ANNOUNCEMENTS : GREEK HISTORY AND CULTURE SEMINARS

2026 Greek History and Culture Seminars

Jan 27, 2026

2026 Greek History and Culture Seminars

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 and will be held either at the Mezzanine Level of the Greek Centre (168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne) or Online (see under 'Venue' on table below)

For details relating to each seminar please see the Events menu on this website close to the day of the event.

#	Date	Presenter	Subject	Venue
1	5 Mar	Dean Kalimniou	Nikolaos Plastiras - A Critical Portrait	Mezz
2	Tue - 10 Mar	Dr Themistocles Kritikakos	Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Genocide Recognition book launch	Mezz
3	12 Mar	Dr Nick Dallas	The Democratic Army of Greece through the Tashkent Archives	Mezz
			GREEK EASTER BREAK
4	16 Apr	Assoc Prof Michail Bakogiannis	"Κάνε τον πόνο σου άρπα και γέλασε και σβήσου. Η ποίηση του Κ. Γ. Καρυωτάκη (1896-1928)".	Online
5	23 Apr	Prof Vlasis Vlasidis	Gallipoli and evolving commemoration - the new Turkish perspective	Online
6	30 Apr	Panel - Facilitator: Dino Hodge	Panel Discussion Embracing Greek LGBTQIA+ Australians	Mezz
7	7 May	Dean Kontos	Transnational Fascist Interactions and the Coming of Ioannis Metaxas' Fourth of August Regime in Interwar Greece, 1934-36	Mezz
8	14 May	George Mpliokas	The Greek Community of Sydney - Challenges and Opportunities	Mezz
9	21 May	Dean Kalimniou	Pontian Genocide Memorial Seminar	Mezz
10	28 May	Prof Raul Sanchez-Uribarri	Democratic Deterioration and a Rising Autocracy: Reflections about the Current Times	Mezz
11	4 Jun	Dr John Voukelatos	TBC	Mezz
12	11 Jun	Prof David Pritchard	Competing for olive oil at the games of ancient Athens	Online
13	18 Jun	Emmanouela Giannoulidou	The “third side” of Civil War in Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Fratricides and Manuel Chaves Nogales’ A Sangre y Fuego	Online
14	25 Jun	Dr Dilek Özkan Pantazis	Fortress-Towns and Frontier Dynamics: Ottoman Military Strategy in the Peloponnese (18th Century)	Online
			MID-YEAR BREAK
15	6 Aug	Dr Andonis Piperoglou	TBC	Mezz
16	13 Aug	Konstandina Dounis	The Benevolent Brotherhood of Evia Evripos	Mezz
17	20 Aug	Alistair Gillard	Greek Australians in the Australian military during WW2	Mezz
18	27 Aug	Dr Evangelis Demos	Greek Grand Strategy: The Aegean, Cyprus and Beyond	Mezz
19	3 Sep	Dr Spiz Demetriou	The Exodus of Messolonghi	Mezz
20	10 Sep	TBC	Dimitris Tsaloumas Memorial Seminar	Mezz
21	17 Sep	Jonathan Zervos	The Assassination of Kapodistrias in 1931	Mezz

2026 Greek History and Culture Seminars

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