Past Events

 Dr. Liana Giannakopoulou (Cambridge) discusses the work of one of Greece’s leading female poets

A Greek Dialogues Online Special Seminar in collaboration with 21IN21 to celebrate the bicentenary of Greek Independence

Prof. Ruth Padel (King's College, London) explores the interplay of cultures within cultures through an examination of the Jewish community on Crete.

 Fascinating insights into the phenomenon of writing, and its creators, in and around the eastern Mediterranean during the 2nd and 1st millennia BC.

In this seminar, Prof Whitmarsh discusses how Greek epic poetry affords valuable insights into how ancient Greeks, so firmly rooted in their past sought to rationalise the profound changes of their present.

June's seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series features Dr. Ioanna Sitaridou discussing the evolution of Pontic Greek with a focus on the Romeyka dialect.

May's seminar in the ongoing series Greek Dialogues Online features a moderated discussion about the influential Greek novelist Alexandros Papadiamandis.

Dr Frank Salmon, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Cambridge, discusses the relatively unstudied, architectural influence of the Erechtheion.

Challenging Euripides: thoughts on Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke’s poem ‘Iphigenia’s Refusal’ - a talk by Dr Liana Giannakopoulou. Part of the Language, Culture and Myths series of seminars presented by The Hellenic Centre and Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies.

On March 25th, the Embassy of Greece in the United Kingdom will celebrate the anniversary for 200 years after the Greek revolution with an original audio-visual project.