Political historian Professor Thanos Veremis will be the speaker for the online lecture on Thursday, 15 April that is sponsored by the Greek community of Melbourne as part of its Greek History and Culture Seminars series.
A founding member of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELLIAMEP), Prof Veremis, is Professor Emeritus of Political History at the University of Athens’ Department of European and International Studies.
His online lecture, which will begin at 7pm, is entitled “1821 Birth of a Nation State”. The professor said that the Greek War of Independence belonged to the same tradition as those of the American and French revolutions. It was fought by Greek Christians against Ottoman Muslims.
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The Greek diaspora in Europe and Russia played a vital role in the war. The Greek side consisted mainly of warlords and primates who were also competing among themselves in pre-modern and segmented society. The war attracted philhellene friends and romantic Europeans who admired the heritage drawn from Greek antiquity.
♦ The lecture will be available through Zoom, Facebook and Youtube. For more information call (03) 9662 2722 or email: info@greekcommunity.com.au
