Speaking on the latest episode of the Ouzo Talk Podcast, Sydney University’s Sir Nicholas Laurantos Chair in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Professor Vrasidas Karalis, explains how Quinn ‘created’ the character of Zorba for the 1964 Michael Cacoyannis film, Zorba the Greek.
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On Sunday evening, the Australian Hellenic Choir took its performance to a new level, singing…
Lockdown Blues? Professor Karalis performs his magical literary jazz in 'The Glebe Point Road Blues'
We revisit a literary work on the suburb of Glebe from our favourite polymath Professor Vrasidas Karalis. It has been described by critics as ‘ingenious and soaring in its unique angle of vision…powerful, even visionary writing, from one of our most interesting, distinctive and challenging voices.
Much loved professor and polymath, Professor Vrasidas Karalis gives an insightful talk concerning the Greek…
Professor Vrasidas Karalis, from the University of Sydney, will present an online lecture entitled “Did…
The latest offering by Greek Australian author Jorge Sotirios is an observational study in the psyche of a country in crisis, and that country is none other than his ancestral home, Greece.
In 2021, the bicentennial of Greece’s declaration of the War of Independence from the Ottoman…
Much-loved academic and author Professor Vrasidas Karalis publishes his latest literary work: The Glebe Point Road Blues. The book has been described by critics as ‘ingenious and soaring in its unique angle of vision…powerful, even visionary writing, from one of our most interesting, distinctive and challenging voices.
An alumnus of the University of Sydney, Peter Pontikis has generously pledged to donate $175,000 for…
The year is 1973 and a military junta is in power. A modern Greek tragedy…
