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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Tag: LITERATURE & BOOKS
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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Reading Greece: Kiriakos Charitos– “Children’s books offer immense possibilities. You can tell stories of the utmost fantasy and make them ‘real’”
Kiriakos Haritos was born in Greece in 1977 and grew up in Australia. He studied Cultural...
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Reading Greece: Penny Lane Bookshop – A Little Bookstore Just Opened its Doors in Nea Smyrni
Little bookstores constitute an integral part of our culture and our local communities. It’s the...
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Holy Week and Easter Traditions of Greece
Easter is an extremely important holiday in Greek Orthodox Christianity, with its religious significance arguably exceeding that of Christmas. While Christmas is increasingly associated with merrymaking, shopping and gift-giving, hence accentuating its more commercialized -as well as westernized- fe...
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 Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at the School of Liberal Arts and Science. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Greece, the EEC and the Cold War:...
“Red List of Greek Cultural Objects at Risk”, an Important Instrument in the Fight against the Illicit Traffic of Cultural Heritage
The cultural heritage of Greece is protected by strong national and international laws, but this diverse heritage remains at risk of being stolen, looted, or illegally traded. Indeed, the Greek cultural heritage has suffered great losses over the years, compared to its special significance. Greek an...