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Melbourne’s La Trobe University Reinstates Greek Language Program

After receiving word that the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) will donate funds and help in increasing student enrollment, La Trobe University reversed its recent decision to cease offering the Greek language in its curriculum. The language will be taught...

La Trobe Launches Exhibition on Dardalis Archives

The Dardalis Archives, incorporating three buildings of storage for more than 7,000,000 original documents depicting the activities of Hellenes in the southern hemisphere from 1810 to 2006, was established in 1997 at the former National Center for Hellenic Studies...

Documents of Greeks in Australia to Be Sorted

Thousands of documents that record the presence of Greeks in Australia can be found at La Trobe University in Melbourne. The so-called Dardalis Archives were collected after the significant donation of Greek-Australian croesus Zissis Dardalis. The precious documents were almost...

Greek-Australian Donates 1M to Greek University Program

The Greek Program at the University of La Trobe University in Melbourne, which is currently facing some financial problems, received a generous donation of more than one million U.S. dollars from a deceased member of the Greek Diaspora. The...

Researching the Health of Greek Island Residents

The findings of a study carried out on the health of elderly Greeks living in Australia but originally from the Greek islands, which focused on their eating habits and longevity, will be released in a few months. This study, entitled MEDIS,...

Greek-Australian Philosophy Professor Builds Homes for the Disabled

The Human Rights Commission of Australia gave an award to former Philosophy Professor at the University La Trobe in Melbourne Christos Iliopoulos. Iliopoulos decided to give up his seat at the university to busy himself with the construction of homes for...

The First Greek Community Dialogue in Melbourne

The Centre for Dialogue of the La Trobe University in Australia, along with The Greek Studies of the University and the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, co-organise a series of Greek community dialogues about current key-issues regarding the...

Dialogues About the Future of Greek Diaspora

La Trobe University in Melbourne organizes, dialogues based on the method of Socrates, about the present and the future of the Greek Diaspora in Australia, and its relationship with Greece. The university states: "Recent developments in Greece and in the...

Dardalis Archives Available to Researchers

The Greek Archives (Dardalis Archives) of La Trobe University, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia will be preserved and sorted in order to be available to research scholars in and outside Australia. This was the commitment of Professor Christopher John Mackie, head...

La Trobe Re-Opens Greek Studies Center

La Trobe University of Melbourne announced that it has honored its promise to the Greek-Australian community by establishing the Centre for Contemporary Greek Studies in the place of the National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research (NCHSR) which was...