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Most seminars to take place at Greek Centre, Mezzanine Floor, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
Except for 3, 4 and 5 that will take place at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society, Level 2, 329 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.
All seminars are scheduled to start at 7:00pm. For details relating to each seminar please see the website calendar close to the day of the event.
2015 Greek History and Culture Seminars - Term 1 Programme
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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5th Mar.
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Series Launch
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1
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12th Mar.
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Emeritus Prof Ronald Thomas Ridley
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The Athenian democracy: how did it work?
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2
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19th Mar.
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Dr Luca Asmonti
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Athens after the Peloponnesian War: reinventing the city in a transforming world
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3
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26th Mar.
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Assoc Prof Louise Hitchcock
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Palaces and Villas of Minoan Crete: New Interpretations **
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4
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1nd Apr. (WED.)
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Dr Margaret Riddle
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Art and the Emperor in Early Byzantium **
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9th Apr.
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Greek Easter
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5
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16th Apr.
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Dr Hyun Jin Kim
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Impact of Greek Civilization on wider Eurasia **
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6
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23rd Apr.
ANZAC DAY LECTURE
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Dr Maria Hill
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Anzacs and the Salonika Campaign of 1915
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7
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30st Apr.
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Dr Anne Rogerson
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Children and the Future in Virgil's Aeneid
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8
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7th May
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Prof Vrasidas Karalis
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The Life and Works of Kostas Papaioannou
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9
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14th May
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Prof Dirk Baltzly
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Proclus (412-85 CE) - the most influential ancient Greek philosopher you've never heard of
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10
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21stMay
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Dr David M. Pritchard
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Democracy's Impact on War in Classical Athens and Today.
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11
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28th May
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Professor Han Baltussen
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Galen of Pergamum (129-216 AD): Physician, Philosopher, and Spin Doctor.
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Semester Break
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2015 Greek History and Culture Seminars - Term 2 Programme
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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12
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11th Jun.
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Dr Brent Davis
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The Undeciphered Script of the Minoans: What we know about Linear A, what we don't
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13
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18th Jun.
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Assoc Prof Pat Wheatley
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"Sacker of Cities": Demetrius Poliorcetes (Demetrius I of Macedon)
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14
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25th Jun.
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John Burke
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Picturing Byzantium: the richly illustrated 12th-century Synopsis of Histories by John Skylitzes.
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15
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SPECIAL EVENT
1st Jul.
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Prof Gonda Van Steen
(Uni of Florida)
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Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece
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16
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2nd Jul.
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Dr Jennifer Webb
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Metal makes the world go around: the importance of Cypriot copper from the third to the first millennium BC
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17
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9th Jul.
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Dr Christopher Matthew
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Fate, Pre-Destination and the Mindset of Ancient and Modern Warriors
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18
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16th Jul.
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Dr Jane Montgomery Griffiths
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Staging Sappho: embodying a fragment
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19
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23rd Jul.
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Dr Erma Vasileiou
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Major changes in the Greek Language from the 11thÂto the 19thcentury
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20
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30th Jul.
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DrGeorge Vassilacopoulos
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Crisis and resistance in the political art of George Michelakakis
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21
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6th Aug.
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Assoc Professor Nicholas Doumanis
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The Post-War Generation: Becoming Australian, Staying Greek
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Term Break
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2015 Greek History and Culture Seminars - Term 3 Programme
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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22
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13th Aug.
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Dean Kalimniou
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The Path of No Resistance - Nazi Collaborators in Occupied Greece.
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23
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20th Aug.
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Emeritus Prof Robert Milns
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Greeks in the Service of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries AD
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24
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27th Aug.
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Cheryl Simpson
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Symbols and Meaning in the Embroidery of Epirus
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25
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3rd Sep.
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Dr Ersie Burke
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The Greek Immigration Experience: Venice 1498 - 1600
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26
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10th Sep.
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Sophocles Kitharidis
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In the name of international peace and security: Greece's candidature to the United Nations Security Council and Human Rights Council
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27
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17th Sep.
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Dr Costas Laoutides
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European Crisis, Greece and Challenges to Peace and Security
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28
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24th Sep.
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Dr Petros Alexiou
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Alekos Doukas:Narrative of a Life through Personal Letters
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29
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1st Oct.
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Dr Leanne Glass
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For the Love of Greece: Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin's Adoration of Greek Culture and Identity in Never on Sunday (1960) and A Dream of Passion (1978).
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Final
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8th Oct.
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Closing Lecture with Professor Elizabeth Minchin (ANU)
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Why Study Dead Langauges.(also tonight: presentation of certificates)
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The 2015 Greek History and Culture Seminars are sponsored by:
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