Brève n° 226
12e Académie Homérique (en Grèce et en anglais)
Billet de Robin Delisle sur son
portique, le jeudi 19 mars 2009.
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE 12th ACADEMIA HOMERICA
July
10-19 2009
The
12th Academia Homerica will take place, July 10-19, 2009, in Athens and in the
islands of Chios and Oinousses. Three sessions will be offered
a)
Students' session
b)
Scholars / Hellenists' session
c)
Modern Greek session.
All
participants are invited to take part in the optional Greek traditional dances
session in the afternoon.
General
Information
July
10 Arrival of all participants in Athens. Stay at Hotel Theoxenia, 3-6
Gladstonos str.
Dinner
at Bairaktaris Restaurant at Monastiraki
July
11 Visit of the Acropolis, the New Acropolis Museum and the Archaeological
Museum
Lunch
at Pasalimani – Piraeus (near to the Themistoclean Walls)
Departure
to Chios by ship in the late afternoon
July
12 Arrival in Chios and installation at the Boarding House of the Aegean
University (resp. hotels)
Official
opening of the Academia Homerica at the Homerion Cultural Center
July
12-18 Lessons and lectures in Homerion, various activities and trips: visit of
sightseeing places in Chios town and island (archaeological site of Emporio,
Mastic village of Pyrgi, Nea Moni, Homer's House, …) trip to the island of
Oinousses.
July
18 Competition of the students.
July
19 Closing of the congress.
Return
by ship to Piraeus in the evening.
July
20 Arrival at Piraeus and return to town by bus. (Participants are kindly
requested not to book return flights before noon. Private direct return by
bus/metro from Piraeus to the Airport is possible.)
Deadline
of applications
May
10, 2009. www.euroclassica.eu >Academiae > Academia Homerica >
Registration.
Participation
fees : 500 EUROS (full board in Athens and Chios, ship tickets,
excursions). Flight tickets to and from Athens are not included.
Address
of the Bank : PROBANK, BRANCH KORAI (023) ATHENS-GREECE
Code
of Bank 054, SWIFT BIC CODE: PRNKGRAA
No
account 006 3224011022 EUR.
IBAN
GR 8105400230000063224011022
Beneficiary
EUROCLASSICA - ACADEMIA HOMERICA (M.-E. Giatrakou)
N.B.
Participants who need a visa (Eastern European countries, South America, etc.)
must apply the soonest possible to arrange officially their invitation and get
their visa in time.
Professors
and students must have their University or school identity card for free
entrance to the museums, the Acropolis and the Archaeological places.
They
must all also have a valid travel and health insurance for their stay in
Greece.
Final
information about the programme, bus, metros and hotel in Athens will be sent
in June.
a)
Students' session
Students
with at least some acquaintance with Homeric Greek will have the opportunity to
improve their knowledge of Homer’s poems and world at Homer’s place!
Students
will attend their lectures and lessons mainly at the Homerion Cultural Center
of Chios, (in the Naval Academy in Oinousses and at the Cultural Center of
Pyrgi).
The
session will be directed by Prof. John Thorley (GB) assisted by Dr. Antony
Makrinos and other professors from European Universities.
The
programme will include classes on Homer, Iliad, book 6.
It
will also include lectures and seminars on Homeric topics, Mycenaean and Trojan
archaeology, as well as Greek/Chian epigraphy and history.
Lessons
and lectures will be conducted in English.
An
introduction to Modern Greek and traditional dances will be offered.
The
programme contains also educational tours and visits together with the
participants of the other sessions.
N.B.
A text (Il. 6) and vocabulary notes will be sent in advance by e-mail to
students who will be attending the Academia Homerica and have sent their e-mail
address to jt275@etherway.net Students should bring printed copies of these
with them in Greece. It will be useful if they also bring with them a
translation of the Iliad into their own language.
b)
Scholars / Hellenists' session
Scholars
and Hellenists will attend another session with the main topic Homer in the
World. Lectures will be given by Members of Academies, Professors of
Universities, doctors, principally in Modern Greek (with English summaries),
but also in English, in French or in any other language provided that an
English summary can be handed out.
The
programme contains also educational tours and visits together with the
participants of the other sessions.
N.B.
Participants who wish to give a lecture are kindly requested to communicate the
topic and the language of it to Maria-Eleftheria Giatrakou. They must also send
an English summary of it to be photocopied and handed out.
(Those
wishing their lecture to be published should give it with a disk to Mrs
Marianna Georgountzou-Nikitopoulou, Hegemonos 2, GR-15773 Zografou-Athens.)
c)
Modern Greek session
The
third session will be devoted to Modern Greek language, with intensive courses
morning and afternoon, under the direction of qualified professors.
All
participants of this session will participate with the other ones in
educational tours and visits as well.
For
more information contact
1.
Maria-Eleftheria Giatrakou, Director of Academia Homerica, 4-6, Sot. Charalampi,
11472 Athens – Greece
Tel:
0030-210 642 35 26,
Mobile:
0030-6932-368 388
e-mail:
bissias@otenet.gr (object: "to ME. Giatrakou")
(gstc@otenet.gr)
2.
Prof. John Thorley
e-mail:
jt275@etherway.net
3.
Christine Haller
e-mail:
christine_haller@hotmail.com
DATE DE PUBLICATION EN LIGNE : 1er AVRIL 2009