Rethinking Greece | Dimitris Tziovas on Greece in Transition: Identity, Culture, and Global Engagement
Dimitris Tziovas is Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham,...
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Poetry of the Month: “Days of the Epitaph” by Nikos Gatsos
Easter, or Pascha in Greek, is the most important religious holiday of the Orthodox...
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Book of the Month: “Pope Joan” by Emmanuel Roïdes, translated into English by David Connolly
Pope Joan or Papissa Ioanna as is the title of the book in Greek, was presented by Emmanuel Roïdes...
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Reading Greece: Georgia Tsoukalochoriti – “When writing, language and the aesthetic side of it, is my main concern”
Georgia Tsoukalochoriti was born in Athens in 1994 and grew up in Athens and Vatera, Lesvos. She...
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Book of the Month: “The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Global Significance” by Roderick Beaton
It has been called the ‘age of revolution’. The white heat of it came in the decades either side...
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Reading Greece: Antoine Cassar, a Maltese Poet and Translator that Opened a Mediterranean Library in Ithaca
Antoine Cassar is a Maltese author and translator, with roots in activism for universal freedom of...
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Poetry Anthology of the Month: “The other half of the sky – Greek women poets of the 20th century” translated into Albanian by Maklena Nika
In celebration of International Women’s Day, an event titled “Female Poetic Voices in Greece...
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Reading Greece: Antonis Tsokos – “Only through poetry can we imagine a world without prejudices and inequalities”
Antonis Tsokos was born in Athens in 1976. His first poetry collection titled Swing with the stars...
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Rethinking Greece | Dimitris Tziovas on Greece in Transition: Identity, Culture, and Global Engagement
Dimitris Tziovas is Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham, where he taught for over thirty five years and supervised many research students. In 2022 he received the Grand Greek State Award for his contribution to scholarship. His book Greece from Junta to Crisis:...
