Eminent professor of Greece’s modern and contemporary history, Professor Yiannis Mourelos will deliver a most significant lecture on the periodisation of contemporary Greek history.
The lecture, in Greek, will be presented on Wednesday 19 October and will be held at Pan-Macedonian House (470 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill, at 7.00 pm).
This is an important event on the 2016 Dimitria Festival calendar, which is being organised by the Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne and Victoria, and will be followed by a reception.
The following day, on Thursday 20 October, Professor Mourelos will present another public lecture in both English and Greek titled ‘Salonica Front and its Impact on the Termination of the War’ at the Greek Cultural Centre at 7.00 pm, followed again by a reception organised by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne.
As part of the presentation, the lecture will be accompanied with a film and footage depicting scenes from the Salonica Front.
Professor Mourelos is head of the School of History at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and for many years now has been the director of the Foundation of Balkan Studies.