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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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
