Antony Augoustakis is the recipient of a 2015 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award. The award from the Provost's office, given upon the recommendation of the Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure, recognizes exceptional contributions in the area of scholarship, teaching, service and engagement efforts. Antony shares the award, which comes with a discretionary fund to support scholarly activities, with two other colleagues promoted to full professor.

The New Heroes on Screen, An international conference at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece, 29 June - 1 July, 2015.

Organizers: Antony Augoustakis (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Stacie Raucci (Union College)

In the last decade, there has been a proliferation of screen representations of ancient Greek mythological heroes, both in original movies and remakes of original films (Immortals, Clash of the Titans, Hercules, 300). Scholars of the Classical Reception will present papers at an international conference to be held in Delphi, Greece, the omphalos of the earth, analysing the depiction of heroism in recent films (Greek or Roman), the role of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, violence, technology, and fan reception.

Dating to 1960, the Conference Centre at Delphi is a typical example of architecture of the Modern Movement designed by Architecture Professor A. Kitsikis and architect A. Lambakis. Spreadover an area of 100,000 square metres, the complex is composed of a Conference Centre, a Guest House and an Open-Air Theatre. The E.C.C.D. is also responsible for the Museum of Delphic Festivals (Angelos and Eva Sikelianos Residence).

Full program can be found here