February 2, 2023

Books of Asia Minor. Cultural Traces of Asia Minor Hellenism [1764-1922]: Virtual Exhibition

Τake a virtual tour of the exhibition "Books of Asia Minor. Cultural Traces of Asia Minor Hellenism [1764-1922]"

December 31, 2022

Our Year In Review

Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!

November 22, 2022

Fall 2022 Newsletter

Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.

November 14, 2022

Video Archive: Nostalgia for the East: The Bitter-Sweet Poetics of Loss

Watch the video archive of our lecture with Gail Holst-Warhaft.

November 3, 2022

TravelTrails: Manuscript Books in 17th Century Constantinople

The diplomat Antoine Galland informs us about books and book buying in Constantinople as well as the reading habits of the Ottomans in the 1672.

November 1, 2022

Mark Mazower Named Gennadius Prize Recipient

Mark Mazower has been selected as the next recipient of the prestigious Gennadius Prize. He will be honored in New York City at the May 2023 Gala of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

October 31, 2022

Video Archive: The Epic of Anatolia in the Greek Imagination

Watch the video archive of our lecture with Prof. David Ricks

October 25, 2022

Video Archive: Invisible Capital: How the Refugees of 1923 Transformed the Social, Cultural and Religious Life of Athens

Watch the archive of our lecture with Bruce Clark for "The Economist"

October 17, 2022

Video Archive: Burned in Memory? The Changing Meanings of Smyrna

Watch our lecture with Prof. Jeffrey Olick

October 12, 2022

Read in TravelTrails: The First Inoculation against Smallpox

Among the wealth of historical information recorded by Western European travelers and analyzed in the digital platform TravelTrails, there is also information of medical interest including vaccination.

September 29, 2022

POSTPONED: Emily Wilson to Present on Reinterpretations of Ancient Greek Culture: The challenges, misunderstandings and their impact over millennia

We regret to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control the Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series 2022-2023 featuring Dr. Emily Wilson has been postponed to 2023-2024.

September 27, 2022

Unique map of Venetian Crete acquired in auction

The Gennadius Library has acquired a unique hand-drawn map of the siege of Candia (Herakleion) by the Ottomans in 1669 thanks to the generosity of its Board of Overseers.

September 20, 2022

A new manuscript in the collections of the Gennadius Library: a source of history of 19th-century Greek education

A very important document for the history of Greek education was recently acquired by the Gennadius library: a handwritten notebook (MSS 827.5) that belonged to Germanos (né Niketas) Michaelos, a teacher born on the island of Syme in 1791.

September 9, 2022

Video Archive: Αγία Έδρα/Κράτος Βατικανού: Ιστορική διαμόρφωση, σχέσεις με Ελλάδα

Παρακολουθήστε το βίντεο της διάλεξης του κ. Πάνου Καλογερόπουλου, Πρέσβη ε.τ. όπου αναλύουμε την ιστορική εξέλιξη που οδήγησε στη σημερινή πραγματικότητα του Κράτους της Πόλης του Βατικανού και στις σχέσεις του με την Ελλάδα.

August 11, 2022

Video Archive: An Earthly Paradise: Μπαξές, Περιβόλι and Ύπαιθρος in the Aegean

Watch the video of a lecture by Professor Harriet Blitzer and learn about the magical world of one of the most beautiful places on earth, the Perivoli or Baxes.

July 12, 2022

In Memory of Nick Bacopoulos

In remembrance of the life of Nick Bacopoulos (March 13, 1949 – July 12, 2021), longtime Overseer and supporter of the Gennadius Library, his widow Calypso Gounti has donated to the Gennadeion important rare books.

July 9, 2022

A new manuscript of the nomokanon from the collections of the Gennadius Library offers important historical testimony about Kefalonia in 1801.

Professor Curtis Runnels recently donated to the Gennadius Library a manuscript (MSS 891), containing a collection of legal texts dating to the second half of the 17th century or the beginning of the 18th century

July 5, 2022

Masks strongly recommended

Due to the increase of Covid-19 cases and for the safety of us all, masks are strongly recommended in the premises of the Gennadius Library.

June 21, 2022

Peter Mackridge - March 12, 1946 – June 16, 2022

The world of Modern Greek studies is poorer since the passing of Peter Mackridge (March 12, 1946 – June 16, 2022), Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek at the University of Oxford, Fellow of St Cross College, and a dear friend of the Gennadius Library.

June 17, 2022

Encheiridion Methodikon, 1622: a new edition after four hundred years.

The Encheiridion Methodikon is the very rare first edition of a Confession book written by Nikiphoros Paschaleus; it was printed in Venice by Antonio Pinelli in 1622.

June 10, 2022

Video Archive: Rethinking the Greek School of Byzantine Architecture

Watch our lecture with Professor Robert Ousterhout, and learn about the characteristic aspects of Helladic architecture and ask if we might view these within a broader geographical perspective, as participants in the “global" Middle Ages.

May 31, 2022

Video Archive: “Homage to Classical Culture and to Konstantinos Kavafis” (Watch in Italian)

Watch a lecture on Konstantinos Kavafis, with Nuccion Ordine, Renata Lavagnini and Cristianno Luciani, that was organized by the Friends of the Gennadius Library, under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Greece.

May 28, 2022

Video Archive - Καππαδόκες Ρωμιοί: Eλληνική ταυτότητα, ορθόδοξη συνείδηση και τουρκικός εθνικισμός (1919-1923)

Watch our latest lecture, with Alexis Alexandris, organized by the Friends of the Gennadius Library and learn about the Greeks of Cappadocia.

May 26, 2022

On the Margins of History: The Music of Greek Jewish Women in the Early 20th Century

The first musical lecture by the award-winning American ethnomusicologist Christopher C. King entitled "On the Margins of History: The Music of Greek Jewish Women in the Early 20th Century" was completed with great success. As a strategic partner, the Gennadius Library hosted the event in Cotsen Hall at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

May 25, 2022

Video Archive: Simon of Athens, two Byzantine manuscripts and a lost bronze horse from the Athenian Agora

Watch our lecture with Anne McCabe, and learn about Simon of Athens, a recognized authority during the 5th century BC, who was name-checked by Aristophanes, quoted reverently by Xenophon, and remembered for criticizing the painter Mikon for inaccurate representation of a horse's eyelashes.

May 24, 2022

Video Archive: The Unsung History of Greek Jewish Women in the early 20th century

Watch the award-winning American ethnomusicologist, Christopher C. King, as he presents the untold stories and songs of the Romaniote Jewish singers from Ioannina. Amalia Vaka (Matsa), and the Sephardic Jewish singers from Thenassaliniki, Rosa Eskenazi and Stella Haskil.

May 6, 2022

Gennadius Library Opening Hours from May 9, 2022

From Monday May 9, 2022, the Gennadius Library returns to its usual opening hours without the need of an appointment. Vaccination / infection certificate or temperature check is no longer required to access the Library. The use of a mask remains mandatory.

March 21, 2022

Video Archive: The Residue of Eden: Myth and Medicine in Early Christian Anointing Practices

Watch the latest Byzantine dialogues lecture, with Professor John Penniman, and learn how olive oil moved between medical, magical, and cultic contexts in the broader Greco-Roman world.

March 21, 2022

Dr. Peter Frankopan Presents Second Thalia Potamianos Lecture at Georgetown University

Dr. Peter Frankopan presented his second Thalia Potamianos lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

March 4, 2022

Online exhibition “Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution: editions from the collections of the Gennadius Library”

Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution of 1821: the exhibition traces the trajectory of printing in Revolutionary Greece based on the collections of the Gennadius Library.

February 9, 2022

Online Exhibition Organized by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens to Mark the Bicentennial of Heinrich Schliemann’s Birth

February 7, 2022

Video Archive: Heinrich Schliemann …yet again! Why still delve into his biography 200 years after his birth?

Watch the opening lecture of our new virtual exhibition on Heinrich Schliemann, with Dr. Michaela Zavadil, and learn about Schliemann's excavations in Greece.

December 17, 2021

Virtual Tour of the Gennadius Library Exhibition "The Free and the Brave"

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition "The Free and the Brave: American Philhellenes and the 'Glorious Struggle of the Greeks' (1776–1866)"

December 16, 2021

Video Archive: Η αμερικανική ναυτική μοίρα της Μεσογείου και η Ελληνική Επανάσταση

Watch our latest video with Professor Kotsonas to learn the fascinating story of Pirate Mermelechas, a semi-legendary hero of Mykonos in 1827.

December 2, 2021

Webinar - 1821: Ideology and History in the 20th Century

Watch our latest webinar organized by Gennadius Library and learn more about how many of Greece's key ideological and political struggles from the First World War to the present have been played out through and around shifting historical interpretations of 1821.

December 2, 2021

Video Archive: Voices of the Lost Children of Greece, 1948-1968

Watch the video of archive from our inspirational lecture with Gonda Van Steen and Mary Cardaras, regarding the adoption movement of Greece in 1948 - 1968

December 2, 2021

Webinar - Βοστώνη, η πρωτεύουσα του Αμερικανικού φιλελληνισμού

Watch the latest webinar, organized by the Friends of the Gennadius Library

November 22, 2021

Webinar - Byzantine Dialogues from the Gennadius Library: ‘By this conquer’: Relics as Weapons in Byzantium

Watch our latest webinar with Professor Hostetler and learn about the weaponization of relics in Byzantium.

November 15, 2021

Η εσωτερική μετατόπιση της Μεγάλης Ιδέας: Το Τάμα του Έθνους και η μνήμη του ‘21 στα χρόνια της δικτατορίας

Παρακολουθήστε το βίντεο της ενδιαφέρουσας διάλεξης του Δημήτρη Αντωνίου, σχετικά με το Τάμα του Έθνους και την μνήμη του '21 στα χρόνια της δικτατορίας.

November 15, 2021

Συνέδριο για την συμβολή του Τύπου στην Επανάσταση του 1821

Το Μουσείο Τυπογραφίας, διοργάνωσε στις 9 & 10 Οκτωβρίου, συνέδριο για την συμβολή του Τύπου στην Επανάσταση του 1821. Στο συνέδριο συμμετείχε και η Επικεφαλής Βιβλιοθηκάριος της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, Ειρήνη Σολομωνίδη.

November 14, 2021

Η αρχιτεκτονική ως ιδεολογία και πολιτική: το Ηρώο της Επανάστασης

Παρακολουθήστε την πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα διάλεξη με τον Παγιώτη Τουρνικιώτη, καθηγητή θεωρίας της αρχιτεκτονικής στο Εθνικό Μετσόβειο Πολυτεχνείο για το Ηρώο της Επανάσταστης, και μάθετε τα πάντα για τις προτάσεις κατασκευής του μνημείου αυτού.

November 12, 2021

Το 1821 εξ ανατολών

Παρακολουθήστε το βίντεο από την διαδικτυακή συζήτηση για το 1821, με την συμμετοχή των καθηγητριών στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Μπέρκλεϊ, Μαρίας Μαυρούδη και Χριστίνας Φίλιου καθώς και του Μαρίνου Σαρηγιάννη, Διευθυντής Ερευνών στο Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακών Σπουδών του Ιδρύματος Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας στο Ρέθυμνο.

October 13, 2021

39th Annual Walton Lecture - "Religious Tolerance and the Twilight of the Ancient World."

Watch the recording of our 39th Annual Walton Lecture with Professor Greenblatt

October 8, 2021

First Thalia Potamianos Lecture a Resounding Success

A capacity crowd attended Cotsen Hall and thousands more watched online as Dr. Peter Frankopan delivered his first lecture of the Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series.

July 10, 2021

The "Greek Chronicles" of Messolonghi and Lord Byron: from the Byroniana collection of Joannes Gennadius.

The Byroniana collection of the Gennadius Library that focuses on Lord Byron, contains a valuable testimony from Messolonghi: a very rare issue of the newspaper The Greek Chronicles (issue 29) that announces his death.

June 14, 2021

Libraries Re-Opening

We are pleased to announce that as of Monday June 14, both Gennadius and Blegen Library will be open for registered users, by appointment.

June 4, 2021

Webinar - Philhellenism and the Development of Female-led Reform in the United States

Watch our latest webinar with Professor Santelli and learn how humanitarian aid to Greece, following the Greek Revolution of 1821, initially became an appropriate outlet for women and later played a key role in the abolitionist movement.

May 18, 2021

Webinar - Αλληγορίες από τον Καζαντζάκη. Ο Θεός φταίει που έκανε τον κόσμο τόσο ωραίο.

Watch our latest webinar with Vangelis Raptopoulos and travel through the beautiful allegories that we find in the texts of Nikos Kazantzakis. *The webinar is in Greek.

April 22, 2021

Webinar - “Η Ιστορία έχει πρόσωπο. Οι μορφές των Αγωνιστών από τους συγχρόνους τους καλλιτέχνες”

Watch our latest webinar that was organized by the Association of the Friends of the Gennadius Library, with Dr. Dimakopoloulou.

April 13, 2021

Webinar - From Orphans to Humanitarians: Wartime Refugees and the Making of Greek America

Watch our the latest webinar by Gennadius Library with Professor Gallant, and learn about the critical role played by a small group of Greek children who had been relocated from the war-torn eastern Mediterranean to the US during the 1820s.

March 26, 2021

Webinar - Neourgia: The Restoration of Icons in the Premodern World

Watch our latest webinar with Professor Drpic and learn more about the restoration of icons in the premodern world.

March 25, 2021

"The Free and the Brave" Exhibition to Highlight American Philhellenism

Upcoming exhibition will be held in the Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library from May 25, 2021, to December 12, 2021.

March 25, 2021

Makriyannis's Paintings for the Greek War of Independence

The Makriyannis paintings are an important treasure of the Gennadius Library that give us the opportunity to revisit the worldviews of General Makriyannis.

March 23, 2021

Thesauros Tetraglossos: a new acquisition, a provenance story.

The Gennadius Library recently acquired from Vergos Auctions another Venetian rare first edition of the 17th century.

March 22, 2021

Webinar - «Η ιστορική πινακοθήκη της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και η διαμόρφωση της εθνικής μνήμης»

Watch our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, with Professor Koulouri and learn more about the he process of the creation of a "historical gallery" for 1821, as the dominant visual narrative of the major event of Greek national history.

March 16, 2021

NEW FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE

Thanks to the generosity and support of the Schwarz Foundation the Gennadius Library is pleased to announce two new fellowships for study at the Gennadius Library: the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music and the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Urban Architecture. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2021.

February 15, 2021

Webinar - Το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Μετά τον Ψυχρό Πόλεμο

Watch the latest webinar organised by the Philoi with Mr. Kourkoulas, and learn about the ecumenical patriarchate in Constantinople during the post cold war years.

February 11, 2021

New acquisition of two 17th century Greek editions.

The Gennadius Library recently acquired the 17th-century first Greek editions of two liturgical texts.

February 9, 2021

Obituary for Cyril Mango

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Cyril Alexander Mango on February 8, 2021.

February 8, 2021

Webinar - Byzantine Intellectuals Having Fun in Justinianic Constantinople

Watch our latest webinar with Prof. Alexander Alexakis and learn just how much fun it was to be an intellectual in Justinian's Constantinople.

February 3, 2021

Dr. Peter Frankopan Selected as Inaugural Speaker for the Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series

World-renowned historian and award-winning author will present lectures entitled “Global Greece: A History.”

January 28, 2021

Webinar - A Prosperous Realm Beyond Borders: Byzantine-Islamic Trade in the Early Middle Ages, 9th-11th Centuries

Watch our latest webinar with Prof. Koray Durak and learn more about the fascinating world of commercial relations between Byzantium and the Near East in the central Middle Ages. The purpose of this talk is to discuss the commodities exchanged, the merchants who traded them, and the routes that these merchants used to travel within a framework organized by political structures.

January 21, 2021

Monuments for 1821: Fruitless Proposals for a Panhellenic Heroon

Our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, about the fruitless proposals of building a Panhellenic heroon, is now available for viewing online.
*Webinar is in Greek.

January 14, 2021

Webinar - The Organization of Constantinople

Did you know about a secret society, called "Organization of Constantinople" - "Οργάνωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως". Watch a very interesting webinar with Aikaterini Boura and Natasha Lemos and learn more about this secret society that promoted the ideal of dialogue and collaboration of the peoples of the Ottoman Empire. *The webinar is in Greek

January 13, 2021

Material Evidence in Incunabula

New Greek interface offers easier access to incunabula database.

December 11, 2020

Open Meeting 2020

Watch the video archive of our annual Open Meeting, that was held in a new virtual format. Jenifer Neils, the Director of the School, was joined, for the first time, by members of the academic staff, in a discussion on the School’s diverse initiatives.

November 30, 2020

Webinar - Eustathios of Thessaloniki on Homer and Excellent Oratory

Watch the 3rd episode of the Byzantine Dialogues by Gennadius Library with Baukje van den Berg and learn about Eustathios of Thessaloniki on Homer and Excellent Oratory.

November 25, 2020

Gennadius Library Treasures - Eustathios of Thessaloniki

On the occasion of Baukje van den Berg's webinar on Eustathios of Thessaloniki (November 24, 2020), watch a short video on one of the treasures of the Gennadius Library.

November 13, 2020

Webinar - The Red Monastery Church (Upper Egypt): Its Significance and Conservation

Interested to know more about the Red Monastery Church, located in the Egyptian desert? Watch our latest, Byzantine Dialogues webinar, with Professor Elizabeth Bolman as she discusses this remarkable conservation project.

November 9, 2020

Webinar - Ίων Δραγούμης: Από το εγώ στις μυλόπετρες της ιστορίας

Watch our webinar on Ion Dragoumis that was organised by The Philoi (Association of Friends of the Gennadius Library), with former ambassadors, Theodore Sotiropoulos and Alexis Alexandris. (The webinar is in Greek)

October 23, 2020

Webinar: Byzantine Literature: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About It (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Watch the inaugural episode—featuring Professor Papaioannou—of a new series of Byzantine webinars from the Gennadius Library.

October 17, 2020

Gennadius Library acquires an exceedingly rare Ottoman map

The Gennadius Library purchased a very rare issue of one of the most iconic Ottoman works of visual propaganda. Entitled ‘Revenge,’ the map laments the loss of numerous European Ottoman territories during the Balkan Wars, with the forfeited lands dramatically bathed in black.

October 15, 2020

Exhibition - Ion Dragoumis: Between East and West

Visit our latest exhibition on the life and work of Ion Dragoumis, a legendary figure in the Greek imagination because of his untimely death.

October 1, 2020

Premiere: Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library

Curtis on Tour is back October 1st! Watch a free virtual performance in lieu of the live concerts that had been planned for this year’s Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library.

October 1, 2020

Gennadius Library Featured in the Greek National Opera's Second Online Festival

The Gennadius Library was featured in "Counterpoints," the Greek National Opera's second online festival curated by its artistic director George Koumentakis.

September 24, 2020

Byzantine Dialogues from the Gennadius Library

The Gennadius Library is organizing a new series of webinars that explore recent work in Byzantine studies.

September 22, 2020

New acquisition of 17th century rare book

Thanks to a gift of Gennadius Library Overseer Lana J. Mandilas, in memory of the former MP Sotiris Papapolitis, the Library acquired from the Vergos Auctions a rare Venetian edition of the 17th century.

August 25, 2020

Gennadius Library Extended Opening Hours

From August 31, 2020, the Library has been open to registered users as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:30 to 17:00; Thursday 9:30 to 20:00 and Saturday 9:30 to 14:00. Due to the epidemiological condition, free access to the bookstacks will not be allowed. The number of readers will be limited to a maximum of 9, who will only be allowed to use the Main Reading Room. The use of a non-surgical mask is obligatory.

June 30, 2020

Blegen Library's Reopening

The Blegen Library will remain closed to non-members for the summer. We hope to open to non-members in September so please consult the School’s website at that time for further information.

June 26, 2020

Webinar: Museums, Society, and the Public Interest

Join us in watching the video archive of the discussion of Daniel Weiss, President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library, ASCSA.

June 22, 2020

Free Digital Access for Libraries on degruyter.com

We are pleased to announce that access to 75,000+ eBooks from over thirty imprints, publishers and presses from degruyter.com, is now available through the American School domain

June 3, 2020

Webinar: Gender, Cultural Elites and the Cold War in Greece. A Case Study Approach Based on the Life and Work of Alison Frantz and Ekaterini Myrivili

Join us in watching the video archive of our webinar.

June 2, 2020

Phokion Potamianos Establishes Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series on the Impact of Greek Culture

We are pleased to announce that Gennadius Library Overseer Phokion Potamianos has established a new lecture series that will examine the reception and continuing relevance and impact of Greek thought and culture.

June 2, 2020

Gennadius Library gradual reopening

The Gennadius Library will gradually resume its readers’ services on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

May 29, 2020

Γεωγραφία, Κοινωνία και Ασθένεια: Μαθήματα από την ιστορία της ελονοσίας στην Ελλάδα

Παρακολουθήστε το βίντεο από το διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο της κας. Γαρδίκα.

May 18, 2020

OnLine Exhibition - History of Greek Printing

Explore our OnLine exhibition by Irini Solomonidi, Senior Librarian of The Gennadius Library

May 14, 2020

ASCSA Responses to COVID-19

Please read our responses to COVID-19
Updated May 11th

May 12, 2020

Special Services during the Closure of the Library

During the closure of the Gennadius Library we are trying our best to facilitate your research.

May 8, 2020

Q&A - COVID-19 - Updated

Please read our Q&A about current prevention measures and changes in Greece.

April 28, 2020

Discover the Stathatos Room

Interested to find out the history of the Stathatos Room in Gennadius Library?

April 23, 2020

World Book Day 2020: Celebrating the 94th Birthday of the Gennadius Library

The Gennadius Library was inaugurated on April 23, 1926. The Feast of Saint George was chosen to celebrate the memory of the father of Joannes Gennadius. By sheer coincidence in 1995 UNESCO chose to celebrate this very day as World Book and Copyright Day.

April 21, 2020

Richard Clogg lectures on the Colonel's Dictatorship (April 25, 2017)

April 21, 2020

“The Incredulity of Thomas.” An Icon by Theodore Poulakis

On the occasion of Easter and recent concerns about social distancing, we are presenting an icon whose subject focuses on the crucial importance of touch and faith. The icon represents the Doubting Thomas and is a gift of Helen Stathatos to the Gennadius Library.

April 20, 2020

Travel Trails and the plague in the Ottoman Empire

The indexing of hundreds of travelogues of the 16th to the 19th centuries in the digital platform TravelTrails is a rich source of information for various subjects. Based on recent events we searched the term (tag) ‘plagues,’ which was endemic for centuries in the Byzantine and later in the Ottoman Empire.

April 16, 2020

Gennadius Library acquires 18th century manuscript map of Corfu

April 2, 2020

Ambassador Boura Appointed as President of Gennadius Library Philoi

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Gennadius Library are honored to announce the recent appointment of Dr. Catherine Boura to the position of President of The Philoi: Association of Friends of the Gennadius Library in Greece.

March 14, 2020

Update on COVID-19 – School Closed

March 11, 2020

Important Notice - Libraries Closed

March 9, 2020

Videocast - Conference - The Legacy of Francesco Morosini in Crete, Athens and the Morea (January 23-24)

The video archive from our two day conference entitled "The Legacy of Francesco Morosini in Crete, Athens and the Morea" is now available.

January 29, 2020

Group from Kalamata visits the Gennadius Library

Professor Ioannis Theodorakopoulos with a group from Kalamata, among them the former mayor Geogios Koutsoulis, visited the Gennadius Library on Saturday January 25.