Past events presented by the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies
The documentary “Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks 1913-1923” was screened for the first time in Australia in a cinema in Melbourne on the 19th of May 2024. The documentary chronicles the genocide of the Greeks, and other indigenous Christians, at the hands of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks. Terry Read more…
As part of the 2024 South African Film Festival, which will be taking place from the 2nd to the 30th of May in Australia and New Zealand, a documentary titled “George Bizos ICON” will be screened in selected cinemas. The documentary is about the life of George Bizos, a Greek 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…
3rd and final Lecture of a series of Lectures delivered by Dr Constantine Hatzidimitriou during his visit to Melbourne in October 2023 Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou holds a Ph.D. in Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek history from Columbia University. He has been recognized as a Gennadius Fellow at the American School Read more…
2nd of a series of 3 Lectures delivered by Dr Constantine Hatzidimitriou during his visit to Melbourne in October 2023 Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou holds a Ph.D. in Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek history from Columbia University. He has been recognized as a Gennadius Fellow at the American School in Athens Read more…
1st of a series of 3 Lectures delivered by Dr Constantine Hatzidimitriou during his visit to Melbourne in October 2023 Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou holds a Ph.D. in Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek history from Columbia University. He has been recognized as a Gennadius Fellow at the American School in Athens Read more…
The Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies is pleased to announce the visit to Australia by the American Professor, Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou. Dr. Hatzidimitriou is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at St. Johns’ University and City University of New York, USA. His areas of specialisation include Byzantine as well as modern Read more…
On August 30 2023, the Australian Embassy in Cyprus hosted more than 200 official guests for the launch of the book The Children of Aphrodite: Cypriots in Australia by the author, Dr Anastasios M. Tamis, The book launch took place at the New Town Hall of Nicosia. The event took Read more…
Journalist and Public Speaker Stavros (Terry) Stavridis, representing the Return to Anatolia Committee, will be launching a photo exhibition commemorating the 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne. The event will be held at the Preston Public Library on Sunday the 16th of July 2023 at 2:30pm. Read more…
On the 8th of June 2023 the Melbourne branch of the Eleftherios Venizelos Research Foundation was launched at an event held in the Lyceum Hall of the Alphington Grammar School. The aim of the organisation is to preserve and promote the historical memory and contribution of the Ethnarch Eleftherios Venizelos. Read more…