Eirini Karamouzi on ‘Imagining Greece’, the digital exhibition on Greece as a tourist destination: “Greece is always reinventing itself”
Eirini Karamouzi is Professor of Contemporary History at The American College of Greece and...
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Tag: MODERN GREEK HISTORY
The feminist movement in Greece: a brief overview
The history of feminism in Greece begins at the end of the 19th century when some educated women...
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ELIAM: Preserving the heritage of Greek presence in the Eastern Mediterranean
ELIAM (Greek Historical Archives of the Eastern Mediterranean) is a new digital archive, dedicated...
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Rethinking Greece | Kostis Kornetis on the Democratic Transitions of Greece, Spain, and Portugal: Memory and Legacy
Κοstis Kornetis is Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the Universidad Autónoma de...
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MGSA 2024 Edmund Keeley Book Prize awarded to Michalis Sotiropoulos for groundbreaking study on Greek Liberalism
The Edmund Keeley Book Prize is awarded every two years by the Modern Greek Studies Association...
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A nation’s journey: Three major exhibitions highlight the legacy of 50 years of democracy in Greece
In 2024, Greece commemorates the 50th anniversary of the fall of its military dictatorship...
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The Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts and the Wooden Boatbuilding School in Samos: the revival of Greek traditional boatbuilding
The craft of building wooden boats is a living tradition that has been practiced across all Greece...
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Rethinking Greece|Christina Koulouri on half a century of Greek democracy: “The greatest achievement of Greek democracy is its resilience”
Christina Koulouri is Rector of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and...
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Recent Stories
Τhe Archaeological Site and Polycentric Museum of Aigai
The ruins of the city of Aigai, the first capital of the Macedonian kingdom, were discovered in northern Greece in the 19th century. The most important finds at the site are the royal palace and the extensive necropolis, where the tomb of King Philip II is believed to be. The archaeological Site of....
Vaso Katraki and her “Hurtful Bodies”
Vaso Katraki (1914 – 1988) was a prominent Greek engraver, renowned for her unique visual language and bold reflection on human condition. In her art, the human body acquires a distinct symbolic, ideological and political quality, becoming a bearer of collective memory and trauma. Her monumental, ...
Reading Greece: A New Era for the City of Athens Library
The City of Athens Library, one of the most important and historic libraries of the country, reopened its doors to the citizens on 11 February 2025. The Library has been radically modernized, while some 25,000 books of all categories are now freely accessible to the public. On this occasion, Reading...