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The "Greek History and Culture Seminars" are organised and hosted by The Greek Community of Melbourne and provide the opportunity for everyone to experience the long and fascinating history of Greece and Greek culture in its various forms and stages, aspects of which have formed the foundation of Western civilisation.

This year all our seminars are free and open to the general public, and unless otherwise noted, presented in English.

All seminars are scheduled to start at 7:00pm. For details relating to each seminar please see the website calendar close to the day of the event.

 

Enrol to our seminars for free and be kept up to date with details of each Seminar and all events of the Greek Community.

2022 Greek History and Culture Seminars Program

# Date Speaker Topic
1 3 Mar. Prof Tim Parkin Ancient advice on when to marry and have children
2 10 Mar. Prof Vrasidas Karalis Mikis Theodorakis and the Nature of Greek Music: Some Reflections
3 17 Mar. Facilitators: Prof Joy Damousi & Dina Gerolymou Sexism, Misogyny and the Migrant Woman
4 24 Mar. Δρ. Μαρία Μπουγιέση

Dr Maria Bougiesi
Ελληνικός παραδοσιακός χορός, μια εναλλακτική μορφή άσκησης και αστείρευτη πηγή πλούτου

Greek traditional dance, an alternative form of exercise and an inexhaustible source of well-being
5 31 Mar. Herbert Ploegman Athens as a multiple: A city enacted through art & a city solidified by infrastructural change
6 7 Apr. Prof Paul Cartledge Ancient Sparta: Myths versus Reality
7 14 Apr. Prof Alexander Kitroeff The Greek Orthodox Church of America
21 Apr - Easter Break
8 28 Apr. Prof Tom Papademetriou The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Ottomans
9 5 May Geoffrey Conaghan ENTWINED: Trade, politics and geography, the textiles of Kastellorizo’s unique women’s costume
10 12 May Dr Dimitris Kamouzis Constantinople and the Megali Idea: From unification with Mother Greece to the creation of an Ionian State (ca. 1918-1922)
11 19 May Dean Kalimniou Pontian Genocide Memorial Seminar
12 26 May Prof Peter Monteath The Battle of 42nd Street
13 2 Jun. Associate Professor Nicholas Doumanis The Destruction of Smyrna. An age of nation building and violence
14 9 Jun. Dr Pinar Cakiroglou Emergence of Capitalism in the Ottoman Balkans: The case of Greek industrialists in Salonica region
15 16 Jun. Assistant Prof Stefanos Katsikas Proselytes of a New Nation: Muslim Conversions to Orthodox Christianity in Modern Greece, 1821-1862
16 23 Jun. Dr Yannis Spyropoulos The Janissaries of Crete, 1669-1826
17 30 Jun. Ευαγγελία Αχλάδη

Evangelia Achladi
Καραμανλίδικη Γραμματεία: Εκδότες και Κοινό

The Literature of the Karamanlides - Publishers and Readership
18 7 Jul. Dr Angeliki Angeloudi The Greeks of Cairns 
19 14 Jul. Bernie Lewin The revival of Greek wisdom in the Renaissance
20 21 Jul. Christopher King The Past, Present and Future of Mirologia in Epirus?
21 28 Jul. Panayiotis Pantazis The Aegean Conflict: Challenges and the Implications for Peace and Security
22 4 Aug. Dr Stelios Michalopoulos Refugees in the Mediterranean: Political Consequences
23 11 Aug. Assistant Prof Stefanos Katsikas Proselytes of a New Nation: Muslim Conversions to Orthodox Christianity in Modern Greece, 1821-1862
24 18 Aug. Dean Kalimniou Negotiating Identity: Greek and Armenian Aspirations for a Ponto-Armenian Federation
25 25 Aug. Dr Konstandina Dounis Australian writers in Greece, Greek writers in Australia, and their relationship to landscape and ritual
26 1 Sep. Dr Andonis Piperoglou "My kids are still called dagoes": historical responses to an irksome racial slur.
27 8 Sep. Prof Mark Mazower The Catastrofi and the Age of Oral Testimony
28 15 Sep. Dimitris Troaditis Dimitris Tsaloumas Memorial Lecture
29 22 Sep. Dr Nick Trakakis Tasos Leivaditis: Poet of Revolutions and Sunsets
30 29 Sep. Dr Georgios Niarchos Tamrash Rebellion (1878-1886) - Attempts at Pomak Autonomy
31 6 Oct. Καθ. Γιώργος Αναγνώστου

Prof Yiorgos Anagnostou

Διασπορά και Πολιτισμικό Μέλλον:
Η Ελληνοαμερικανική Περίπτωση

Diaspora’s Cultural Future: Greek America, Public Memory, Making Identity

32 12 Oct. Dr Eleni Kyramargiou Refugees of the 1923 population exchange in Greece: Efforts for integration and assimilation


Opportunity for donations/sponsorships: Donate or sponsor one or more seminars and (optionally) let your name or brand be known as a patron of culture to our members, visitors and followers, as well as the broader artistic and cultural community of Melbourne. Individual, Corporate/Organisations and Naming Rights are available. If you find the seminars of value please consider contributing to help us keep the seminars free and open to the public.

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