After great success in 2011, the Greek History & Culture Seminars presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria return to Thursday evenings in 2012.

We invite you to attend the series launch on Thursday 1st March, 7:00pm at the Greek Community Centre. The series will be launched by Dr. Christopher Gribbin (University of Melbourne Fellow) and Ms. Eleni Lianidou (Consul General for Greece in Victoria).

The Greek History and Culture Seminars which commenced in March will conclude on the Thursday 17th November. The aim of the seminars is firstly to explore the history of the Greek nation from antiquity to the present day and secondly to explore the evolution of Greek culture through the centuries. To encourage second and third generation Greeks and non-Greek speakers to attend the seminars they have been conducted mostly in the English language however discussions that have followed the seminar have been in Greek.

After a successful Part 1 of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria and the Greek Program of La Trobe University are pleased to offer to all participants and to those who wish to enrol, Part 2 of the series which will extend from Greece under the Roman Empire to the Greek War of Independence. The seminar program for Part 2 follows.

The Greek History and Culture Seminar series, presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria and La Trobe University concludes the first part of its series, titled "Antiquity, Classical Greece & Hellenistic Period" over the next two weeks.

With enrolments exceeding 150 participants, the Greek History and Culture Seminar series continues to attract interest from new students and has proven, in its first weeks, to be an outstanding success.
The Greek History and Culture Seminar series, presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria and La Trobe University has provided a rare opportunity for Greek Australians to learn more of their heritage and in this, the first part of the series, titled “Antiquity, Classical Greece & Hellenistic Period”.
We would like to thank all participants, interested members of the community and in particular the academics for their contribution to the success of the first seminar series.

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria and the Greek Program of La Trobe University will offer a program of Greek History and Culture during the 2011 academic year. 

The Seminars aim to provide the opportunity to members of the broad Greek community of Melbourne, of post secondary school age, to delve into the long and fascinating history of Greece, and the Greek culture in its various forms and stages, aspects of which have formed the foundation of Western civilisation.