Vrasidas Karalis
Life –
Patrick White, Vrasidas Karalis and Manoly Lascaris, an enigmatic friendship 20 years later
We met frequently and infrequently during the nineties. Our relationship had its ups and downs. It was full of Greek rhetoric and Australian silence. When he wanted to evade something …
Dialogue –
Syriza in power
960 days in power and still no democratic structures in the birthplace of democracy.
Life –
‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’
Vrasidas Karalis gives an insightful review of Richard Fidler’s Ghost Empire.
Dialogue –
George Paxinos’ ‘Κατ’ Εικόνα’ – a novel of intellectual quest
Vrasidas Karalis gives an insightful review of the Professor’s début novel.
News –
Homage to Father Themi and the dignity of the human person
“In the prison of his days, teach the free man how to praise” – W.H. Auden.
News –
Breaking the circle of the Greek tragedy
Alexis Tsipras is wearing the emperor’s old clothes, writes Vrasidas Karalis.
News –
SYRIZA and the end of modernisation in Greece
Professor Vrasidas Karalis believes SYRIZA hasn’t so far suggested any credible alternative model of growth and development and wasted precious time in symbolic gestures.
Dialogue –
Religion and Greek cinema
“There are no religious films in Greece because religious feeling is absent and Christian aesthetics never affected the cultural imaginary in the country.”
Dialogue –
Conference on the Greek crisis to be held in Sydney
An in-depth look into the factors contributing to the Greek crisis will be examined in the 11th biannual international conference.