Nikos Papastergiadis
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Creative Australia’s crisis: How the Sabsabi scandal exposed a governance meltdown
Last Tuesday evening the CEO Adrian Collette was brought to the Senate’s Estimates Committee to explain his decision to rescind the appointment of Khaled Sabsabi’s to represent Australia at the …
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Arete: Virtue, influence, and the writers who stay
Arete ἀρετή – is one of my favourite Greek words. The standard translation is virtue –excellence, and goodness. This is technically correct, but the sound and associations in English miss …
Creative Australia and cancel culture: Venice Biennale debacle
Today, the Board of Creative Australia announced that Khaled Sabsabi would no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2026. It was only a week ago that he was …
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Lessons from Renaissance Bologna: Cardinal Bessarion’s wisdom for hold true today among our rulers
I just returned from a stint as guest professor at the University of Bologna – a jewel of a city. It is home of the oldest university in Europe, founded …
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Michael Filios: The rebel with a goofy grin
He did not notice the little rules. Some he ignored but most never even bothered him. He was a big dickhead and a glorious buddy. In class he could not …
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Rethinking multiculturalism: Beyond the salad bowl
Recently I had the opportunity to listen to the annual oration on multiculturalism at Deakin University. On this occasion it was delivered by Tony Burke who is the government’s new …
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Trabzon-Melbourne: End of the line
Papa-Giorgi or Papagiorgi (father George) woke up early on Wednesday morning. The papadia was still curled under the heavy paploma that she hogged in the night. Round and lumpy. Snoring. …