Ανακοινώσεις μαθήματος FACT AND FICTION: THE SLIPPERINESS OF “TRUTH” IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

Εξέταση μαθήματος «Πραγματικότητα και Χίμαιρα» (Η’ εξαμήνου) για επί πτυχίω/ΔΟΑΤΑΠ

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:13:41 +0300

Ενημερώνονται οι επί πτυχίω και ΔΟΑΤΑΠ φοιτητές/τριες που επιθυμούν να εξεταστούν στο μάθημα «Πραγματικότητα και Χίμαιρα: Η Ολισθηρότητα της ‘Αλήθειας’ στην Αναγεννησιακή Λογοτεχνία» (Η’ εξαμήνου) ότι η εξέταση του μαθήματος θα γίνει γραπτώς

την Πέμπτη 23 Ιανουαρίου 2025, στις 9:00-11:00, στο αμφ. 425.

Η διδάσκουσα/εξετάστρια

Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

Warmest thanks and full-scale directions on the final exam

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:01:39 +0300

Dear students,

I hope this finds you well and I would like once again to thank you for your great contribution to this course. It was a great pleasure to me to have you on board and I enjoyed our great interaction throughout the semester.

It is a real pity that time did not suffice so as to wrap up the way I wanted to in our last session and to make sure that everyone is clear on the requirements of the final exam:

The striking majority of the group consists of those students that have taken the mid-term and passed it.

For those students, the final exam will have an analogous structure to that of the mid-term. You will therefore be provided with 2 topics on the 17th century literature we have analyzed in class and will address any one of these. ATTENTION: i have just explicated that those students that have taken the mid-term and passed it will address one out of two topics on seventeenth-century literary texts that we analyzed in class.

For those few students that have not managed to take the mid-term and have contacted me informing me of this and of the reasons, etc. they will take the full exam. This means that they will be provided with a Section A consisting of 2 topics on the 16th century literature that we have analyzed in class and will choose any one of these AND a Section B consisting of 2 topics on the 17th century literature that we have analyzed in class and will choose any one of these. ATTENTION: I have just explicated that the students that have not taken and passed the mid-term and will take the full scale (100%) exam, will need to answer two questions, one per Section.

Whether you will take the final exam on the 50% scale or the full, 100% one, you need to pay attention to the following:

There is no word limit but you need to make sure that your response(s) is (are) concise, precise and to the point.

If there is need for textual analysis, you will have the excerpt(s) in front of you, embedded in your exam topics.

Do make sure that you adress precisely what is requested (neither more nor less) and that you do NOT summarize the plot (you are expected to be aware of it by default). Of course, you can refer to some element of the plot if that will enable you to substantiate your argument but this is different from summarizing the plot.

To ensure that no student is unclear as to the literary texts we have analyzed in-class (as there are some of you that have not been able to participate in all classes):

Introduction to the Renaissance and its preoccupation with 'truth' and illusion

Sixteenth-century texts:

John Skelton, "The Bowge of Court"
Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, "Whoso list to hunt"
Sir Thomas More, Utopia
John Calvin,The Institution of Christian Religion
Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Sir Thomas Hoby's translation of Castiglione's The Courtier
Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender[Aprill]
Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, 45
William Shakespeare: Sonnets, 130

Seventeenth-century texts:

John Donne, “The Ecstasy
Ben Jonson, The Masque of Blackness
Lady Mary Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, 40
Edmund Waller, “The Story of Phoebus and Daphne Applied”
John Ford, The Broken Heart (the parts of the play that we managed to analyze before the end of the course)

We have also taken into consideration the following critical theories but only in a minor, enhancing way. Therefore, you may use them if you think that they can enable you in your response(s) but this is not a must.

Critical Theories (mainly from The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism)

Plato: Ion(excerpt), Republic (Books. II, III, X)
Plotinus: Fifth Ennead(excerpt)
Carl Gustav Jung: “On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry”
Roland Barthes: “The Death of the Author”
Louis Althusser:Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (excerpt)
Jean Baudrillard: The Procession of Simulacra (excerpt)
Stephen Greenblatt: Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare(excerpt)
Edward Said: Orientalism(excerpt)
Judith Butler: Gender Trouble (excerpt)

I wish you all the very best and see you on the 4rth of July,

Vassiliki Markidou

Request to fill in the course's assessment form

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:11:47 +0300

Dear students,

I would like to ask you to take a few minutes to fill in the course's assessment form.

To do so, please enter survey.uoa.gr, where the particular asssessment form is uploaded in the slot of the School of Philosophy, Department of English Literature and Culture. For your convenience, the specific link is: https://survey.uoa.gr/L832642

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that doing so is crucial to your instructor so as to see what your view of the course is, something that I assure you I take into very serious consideration,

ATTENTION: please do so as soon as possible and in any case before the middle of the month, as on the 15^th of July, the system will shut down.

Many thanks in advance for your collaboration,

Vassiliki Markidou

All classes will be held online this week; online class on Fact & Fiction this Wednesday, June 12

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:26:19 +0300

Dear students,

The Dean's office announced that classes will be held online during the current week due to the extreme temperatures that we are going to be suffering from.

Therefore, our Wednesday class (June 12) will be held online and I will send you the relevant link tomorrow.

Stay cool,

Vassiliki Markidou

Our Department's Drama Club will be staging Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest- invitation

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:42:45 +0300

Dear students,

Our Department's Drama Club will be staging Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at the School of Philosophy AULA on Thursday, June 20, and Friday, June 21, at 18:00

&
at Θέατρο Εμπρός (Ρήγα Παλαμήδου 2, Ψυρρή) on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, at 21:00.

You can check out the invitation on the link "Documents" and you are all most welcome.
Vassiliki Markidou

ATTENTION: Change of mid-term date due to students' elections

Wed, 15 May 2024 16:52:28 +0300

Dear students,

As I mentioned to you earlier today in class, I was informed that no classes will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of May as the students' elections will take place at that point.

Therefore, there needs to be a change of date in our mid-term: it will need to shift from Thursday, May 22nd, to the following Thursday, May 29th (given the fact that it it very hard to find an alternative day and time slot during which you can all be available given your full schedule).

The time and place will be as originally planned, i.e. 9-10 am (and then we will continue with our class till 12 at noon) at amphitheater 430.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Invitation to presentation

Tue, 14 May 2024 22:06:00 +0300

Dear students,

On the "documents" link of our e-class, you can find attached an invitation to the presentation of a booklet-length poem (in Greek) by Angela Roubani, a gifted graduate of our Department (BA and MA), who is currently doing her PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

All the very best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Οpen discussion with Naomi Wallace, Monday, May 20,11:30-13:30, Amphitheater of the School of Philosophy Library, NKUA

Thu, 09 May 2024 17:21:00 +0300

Dear students, Χρόνια Πολλά!

This is to inform you that the renowned American playwright Naomi Wallace will meet our Faculty's students and have a an open discussion with you on Monday, May 20, at 11:30-13:30, at the Amphitheater of the School of Philosophy Library of NKUA. The event is taking place within the framework of the 6th semester BA course titled "American Drama of the Twentieth-Century".

You can check out the relevant invitation (written in Greek and containing the above-mentioned) in the link "Documents."

V. Markidou

Mid-term on Wednesday, 22 of MAY, at 9:00-10:00 (the space will be announced in due time)

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:57:32 +0300

Dear students,

As arranged in last week's class, our mid-term is going to take place on Wednesday, MAY 22nd, 2024, at 9:00-10:00. Thereon, we will continue directly with our class till 12:00.

You will be provided with two questions related to material from the one we will have covered up until the Easter break, and you will be requested to answer any of the two.

Needless to say, you will be given detailed instructions prior to the break.

All the best,

V. Markidou

ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗΣ ΣΕ ΕΘΕΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΑΙΜΟΔΟΣΙΑ

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:56:21 +0300

Aγαπητές φοιτήτριες/αγαπητοί φοιτητές,

Παρακαλώ δείτε την κάτωθι πρόσκληση συμμετοχής σε εθελοντική αιμοδοσία από το ΑΙΜΟΠΕΤΑΛΙΟ (Φοιτητική Ομάδα Εθελοντικής Αιμοδοσίας Παν/μίου Αθηνών):

Σας προσκαλούμε στην εαρινή εθελοντική αιμοδοσία του Αιμοπεταλίου την Τρίτη 23 και τη Τετάρτη 24 Απριλίου 2024, στην Αίθουσα Συνεδριάσεων της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής (Γραφείο 301), ώρες 11:00-15:30, σε συνεργασία με το Εθνικό Κέντρο Αιμοδοσίας (Ε.ΚΕ.Α.)

Η αιμοδοσία είναι μια απλή, ανώδυνη διαδικασία που διαρκεί περίπου 10 λεπτά και η αιμοληψία πραγματοποιείται από το εξειδικευμένο ιατρονοσηλευτικό προσωπικό του Ε.ΚΕ.Α.

Με 1 μονάδα αίματος, μπορούν να σωθούν έως και 3 ζωές!

Όπως πάντα, η αιμοδοσία μας θα είναι εθελοντική και οι μονάδες που θα συγκεντρωθούν, θα διατεθούν για τον άγνωστο πάσχοντα συνάνθρωπο στα διάφορα νοσοκομεία, όπου υπάρχει ανάγκη.

Τι χρειάζεται να κάνει ο εθελοντής αιμοδότης πριν την αιμοδοσία:
-Να έχει κοιμηθεί τουλάχιστον 6 ώρες.
-Να έχει φάει πρωινό/ελαφρύ γεύμα 1 ώρα πριν ή μεσημεριανό 2-3 ώρες πριν.
-Να μην έχει πιει πολύ το προηγούμενο βράδυ (με ένα ποτό δεν υπάρχει θέμα).
-Να έχουν περάσει τουλάχιστον 3 μήνες από την προηγούμενη αιμοδοσία αν είναι άντρας και 4 μήνες αν είναι γυναίκα.
-Να έχουν περάσει τουλάχιστον 4 μήνες από τότε που έκανε piercing ή tattoo.
-Να μην είναι κρυωμένος (πονόλαιμος, συνάχι, βήχας, πυρετός). Να έχουν παρέλθει 14 ημέρες από την αποδρομή των συμπτωμάτων μετά από ίωση/COVID.
-Να μην έχει πάρει ασπιρίνη ή αντιβίωση τις τελευταίες 7 ημέρες.
-Οι κοπέλες σε έμμηνο ρύση μπορούν να αιμοδοτήσουν εφόσον αισθάνονται καλά, σε συνεννόηση με τον ιατρό της αιμοδοσίας.
-Ελάχιστο βάρος αιμοδότη τα 50 κιλά.

Παρακαλείστε θερμά να έχετε μαζί σας ταυτότητα και ΑΜΚΑ.

Παράλληλα, θα υπάρχει δυνατότητα ενημέρωσης για την εθελοντική δωρεά αρχέγονων αιμοποιητικών κυττάρων, αλλά και λήψης δείγματος από την παρειά, για την εγγραφή στην Εθνική και Παγκόσμια Δεξαμενή Εθελοντών Δοτών Μυελού των Οστών.

Παρακαλούμε θερμά να κλείσετε το ραντεβού σας ηλεκτρονικά ( https://forms.gle/v1t5fxLCgjgs5KhG7 ) ή μέσω τηλεφώνου στα 2132146716 και 2132146726 (καθημερινές, 9:00-15:00).

Είμαστε στη διάθεσή σας για την επίλυση οποιασδήποτε απορίας (instagram: aimopetalio facebook: αιμοπετάλιο/aimopetalio, email: aimopetalio2002@gmail.com).

Σας περιμένουμε!

Online class on Wednesday, April 17 due to mass transportation complications

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:01:52 +0300

Dear students,

Due to the complications in mass transportation that will take place on Wednesday (April 17), we will need to conduct our class online.

Here is the relevant webex link:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m564a289af8a5c55dea9d29b2cb39b4df

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Ενημέρωση για κενές θέσεις σε επιδοτούμενα ευρωπαϊκά προγράμματα του Ευρωπαϊκού Σώματος Αλληλεγγύης

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:59:22 +0300

Αγαπητές φοιτήτριες/αγαπητοί φοιτητές,

Έλαβα μια ενημέρωση για κενές θέσεις σε επιδοτούμενα ευρωπαϊκά προγράμματα του Ευρωπαϊκού Σώματος Αλληλεγγύης που αφορούν νέους έως 30 ετών και σας ενημερώνω σχετικά, έτσι ώστε εάν κάποιος/α από εσάς ή κόποιος/α απόφοιτος/η του Τμήματός μας που γνωρίζετε, θα ενδιαφερόταν, να λάβει γνώση.

Στα προγράμματα αυτά, συγκαταλλέγεται πρόγραμμα σε νηπιαγωγείο στη Μπρατισλάβα, το οποίο σύμφωνα με την ενημέρωση που έλαβα είναι ιδανικό για φοιτητές και αποφοίτους αγγλικής φιλολογίας που επιθυμούν να εξασκήσουν τη διδασκαλία των αγγλικών σε διαπολιτισμικά πλαίσια.

Η ανακοίνωση βρίσκεται στην παρακάτω ιστοσελίδα του κοινωνικού συνεταιρισμού Ηρακλείου Κρήτης ΝΕΦΕΛΑΙΩΝΑΣ ΚΟΙΝ.Σ.ΕΠ. (www.nefeleonas.gr) : https://nefeleonas.gr/?page_id=3214

Η διδάσκουσα,

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

As regards tomorrow's (20-03-2024) class- repetition

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:04:26 +0300

Dear students,

I would like to inform you that to my distress, I have fallen ill and will therefore not be able to come up to the School of Philosophy Building tomorrow morning.

We will therefore turn to an online session ONLY for tomorrow (Wednesday, 20/01/2024) so that we don't miss this session (especially, since as regards my other class, we missed yesterday and will miss the coming Monday as well due to Clean Monday and the National Celebration of 1821, respectively).

If I keep to how I am right now, we will go ahead in this way and a follow-up announcement with a link for the specific (online) session will be posted by tomorrow morning (prior to our session).

If my condition worsens and I am not able to pull through even online, I will send you a follow-up annoucement with the cancelation of tomorrow's session and we will take it from there the week following the current one.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused unwittingly and I look forward to your understanding,

Vassiliki Markidou

PS. Unfortunately, although I typed the 20th of March, it automatically changed to 29 in the body of the previous message (though thankfully not in the title) ,hence I am sending it anew so that no confusion arises!

As regards tomorrow's (20-03-2024) class

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:01:00 +0300

Dear students,

I would like to inform you that to my distress, I have fallen ill and will therefore not be able to come up to the School of Philosophy Building tomorrow morning.

We will therefore turn to an online session ONLY for tomorrow (Wednesday, 29/01/2024) so that we don't miss this session (especially, since as regards my other class, we missed yesterday and will miss the coming Monday as well due to Clean Monday and the National Celebration of 1821, respectively).

If I keep to how I am right now, we will go ahead in this way and a follow-up announcement with a link for the specific (online) session will be posted by tomorrow morning (prior to our session).

Apologies for any inconvenience caused unwittingly and I look forward to your understanding,

Vassiliki Markidou

The 77th Scottish Universities’ International (SUISS) Summer School- 2024

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:46:32 +0300

Dear students,

The SUISS Summer School Organizers have asked us whether we could alert you to this year's Summer School of theirs.

I am thus letting you know that the 77th Scottish Universities’ International Summer School (SUISS) will run from the 8^th July – 17^th August 2024. They offer short courses in Modernism, Contemporary British and Scottish Literature, as well as Creative Writing and Contemporary Theatre and Performance.

They also offer a wide variety of scholarship opportunities and the relevant deadline is on March 28^th 2024.

Further information on these scholarships is available at the following link:

https://www.suiss.ed.ac.uk/application/scholarship/

For more relevant information on the 77th SUISS Summer School, do check out the brochure that has been uploaded on the link "Documents" on our e-class.

Best wishes,

Vassiliki Markidou

First class (tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13, 2024) at room 824

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:24:43 +0300

Dear students,

The School of Philosophy Building will be open tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Therefore, our first class will be conducted on-site, at room 824.

See you there at 9 am,

Vassiliki Markidou

N.K.U.A. Career Days 2024 announcement

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:37:35 +0300

Dear Greek students,

The N.K.U.A. Career Days 2024 announcement follows for your information:

E.K.Π.Α. Ημέρες Καριέρας 2024

Το Γραφείο Διασύνδεσης του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών συμβάλλοντας στην διευκόλυνση της πρόσβασης των φοιτητών, φοιτητριών και αποφοίτων όλων των Προγραμμάτων Σπουδών του Ιδρύματος στην αγορά εργασίας, αλλά και στην υποστήριξη της διαδικασίας μετάβασης τους από τις σπουδές στον επαγγελματικό στίβο, οργανώνει για τρίτη συνεχόμενη χρονιά τις «Ημέρες Καριέρας 2024» το τριήμερο 19 έως 21 Μαρτίου 2024.

Μέσα από τη συγκεκριμένη δράση δίνεται η δυνατότητα σε φοιτητές/τριες και αποφοίτους του Ιδρύματος να ενημερωθούν για τις εξελίξεις στην αγορά εργασίας, να γνωρίσουν επιχειρήσεις, στις οποίες θα επιθυμούσαν να εργαστούν, και να αποκτήσουν μία άμεση βιωματική εμπειρία, μέσω της επαφής τους με τα στελέχη αυτών των επιχειρήσεων και τις διαδικασίες πρόσληψης που απαιτούνται.

Η φετινή εκδήλωση θα έχει υβριδική μορφή περιλαμβάνοντας τόσο διαδικτυακές δράσεις με την χρήση και αξιοποίηση εξειδικευμένης πλατφόρμας όσο και δια ζώσης εκδήλωση την πρώτη ημέρα 19 Μαρτίου, η οποία θα λάβει χώρα στο Κεντρικό Κτήριο του Πανεπιστημίου μας (Πανεπιστημίου 30, Κτήριο Προπυλαίων, Αμφιθέατρο Αργυριάδη) και αφορά workshop με θέματα που άπτονται στον επαγγελματικό και επιχειρηματικό προσανατολισμό, καθώς και στην ψηφιακή καθημερινότητα.

Για το Πρόγραμμα Εκδηλώσεων Ημέρες Καριέρας Ε.Κ.Π.Α. 2024 και περαιτέρω σχετικές πληροφορίες, επισκεφτείτε το εξής λινκ:

https://hub.uoa.gr/career-days-2024/

Καθηγήτρια Σοφία Παπαϊωάννου
Αντιπρύτανις Ακαδημαϊκών Διεθνών, Σχέσεων και Εξωστρέφειας
Επιστημονική Υπεύθυνη Γραφείου Διασύνδεσης Ε.Κ.Π.Α.

Erasmus_studies at Ca Foscari University of Venice

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:28:18 +0300

Dear students,

This is to alert you to the fact that the call for applications for the Erasmus+ scholarships of the following academic year (2024-25) has been announced on the Faculty website (see https://www.enl.uoa.gr/anakoinoseis_kai_ekdiloseis/proboli_anakoinosis/anakoinosi_gia_to_programma_erasmus_spoydes_gia_to_akadimaiko_etos_2024_2025/)

As the academic coordinator of the Erasmus+ scholarship for Ca Foscari University of Venice, I am inviting those of you that are eligible for applying for Erasmus+ studies (do check out the requirements in the aforementioned announcement) to give yourselves the chance to study either for a semester or for a whole academic year in one of the most beautiful cities in the world!

To check out the university’s home page, see https://www.unive.it/pag/13526/, and for its Erasmus+ study programme link, see https://www.unive.it/pag/12576/

Please bear in mind that to apply for this Erasmus+ scholarship, you need to provide certification of your knowledge of Italian (level B2) apart from certification of your knowledge of English (minimum B2).

Do also bear in mind that Erasmus+ overseas incoming mobility for either the first semester or the whole academic year means arrival in Venice in September, while for the second semester, it means arrival in Venice in January/February.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday, March 6, so whoever is interested will need to act fast!

If you need any further piece of information/clarification, do send me an e-mail at vmarkidou@enl.uoa.gr

Last but not least, please pass this piece of information to any co-students of yours that might be interested in this great opportunity.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Link to the e-exam

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:29:19 +0300

Dear students,

Please connect to the following link pronto:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m7ebd5e446d204450a935833f26a45d9c

V. Markidou

Degree-pending students and DOATAP ONLY can take the written by distance exam on the 22nd of February, 2024

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:16:30 +0300

Dear students,

Although it goes without saying that the guidelines I sent off earlier are related to degree-pending students and DOATAP, I am explicating this anew so that no misunderstandings arise.

All best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Οδηγίες για την εξ'αποστάσεως εξέταση του μαθήματος/Guidelines to the course's final, by distance exam

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:09:06 +0300

Dear students,

As you already know, our exam on the 8^th semester course “Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of ‘Truth’ in Renaissance Literature” was originally scheduled to take place on the 25^th of January 2024, at 14:00-16:00. As you already know, the exams of that day have been shifted to the 22^nd of February and will take place by distance. Therefore, our final, by distance, written exam οn the specific course will take place on Thursday, February 22, at 14:00-16:00.

Please bear in mind the following:

The exam has been scheduled centrally at 14:00-16:00, but we need a bit more time to go through the identification, the exam per se and to complete the process of loading your answers. Therefore, you are requested to connect to the link that will be provided to you on the day of the exam at 13:10.
The process will begin with your identification once you enter the link, with (and only with) your institutional account.
You need to make sure that you enter at 13:10 sharp and have your ID student card next to you so that we go through the identification process as fast as possible. Once this process is over, your topics will appear on the e-class, in the link «Aσκήσεις».
Τhe exam will take place via Webex (officially used by NKUA)
To prepare yourselves for the exam in terms of IT requirements, you need to check out the following documents: a) Συνοπτικός Οδηγός Αποστάσεως Εξετάσεων ΕΚΠΑ για φοιτητές (6/2/2024) (see https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-files/anakoinwseis/simantikes/Exams_2024/Synoptikes_odigies_pros_foitites.pdf)

b) Οδηγός Εξ Αποστάσεως Εξετάσεων ΕΚΠΑ για φοιτητές (6/2/2024) (see https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-files/anakoinwseis/simantikes/Exams_2024/NKUA_online_Exams_-_Students_Guidepdf)
c) Οδηγός (βίντεο) σύνδεσης στο Webex για φοιτητές (9/2/2024) (see https://delos.uoa.gr/opendelos/player?rid=91595409)
d) Δωρεάν πρόσβαση και χρήση του προγράμματος Μicrosoft Office 365 for Education στα μέλη του ΕΚΠΑ (see https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-files/anakoinwseis/simantikes/Exams_2024/Schetika_me_tin_prosbasi_kai_ti_chrisi_toy_programmatos_Microsoft_Office_365_for_Education.pdf)

There will be 2 sections: In Section A, there will be 2 questions on the 16^th century texts that we analyzed in class and you will be requested to answer any one of them. In Section B, there will be 2 questions on the 17^th century texts that we analyzed in class and you will be requested to answer one of them. ATTENTION: Make sure that you answer one question PER SECTION.
Do make sure that your answers respond precisely to what is requested (no more and no less than this) and that they are to the point, concise and include textual analysis (you will be provided with specific excerpts and you will need to refer to them in your responses).
There is no word limit but your answers should not be too long; the aim is not quantity but quality and precision.
Make sure there is no plagiarism; needless to say, if this happens, the result will be failure.
Your camera and microphone should be on from the beginning to the end of the exam.
The use of mobile phones is NOT allowed throughout the exam process.

Best of luck!

Vassiliki Markidou

MA handout for prospective candidates

Thu, 22 May 2025 11:54:13 +0300

Dear all,

On behalf of the Director of our Department's MA upcoming program in literature and culture (2025-27):

For those of you that are interested in applying, please see attached file titled "MA handout for prospective candidates" in the e-class's link "Documents."

Do also bear in mind that the Program Secretary, Mrs Stella Karagianni (skarag@enl.uoa.gr), is available for any relevant queries.

All best and we look forward to receiving your applications,

Vassiliki Markidou

Invitation to information event on the new cycle (2025-27) of our MA in English Studies: Literature & Culture

Thu, 08 May 2025 19:05:49 +0300

Dear all,

If you interested in applying for and receiving information on the new cycle (2025-27) of our Department's MA ENGLISH STUDIES: LITERATURE & CULTURE: 19th and 20th century Anglophone Literature & Culture with a focus on Representations of Marginality and Exclusion

JOIN US on Monday 19 May 2025, 11:30 to 13:00 in Room 209, School of Philosophy Building, where you can also chat with departmental colleagues and graduates of our MA program about your future plans and how our MA could help you pursue them.

Do check out the relevant flyer uploaded on the e-class’s announcements and see you there!

Vassiliki Markidou

Link to today's online class due to extreme weather conditions as the Dean's Office has announced

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:52:03 +0300

Dear students,

Here is the link to today's class, which as you know will be held online due to the extreme weather conditions, as the Dean's Office has announced:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m44a4eb4a367aa899de894c4277230af2

See you shortly,

Vassiliki Markidou

Workshop on "Ancient Greece in Shakespeare/Shakespeare in the Modern World"

Wed, 29 May 2024 21:12:26 +0300

Dear students,

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 30, at 17:30-20:30, an online workshop that we will be co-running with my colleague, Assistant Professor Effie Botonaki (School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), titled "Ancient Greece in Shakespeare/Shakespeare in the Modern World" will take place within the framework of our respective courses on Shakespeare's drama (so for NKUA, the 6th semester core course "William Shakespeare").

Given the fact that the "Fact & Fiction" course is focusing on early modern literature, it might be of interest to you. Therefore, I thought of letting you know and for those of you that would like to join us, the relevant link is the following:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://authgr.zoom.us/j/95317706857?pwd=elkzK21icG8yNmVKWllUM3hyMnVCQT09

Meeting ID: 953 1770 6857

Passcode: 101135

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One tap mobile

+302311180599,,95317706857#,,,,*101135# Greece

+302111984488,,95317706857#,,,,*101135# Greece

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All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

2nd class (online due to instructor's illness)

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:43:49 +0300

Dear students good morning,

Here are the details on how to join today's session, which (as you already know), will take place online due to my illness.

Meeting link:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=md611bacb770f0926ef612cadb1f2256b

Meeting number:

2730 289 7284

Password:

uJS3FbMC5T4

Join by video system

Dial 27302897284@uoa.webex.com

You can also dial 62.109.219.4 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone

+30-21-1990-2394 Greece Toll

'See' you at 9am,

Vassiliki Markidou

Update

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 12:57:55 +0300

Dear students ,

We have been informed that there will be online exams that will commence within February.

When we receive any further relevant piece of information, I will let you know by uploading an announcement on our e-class.

Vassiliki Markidou

Update on the occupation of the School of Philosophy Building

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:10:50 +0300

Dear students ,

We have just been informed that the occupation of the School of Philosophy Building will move on till the 6th of February.

When we receive any further piece of information, I will let you know by uploading an announcement on our e-class.

Vassiliki Markidou

Information on the 2th of January exam on 'Fact and Fiction' for degree-pending students & DOATAP

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:09:53 +0300

Dear all,
We have been informed that the exams that were scheduled to take place from the 24rth to the 30th of January will NOT take place.
Consequently, the exam on 'Fact and Fiction' for degree-pending students and DOATAP that was arranged to take place tomorrow, January 25, will NOT take place.
When we receive further information, I will let you know.
The examiner,
Vassiliki Markidou

Ανακοίνωση για το μάθημα "Fact and Fiction" για επί πτυχίω και ΔΟΤΑΠ

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:51:53 +0300

Οι επί πτυχίω φοιτητές/τριες και ΔΟΑΤΑΠ που επιθυμούν να εξεταστούν στο μάθημα “Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of 'Truth' in Renaissance Literature” (8ου εξ.) καλούνται να προσέλθουν στις 25/01/24, στις 14:00, στο αμφιθέατρο 436.

Η γραπτή εξέταση θα διαρκέσει 2 ώρες.

Η διδάσκουσα/εξετάστρια,
Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

ΟΡΘΗ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ- Assessing 'Fact and Fiction'

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:20:05 +0300

Dear students,

You are kindly asked to complete the assessment form with regards to our course.

To do so, you need to follow the following link: https://submit.survey.uoa.gr/index.php/survey/index/sid/682268

The deadline for doing so is June 30, but it would be great to go through your assessment as soon as possible so that it will not slip your attention.

Please do take a few minutes to do so, as this is highly important both to our Faculty and its next accreditation when the time comes and to me personally as your instructor.

I wish you all the very best with your preparation for the final written exam and see you on the 20th of June.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

HASE lecture on Tuesday, May 30

Mon, 29 May 2023 08:54:38 +0300

Dear students,
The internationally acclaimed novelist and instructor of creative writing, Ms Cara Hoffman, will deliver a lecture titled "Athens as Setting, Character, Teacher and Muse" at the amphitheater of the School of PHilosophy Library, tomorrow, Tuesday, May 30, at 13:00.
The event is co-organized by the Hellenic Association for the Study of English (member of the European Society for the Study of English) and our Department. We will be delighted to see you there.
For more relevant information, please check out the following link:

https://www.enl.uoa.gr/anakoinoseis_kai_ekdiloseis/proboli_anakoinosis/athens_as_setting_character_teacher_and_muse_a_lecture_by_cara_hoffman-1/

All the best,
V.Markidou

Make-up class on Thursday, May 18

Mon, 15 May 2023 22:59:19 +0300

Dear students,

The make-up class (following our standard Wednesday one) will take place on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 9:00-12:00, in amphitheater 430.

See you first on Wednesday, May 17, in our standard session.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

e-class tomorrow, Wednesday 05-04-22, due to bus strike

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 20:51:56 +0300

Dear students,

Due to tomorrow's strike bus strike, we will conduct our session through webex.

Meeting link: https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m4d0a2cf0334e4c2fbab9e8713c5f3fa5

Meeting number: FKpmTrvn448

Password: FKpmTrvn448

'See' you tomorrow morning at 9:00,

Vassiliki Markidou

PS. I am sending you this announcement at this point as my internet connection was cut off since late morning and I have just managed to retrieve it.

ΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΕΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ 2022-2023

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:49:08 +0300

Aγαπητοί φοιτητές/αγαπητές φοιτήτριες,

Μετά από σχετική παράκληση της Γραμματείας, θα ήθελα να σας ενημερώσω ότι το σύστημα για τη δήλωση μαθημάτων θα είναι ανοιχτό από Δευτέρα 27/03/2023 έως και Κυριακή 09/04/2023.

Παρακαλώ δείτε τη σχετική ανακοίνωση της Γραμματείας που έχει αναρτηθεί στον ιστότοπο του Τμήματός μας (https://www.enl.uoa.gr/fileadmin/depts/enl.uoa.gr/www/uploads/anakoinoseis/proptixiakwn/DILOSEIS_MATHIMATON_KAI_SYGGRAMMATON_EARINOY_2022-2023.pdf)

Η διδάσκουσα,

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

Erasmus+ scholarships for the following academic year

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:27:31 +0300

Dear students,

This is to alert you, in case you have not checked out the recent announcements on our Faculty website, to the fact that the call for applications for the Erasmus+ scholarships of the following academic year is out.

Please pass this piece of information to any co-students of yours that might be interested in this great opportunity.

The full relevant information can be traced on the Faculty website (https://www.enl.uoa.gr/anakoinoseis_kai_ekdiloseis/proboli_anakoinosis/anakoinosi_gia_to_programma_erasmus_spoydes_gia_to_akadimaiko_etos_2023_2024_allagi/). Do bear in mind that the deadline for applications to any of the Erasmus+ scholarships that are coordinated by staff of our Faculty is Thursday, March 16, so whoever is interested will need to act fast!

Finally, as the academic coordinator of the Erasmus+ scholarship for University Ca Foscari in Venice, I am inviting applicants to give themselves the chance to experience another European academic framework, in one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

STRIKE TAKING PLACE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY 8/3/2023

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:25:51 +0300

Dear students,

I would like to inform you that the Association of Academic Teachers of the School of Philosophy, ΝKUA (Σύλλογος Διδακτικού Προσωπικού Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής ΕΚΠΑ) will be on strike tomorrow, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Therefore, we will not have our session tomorrow but next Wednesday.

Please check out the relevant decision on your e-class in the link "Documents" ("Έγγραφα") for your information.

Kind regards,
Vassiliki Markidou

Εξέταση μαθήματος «Πραγματικότητα και Χίμαιρα» (Η’ εξαμήνου, Ομάδας Γ’) ΜΟΝΟ για επί πτυχίω/ΔΟΑΤΑΠ

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 13:52:39 +0300

Ενημερώνονται οι επί πτυχίω και ΔΟΑΤΑΠ φοιτητές/τριες που επιθυμούν να εξεταστούν στο μάθημα «Πραγματικότητα και Χίμαιρα: Η Ολισθηρότητα της ‘Αλήθειας’ στην Αναγεννησιακή Λογοτεχνία» (Η’ εξαμήνου, Ομάδας Γ’) ότι η εξέταση του μαθήματος θα γίνει γραπτώς

την Tρίτη 24 Ιανουαρίου 2022, στις 11:30-13:30, στο αμφ. 437.

Η διδάσκουσα

Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΦμεΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟ ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2022

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:08:28 +0300

Οι ΦμεΑ του Τμήματος που χρειάζονται τυχόν διευκολύνσεις κατά την εξέτασή τους παρακαλούνται να ενημερώσουν τις Συμβούλους Καθηγήτριες, κκ. Σταματίνα Δημακοπούλου (sdimakop@enl.uoa.gr) και Αγγελική Τζάννε (atzanne@enl.uoa.gr), για τα μαθήματα στα οποία προτίθενται να εξεταστούν καθώς και τα ονόματα των εξεταστών/τριών, από τη Δευτέρα 29 Αυγούστου έως και τη Πέμπτη 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2022.

Αξιολόγηση μαθήματος "Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of 'Truth' in Renaissance Literature"- ερωτηματολόγιο

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 12:19:29 +0300

Αγαπητές φοιτήτριες/αγαπητοί φοιτητές καλημέρα και καλή εβδομάδα,

Παρακαλώ θερμά να συμπληρώσετε το ερωτηματολόγιο της αξιολόγησης του μαθήματός μας (στο https://survey.uoa.gr/ με τον ατομικό κωδικό σας) έτσι ώστε να μπορέσω να λάβω τη σχετική ανατροφοδότηση γι'αυτό.

Θα σας πάρει 5 λεπτά από τον χρόνο σας να το συμπληρώσετε και να το υποβάλλετε ηλεκτρονικά αλλά έχει πολύ μεγάλη σημασία καθώς θα μπορέσω μέσα από τις απαντήσεις σας να πάρω σημαντικές πληροφορίες για το μάθημα και για τη συνέχειά του.

Θα ήθελα να σας διαβεβαιώσω ότι μελετώ πάντοτε με περισσή προσοχή τις αξιολογήσεις των φοιτητών και φοιτητριών μου και εξάγω χρήσιμα συμπεράσματα.

Σας ευχαριστώ προκαταβολικά για τη συνεργασία και σας εύχομαι καλή εξεταστική και καλή επιτυχία!

Η διδάσκουσα,

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

Θεατρική Ομάδα ΤΑΓΦ του ΕΚΠΑ - Πρόσκληση

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:48:28 +0300

Φιλοσοφική Σχολή

Τμήμα Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας

η Θεατρική Ομάδα του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας

παρουσιάζει το έργο

The Glass Menagerie

του Tennessee Williams

Πέμπτη 9 και Παρασκευή 10 Ιουνίου 2022 ώρα 18.30

AULA Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής

Πανεπιστημιούπολη Ζωγράφου

Φιλοσοφική Σχολή

Τμήμα Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας

η Θεατρική Ομάδα του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας

παρουσιάζει το έργο

The Glass Menagerie

του Tennessee Williams

Πέμπτη 9 και Παρασκευή 10 Ιουνίου 2022 ώρα 18.30

AULA Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής

Πανεπιστημιούπολη Ζωγράφου

REMINDER: Make-up session for the class cancellation of April 6, 2022 due to a General Strike (including that of all means of public transport)

Thu, 26 May 2022 11:09:05 +0300

Dear students,

This is to remind you that the class that we had to miss on the 6th of April due to the General Strike (including that of all means of public transport) will be made up tomorrow, Friday, May 27, 2022, 12:00-14:00 in room 638.

See you there,

Vassiliki Markidou

Class cancellation due to General Strike (including that of all means of public transport) on April 6, 2022

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:42:34 +0300

Dear students,

Due to the General Strike (including that of all means of public transport) that will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6, our class will be cancelled.

Vassiliki Markidou

Hμερίδα Πανελλήνιας Ένωσης Καθηγητών Αγγλικής Δημόσιας Εκπαίδευσης (Π.Ε.Κ.Α.Δ.Ε)

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:19:38 +0300

Dear students,

Please find below the programme of an online colloquium that will take place tomorrow, Saturday, April 2, 2002, which I believe will be of interest to many of you and which you can attend via the provided link.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΑ ΕΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΩΝ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ (Π.Ε.Κ.Α.Δ.Ε.) E-mail: info@pekade.gr - Website: www.pekade.gr
Διαδικτυακή Ημερίδα: «Η Αγγλική Γλώσσα μπροστά στις εξελίξεις και τις προκλήσεις της σύγχρονης εκπαιδευτικής πραγματικότητας» Σάββατο 2 Απριλίου 2022
Link για την παρακολούθηση της ημερίδας: https://minedu-secondary.webex.com/meet/dimpapadak Η ημερίδα θα μεταδοθεί και σε live streaming από το κανάλι της ΠΕΚΑΔΕ στο YouTube: https://rb.gy/mthfpq
ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ
11:00-11:30	Έναρξη - Χαιρετισμοί
11:30-12:00	«Η εισαγωγή της Αγγλικής Γλώσσας στο Νηπιαγωγείο: Από τη θεωρία στην πράξη» Μαρία Ανδριτσοπούλου, ΣΕΕ ΠΕ06 4^ο ΠΕ.Κ.Ε.Σ. Αττικής
12:00-12:30	«Αγγλικά για μικρούς εν δυνάμει μαθητές! Μια νέα συνθήκη στο δημόσιο νηπιαγωγείο γεμάτη δημιουργικότητα, φαντασία και παιχνίδι» Μαριάννα Παπαγεωργοπούλου, εκπαιδευτικός ΠΕ06
12:30-13:00	«Η ανταπόκριση της Ελλάδας στις διεθνείς τάσεις και τις Ευρωπαϊκές πολιτικές για τη διδασκαλία της Αγγλικής Γλώσσας: Συγκριτική μελέτη τεσσάρων εκπαιδευτικών συστημάτων από διαφορετικές γεωγραφικές/γεωπολιτικές περιοχές» Αρετή Βογοπούλου, Λέκτορας Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου Πολυχρόνης Σιφακάκης, μέλος ΕΔΙΠ Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου
13:00-13:30	«Εναλλακτικές Τεχνικές Αξιολόγησης της μάθησης με την χρήση των ΤΠΕ» Θάλεια Χατζηγιάννογλου, εκπαιδευτικός ΠΕ06 Ιωάννης Βεντούρης, εκπαιδευτικός ΠΕ06
13:30-14:00	«Η αξιολόγηση με Συνθετικές Δημιουργικές Εργασίες» Κοσμάς Βλάχος, Ε.Ε.Π., Τμήμα Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
14:00-14:15	Διάλειμμα
14:15-14:45	«Τράπεζα θεμάτων διαβαθμισμένης δυσκολίας για τα Αγγλικά στη Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση: Προκλήσεις και Προοπτικές εξέλιξης» Τρισεύγενη (Τζένη) Λιόντου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Αγγλικής Γλώσσας & Φιλολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
14:45-15:15	«Προς ένα νέο, συμπεριληπτικό, εκπαιδευτικό μοντέλο μάθησης στη μετά (meta)-Covid εποχή» Αγγελική Πολίτη, εκπαιδευτικός ΠΕ06
15:15-15:45	“Teacher’s emotions as a springboard for professional development” Ευαγγελία Καραγιάννη, ΣΕΕ ΠΕ06 5^ο ΠΕ.Κ.Ε.Σ. Αττικής
15:45-16:15	«Κυψέλη e-me και ΠΕΚΑΔΕ» Κωνσταντίνα Κώτση, εκπαιδευτικός ΠΕ06
16:15-17:00	Κλείσιμο - Συζήτηση

ΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΕΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ 2021-2022

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:56:35 +0300

Aγαπητές φοιτήτριες/αγαπητοί φοιτητές,

Μετά από παράκληση της Γραμματείας να στείλουμε οι διδάσκοντες ενημέρωση στις η-τάξεις μας για τις δηλώσεις μαθημάτων εαρινού εξαμήνου 2021-22, καλείστε να λάβετε υπόψη σας ότι το σύστημα για τη δήλωση των μαθημάτων θα είναι ανοιχτό από 30/3/2022 έως 12/4/2022, συνεπώς θα πρέπει να προβείτε έγκαιρα στις σχετικές ενέργειες.

Με εκτίμηση,

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

ERASMUS+ student mobility_υποβολή αιτήσεων για το Πανεπιστήμιο του Lancaster

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:52:24 +0300

Aγαπητές φοιτήτριες/αγαπητοί φοιτητές,

Θα ήθελα να επιστήσω την προσοχή σας, σε περίπτωση που δεν είδατε τη σχετική ανακοίνωση στην ιστοσελίδα του Τμήματός μας, ότι υπάρχει δυνατότητα αιτήσεων για ερασμιακές σπουδές στο Lancaster University της Αγγλίας για την ερχόμενη ακαδημαϊκή χρονιά.

Η σχετική καταληκτική ημερομηνία είναι η ερχόμενη Δευτέρα 21 Μαρτίου 2022.

Όσοι και όσες από εσάς ή/και συμφοιτητές/τριές σας από άλλα κλιμάκια και άλλα εξάμηνα ενδιαφέρονται και πληρούν τα κριτήρια (όπως ορίζονται στην πρόσκληση συμμετοχής που αναρτήθηκε στην ιστοσελίδα του Τμήματος υπό τον γενικό τίτλο "Ανακοίνωση για το Πρόγραμμα Erasmus+ για το ακαδημαϊκό έτος 2022-23"), καλούνται να καταθέσουν σχετική αίτηση.

Υπάρχουν 3 διαθέσιμες θέσεις και αφορούν στο εαρινό εξάμηνο του 2022-23.

Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

ERASMUS+ student mobility_υποβολή αιτήσεων για το Πανεπιστήμιο του Lancaster__Καταληκτική προθεσμία_: Δευτέρα 21 Μαρτίου 2022. Υπεύθυνη Καθηγήτρια: Βασιλική Μαρκίδου

Εξέταση μαθήματος «Πραγματικότητα και Χίμαιρα» για επί πτυχίω/ΔΟΑΤΑΠ

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:16:25 +0300

την Παρασκευή 4 Φεβρουαρίου 2022, στις 11:30-13:30, στο αμφ. 442.

Η διδάσκουσα

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Written by distance exam on “Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of 'Truth' in Renaissance Literature”

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:09:29 +0300

Dear students,

I hope you are all well and had a nice summer break.

The written by distance exam on “Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of 'Truth' in Renaissance Literature” will take place on Thursday, September 16, 2021 and will begin at 15:00 pm. The exam will be conducted via Webex at

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m2233ba8f00abbcfc7e41e6f44fc039ec

Meeting number: 2734 449 7419

Password: Cz5pd3FFcH5

Please bear in mind the following:

You need to enter the scheduled link with (and ONLY with) your institutional account.
You need to make sure that you enter at 15:00 sharp and have your ID student card right next to you as you will need it for the identification process when requested.
You will then read your topics on the e-class, in the slot «Eργασίες».
There will be two questions per section (the former section will focus on sixteenth-century English literature, the latter on seventeenth-century English literature) and you will answer one question per section.
Make sure that your answers are to the point, concise and include textual analysis (you will be provided with specific excerpts from primary texts we analyzed in class and you will need to refer to them in your responses).
Make sure you type your questions in Word Format and when you finish doing so, you will upload them on the e-class (once again, in the slot «Eργασίες»). If you find it hard to type, you can write your answers on an A4 page and then upload them on the e-class.
There is no word limit but your answers should not be too long; the aim is not quantity but quality and precision of responses.
Make sure there is no plagiarism; needless to say, if this happens, the result will be failure.
Your camera and microphone should be on from the beginning to the end of the exam.
It is NOT allowed to use the mobile phone throughout the exam process apart from a few minutes following the end of the exam if (and only then) the student will turn his/her answers to a PDF and upload it through it.

You will be provided with two hours to write your answers and a few more minutes to upload them on the e-class, if need be.

Best of luck,

Vassiliki Markidou

Written by distance exam on 'Fact and Fiction', July 1, 2021

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:49:50 +0300

Dear students,

As you know, the written by distance exam on "Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of 'Truth' in Renaissance Literature" will take place on Thursday, July 1, 2021 and will begin at 12:00 pm.

The exam will be conducted via Webex at

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m02963f1de705755b25d16d5de6d79d01

Meeting number: 121 388 3481

Password: VzyKiU8mP64

Please bear in mind the following:

You need to enter the scheduled link with (and ONLY with) your institutional account.
You need to make sure that you enter at 12:00 sharp and have your ID student card right next to you, as you will need it for the identification process when requested.
You will then read your topics on the e-class, in the slot «Eργασίες» that is related to the specific course in which you will be examined.
There will be two questions per section and you will choose to answer one question per section.
Make sure that your answers are to the point and concise.
There is no word limit but your answers should not be too long; the aim is not quantity but quality and precision of responses.
Make sure you type your questions in Word Format and when you finish doing so, you will upload them on the e-class (once again, in the slot «Eργασίες»). If you find it hard to type, you can write your answers on an A4 page and then upload them on the e-class. [I decided to go for typed answers but with means of cross-checking that no plagiarism has taken place.]
Make sure there is no plagiarism; needless to say, if this happens, the result will be failure.
Your camera and microphone should be on from the beginning to the end of the exam.
It is NOT allowed to use the mobile phone throughout the exam process apart from a few minutes following the end of the exam if (and only then) the student will turn his/her answers to a PDF and upload it through it.

You will be provided with two hours to write your answers and a few more minutes to upload them on the e-class.

Best of luck,

Vassiliki Markidou

2nd 2021 HASE e-colloquium, "Digital Humanities", June 19

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:38:31 +0300

Dear students,

This is to inform you of the 2nd 2021 HASE e-colloquium on Digital Humanities that will take place online on Saturday, June 19, 14:00-19:30.

For full information, please see https://view.genial.ly/60c75defa853bf0dbef84cde/presentation-hase-2nd-online-colloquium-on-digital-humanities or check out the departmental site.

I look forward to 'seeing' you,

Vassiliki Markidou

Next and last class on Friday, June 11

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:31:49 +0300

Dear students,

Due to the general strike that will take place tomorrow (Thursday, June 10) and given the fact that I am spending most of the day at the hospital due to a serious health problem of a close relative of mine, this complication will create a huge problem in terms of my return from the hospital on time tomorrow morning in order for us to be able to go through tomorrrow's class.

Given this, we will have our next and last class on Friday (June 11), 9-12, and here is the meeting information:

Meeting link:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=mfbce980babea09a38bde96ba58c93dca
Meeting number:: 121 388 4262
Password:: h3iM938HB8G

'See' you on Friday,

Vassiliki Markidou

Class cancellation and make up

Mon, 31 May 2021 21:38:50 +0300

Dear students,

The coming Thursday session (June 3, 2021) will be cancelled and made up on Friday, June 11, 9-12.

A relevant link will be uploaded on the e-class on the eve of the session.

Apologies for the inconvenience,

Vassiliki Markidou

MA Flyer

Thu, 27 May 2021 17:05:06 +0300

Dear students,

Please take a look at the MA flyer related to the postgraduate programme “English Studies: Literature and
Culture,” that will specialize in “Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Anglophone Literature
and Culture" (2021-23). The flyer is uploaded on the e-class link "Documents" ("Έγγραφα").

You kindly requested to circulate it as broadly as possible.

On behalf of the MA Steering Committee,

Vassiliki Markidou

Further directions on allocated material

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:10:11 +0300

Dear students,

As promised, I deleted the file on Baudrillard's The Precession of Simulacra that was not fully readable and replaced it with one that includes the very same content. Please note that the allocated material can be traced on pp. 1-7 of the specific file.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Directions on allocated material

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:59:43 +0300

Dear students,

Please note that you are requested to read the Introduction from the uploaded file on Edward Said's Orientalism.

All the best,

Vassiliki Markidou

1st 2021 HASE e-colloquium announcement

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:12:35 +0300

Dear students,

As already announced in the Departmental website, the 1st 2021 HASE e-colloquium will take place on the coming Saturday, March 27. Its theme is: "English Language Teaching in the COVID-19 Era: Challenges & Opportunities".

Colloquium Programme e-book: https://view.genial.ly/604e44ef289c2b0d3579a043/presentation-hase-online-colloquium

To attend the event you need to fill in the free registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfss633LJr278n1azZuPZv00CZioKke-LSmURdnNmsQ1_Qlsw/viewform

Looking forward to e-seeing you all next Saturday!

Make-up class for the National Holiday

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 23:52:35 +0300

Dear students,

This is to let you know that due to the National Holiday (March 25) collapsing with our next class, we will NOT have a class on that day and will need to have a(nother) make-up.

Our make-up class will take place on Tuesday, March 23, from 15:00 to 18:00.

Here is the relevant meeting information for the specific make-up class:

Meeting link:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m1ee3cc8fc003fc6a80bcc3e4e9f94c21

Password: mPKMjpqv672

Best wishes,

Vassiliki Markidou

Cancellation of class

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:19:45 +0300

Dear students,

I was looking forward to 'seeing' you tomorrow, March 4, at 9:00-12:00, in our first class and to welcome you to the 8th semester elective course "Fact and Fiction: The 'Slipperiness of Truth in Renaissance Literature'.

However, due to a serious emergency that has arisen, I will NOT be able to do so.

Consequently, the first class will take place on the following Thursday, March 11, 9:00-12:00 and a make-up session will be announced in due time.

Apologies for the inconvenience,

Vassiliki Markidou

Associate Professor

Meeting information

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:30:11 +0300

Dear students,

I look forward to welcoming you to the 8th semester course "Fact and Fiction: The Slipperiness of ‘Truth’ in Renaissance Literature" on Thursday, March 4, at 9:00 am.

The meeting information is as follows:

Meeting Information

Meeting link:

https://uoa.webex.com/uoa/j.php?MTID=m409cf3f21ed74d7141358cbbcb439aa7

Meeting number:

121 178 7163

Password:

kcMwmgpP583

'See' you there and then and for the time being, stay safe and well.

All the very best,

Vassiliki Markidou

Ανακοίνωση για διάλεξη από τη Δρ. Βίκυ Μαντέλη

Fri, 10 May 2019 14:05:06 +0300

ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΣΕ ΔΙΑΛΕΞΗ

Η Δρ. Βίκυ Μαντέλη, Ε.Ε.Π. στο Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, θα δώσει διάλεξη με θέμα:

«ΆΜΛΕΤ: ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΙΣΑΒΕΤΙΑΝΟ ΤΡΑΓΙΚΟ ΉΡΩΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΥΙΛΛΙΑΜ ΣΑΙΞΠΗΡ ΣΤΟ ΜΕΤΑΔΡΑΜΑΤΙΚΌ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΤΟΥ ΕΪΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ ΝΕΚΡΟΣΙΟΥΣ»

Η διάλεξη, η οποία εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο του μαθήματος «WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE» (ΣΤ’ εξαμήνου, κλιμάκιο Επίκουρης Καθηγήτριας Βασιλικής Μαρκίδου), θα δοθεί την ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 13 ΜΑΐΟΥ 2019 και ώρα 10:30 στη στο αμφιθέατρο 434 της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του ΕΚΠΑ.

Θα ακολουθήσει συζήτηση. Είσοδος ελεύθερη.

ΣΥΝΤΟΜΟ ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ

Η Βίκυ Μαντέλη είναι μέλος ΕΕΠ του Τμήματος Θεατρικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών με αντικείμενο διδασκαλίας το αγγλόφωνο θέατρο (το θέατρο του Σαίξπηρ, αμερικανικό θέατρο) και τη θεατρική μετάφραση. Διδάσκει επίσης αρχαίο θέατρο στο Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο. Είναι απόφοιτος του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας του ΕΚΠΑ, κάτοχος μεταπτυχιακών διπλωμάτων (ΜΑ) από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Kent της Αγγλίας και από το Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Είναι διδάκτορας του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών) και η διδακτορική διατριβή της είχε ως θέμα τη μεταφραστική και σκηνική απόδοση των Αχαρνέων του Αριστοφάνη. Τα ερευνητικά της ενδιαφέροντα εστιάζονται στο χιούμορ και στο κωμικό στο δράμα και στο θέατρο, στην πρόσληψη (μετάφραση και παράσταση) του αρχαίου δράματος καθώς και στις σκηνικές προσεγγίσεις του κλασικού δράματος. Άρθρα της έχουν δημοσιευτεί σε διεθνή και ελληνικά επιστημονικά περιοδικά (Didaskalia, European Journal of Humour Research, New Voices in Classical Reception Studies, Theatre Journal, Θεάτρου Πόλις, Θεατρογραφίες κ.ά.) και σε συλλογικούς τόμους διεθνών εκδοτικών οίκων (Benjamins, Bloomsbury, Continuum). Από τις εκδόσεις Πεδίο (2014) κυκλοφορεί η μονογραφία της Το μοτίβο της εισβολής στο θέατρο της Λούλας Αναγνωστάκη.

Eκδήλωση με θέμα "Απόφοιτοι ξένων γλωσσών, αγορά εργασίας και επιχειρηματικότητα"

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:02:38 +0300

Dear students,

I am forwarding a message sent by the Head of the Faculty of French Language and Literature as regards a very interesting event in which I believe many of you would like to participate.

It will take place on the 19th of April 2019, from 11:00-15:00, at the AULA of the School of Philosophy.

Vassiliki Markidou

Assistant Professor

Aγαπητοί και αγαπητές συνάδελφοι,

Με χαρά σας ενημερώνω ότι την επόμενη Παρασκευή 19 Απριλίου θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην Aula εκδήλωση με θέμα "Απόφοιτοι ξένων γλωσσών, αγορά εργασίας και επιχειρηματικότητα", με πρωτοβουλία του διδάσκοντα το μάθημα της Επιχειρηματικότητας στα ξενόγλωσσα Τμήματα κ. Κακούρη. Σας στέλνω την αφίσα της εκδήλωσης, με την παράκληση να ενημερώσετε τους διδάσκοντες και τους φοιτητές των Τμημάτων σας,

Με συναδελφικούς χαιρετισμούς,

Ρέα Δελβερούδη

Sillicon Valley needs to get schooled

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 08:35:05 +0300

Dear students, yesterday we discussed in class the value of the Arts and Humanities in the 21st century world. Today I received this article and I would like to share it with you. As you will see, we see eye to eye with Mr. Christian Madsbjerg. I hope you will enjoy reading it!

Vassiliki Markidou

Silicon Valley needs to get schooled

Published on March 18, 2017
Featured in: Big Ideas & Innovation, Editor's Picks, Technology, The Weekend Essay

Christian Madsbjerg

Want to create the next iPhone or Uber? Start reading great literature.

Silicon Valley is getting antsy. It’s been awhile since we were collectively wowed by the next big thing. The iPhone is ten years old. Uber is eight. The problem isn’t a lack of ideas. As engineers keep breaking new ground, it seems like anything will be possible soon. Why aren’t more of these technologies breaking through to our everyday lives?

What Silicon Valley is missing is an understanding of people—what is meaningful to them, the way they live their day to day lives, what would make a difference for them on an ordinary Tuesday in Phoenix or Shanghai. There is a dearth of deep, nuanced cultural knowledge in tech. Luckily, there is an app for that: reading.

In a 2014 blog post the prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared “for people who aren’t deep into math and science and technology, it is going to get far harder to understand the world going forward.” According to Andreessen, if you can’t code, you’re basically useless nowadays. In a similar vein, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, casting aside generations of academia, stated that his company’s algorithmic search mechanism will produce “the clearest model of everything there is to know in the world.” These statements both encapsulate a misguided notion that pervades Silicon alley: that the world can be broken down into 1s and 0s—that “everything there is to know” is something you can put in a formula.

From my experience working with major corporations, I would say that technological advancements are only half of the picture. Knowing how to build things is great, but if you have no idea for whom you’re building them—how these inventions will connect with people’s aspirations and challenges—you will fail, no matter how many coding geniuses and data scientists you employ.

If you, like me, are a reader of great novels, you know that almost visceral sensation when you come to understand the world of someone else - the suffering of an Afghan woman, enduring abuse and horrendous conditions to spear her loved ones, or the drab misery of life as an IRS clerk in middle America, someone who had always imagined his life would turn out differently. Literatures—like in-depth journalism, plays, music, art, and even activities like cooking—can put you in the shoes of people unlike you in profound, empathetic way. But the importance of these activities is under attack from the big data-mindset that has invaded both Silicon Valley and many of the world’s biggest corporations.

The ability to truly understand someone other than you is not something that can be broken down into 1s and 0s. We shouldn’t ask people to forgo books and great art in order to code. In an increasingly technologically-driven society, we should do the opposite: cherish it, respect the human abilities it fosters, and applaud our kids for wanting to spend time with great stories. You don’t need to do it because it’s nice, but because it’s smart business.

Empathy is not a soft sentiment, but a hard skill that must be cultivated and practiced. And it’s a crucial one for business. Imagine you are trying to launch a new beverage in the Chinese market. Understanding your new market requires a critical and methodical approach to their world. If you succeed, you may learn that tea in China is more akin to how the French relationship with wine than how Americans guzzle bottled iced tea. Those distinctions matter for businesses.

The Silicon Valley state of mind exhorts that an idea or product—whether it is Uber, Snapchat or the Google search engine—will supplant what came before in the linear and rational march of history. Disrupt at all costs, they tell us. The ideology assumes that idea generation is a zero-sum game: the winners move forward and the losers die in a graveyard of insignificance.

Spend a few days immersed in a great novel by Tolstoy or with the work of Greek scientist and poet Ptolemy and one is forced to acknowledge that nothing is ever entirely disrupted nor is anything ever completely new. Learning does not function independently of what has come before, but rather in dialogue with it. If executives at Google had taken some time to contemplate this fact, they might have avoided the disastrous rollout to their Google Glass product in 2014. The technology itself functioned just fine. In a narrow Silicon Valley perspective, Google Glass might be considered a successful technology. But when does a piece of technology ever exist independent of a world, a societal structure and culture? Yes, the glasses “worked” but did they belong? Google Glass wearers were dubbed “Glassholes” and people shunned Google Glass wearers at social events. Silicon Valley may have new technology, but in this instance it failed at the much larger challenge of understanding how people relate to one another.

When we use a skillset based in the humanities to understand the world, we gain insight into these deeper issues. And these are the factors that actually drive business forward. Let’s return to China: one by one, the world’s biggest and most cutting edge Silicon Valley companies—Yahoo, eBay, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, and, finally Google—have attempted to develop a meaningful market there. They have come armed with all of the best technical knowledge along with plenty of cash and intellectual property. And yet, today, Internet market leaders in China are still local: Alibaba, Baidu and TenCent.

Technical superiority is a very small part of this story. Limited by their “Silicon Valley” state of mind, American companies simply had no feel for the nuances that made the Chinese marketplace different. With a deeper immersion into the lives of Chinese consumers as well as into their literature, history and religion, technologists might have grasped the more subtle differences between professional and personal network building in Chinese society. Maybe they could have designed a user experience that accounted for the dance of negotiation every business does with the Chinese governmental regulatory body. And they might have better grasped what network building means to Chinese families already in urban areas as well to those in the midst of migration in an upwardly mobile society.

When we stop valuing culture, we become blind to the very opportunities that drive “world changing” technology to mass adoption. The greatest challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century are cultural, not algorithmic. And the greatest tools for the study and understanding of culture exist within the wealth of theories and methodologies that make up the humanities.

To those of you with a liberal arts degree, I say this: your skills are essential in today’s world, and more companies need to recognize that. To those of you with a STEM degree (or who never bothered with college in the first place), I would say: pick up a book or two every month. Go to plays. Travel and immerse yourself in a culture unlike your own.

Without a deep, empathetic understanding of other people, turning that good idea into the next big thing may prove elusive.

Christian Madsbjerg is the author of SENSEMAKING: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm and a founder of ReD Associates and the Director of its New York office. ReD is a strategy consulting company based in the human sciences and employs anthropologists, sociologists, art historians, and philosophers. Christian studied philosophy and political science in Copenhagen and London. He lives in New York City.