Marilena Zackheos

Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com Marilena Zackheos Thu, 22 May 2025 09:05:26 +0000 https://marilenazackheos.com en Home https://marilenazackheos.com/Home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:35:13 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Home Marilena Zackheos Educator, Researcher, Poet, Music-Maker Navigation https://marilenazackheos.com/Navigation Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:05:50 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Navigation About / Teaching / Publications / Event Curation / Performances / Exhibitions / Recordings / Distinctions / Testimonials Teaching https://marilenazackheos.com/Teaching Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:00:29 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Teaching Teaching/ University Courses / Workshops / Trainings Publications https://marilenazackheos.com/Publications Mon, 19 May 2025 10:34:27 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Publications Publications / Books / Chapters / Journal Articles Performances https://marilenazackheos.com/Performances Mon, 19 May 2025 10:36:39 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Performances Performances / Poetry / Music/ Acting Testimonials https://marilenazackheos.com/Testimonials Mon, 19 May 2025 10:47:14 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Testimonials Testimonials/ Courses / Workshops About https://marilenazackheos.com/About Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:28:04 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/About About <img width="3321" height="3208" width_o="3321" height_o="3208" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0a35893e264e908186e6d880c19072a9fa1b82cdd42504cff9bc8328dde9edc/L1000887.JPG" data-mid="215114377" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0a35893e264e908186e6d880c19072a9fa1b82cdd42504cff9bc8328dde9edc/L1000887.JPG" /> My diverse upbringing in Russia, China, Switzerland, Cyprus, and the United States has shaped everything I do—my academic pursuits, teaching style, and creative projects. As an academic, I explore the legacies of colonialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression while seeking pathways to healing. As an educator, I pride myself in making complex ideas accessible to all while championing student-led learning. Through my art and activism, I amplify marginalized voices and advocate for social change.  Committed to a pluralistic understanding of diversity, I espouse the exploration of our many differences including our ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, class, economic status, political beliefs, linguistic background, education level, religion, age, disability, illness, as well as personal goals and values. Services I offer freelance services in poetry instruction, editing, Greek-to-English translation, voice-over work, the organization of cultural and educational events, as well as public speaking engagements. Need my academic bio or CV? Contact me at zackheos.m@gmail.com  LinkedIn / Facebook / Instagram Exhibitions https://marilenazackheos.com/Exhibitions Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:19:17 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Exhibitions Exhibitions <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d63c2d873ade99ebc686c3d60d8855fb70ac2e2944198c55c4240aa55d40b451/_CSC3411.jpg" data-mid="221084992" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d63c2d873ade99ebc686c3d60d8855fb70ac2e2944198c55c4240aa55d40b451/_CSC3411.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f1e9a3d988ad30ee3c0f8f88844b32704a9ac31d0e7382c836edc92d1fe0fd6/_CSC3455.jpg" data-mid="221084993" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/6f1e9a3d988ad30ee3c0f8f88844b32704a9ac31d0e7382c836edc92d1fe0fd6/_CSC3455.jpg" /> <img width="857" height="1200" width_o="857" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dc4bf4e6c04d19eeb2ded94a2f03b9c0e1af8dad21d2fc50c9f3f174e512955/_SC_6559.jpg" data-mid="221084994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/857/i/9dc4bf4e6c04d19eeb2ded94a2f03b9c0e1af8dad21d2fc50c9f3f174e512955/_SC_6559.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8373e58bffa60eaa2ac2d0ae11521e025392a4caebb1e057e6ee7a257e5c86c5/_SC_6561.jpg" data-mid="221084995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/8373e58bffa60eaa2ac2d0ae11521e025392a4caebb1e057e6ee7a257e5c86c5/_SC_6561.jpg" /> May 29-June 29, 2024 “Arizona, CY” art participation with Nicos Philippou, Art Seen group exhibition titled “Land(e)scapes II” Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects and Editions, Nicosia, Cyprus April 30-May 30, 2024 “Arizona, CY” art participation with Nicos Philippou, “Islandic Parallels: Transformed Landscapes From One Island to Another,” Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait Shuwaikh Industrial, Kuwait March-April, 2024 Duo solo exhibition of Arizona, CY with Nicos Philippou Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects and Editions, Nicosia, Cyprus 20-23 October, 2023 “Symmetry,” “Breach,” and “Where Are You?” from Arizona, CY art exhibits with Nicos Philippou, “Land[e]scapes” Group Exhibition by Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects and Editions Limassol Art Walks, El Greco Contracts, Limassol 23 April, 2020 “Arizona-After the Raid” Video Installation with Nicos Philippou at Festival of Hope: a Global Virtual Poetry Initiative, Versopolis, Sardam Festival Online 6-7 October, 2019 “Arizona” Video Installation with Nicos Philippou at Sardam Festival 2019 ARTos Foundation, Nicosia, Limassol, Cyprus 15 November, 2017 “The Wild Wild East: Arizona, Cyprus” Installation with Nicos Philippou, “Does Europe Exist?” Exhibition ARTos Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus 2-3 May, 2014 Literary Agency Cyprus’s “Energy Production and Pipelines: Crossing North-South Checkpoints” for “Worldly Literary Artistic Zone: an Exhibition of Creative Works” at Mediterranean Fractures: Postcolonial Displacements, Political Insurgencies University of Kent, Kent, U.K. Event Curation https://marilenazackheos.com/Event-Curation Thu, 22 May 2025 09:05:26 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Event-Curation Event Curation ACADEMIC CONFERENCES October 9-12, 2019 Moving Geographies: Literatures of Travel and Migration, European Beat Studies Network 8th Annual Conference CO-ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus November 25-30, 2013 The Role of Education in a Multicultural Cyprus CO-ORGANIZER Planning Committee Member and Scientific Committee Member, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus January 15, 2013 Intercultural Dialogue and Cultural Diplomacy in Practice, Inaugural Conference of the Cyprus Center for Intercultural Studies ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus January 15, 2013 Trauma: Intersections Among Narrative, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBER Organized by the George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A. COLLOQUIA November 23, 2015 Diplomacy and Business Nightmares: How to Avoid Them CO-ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus May 9, 2014 Cultural Diplomacy and Narratives of Conflict in the Middle East ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus WORKSHOP February 19, 2026 Pre-Circulated Reading Workshop: How to Work With the Blue Humanities ORGANIZERUniversity of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus PUBLIC LECTURE February  18, 2026 For All Waters: Intro to Blue Humanities by Dr. Lowell Duckert  CO-ORGANIZERNicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus CULTURAL EVENTS August 9-10, 2014 Crete and Cyprus at the Crossroads of Civilizations CO- ORGANIZER Ayios Nicolaos, Crete, Greece December 2, 2013 Multicultural Cyprus: The Armenian Community CO- ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus SCREENINGS February 18, 2020 Public Screening of Mary McGuckian’s Film “A Girl from Mogadishu” CO-HOST University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus October 29, 2018 Public Screening of Maren Wickwire’s Documentary “Together Apart” CO- ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus FESTIVALS April 22-27, 2015 The University of Nicosia’s 2nd Diversity Arts Festival ORGANIZER Famagusta Gate and Trench, Nicosia, Cyprus October 10, 2013 The University of Nicosia’s 1st Diversity Arts Festival ORGANIZER University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus SUMMER SCHOOL July-August, 2016-2018 Cyprus Summer School on Global Finance and the Banking System—Lectures, Workshops, and Intercultural Networking CO- ORGANIZER RCB BANK Ltd, Lomonosov Moscow State University, University of Warsaw, London School of Economics, University of Nicosia, Limassol-Nicosia, Cyprus CAMPAIGN March-May 2018 The Handbag Campaign for Migrant Women in Need CO- ORGANIZER Caritas Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus OPEN MICS 2017-2023 Write CY’s Open Mic #26 Unmasked — March 4, 2023 #23 New Beginnings — January 22, 2020 #22 — December 11, 2019  #21 — November 26, 2019  #20 — October 16, 2019  #19 — May 29, 2019  #18 — April 6, 2019  #17 — February 27, 2019  #16 — December 22, 2018  #15 — November 28, 2018 #12 Press the Button — December 16, 2017 #11 Bigger — November 11, 2017 HOST Prozak Café, Nicosia, Cyprus 2022 Write CY’s Open Air Open Mic #2 — June 5, 2022 #1 — May 22, 2022 CO-HOST Kala Kathoumena, Nicosia, Cyprus 2020 Write CY’s Virtual Open Mic #25 Early Days — July 2020 CO-HOST Online 2016-2018 Write CY’s Open Mic #14 Shriekfest, October 31, 2018 #13 Songs and Stories, May 31, 2018 #4 Step Up to the Mic, May 21, 2016 CO-HOST Prozak Café, Nicosia, Cyprus WRITERS SPA December 16, 2017 The Writers Spa COORDINATOR Write CY, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus Recordings https://marilenazackheos.com/Recordings-1 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:52:52 +0000 Marilena Zackheos https://marilenazackheos.com/Recordings-1 Recordings