Academic articles published by the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies
Theofani Karabatsas (Master of Arts), a Greek Laographer who is based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has published an academic article on the history of Laography in Greece and its development as a framework for understanding and defining Greek tradition, culture and traditional art. The article is available in English and Read more…
The Boulevard news magazine is a monthly publication from Greece about current affairs, culture and other news affecting Greece. In the February 2025 issue of the news magazine, Dr. Anastasios Myrodis Tamis has written an article which provides a commentary on the political deeds of successive Greek governments from the Read more…
free verse 12/2/2013 (From the collection of poems “Κyκlamιnο”) Theofani Karabatsas Uriah wind, don’t stop,Drag and wave the banners and flags,Trumpets, trumpet our national anthem,Resoundingly, and in awe.Awe for the people who left. Their blood, drop by drop, watered the tree of freedom,Drop by drop, the mother’s tears,Fed the baby, Read more…
ελεύθερος στίχος 12/2/2013 (Από τη συλλογή ποιημάτων Κυκλάμινο) Θεοφανής Καραμπάτσα Ούριε άνεμε, μη σταματάς,Σύρε κι’ ανέμησε τα λάβαρα και τις σημαίες,Σάλπιγγες, σαλπίστε τον εθνικό μας ύμνο,Ηχηρά, και με δέος.Δέος για τους ανθρώπους που έφυγαν. Το αίμα τους σταγόνα, σταγόνα, πότισε το δέντρο της λευτεριάςΣταγόνα, σταγόνα το δάκρυ της μάναςΈθρεψε το Read more…
Overview (Anavlemma) March 2024 – by Theofani Karabatsas “I will praise our women and swear by their name” – Dionysios Solomos On the occasion of International Women’s Day , the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS) and the Australian Institute for Hellenic Research (AIHR) greet the ladies of the Greek Read more…
Aνάβλεμμα Μάρτιος 2024 – Θεοφανή Καραμπάτσα <<Θαυμάζω τες γυναίκες μας και στ΄όνομά τους μνέω>> – Διονύσιος Σολωμός Με την ευκαιρία της Διεθνούς ημέρας της Γυναίκας το Αυστραλιανό Ινστιτούτο Μακεδονικών Σπουδών (AIMS) και το Aυστραλιανό Ινστιτούτο Ελληνικών Ερευνών (AIHR) χαιρετίζουν τις Κυρίες της Ομογένειας και εύχονται χρόνια πολλά και καλά. Ο Read more…
Stavros Stavridis, a journalist who is a contributor to the National Herald, a U.S. based independent newspaper for the Greek Diaspora community, wrote an article for the newspaper about the visit to Australia by the Greek-American scholar, Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou. The article can be read at the link below: Constantine Read more…
As the First Balkan War broke out, Greece declared war on the Ottoman Empire and expanded its borders. When Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister at the time, was asked if the Greek army should move towards Thessaloniki, Venizelos replied “Θεσσαλονίκη με κάθε κόστος!” (Thessaloniki, at all costs!). As both Greece and Read more…
Opinion articles by Dr Tamis, as printed in the Greek Herald. The two promises we did not honour as Greek immigrants – Greek Herald Antetokounmpo absolves the Hellenes: The beginning of an end – Greek Herald The evolution of Philhellenism – Greek Herald Ecclesiastical division is consolidated – Greek Herald Read more…
The story of Greek Macedonian migration and settlement in Australia, in broader terms, is similar in many ways to the process of integration experienced by other 500,000 Australian Greeks and Cypriots. The size as well as the nature of the Macedonian Greek immigration to Australia was affected by the Greek Read more…