Education
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Teachers launch new 24 book series for Greek language learning in Australia
New and exciting educational material was launched at Alphington Grammar on Sunday for teaching and learning the Modern Greek language. The material, conceptualised and developed by three teachers, Ourania Papageorgiou, …
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International Cavafy Summer School 2020: “Cavafy Mediated”
In summer 2020, the International Cavafy Summer School will once more bring together prominent academics, scholars, and young researchers of the work of C. P. Cavafy, one of Modern Greece’s …
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Greek public university offers Bachelor of Arts in English language
The Bachelor of Arts program at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is offering a BA in Archaeology, History and Literature of Ancient Greece in the English language. It …
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CENSUS, a listing for Modern Greek writers and translators
CENSUS is a vast and very useful bibliography of English translations of, and English-language studies on, literary works in Modern Greek. It was originally compiled by Professor Dia Philippides of …
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Greece invites non-Greek nationals to apply for language and culture scholarships
The State Scholarships Foundation (Ι.Κ.Υ.) announces that it will offer up to fifty scholarships to foreign nationals (non-Greek Nationals or non-Greek Nationals of Greek descent) from countries worldwide, in order …
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Shrine Honours Lemnos with tree and plaque dedication – and Melbourne’s Shrine guard to go to Lemnos
This week saw a dedicated crowd gathered on a beautiful summer’s day at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance gardens to witness the formal dedication of a tree and the unveiling of …
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Study in Greece programme allows students abroad to immerse themselves in Hellenic language and culture
Study in Greece has issued its 2019-2020 Study Abroad catalogue, offering international students the opportunity to follow a short-term study programme while living in a Greek city, studying together with …
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki hosts international conference on language contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor
A second International Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor is being organised by the Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M Triandaphyllidis Foundation) of the Aristotle University …
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University of Athens becomes first state university in Greece to offer BA program in English
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) made history this week as the first state university in Greece to offer an undergraduate course entirely in the English language. Announced …
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Heroes and winners: Greece in the World Wars depicted through artworks of the 10th Australian Hellenic Memorial Student Competition
Traditional textbook teachings of history fail to truly get students to feel the connection with the subject matter, to visualise it and value it in the way it deserves. There …