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: Dr Dino Hodge	Panel Discussion: Embracing Our LGBTQIA+ Greek Family	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	TUE. 19 May	Dean Kalimniou	Pontian Genocide Memorial Seminar	Mezz
10	CANCELLED: 28 May	Prof Raul Sanchez-Uribarri	CANCELLED: Democratic Deterioration and a Rising Autocracy: Reflections about the Current Times	Mezz
11	4 Jun	Dr John Voukelatos	The Birth of Athenian Democracy, a Visual Representation	Level 12
12	11 Jun	Prof David M. 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	Mezz
14	25 Jun	Dr Dilek Özkan Pantazis	Fortress-Towns and Frontier Dynamics: Ottoman Military Strategy in the Peloponnese (18th Century)	Online
15	2 July	Dr Phil Kafcaloudes	Christo and the Haidari 200	Level 12
			MID-YEAR BREAK
16	6 Aug	Dr Andonis Piperoglou	Constellations of Past Migrations, Then and Now: A History Archiving Many Greek Diasporas	Level 12
17	13 Aug	Dr Robert Nelson	What made the Greeks so anxious?	Level 12
18	20 Aug	Alistair Gillard	Greek Australians in the Australian military during WW2	Level 12
19	27 Aug	Dr Evangelos Demos	Greek Grand Strategy: The Aegean, Cyprus and Beyond	Level 12
20	3 Sep	Dr Spiridoula Demetriou	The Exodus of Messolonghi	Level 12
21	10 Sep	TBC	Dimitris Tsaloumas Memorial Seminar	Level 12
22	17 Sep	Jonathan Zervis	The Assassination of Kapodistrias in 1931	Level 12
23	24 Sep	Eugenia Mitrakas OAM	TBC	Level 12

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