Dean Kalimniou
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Eternal subversives
Despite the advent of multiculturalism, the archetypal model in Australia seems to have remained the same.
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Not quite ready for school
Dean Kalimniou on the challenge facing Greek Australian parents who choose to bring up their children with Greek as their first language.
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The widows and the dear departed
Dean Kalimniou explores The Widows and the Dear Departed by first generation Greek Australian, Ekaterini Balouka.
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Injustice for Cyprus
Over the course of four decades, sundry Australian, Helladic and Cypriot politicians vow that they will fight for the freedom of Cyprus.
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Flying north for winter
Each year it starts in June, the period when Greek Melbournians, as antipodean migratory birds, fly north for the winter, observes Dean Kalimniou.
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Reflections on presence: A re-creation in movement
Dean Kalimniou on Vrasidas Karalis’ Reflections on Presence, a philosophical notebook exploring the complexities and concerns of contemporary conscience.
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Twitter Twits
Michael O’ Brien’s tweet re Jenny Mikakos was particularly cruel, because it mocks the entire Scylla and Charybdis paradigm faced by migrants in Australia.
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Speak Greek, Savvidis
Dean Kalimniou on the emergence of two separate strands of the Greek identity and why the argument that language determines ethnic affiliation is farcical and incoherent.
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Pyrrhichios Flight
The sculpture by Panagiotis Tanimanidis is the latest monument to the Pontic genocide, unveiled recently in Piraeus.