Greek History & Culture Seminars – Greek Music in America

BIO
Dr Tina Bucuvalas is Director of Florida Cultural Resources, Inc., the President of the Greektown Preservation & Heritage Association and has held various curator roles over the years in Florida.
Dr Bucuvalas is the author, co-author, or editor of Greek Music in America (2019), Greeks in Tarpon Springs (2016), The Florida Folklife Reader (2011), Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art (2004), and South Florida Folklife (1994). She is currently working on an ethnohistorical book about the largely Greek-led international sponge trade. She also has published dozens of essays and curated many exhibits. Bucuvalas conducted extensive fieldwork over several decades with most groups in Florida, as well as with Native Americans in Arizona; ranchers in Wyoming; various groups in Maine, California, New Jersey; Isthmus Zapotec in Mexico; and sponge workers in Cuba, the Bahamas, Greece, Australia, and Turkey. She holds a PhD in Folklore from Indiana University and an MA in Folklore & Mythology from UCLA.

Event Details:
When: Thursday 10 April 2025, 7pm (8am UK time, 10am Athens time, 4am New York time)
Speaker: Dr Tina Bucuvalas
Seminar: Greek Music in America
Where: Online – Facebook/YouTube
Language: English

Sponsors: Anthi Sidiropoulos
In Memory of Michael Harris