Johanna Hanink, 2024 Zamanakos Lecturer at UMass Lowell and Associate Professor, Department of Classics, Brown University, speaks on "Athens in America: Ancient Greece and the Making of the New Nation" This lecture reconsiders the American ‘Greek Revival’ and its enduring significance, in the context of both the recent bicentennial (in 2021) of the Greek Revolution and the upcoming commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. Free and open to public.