Sister Martha Ann Kirk, Th.D., Phone (210) 829-3854, kirk@universe.uiwtx.edu
UIW Administration Building 316, Office Appointments: Mondays 4 - 5 p.m., 8:45 – 9:45 p.m., Tuesdays, 3 - 5 p.m., 8:45-9:45 p.m. , Wednesdays 1:30 – 2:30, 4 – 5 p.m. You are welcome to drop by at these times, but I suggest that you make an appointment to assure that I would not be meeting with someone else.

Basil Aivaliotis, MLIS, MBA, Phone (210) 829-6054, basila@universe.uiwtx.edu UIW Library First Floor, Head of Public Services

Sister Martha Ann Kirk, Th.D. received an M.A. from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where she focused on Art History and Education, then she taught Art History classes associated with Europe and the Middle East at Incarnate Word. She got an M.A. in Religious Studies from Fordham University and then a Th.D. in Theology and the Arts from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. She is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word. Her recent research and writings have focused on Bible Lands (which includes 10 modern countries around the Mediterranean and east of Israel) and women’s contributions there. For more about her, see www.uiw.edu/holylandtour/kirk.html

To see some of Sister Martha Ann’s past study tours including photos of students in Bible Lands:
The Holy Land in 1996, 1999, and 2001: www.uiw.edu/holylandtour
Peruvian study tour in 2002:
She has also led “Evangelization in the Third World,” a tour to Vera Cruz and Mexico City in 1979 and “Women of Ireland,” a tour in 1999.

Basil Aivaliotis will co-lead the week in Greece. He was born and educated in Athens, Greece, and studied Economics at the University of Piraeus. He moved to the U.S.A. and earned a BBA, an MLIS in Library Science, and an MBA degrees. He is fluent in both the written and spoken tradition of the Greek language spanning from Hellenistic times to present. He visits Greece every year, and is familiar with the current cultural, economic, and political events, as well as, the historic events that have shaped Greece. He has explored all facets of the Eastern Church.

Mr. Aivaliotis is familiar with literature published in any format on Greece. He has lectured on a variety of topics such as Byzantine Iconography, Food and Markets, Ancient Greek Theatres, Ancient Greek Drama, Daily Life in Modern Greece, etc. He has contributed articles to the Encyclopedia of Library History (1993): The National Library of Greece, and Libraries in Modern Greece.