2025 Greek History and Culture Seminars
2025 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 | 6 Mar | Miltiades Paikopoulos | The Rule of Law in Classical Sparta | Mezz |
| 2 | 13 Mar | Olympia Nelson | Cretan Churches and their emotional echoes: 14th century frescoes of Kantanos-Selino | Mezz |
| 3 | 20 Mar | Dean Kalimniou | Themistoklis Sofoulis - The man who could have saved Greece from the Civil War | Mezz |
| 4 | 27 Mar | Dr Maria Athanasiou | Theodorakis and the Greek art-folk song | Online |
| 5 | 3 Apr | Michael Festas | The population and the settlements of the Peloponnese during the Greek Revolution | Online |
| 6 | 10 Apr | Dr Tina Bucuvalas | Greek music in America | Online |
| GREEK EASTER BREAK | ||||
| 7 | 1 May | Hall Greenland | The Odyssey of Michel 'Pablo' Raptis | Mezz |
| 8 | 8 May | Dr Vasilis Adrahtas | The Mystique of Buddhism in the Oeuvre of Nikos Kazantzakis | Mezz |
| 9 | 15 May | Evangelos Demos | The Geopolitics of Greek Foreign Policy: From the Great Idea to Great Ideas? | Mezz |
| 10 | 22 May | Dean Kalimniou | Pontian Genocide Memorial Seminar | Mezz |
| 11 | 29 May | Dr Robert Nelson | Should we reject Byzantium? | Mezz |
| 12 | 5 Jun | Associate Prof Sakis Gekas | From PAK to PASOK: anti-dictatorship resistance in Toronto and the metapolitefsi | Online |
| 13 | 12 Jun | Naz Vardar | Shaping Vlach Identity: Local Agents and Transnational Competition in Ottoman Manastir in the early 20th century | Online |
| 14 | 19 Jun | Prof Polymeris Voglis | Political prisoners in 20th century Greecε | Online |
| 15 | 26 Jun | Prof Gonda van Steen | The Battle for Bodies, Hearts, and Minds in Postwar Greece: Social Worker Charles Schermerhorn in Thessaloniki, 1946-1951 | Online |
| 16 | 3 Jul | Dr Angeliki Alvanoudi | Gender in Modern Greek | Online |
| MID-YEAR BREAK | ||||
| 17 | 7 Aug | Bernie Lewin | From Mystras to Florence: Gemistos Plethon and the Eastern influence on the Western Renaissance | Mezz |
| 18 | 14 Aug | Prof Mihalis Bakoyiannis | Ο αρχαιοελληνικός μύθος στη νεότερη ελληνική ποίηση ( The ancient Greek myth in modern Greek poetry ) | Mezz |
| 19 | 21 Aug | Dr Andonis Piperoglou | Dressing Mediterranean Diasporas: from pompom shoes to "fully sick" wog wear | Mezz |
| 20 | 28 Aug | Dr Nick Dallas | Insights into Post-War Greek Migration to Victoria | Mezz |
| 21 | 4 Sep | Dr Jim Vadolas | Thalassaemia Uncovered: Understanding the Condition, Recent Advances, and Hope for the Future | Mezz |
| 22 | 11 Sep | TBA | Dimitris Tsaloumas Memorial Seminar | Mezz |
| 23 | 18 Sep | Florence Livery | Celebrating 100 Years of the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria | Mezz |
| 24 | 22 Sep | Prof Alexander Mazarakis Ainian | Australian Archaeological Institute of Athens Seminar | Mezz |
| 25 | 25 Sep | Eugenia Mitrakas | Australian Greek Welfare Society AGSW - Part Two | Mezz |
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