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Parthenon Sculptures need the light of the Acropolis Museum not the grey of London
As a member of the International Organising Committee, Australia, for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, and being a heritage lawyer, I was asked by Neos Kosmos to comment on …
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Athenian democracy makes us reflect on war and peace
In France and Australia, 11 November is commemorated as the day when the First World War ended. A sombre day of reflection. As an Australian I am not alone in …
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Remembrance Day 2022: On the eleventh month on the eleventh day on the eleventh hour we will remember them
104 years ago, in the First World War, the guns were silent after four years of destruction, which saw around forty million civilians and soldiers lose their lives. Since 1919 …
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Iliad – lessons for modern society
When I teach the Iliad in a myth or literature class, one of the things I emphasise is how its narrative frame joins other coalition tales from ancient Greece like …
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Cybersecurity requires urgent action
Recently, I was invited by the Greek Scientists Society to speak at their inaugural international virtual conference on “Cybersecurity and the New Global Economy of the 21st Century”. Clearly, cybersecurity …
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You are not the only one. You are not alone.
The Food For Thought Network (FFTN) was founded in 2001 by Varvara Ioannou, Chair, and has grown successfully in purpose and reach. This network is inclusive and diverse, supporting Greek …
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France is forging alliances with Greece and Australia in an ever complicated world
When I was cleaning my Athens apartment a few months ago, I came across an old globe with a light inside that my father had given to me when I …
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The story of ‘theia Foto’ and how she urinated in the face of the Germans during WWII
“What you have to know, now that you are entering the family,” my great-grandmother told my wife, upon meeting her for the first time, “is that the women of our …
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Parthenon Sculptures ignored in ABC TV’s ‘Stuff the British Stole’
In the series on ABC television, Stuff the British Stole, presenter Marc Fennell and his producers made an active editorial decision to ignore the theft of the Parthenon Sculptures (also …