Education
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How ‘Your Thoughts on Greece’ project became a global education movement
Greek Australian language institute owner Eirini Stroumba Xanthea wanted the Greek students at her frontistirio to get their noses out of the textbooks and stop seeing the lessons as mere …
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Free lecture about the fall of Athens to Rome
History buffs have the chance to see Macquarie University’s Professor of Ancient History Ian Worthington give a lecture about the fall of Athens to Rome this month at the Greek …
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Immigration Museum may no longer be a space for immigrants
On July 19, a small report appeared in the Herald Sun on the proposed name change for the Immigration Museum to Museum of Shared Humanity. The Immigration Museum began life …
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Kindergarten Greek language program launched in Ashburton – and more to come
Will Fowles, the member for Burwood, was effusive about the Andrews Government’s latest language initiatives at the launch of the Greek Language Program at Clever Kids Child Care in Ashburton, …
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Dr Roslynne Bell’s lecture on ‘Alexander in Art: The Legend and his Legacy’
Dr Roslynne Bell, Associate Research Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, will present a lecture entitled ‘Alexander in Art: the Legend and …
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Dimitris Troaditis to present free lecture on radical anarchist ideas in Greece
Poet and journalist Dimitris Troaditis is set to present an insightful lecture at the Greek Centre this month, delving into the emergence and promulgation of radical anarchist ideas in Greece …
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Athens initiative ‘The Stones Speak’ is getting people to re-engage with Greece’s rich ancient cultural heritage
‘The Stones Speak’ initiative is returning to Athens this month in a bid to get both locals and tourists re-engage with Greece’s ancient cultural heritage that offered so much to …
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A school holiday program with a Greek twist!
The first week of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) Language & Culture Schools’ School Holiday Program can only be described as a success, full of fun and new experiences …
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Ancient DNA suggests that biblical nemesis of Jews may have come from Greece
Is it possible that Goliath was a Greek? Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, seem to think so. Multiple excavations in …
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Mathitofrenia student newspaper: Stuck between cultures
Have you ever felt like you’ve been stuck in between cultures your whole life? Like all your life, you have only ever known one way of living and then once …