Upcoming events

Our events are open to anyone interested in Greek and Cypriot culture. Most events are free and conducted in English.

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23 Mar 2023 Thursday
Talk

Nistisima: The secret to delicious Mediterranean vegan food

Georgina Hayden, author of the Sunday Times bestseller cookbook Nistisima: The secret to delicious Mediterranean vegan food, shares the tradition and stories behind these recipes, joined by television presenter, restaurateur and author Tonia Buxton.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
29 Mar 2023 Wednesday
Member Society Event

Careers Fair

A special panel event organised by the Hellenic Bankers Association (HBA) UK in collaboration with Cypriot and Greek Student Societies.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite 

The Hellenic Centre
30 Mar 2023 Thursday
Talk

Love, War and the Self in Renaissance and Modern Cypriot Poetry

Dr Marina Rodosthenous-Balafa and Dr Nikolas Kakkoufa explore two important aspects of Cypriot poetry: the representation of the lover poet who experiences unrequited love and the centrality of language on issues of gender and sexuality.

In collaboration with the Society for Modern Greek Studies and the A. G. Leventis Foundation.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
20 Apr 2023 Thursday
Music

Christos Marantos: Tradition and Vision

Pianist Christos Marantos presents the programme Tradition and Vision, a musical journey through time from the Baroque to the present day. 

£10/8 concessions | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7487 5060

The Hellenic Centre
22 Apr 2023 Saturday
Presentation Talk

Papyrus Fragments – Rediscovering the Lost Stories of Ancient Greece

An afternoon of discussion and demonstration exploring the lost literature of ancient Greece that survives only on fragments of papyrus, and the attempts to create a new theatrical performance inspired by such mysteries.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
27 Apr 2023 Thursday
Talk

The Cypriot Peasant under British Rule

Professor Panikos Panayi explores the impact of British rulers on the rural population of Cyprus and the subsequent impact of imperial control upon the lives of the peasantry.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
04 May 2023 Thursday
In conversation

The Monochords: Artists and Poets in Dialogue on Yannis Ritsos

To celebrate the launch of the book Monochords, by Greek poet Yannis Ritsos (1909 – 1990) and London based artist and filmmaker Chiara Ambrosio, this is an evening of conversation and readings about Ritsos’ poetry, its significance and continuing resonance with contemporary artists and writers.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
From05 May 2023 Friday
To 28 Jul 2023 Friday
Exhibition

Chiara Ambrosio: Monochords

Monochords is a suite of 336 linocuts by London-based Italian filmmaker and visual artist Chiara Ambrosio, produced daily in the space of one year in response to Yannis Ritsos’ collection of one-line poems by the same title. Ritsos, an advocate for the Greek Resistance during WWII, composed the poems in August of 1979, at the end of one of many political exiles on the island of Samos. 

Free entry | Please email info@helleniccentre.org or call 020 7487 5060

The Hellenic Centre
11 May 2023 Thursday
Talk

Meteora, Rocks Suspended in the Air: Ainalaiyn Space in Conversation with Artist-in-Residence Kate Daudy

In August 2022, UK contemporary arts organisation Ainalaiyn Space invited three artists to live alongside the magnificent rocks of Meteora, Greece. Join curator Indira Dyussebayeva-Ziyabek and participating artist Kate Daudy, as they discuss how the landscape, stories and people of Meteora shaped Daudy’s artistic practice throughout the residency and beyond.

 

Free | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

16 May 2023 Tuesday
Member Society Event

Πολίτικα (Politika): More than merely Istanbul Greek

Matthew Hadodo, a child of an Istanbul Greek mother, interviewed over 100 people to see how the local variety of the Greek language functions as part of the larger social practices the community members engage in to distinguish themselves from the Turks and other Greeks.

 

Entry by invitation; further info: info@agcuk.net www.acguk.net

The Hellenic Centre
18 May 2023 Thursday
In conversation

Art in Partnership – Contemporary Art and the British School at Athens

Artistic practice is enriched by its embedding in a wider cultural context. John Bennet, former Director of the research institute, the British School at Athens (BSA), and Malcolm Quinn, Professor of Cultural and Political History at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon UAL, share their experiences of art-in-dialogue, with a focus on UAL’s practice-based residency programme at the BSA and the School’s wider engagement with contemporary art. 

 

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
30 May 2023 Tuesday
Member Society Event

Abortion and Contraception in 20th century Greece

Couples in Greece started controlling the number of children they had in the early 1930s. By the early 1960s, most Greek couples had a very small number of children. This talk will explore how couples achieved this fertility control, by asking the following questions: What methods did women and men use? How did they negotiate these method(s)? When did they choose abortion and when contraception?

Free entry; further info/bookings: violetta.hionidou@newcastle.ac.uk

The Hellenic Centre
30 May 2023 Tuesday
Member Society Event

The Bronze Inscribed Tablets from the Treasury of Pallas at Argos (4th century B.C.)

A webinar with Dr Alkistis Papadimitriou, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Argolid, and Dr Charalampos Kritzas, Director Emeritus of the Epigraphical Museum at Athens.

Event organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee UK.

Online
03 Jun 2023 Saturday
screening Talk

After the Explosion you Still Hear the Light: A Book, Film and Conversation with 3 137

An afternoon with the Athens based artist run space 3 137, to launch their new publication After the Explosion you Still Hear the Light.

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
10 Jun 2023 Saturday
workshop

Maths Workshops for Children and Teenagers

How and why did maths begin? How has it been helping us over the centuries to better our lives? Can we add cats and houses? Could prime numbers have been discovered by early humans? Can you keep a mathematical fact secret? Who wrote the first proof? Is there such thing as multiple infinities? Join mathematician Ioanna Georgiou for an afternoon of mathematical storytelling and exploration over two sessions for children and teenagers of ages 10-12 and 13-16.

£15 | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7487 5060

The Hellenic Centre
15 Jun 2023 Thursday
Talk

Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality exhibition introduction

Curator of Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality Dr Andrew Shapland, provides an introduction to the first major exhibition in the UK about Knossos. Hear about early travellers searching for the mythical Labyrinth, the importance of the Sir Arthur Evans excavations and recent discoveries that include evidence of human sacrifice. 

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre
17 Jun 2023 Saturday

17th London Greek Film Festival 2023: Screenings and Awards Ceremony

The London Greek Film Festival presents contemporary films and screenplays from Greek and international film directors, producers, writers and artists.

Free

The Hellenic Centre
24 Jun 2023 Saturday
Music Talk

Celebrate Vamvakaris: Talk and Concert

“We are all but branches of a tree. Markos is that tree.”

– Composer Mikis Theodorakis  (1925 – 2021)

The musicians of the Rebetiko Carnival perform an evening of the works of musician Markos Vamvakaris, revered as the ‘patriarch of Rebetiko music.’ 

£15/10 concessions | RSVP via Eventbrite

The Hellenic Centre
29 Jun 2023 Thursday
Presentation Talk

Digital Discoveries in Knossos

Experience a virtual tour of a unique digital 3D model of the Palace of Minos at Knossos with Dr John Pouncett from the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Hear how the technique of web mapping can be used to open up access to archaeological archives. 

This event runs parallel to the exhibition Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality at the Ashmolean Museum

Free entry | RSVP via Eventbrite or 020 7563 9835

The Hellenic Centre