George Vardas

Byron and Greece

2024 has been officially designated as the Year of Byron, 200 years after the death of the great Philhellene, Lord…

3 weeks ago

Lord Byron and the Romanticism of Greece

The Greek Government has declared that 2024 is dedicated to Lord Byron, the famous Romantic poet, who died in 1824…

3 weeks ago

Celebrating 50 years of Modern Greek at Sydney University

Current and former academics, students, and friends and supporters of the Department of Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies of the…

1 month ago

The Future For Modern Greek In Australia

On 25 March Greeks and Philhellenes all over the world celebrate Greek National Independence Day and the momentous events of…

2 months ago

Echoes of Freedom at the Greek Festival of Sydney

One of Greece’s leading classical guitarists, Manolis Androulidakis, has starred in an impressive virtuoso concert at the Greek Community Club…

2 months ago

Yanis Varoufakis on the Death of Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former Finance Minister and renowned academic and economist, has just completed a tour in Australia in conjunction…

2 months ago

Beautiful City: Greece, Music and Torture

Fifty years after the fall of the hated Greek military junta a local Greek-Australian theatrical group has staged its encore…

3 months ago

Genocide Prevention: Remembering the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides

On 7 February 2024 the NSW Legislative Council considered a motion on genocide prevention. Introduced by Liberal Party opposition Whip,…

3 months ago

The Greek language is alive and well in Australia

On 2 February 2024, in the lead-up to the International Day of Greek Language (which is annually celebrated on February…

4 months ago

All You Need Is Greece

On 20 January the iconic Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center in New…

4 months ago

Clash of Football Titans: The Inaugural Greek Herald Cup

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Carlton, a southern suburb of Sydney, the heart of St George territory, literally turned Greek on…

4 months ago

Teaching Modern Greek: Hope Springs Eternal

The future of Modern Greek at Macquarie University may still be under threat but in a recent media release put…

5 months ago

A Greek-Australian Case for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament

On 14 October 2023 Australians will be voting in a referendum to amend the Australian Constitution to recognise Australia’s First…

7 months ago

The Parthenon Marbles and the Culture of Protest

Campaigners for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures removed from the Acropolis in Athens in the early nineteenth century at…

9 months ago