2nd Seminar and Symposium of the Academy of Cultural Heritages

2nd Seminar and Symposium of the Academy of Cultural Heritages to be held in the island of Syros, Ermoupolis, Cultural Center (Ritsos Hall) and Apollo Theater, Greece (Cyclades)  on Oct. 2-7, 2018

1st Oct, travelling day via Athens, Pireus by ferry boat (or flight Athens-Syros)

2nd -3rd  Oct.  Seminars on:

Foundations of Existential Semiotics   prof. Eero Tarasti

Basic Concepts of Semiotics and Culture   prof Alexandros Lagopoulos

Greimassian Narrative Analysis  prof. Karin Boklund-Lagopoulos

Approaches to Visual Semiotics   prof. Altti Kuusamo

Literary Traditions from Ancient  Greece to Our Time, prof. Hannu Riikonen

Introduction to Musical Semiotics, prof. Eero Tarasti

3rd Oct, in the evening: concert at Apollo Theater: soprano Laura Pyrrö and Eila Tarasti (piano); ensemble of the Music Society of the University of Helsinki

4th Oct.  Excursion to the island of Delos (close to Syros) or alternatively excursions on Syros island

5th – 6th Oct.  Symposium on Cultural Transfers: Europe and Other World,  (motto: ….heitere Verknüpfung von West und Ost” Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe)

7th Oct.    return, travelling day

participation fee for seminar and symposium: 200 euros (students 60 euros, Greek students free) to be paid to the Academy of Cultural Heritages: Nordea FI40 1544 3000 0285 84, BIC: NDEAFIHH

registration by Sept 1st, 2018   to Lazaros Papoutsis  sfinas3@gmail.com

enrollment to the course: name, affiliation; to the symposium: name, affiliation, title of the speech, abstract (1/2 – 1 page); length of papers: half an hour with discussion; languages: English, French, German

organization of the event: director prof. Eero Tarasti , University of Helsinki  eero.tarasti@helsinki.fi; assistants Paul Forsell  paul.forsell@helsinki.fi and Lazaros Papoutsis (email see above)

about activities of the Academy see  www.culturalacademy.fi