Online Only Event

This is a combined event hosted by the Greek Community of Melbourne, SEKA (Justice for Cyprus Committee) and Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria to mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.   Date: Thursday 11 July 2024 @ 7pm Melbourne | 12pm Athens | 5am New York Location: Online Only, YouTube or […]

This talk discusses an unknown chapter of Greek history: the mass adoptions of Greek children to the USA and to the Netherlands starting in 1948 and lasting through the 1960s. Their number totals some 4,000 children and many of them have been searching for their records and roots to this day. Adoption intermediaries played a critical role in the earliest waves of this historic overseas adoption movement, for devising the blueprint of mass international adoption and, regrettably, for letting some of its systemic mistakes happen. […]

For more than 2600 years, the French and Greek histories have been inextricably linked in a variety of ways, with the two nations gradually building geographical, cultural, political, and economic relations that appear to be stronger than ever. This could explain why France is a common topic in almost all Greek media, and why Greeks […]

Greek-French political scientist Dr. Georges Tassiopoulos will present an online only lecture entitled "Græcia Gallica: The Greek diaspora in France", on Thursday 20 June 2024, at 7 pm, as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne. ENTRY: Free OnLine Event

with Alexander Kitroeff   The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) founded in 1922 grew to become the largest Greek American institution second only to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. It was established to combat the racism and xenophobia that the Greeks encountered in America in the 1910s and early 1920s and to encourage […]

World War One started with the Austro-Hungarians attacking Serbia. After a heroic defense of their homeland for over one year, the Serbian Army, faced with a triple assault by the Austro-Hungarians, the Germans, and the Bulgarians, opted not to surrender to the enemy but tor retreat from Serbia via Albania to the Adriatic Coast, a […]

with Associate Professor David M. Pritchard   The funeral oration, a tradition observed almost annually for classical Athenians fallen in war, underwent a significant reinterpretation nearly four decades ago by Nicole Loraux. In her seminal work, The Invention of Athens, Loraux shed light on the crucial role of this genre in shaping Athenian identity. She […]

with Ioannis Limnios Sekeris   Migration offers the potential for both individual improvement and improved management of migrant flows.   This is an online-only event, so please join us on YouTube or Facebook. You don't need an account with either of these services to just watch the event, but you do need one if you […]

The focus of this seminar focuses is Greek migration to the USA at the turn of the 20th century. It approaches transatlantic movement as an intense circulation of persons (with return flows and repeat crossings) and a broad diffusion of money, goods, ideas, symbols, and information. It puts special emphasis on the ways technology (steamships), […]