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 Seminars are an initiative of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria and the Greek Studies Department of La Trobe University. The seminars are conducted on Thursday evenings from 7:00pm – 9:00pm and are free of charge. Part 4 of the seminars will cover the Greek Diaspora through the work of Greeks in Australia.

PART 4 SEMINAR PROGRAM

THE GREEKS OF THE DIASPORA – GREEKS IN AUSTRALIA

THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER

Kyriakos Amanatides: Greek Diaspora – A historical overview

Dr Christos Fifis: Class Divisions in the pre-War II Greek Community of Australia

THURSDAY 6TH OCTOBER

Dimitri Gonis: Greek-Australian Contributions: Hotelier, Harry (Haralambos ) Corones, Painter, Vlassis Zanailis (Vlase

Zanalis) and Cafe owner/businessman, Mick Adams (Joachim Tavlaidis).

Kypros Kyprianou: Greek schooling in Victoria: Present and future

THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER

John Milides: The relationship of labour unions with Greek migrants and the activities of Greek unionists

George Papadopoulos: The formation of the Australian-Greek Welfare Society

THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER

George Zangalis: Greek Australians in Historic, Class, Social and Ethnic Struggles Changing the Face of Australia.

Varvara Ioannou: "Be the change you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi. The Food for Thought Network!

A possible model for engaging future generations!

THURSDAY 27TH OCTOBER

Pavlos Andronikos: Greek Songs from a Strange Land.

Dr George Vasilakopoulos & Dr Toula Nicolacopoulos: I come from here. Where do you come from?

THURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER

Professor Michael Tsianikas: The ageing of the first generation and the Greek Diaspora in Australia

Tassos Stathopoulos: The Greek Press in Australia

THURSDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

Helen Nickas : First generation Greek-Australian Writers

Konstantina Dounis: Second generation writers – Reading of Dina Amanatidou's poetry in Greek and in English

THURSDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

Professor Nikos Papastergiadis: The future of Multiculturalism and global migration.

Certificates of attendance and letters of appreciation will be presented. A cocktail party will follow.

Enrolments: Attendance of the Seminars will be free of charge. However, prospective participants must enrol with the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria by calling the telephone number 9662 2722, or through its e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it