| Category: Arts & Culture | Year of Grant: 2006 |
| Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece |
Fulbright Foundation in Greece
Program support
For The Great Ideas Series program organized by the Fulbright Foundation.
The Great Ideas Series has successfully supported educational and cultural connections between Greece and the United States, with the goal of bringing highly esteemed American experts and artists to Greece to perform and discuss current topics of interest to the Greek and American people. The Series aimed at facilitating mutual understanding and to create long-lasting collaborations between organizations in the two countries.
The program comprised of lectures on economics, medicine, education, current developments in fine arts and jazz music, and architecture and urban development. Typically three events took place in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, along with plans for dinners with professionals and student seminars. In Athens, there were a student event and a public presentation, and in Thessaloniki there was an additional presentation.
Four noted Americans participated in the series:
Dr. Ruth Faden, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Mr. Glenn Lowry, Ph.D., Director, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
Dr. Richard Levin, President, Yale University
Jim Gianopulos Chairman & CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment
Press releases
11/16/2009 Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment coming to Greece
04/14/2008 President of Yale University Coming to Greece
03/03/2008 New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) Director Coming to Greece
12/11/2007 “Great Ideas” Series Launched by American Expert on Biomedical Ethics
The Fulbright Foundation in Greece was established in 1948. It offers Greek and American citizens opportunities to pursue a wide variety of educational projects. In Greece, it has awarded more than 2,400 grants to Greek citizens and about 1,300 to U.S. citizens.
Related grants
2007 - Johns Hopkins University
2004 - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Great Ideas Series has successfully supported educational and cultural connections between Greece and the United States, with the goal of bringing highly esteemed American experts and artists to Greece to perform and discuss current topics of interest to the Greek and American people. The Series aimed at facilitating mutual understanding and to create long-lasting collaborations between organizations in the two countries.
The program comprised of lectures on economics, medicine, education, current developments in fine arts and jazz music, and architecture and urban development. Typically three events took place in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, along with plans for dinners with professionals and student seminars. In Athens, there were a student event and a public presentation, and in Thessaloniki there was an additional presentation.
Four noted Americans participated in the series:
Dr. Ruth Faden, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Mr. Glenn Lowry, Ph.D., Director, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
Dr. Richard Levin, President, Yale University
Jim Gianopulos Chairman & CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment
Press releases
11/16/2009 Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment coming to Greece
04/14/2008 President of Yale University Coming to Greece
03/03/2008 New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) Director Coming to Greece
12/11/2007 “Great Ideas” Series Launched by American Expert on Biomedical Ethics
The Fulbright Foundation in Greece was established in 1948. It offers Greek and American citizens opportunities to pursue a wide variety of educational projects. In Greece, it has awarded more than 2,400 grants to Greek citizens and about 1,300 to U.S. citizens.
Related grants
2007 - Johns Hopkins University
2004 - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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