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Greek Australians Try to Support Greek Studies Dept at University of Sydney

Greek Australian students of the University of Sydney are asking from Diaspora Greeks to support the Department of Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies. At the end of the academic year, one of the three faculty members of the department is...

Yannis Ritsos: Political Poems and Dramatic Monologues

                As part of the 34th Greek Festival of Sydney, Professor Vrasidas Karalis of the University of Sydney directed and adapted the works of Greek poet Yannis Ritsos for a dramatic performance and recitation by Athanasia Costa and Eleni Eleftherias-Kostakidis. The...

Book Launch in Melbourne: ‘Antigone Kefala: A Writer’s Journey’

A new book titled “Antigone Kefala: A Writer’s Journey” was launched in Melbourne on May 27 by the Australian poet Judith Rodriguez. The book is an anthology of reviews, essays, analytical and critical writing of Antigone Kefala’s literary works as...

Karalis Named Sydney University Professor

The University of Sydney has named Vrasidas Karalis a professor of Philosophy, the first Greek-Australian to teach in that department. He was selected in a competition of many applicants. The announcement  was made at a conference at the university which...

Australian Film Critic: ‘Melina Merkouri Taught Me What Freedom Is’

Australian film critic David Stratton presented the book "A History of Greek Cinema" by Vrasidas Karalis at the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney. He told the audience about his experience in regards to the Greek cinema. Obviously, a film critic talking about Greek...

University of Sydney Hosts Conference on Greek Crisis and Criticism

The Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia & New Zealand and the Department of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney have organized a conference  -"Crisis, Criticism and Critique in Contemporary Greek studies." The profound impact of the crisis on...

“A History of Greek Cinema” in Sydney

"A History of Greek Cinema" by Dr. Vrasidas Karalis, launched by the Australian Film Critic David Stratton on the occasion of the Greek Festival in Sydney, is the first full-length book on the topic written in English by an...