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NHM Dialogues is a “behind the scenes” look at the conversations and controversies that inspire, complicate, and create the National Hellenic Museum’s work. With topics from Greek Holidays to Classical Mythology, come join us for more casual conversations with NHM Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis & Manager of Programs & Events Cairo Dye and the occasionally a special guest, these are the conversations we have behind closed doors while we plan for NHM’s videos, special exhibitions, and more! New Episodes released on every other Friday. Created by Cairo Dye & Katie Kelaidis. Produced & Edited by Cairo Dye

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    • Mar 15, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Greek Diaspora Women in Comedy: Funny is in the Details

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 53:57


    In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss Greek women in the comedy scene like Tina Fey & Nia Vardalos and how they find universal humor in the specificity of their own experiences.This episode is part of our special programming for Women's History Month.Click Here to support the National Hellenic Musem.  Our content is only made possible through the support of members of our community like you.Lindsey Ellis' Video Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkEEnjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM by clicking the links below! NHM Virtual Book ClubNHM YouTube ChannelNHM Online ExhibitionsNHM Online CollectionInstagramFacebookTwitterSupport the show (https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/)Support the show (https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/)

    The Fires in Greece

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 40:52


    In this episode of NHM Dialogues, Katie and Cairo discuss the recent catastrophic fires in Greece and place them in a historical - and global - context. They are briefly joined by fire ecologist Dr. Camille Stevens-Runnmann, an assistant professor at Colorado State University and the assistant director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. Her work focuses on post-wildfire recovery.Click Here to support the National Hellenic Musem.  Our content is only made possible through the support of members of our community like you.Click Here to support the victims of the fires in Greece through the Red CrossClick Here to support the victims of the fires in Greece through the Archdiocese fundClick here to fill out our NHM Dialogues Feedback FormEnjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM by clicking the links below! NHM YouTube ChannelNHM Online ExhibitionsNHM Online CollectionInstagramFacebookTwitter

    Oral History, at NHM & Beyond with Jeremy Bucher

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 38:07


    In this episode, Katie & Cairo sit down with NHM's Collections & Archives Manager, Jeremy Bucher, to discuss NHM's Oral History Program and Oral History as disciplines increasingly valuable resource for historians more broadly.NHM's Kamberos Oral History Center:https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/exhibits/oral-history-project/Chicago Cultural Alliance Stories of  Arts Resilience with StoryCorps:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/chicagoculture/presenting-our-stories-of-arts-resilience/Cairo & Katie's interview for Stories of Arts Resilience:https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/cairo-dye-and-katherine-kelaidis/Jeremy's Interview with Andrew Leith (CCA) for Stories of Arts Resilience:https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/andrew-leith-and-jeremy-bucher/Want to Record an Oral History with NHM?Email oralhistory@hellenicmuseum.org to schedule a time to record an oral history for yourself or someone in your life with NHM staff or ask for our do it yourself guide to record your own!Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Inside Our Collections & Building a Digital Exhibit with Jeremy Bucher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 46:32


    In this episode, Katie & Cairo sit down with NHM's Collections & Archives Manager, Jeremy Bucher, to discuss NHM's collection of Greek American Artifacts and his work on creating NHM's digital exhibitions.Aragon Ballroom/Andrew Karzas Collectionhttps://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/entities/7958Candy Industryhttps://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Gallery/431Becoming a Spy:  Helias Doundoulakis, the OSS, and the Second World War (Free Digital Exhibition)https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibits/show/how-to-build-a-spy--helias-douEnjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Comedy: From Aristophanes to Mel Brooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 41:37


    In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss ancient Greek comedy & satire as a genre and its resonances in comedy throughout history, and how it is reflected in writers across time, from Mel Brooks to William Shakespeare.Lindsey Ellis' Video Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkEBooks by Kwame Anthony AppiahThe Honor Code:https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393340525Cosmopolitanism:https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393329339Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Inside Yannis Tsarchouchis' Studio with Ashley Janke & Philip Tarlow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 74:16


    This episode focuses on Yannis Tsarouchis, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek painters of the 20th Century.  Katie & Cairo are joined by Ashley Janke, the Program & Education Coordinator at Wrightwood 659, and Philip Tarlow, a painter and Tsarouchis' 'American Protégé', to discuss Tsarouchis' life, works, and Tarlow's experiences with his late mentor & friend.This episode is in collaboration with Wrightwood 659 for their current exhibit, Yannis Tsarouchis: Dancing in Real Life.  The exhibit is the first U.S. exhibition of Tsarouchis' work and is on display at Wrightwood 659 until July 31st.Find out more here:https://wrightwood659.org/exhibitions/yannis-tsarouchis-dancing-in-real-life/Learn more about Philip Tarlow and his work here:https://www.philiptarlow.com/Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Matchmaking and Greek Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 53:36


    In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss the origins of the Proxenia, or Matchmaker, and matchmakings history and evolution in Greek Culture.Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    The Evolution of Democracy in Classical Athens - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 59:51


    In this second part of our two-part series on the origins & evolution of democracy in Classical Athens and its relationship to Athenian Citizenship, Katie & Cairo talk about the political life & legacy of Pericles in Athenian Democracy.The Perpetual Immigrant And The Limits Of Athenian Democracy by Demetra Kasimis: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781107670464Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    The Evolution of Democracy in Classical Athens - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 40:26


    In Part One of this Two-Part Episode, Katie & Cairo discuss the origins & evolution of democracy in Classical Athens and its relationship to Athenian Citizenship.  In this first part, Katie & Cairo talk about the establishment of Draco's Constitution and Solon's reforms.Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Growing Up Greek & Cuban with Nicole Amiridis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 63:09


    Katie & Cairo are joined by Nicole Amiridis to discuss her experiences being Greek & Cuban and growing up in a bi-cultural household. Follow Nicole on instagram @nicoleamiwriting and check out her podcast @creatorstablepod or at their website, https://creatorstablepodcast.com/Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Art & Identity in the Greek Diaspora with Tom Megalis & Anthony Roberts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 59:27


    Katie & Cairo are joined by artist Tom Megalis & poet Anthony Roberts to discuss the ways in which their Greek heritage have helped to shape their lives, identity, and work.This episode of NHM Dialogues is a part of NHM's week of digital programming in honor of the Bicentennial of Greek Independence.  Find the rest of our Bicentennial Programs here:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmVl4AZiDaQJO6SaTHmt2fS43_C8GTu9LEnjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Coal Mining Communities & Family Heritage with Mark Dye

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 81:33


    Katie & Cairo are joined by Cairo's dad, Mark Dye, to discuss their family history in Appalachian coal mines and compare it to Katie's similar family history in the coal mines of the Inner-Mountain West. The three discuss the ways in which those communities have been historically similar and/or different in different regions of the country, and the ways in which the communities have evolved differently over time.This episode of NHM Dialogues is a companion piece to NHM's video "Greek Mining Communities in the Inner-Mountain West", available now on NHM's YouTube Channel. Find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_maB6bHBEKw&t=2sEnjoying NHM Dialogues? Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye

    Orthodoxy and Greek Identity with Menios Papadimitriou

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 54:45


    Katie & Cairo are joined by special guest Menios Papadimitriou, a PhD candidate in Fordham University's Department of Religion, to discuss Orthodoxy and its relationship to Greek Identity. Menios focuses his research on the history of American Orthodox Christianity and its contemporary issues. His work is driven by questions regarding the engagement of religion and modernity and the tension between institutional religious structures and everyday religious expression. He holds an M.Th and an M.Div from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary and a J.D. from Tulane University. He lives in New York City with his Doberman Pinscher, Mak. Enjoying NHM Dialogues? Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye

    What Canon? with Dr. Sebastian Matzner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 62:13


    Katie & Cairo are joined by special guest Dr. Sebastian Matzner of King's College London for a conversation about his life, work, and the classical canon.Sebastian Matzner is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Director of Queer@King’s (Centre for Research and Teaching in Gender and Sexuality Studies) at King’s College London. Trained in both Classics and Comparative Literature, his research focuses on interactions between ancient and modern literature and thought, especially in the fields of poetics and rhetoric, literary and critical theory, traditions of classicism, the history of sexualities, and LGBTQ studies. Aside from articles and book chapters on a range of topics in these fields, he is the author of Rethinking Metonymy: Literary Theory and Poetic Practice from Pindar to Jakobson(Oxford University Press, 2016, pb 2019) as well as co-editor of Complex Inferiorities: The Poetics of the Weaker Voice in Latin Literature (Oxford University Press, 2018; with S. Harrison) and Metalepsis: Ancient Texts, New Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2020; with G. Trimble). He is a member of the “Young Academy” at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the Humanities/Leopoldina National Academy (2017–2022) and joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of the Classical Tradition as well as Associate Editor of the Classical Receptions Journal.Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Gender in Mythology: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 63:23


    Katie & Cairo focus on men & masculinity in Greek Mythology in the second of a two part episode on gender in mythology.Enjoying NHM Dialogues?  Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/HellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye 

    Gender in Mythology: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 61:02


    Katie & Cairo focus on women & femininity in Greek Mythology in the first of a two part episode on gender in mythology.Enjoying NHM Dialogues? Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye

    The History of Oxi Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 36:49


    In this first episode of NHM Dialogues, Katie and Cairo talk about Oxi Day and how celebration and identity, especially in an immigrant context, are often intimately connected.NHM Dialogues is a “behind the scenes” look at the conversations and controversies that inspire, complicate, and create the National Hellenic Museum’s work. With topics from Greek Holidays to Classical Mythology, come join us for more casual conversations with NHM Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis & Manager of Special Events Cairo Dye and the occasionally a special guest, these are the conversations we have behind closed doors while we plan for NHM’s videos, special exhibitions, and more!New Episodes Every Other Friday Enjoying NHM Dialogues? Check out the other ways to engage with NHM below! NHM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlHellenicMuseumNHM Online Exhibitions: https://nhmdigitalexhibitions.omeka.net/exhibitsNHM's Online Collection: https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellenicmuseum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalHellenicMuseumSupport NHM: https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/support/donate/ Created by Cairo Dye & Katie KelaidisProduced & Edited by Cairo Dye

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