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30th Greek Festival of Sydney Presents Lecture on the Owl in Ancient Greece

The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents ”Koukouvagia : The Owl in Ancient Greece” on Thursday, March 29 at Tali Gallery. Associate Professor Vrasidas Karalis will hold the lecture, which ecamines the owl’s significance and its place in ancient Greek history. In Ancient Greece, the owl was linked to the Goddess Athena and has appeared on Greek coins [...]

Greek Festival of Sydney 2012 Upcoming Events

The annual Greek Festival of Sydney is celebrating its 30th birthday with a wide series of different events including interesting talks and exhibitions aside the regular screening, dancing, music and Greek food festivities. On Sunday, March 11, the Festival presents Nick Papanikitas’ lecture on the theme “30 Years: A Festival’s Journey”.  The former president of [...]

Professor Papastergiadis’ Lecture on Contemporary Migrants

Contemporary migrants have nothing in common with post World War II migrants, supports Professor of Cultural Studies, Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne Nikos Papastergiadis. The professor delivered a lecture to the Greek community of Melbourne on “The future of Multiculturalism and International Migration”. In his lecture, Mr. Papastergiadis claimed that the migrants [...]

Lambis Englezos to Hold Lecture in Melbourne

Lambis Englezos will deliver a speech in regard to his research on the missing Australians in the Battle of Fromelles. Mr. Englezos received the Order of Australia for his Fromelles work. Lambis Englezos AM, amateur historian and school teacher was responsible for discovering mass war graves from World War I near Fromelles in France. Lambis’ [...]