annual Byzantine Studies conference at UCLA! Most conference activities will take place at the Luskin…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: Voyage to Cythera

Published: October 7, 2022

Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kithira) Greece, 1984 After years living in exile in the Soviet Union, a communist resistance fighter, Spyros (Manos Katrakis), returns home to the dismay of…

Film Screening: Last Voyage

Published: October 7, 2022

A documentary based on the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis’ travels in the Far East. The film’s director Aris Chatzistefanou will join us for Q & A following the screening. Co-sponsored…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: Days of ’36

Published: October 7, 2022

Days of ’36 (Meres tou ’36) Greece, 1972 A political assassination kicks off Theo Angelopoulos’ portrait of one Greek dictatorship made under the shadow of another. This opening act of…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: Eternity and a Day

Published: October 7, 2022

Eternity and a Day (Mia Aioniotita kai mia Mera). France/Italy/Greece/Germany 1998 Bruno Ganz plays a famed Greek author with a growing list of uncompleted projects after becoming despondent following the…

Angelopoulos Retrospective: Landscape in the Mist

Published: October 7, 2022

Landscape in the Mist (Topio stin Omichli) Greece/France/Italy, 1988 A young girl and her brother run away to find the father they’ve never met in Germany. Ducking train conductors and…

Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Parker Quartet

Published: October 5, 2022

Inspiring performances, luminous sound, and exceptional musicianship are the hallmarks of the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet. Renowned for its dynamic interpretations and polished, expansive colors, the group has rapidly distinguished…