"The most modern photographer in America," according to Andy Warhol. From his mentor, Man Ray, to his most famous student, Andy Warhol, the renowned photographer has captured the New York art scene since the 1970s, the punk-rock scene of the 80s and 90s in the U.S., as well as the architecture and art life of major European cities.
The DEREE - The American College of Greece and Diopter Publications are organizing a lecture with renowned American author John Verdon at the library of DEREE, on Friday, May 17 at 6pm.
On June 7, 2013, scholar and philhellene Andrew Horton reads from his book, Bones in the Sea. Organized in cooperation with the Hellenic American Education Center. Also: a screening of a documentary film on Horton and Kea island...
The Association of Friends of the American Far School in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Athens invites you to a lecture on 'Global Wine Tourism and the Great Wine Capitals" by Mr. Clay Gregory, President and CEO of Visit Napa Valley.
The Academic Council of DEREE – The American College of Greece is hosting a lecture titled "The Frozen Planet" by Dr. Mark Brandon, Senior Lecturer of Environmental Science at the Open University of the United Kingdom.
The Academic Council of DEREE – The American College of Greece is hosting a lecture titled "Digital Humanities" by Professor Trevor Herbert of the Open University of the United Kingdom. The lecture is open to the public and will take place at the DEREE Library on the campus of The American College of Greece (6 Gravias Street, Aghia Paraskevi, Attica) on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.
It is well known that Abraham Lincoln's power of rhetoric played a major role in his political career. Yet this man, who only actually had one year of formal education, said that he was taught the concept of logic and proof as a self-taught pupil of Euclid. In fact, he proudly stated that he could prove from memory any theorem from the six first books of Euclid's "Elements".
Columbia University historian Mark Mazower, one of the world's leading experts on modern Greece, will examine the development of political extremism in an age of acute economic and social crisis in Greece and elsewhere, during the 18th Annual Kimon Friar Lecture that will take place at DEREE – The American College of Greece (6 Gravias Street, AghiaParaskevi) on February 12, 2013 at 7 p.m.
