Y CIET If you are interested in the Society and wish further information please contact the Secretary: Mrs Joyce Wilson Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society 9 Gordon Road, Aberdeen, AB15 7RY Telephone: 07921269772 e-mail: [email protected] www.aberdeenscottishhellenicsociety.org.uk SO ENIC HELL TISH SCOT DEEN ABER ABERDEEN SCOTTISH HELLENIC SOCIETY 2014-2015 The Society offers classes in Modern Greek as well as a Film Club; for information see the Society website or contact Melvin Dalgarno on 01224 494508. The Society recommends to you the only Greek restaurant in Aberdeen, Christos Taverna, John Street (telephone: 01224 636320), which hosts some of the Society’s social events. • “And Beneath the Altar White Mice Make Their Nests”: Sacred Animals in Greek Temples Dr Sian Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, University of St Andrews Wednesday, 18 February 2015 • “Twice a Stranger”: the Catastrophic Success of the Compulsory Exchange of Populations Agreed by Venizelos and Ataturk Dr Yorgos Dedes, Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of London Thursday, 12 March 2015 • A Celebration of Greek Film Music Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 8 pm (The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate) • Easter Party Sunday, 12 April 2015 at 1 pm (Balgownie Playing Fields, off Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don) • Rembetika Night Wednesday, 15 April 2015 at 8 pm (The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate) • Annual General Meeting Followed by a talk and the End of Session Party Thursday, 7 May 2015 at 7 pm (the Chaplaincy Centre, 25 High Street, University of Aberdeen) • Taverna Night Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at 7 pm (Christos Greek Taverna, John Street) The Society Film Club meets every two weeks each term on a Friday evening, commencing 26 September 2014. Details are available on the Society website and from Melvin Dalgarno on 01224 494508. Ordinary/Student/School member (Delete as appropriate) Send to: Mrs Joyce Wilson, Secretary, Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society, 9 Gordon Road, Aberdeen AB15 7RY A membership card, with full details of the programme, is issued as a receipt of subscription. • The Greek Symposium Dr Samantha Newington, Teaching Fellow, University of Aberdeen, followed by the cutting of the Vasilopita Thursday, 22 January 2015 EMAIL________________________________________________________________________________ Further events, mostly in the form of illustrated talks, take place at approximately monthly intervals, normally at the University Campus in Old Aberdeen, and are followed by refreshments. The cutting of the Vasilopita (traditional New Year cake) containing a lucky coin, follows the January meeting. • Byron’s Greece (1809-1824) Joint Meeting with The Hellenic Society Professor Roderick Beaton, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, and Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, London Thursday, 11 December 2014 (MacRobert Building MR051) _____________________________________________________________________________________ The first meeting of the Society’s 2014-2015 programme is on Thursday 9 October at 7.30 pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, King Street (opposite the University playing fields), and takes the form of a Greek Evening. Greek food and wine are served to members free of charge and music, dancing and AV presentations take place in the course of the evening. • Paddy Leigh Fermor: Adventures and Travels in his Archives Graham Stewart, Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive Project Curator, National Library of Scotland Thursday, 13 November 2014 ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________________ ACTIVITIES • Cacoyannis and Irene Papas David Wingrove, Open Studies, University of Edinburgh Thursday, 30 October 2014 NAME(S)______________________________________________________________________________ For further information and photographs of the Society’s activities visit the web site at: www.aberdeenscottishhellenicsociety.org.uk • Greek Evening Thursday, 9 October 2014 (St Mary’s Church Hall, King Street) (BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE) The Society, which in its present form dates from 1980, aims to offer a varied programme of informative and entertaining talks with a balance between ancient and modern Greek topics. (held in Regent Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen, at 7.30 pm unless otherwise stated) I/We wish to join the Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society and enclose £ ____________ (Ordinary membership £15, Students £5, Schoolchildren £1.50) Are you interested in Greece or Cyprus? Perhaps you have spent a holiday there, or watched TV programmes about Greek archaeology or read books written about or set in Greece. Whether your interest is in Ancient, Byzantine or Modern Greece, in the literature, the life, or the people, the Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society exists to help you develop that interest. It also serves to provide opportunities for Greeks, Cypriots and local residents to meet each other socially. EVENTS ARRANGED FOR SESSION 2014-2015 APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF ABERDEEN SCOTTISH HELLENIC SOCIETY ABERDEEN SCOTTISH HELLENIC SOCIETY