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Emeritus Professor David W. Holton Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Lifelong Contributions to Modern Greek Studies

6 November 2024

Congratulations to Professor Holton who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Department of Philology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greek Minister of Education drops-in on Cambridge and talks tertiary education and Greek language teaching

6 November 2024

On Sunday, 13 October 2024, the Greek Minister of Education, Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis , visited Cambridge, engaging with scholars, students, and members of the Greek and Cypriot community.

Endangered Greek Varieties and Heritage Preservation: Professor Ioanna Sitaridou’s Romeyka Exhibition at MOHA, Kavala

28 October 2024

A review of the an exhibition at MOHA in Kaval, Greece, curated by CCGS Director Professor Ioanna Sitaridou in April 2024

Greek Dialogues - Byron and Greece: 200 years on

Saturday, 16 November, 2024 - 16:00

Commemorating the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824, exploring Byron’s contribution to the foundation of the modern Greek state and his legacy in Greek literature and the arts.

Greek Dialogues - Re-presenting Griko, Greko and Pontian today: Ideologies of Greek compared

Thursday, 31 October, 2024 - 18:30

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow Dr. Manuela Pellegrino (University of Southern Denmark) presents a comparative investigation of language revival and cultural identity in Southern Italy and Northern Greece

'Byron Festival – a commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death’

12 August 2024

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies participated in Trinity College’s commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death, hosting a wreath-laying ceremony and a paintings exhibition

Greek Dialogues - Dramatizing Tyranny: The Prologue of Prometheus Bound

Wednesday, 12 June, 2024 - 18:00

The last Greek Dialogues of the 2023-24 academic year: Professor Marianne Hopman ( Northwest University ) discusses the ways in which the prologue to Prometheus Bound exposes the brutal dynamics of tyranny.

Film showing - Where are you, Adam

Tuesday, 9 April, 2024 - 19:00

Date and Time: Tuesday, 9th April, 2024 at 19:00h BST Venue: Fitzpatrick Hall, Queen's College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET A showing of the film “ Where are you, Adam ”. This is a rare, hard-hitting and beautiful documentary film shot in and about Mt Athos. There is a focus on community challenges and hardships, and the life of...

Joe's Odyssey - A Folk Opera Retelling of Homer's Epic in Original Song

Monday, 29 April, 2024 - 19:30

A 35 minute original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice

Greek Dialogues - Famine migration in Occupied Greece, 1941-1944

Thursday, 6 June, 2024 - 18:00

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow Prof. Violetta Hionidou (Newcastle University) discusses migration prompted by a period of mass starvation during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II