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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.

Most seminars take place on Thursdays at Greek Centre, Mezzanine Floor, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.

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.

2019 Greek History and Culture Seminars Program

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Date

Speaker

Topic
SEMESTER ONE
1 7 Mar. Dr Andrew Connor Great and Marvellous Deeds: Herodotus and his world
2 13 Mar (Wed). Assoc Prof Hans-Lukas Kieser From Talaat Pasha’s to Atatürk’s Turkey
3 21 Mar. Facilitator: Prof Joy Damousi Feminism , Gender Equality and the Migrant Experience : One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
4 28 Mar. Assoc Prof Nick Doumanis Nation, diaspora and Rhomiosyne: Rethinking the history of the modern Greeks
5 4 Apr. Melissa Afentoulis From Limnos to Australia: Migration and the meaning of home
6 11 Apr. Harry Constantinou From the riddle of the Sphinx to the riddles of the psyche - Sophoclean tragedy and psychoanalysis
7 16 Apr (Tue). Assoc Prof Panayiotis Pappas The Immigrec project: Building a virtual museum of the Greek-Canadian immigrant experience
Easter Break
8 2 May Dr Peter Ewer Pineios Gorge, 18 April 1941: The story of a battle, and a search for the fallen
9 9 May Dr Gillian Shepherd The Tomb of the Diver: Life, Death and Drinking in the Ancient Greek World
10 16 May Dean Kalimniou / Themistocles Kritikakos Pontian Genocide Memorial Lecture
11 23 May Dr Andonis Piperoglou Making Greek Australia: Rethinking history, ethnicity, and belonging
12 30 May Dr James Kane The Fourth Crusade and the Sacking of Constantinople
13 6 Jun. Prof Ian Worthington Athens Falls to Rome: Capturing the Conqueror
14 13 Jun. Prof Vrasidas Karalis Elias Kazan and the Diasporic Identity of a Greek-American film-maker
15 20 Jun. Prof Petros Themelis Roz Nicolau Memorial Lecture
16 27 Jun. Phil Kafcaloudes Homer and the story of a Greek-Australian war hero
SEMESTER TWO
17 18 Jul. Dr George Mouratidis Greeks and the Migrant Experience in the work of Jack Kerouac
18 25 Jul. Dr Stephie Nikoloudis Greek Folk Songs: The Bridge of Arta
19 1 Aug. Dr Maria Avgoulas Health Beliefs and Practices in Three Generations of Greek Australian Women in Melbourne
20 8 Aug. Assoc Professor David M. Pritchard The Archers of Classical Athens
21 15 Aug. Nick Papaefthimiou The maintenance of Greek cultural traditions and the teaching of folk dancing in the diaspora
22 22 Aug. Con Vaitsas The alleged Greek Social Security Conspiracy of 1978
23 29 Aug. Assoc Prof Andrekos Varnava Australia! Australia: The Voyage of the SS Corsica and its passengers from Cyprus to Australia in 1951-52
24 5 Sep. Dean Kalimniou Pushkin and the Greek Revolution
25 12 Sep. Dimitris Troaditis The emergence and promulgation of radical anarchist ideas in Greece between 1874 to 1940
26 19 Sep. Dr Konstandina Dounis Dimitris Tsaloumas Memorial Lecture.
Re-imagining Australia's Greek Diaspora: Greek-Australian literature's vital role as historical text
27 26 Sep. Dr Kostis Karpozilos TBC - Closing seminar

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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Professor Tim Parkin
 
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