Season 1: March – May 2013

Season 2: June – July 2013

Season 3: August – October 2013

One of the bright spots of the GOCMV's cultural initiatives over the last few years has been its History and Culture seminars. These seminars have not only attracted a loyal following of enthusiasts but they have been embraced by many newcomers of varying ages and backgrounds. This is one of the GOCMV's main goals, to expand its reach by attracting more people of both Greek and non-Greek background to its events. The formula is simple, quality speakers and interesting topics that appeal to a wide audience. After two very successful years, this year's organising committee has quite a challenge ahead in maintaining the existing high standards. The group is quietly confident in delivering a strong program that will not only meet but surpass people's expectations.

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria’s Greek History and Culture Seminar Series continues throughout June, July and August with part 2 commencing on Thursday 14th June.

Part 2, titled "Reflecting upon the past and moving forward – The history of the Greeks in Melbourne" will run for eight weeks and will explore history, politics, cinema, literature and multiculturalism.

After great success in 2011, the Greek History & Culture Seminars presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria return to Thursday evenings in 2012.

We invite you to attend the series launch on Thursday 1st March, 7:00pm at the Greek Community Centre. The series will be launched by Dr. Christopher Gribbin (University of Melbourne Fellow) and Ms. Eleni Lianidou (Consul General for Greece in Victoria).

The Greek History and Culture Seminars which commenced in March will conclude on the Thursday 17th November. The aim of the seminars is firstly to explore the history of the Greek nation from antiquity to the present day and secondly to explore the evolution of Greek culture through the centuries. To encourage second and third generation Greeks and non-Greek speakers to attend the seminars they have been conducted mostly in the English language however discussions that have followed the seminar have been in Greek.

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria and the Greek Program of La Trobe University will offer a program of Greek History and Culture during the 2011 academic year. 

The Seminars aim to provide the opportunity to members of the broad Greek community of Melbourne, of post secondary school age, to delve into the long and fascinating history of Greece, and the Greek culture in its various forms and stages, aspects of which have formed the foundation of Western civilisation.