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What’s New at UCLA’s Hellenic Center in Fall 2021

September 20, 2021

LOS ANGELES — See what’s on the autumn schedule at UCLA’s SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture. Hear from the director and performer of a “raw” theatrical work based on the life of a general in the Greek Revolution.

Get a glimpse of the Center’s new space on campus. Read about a rare donation of Modern Greek poetry, as well as a virtual tour of the Bouboulina Museum on Spetses given by a descendant of the Greek Revolutionary heroine herself.

Get all the latest from the Center in its fall 2021 newsletter.

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