Opinion
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Making our mark on Melbourne: The Hellenic presence in a multicultural city
Recently, Hume City Mayor Joseph Haweil, who is of Assyrian and Greek descent has ensured that the significant presence of Assyrian-Australians in his municipality is reflected in the local topography …
America – battleground of freedom and democracy
Media narrative in the wake of the US Presidential election is that of a “deeply divided nation’. Given the vast regional, class, language and cultural diversity in America, democracy has …
La Trobe University Dean inundated with community letters to keep Greek Studies afloat
The proposal to terminate Modern Greek language studies at La Trobe University, the only such program of its type in Victoria, has caused disbelief in the Greek community of Melbourne. …
The benefits of speaking Greek
Language is a vital part of expressing our culture. It allows us to communicate with each other in ways I never imaged when my parents sent me to Greek school …
A warning for Greek language in Australia: Use it or you’ll lose it
My parents came to Australia as minority Rum Greeks from Turkey because Greece, wishing to preserve its ethnic population in Istanbul, would not have them. So they came to Australia …
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Opinion: What is in a name?
Many people across various ethnic communities across Australia may have at one point or another had their name butchered by someone who could not quite wrap their head around the …
Dialogue –
Cultural rubble, modern Greek studies and lotophagy: a memoir
I met Sanaz, now an ACT Government Solicitor, on my first day of Law School, at the University of Melbourne. She was a new arrival to Australia. Having fled Iran …
Dialogue –
Post Trump US politics needs a new civility
“May You Live in Interesting Times,” the quote often inaccurately attributed to the Chinese as a Chinese curse, is quite apropos in light of the recent elections in the United …
Dialogue –
Opinion: Engaging with Greek culture when you don’t have the language skills
As each new generation of Greek-Australians come along, there is always the debate of what are the best ways to learn and preserve a sense of cultural identity and connection …
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Facebook musings on Samos earthquake from the land without cats
There’s Australia, there’s Greece and then there’s sociologist/children’s book writer Eugene Trivizas and his ‘Land Without Cats’. I was reminded of the story following the Samos earthquake where earthquake diplomacy …