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Mama Klorin: A Conversation with Visual Artist and Women Cleaners
At The Hellenic Centre on 25 Jun 2026A panel discussion centring the voices of women cleaners of Greece in the 1990s–2000s. Behind each mop-stroke lie displacement and invisible labour. Doreida Xhogu’s Mama Klorin explores memory, migration, class and human dignity, issues that resonate across borders, generations and social divides. Join us for a conversation and Q&A with artist and cleaner Doreida Xhogu and cleaners Adriana Xhogu, Liliana Saliaj and Maria Michalakopoulou, moderated by Pati Vardhami and Ioanna Papapavlou, curators of the exhibition Mama Klorin.
Performance
Mapping Journeys – Grounding Roots by Christina Kapadocha
At The Hellenic Centre on 20 Jun 2026Theatre artist and researcher Christina Kapadocha presents her original piece Mapping Journeys – Grounding Roots on World Refugee Day 2026. This participatory performance invites audiences to reflect on migration, refuge, identity and belonging through shared stories and gentle interaction.
Talk
The Wisdom of Laughter for the Ancient Greeks
At The Hellenic Centre on 04 Jun 2026What is humour? What does it do for us and for society? From the way the ancient Greeks thought of laughter to contemporary philosophy, it is a fascinating subject that influences our daily lives. Join Professors Pierre Destrée and Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi as they explore the philosophy and history of laughter.
Exhibition
In Transit: Greek Artists Abroad
At The Hellenic Centre between 03 Jun 2026 – 26 Jun 2026In Transit is a sculptural dialogue shaped by the lived reality of standing between places and identities. Bringing together Greek artists who have worked abroad, the exhibition reflects our shared in-between state—where memory, displacement, humour, and adaptation collide—revealing how constant movement reshapes who we are and how we belong. Featuring artists: Irini Bachlitzanaki, Byron Kalomamas, Amanda Kyritsopoulou, Anna Lytridou, Theodoris Papandreopoulos, Eleni Papazoglou, Eleni Tomadaki, Costas Xanthis and Eleni Zervou.
Exhibition
George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus
At The Hellenic Centre between 03 Jun 2026 – 22 Jun 2026To mark Cyprus’ Presidency of the Council of the European Union (January – June 2026), the A. G. Leventis Gallery presents George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus at the Hellenic Centre. Following its acclaimed debut in Nicosia, this exhibition brings together the most extensive selection of Georghiou’s works ever shown abroad. Curated by Loukia Loizou Hadjigavriel and Katerina Stephanides.
Member Societies' Events
Society for Modern Greek Studies | Gendered Archive Trouble: The Case of Eva Palmer Sikelianos by Artemis Leontis
At The Hellenic Centre on 02 Jun 2026
Screening – Talk
Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons – Screening and Q&A with Laura Mulvey
At The Hellenic Centre on 28 May 2026Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons is a defining work of the radical filmmaking of the 1970s. The first collaboration between Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, the film interrogates myth and spectatorship through its engagement with the fierce Amazonian queen of Greek mythology, offering a sharply theorised feminist reworking of classical narrative forms. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Laura Mulvey and film curator Georgia Korossi.
Talk
Echo: Glenn Brown in Conversation with Iwona Blazwick
At The Hellenic Centre on 27 May 2026Join us for the fourth edition of Echo with Iwona Blazwick in conversation with Glenn Brown about the method and meaning of his remarkable oeuvre. The paintings of Glenn Brown wander freely through the tributaries of art history channelling unearthly beauty or grotesque decay to depict human and non-human figures. Filtered through the Old and Modernist Masters that Brown appropriates, are echoes of Greek mythology and its legacies in art and in metaphors for the subconscious.
Member Societies' Events
The Brain and Nous in Greek Antiquity
on 20 May 2026
Family
THE MYTHIC GANG: A Greek Mythology Musical Comedy for All Ages
on 16 May 2026THE MYTHIC GANG is an interactive musical comedy that throws the audience into the heart of Ancient Greece. Can you help Dionysus and the Mythic Gang save Persephone from gods and monsters? Forget about just watching a show; you must become part of the legend! Join us for an ultimate adventure – perfect for all ages and school groups.
Talk
The Fumes of Mars by Katerina Angelopoulou: Presentation and Q&A
At The Hellenic Centre on 14 May 2026The Fumes of Mars is a book investigating the 2018 Mati wildfires near Athens where over 100 lives were lost and victims were left to fight for survival alone. Artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire, fleeing with her three-year-old child. Combining photographs, survivor testimonies, aerial maps, CCTV footage and recovered personal artefacts, the book challenges official narratives of disaster, speaking to the failure of institutions, the erasure of survivors and the struggle for accountability in an era of climate catastrophe. The artist will be in conversation with publisher Stuart Smith (GOST Books). A Q&A will follow the presentation.
Community
Greekscapes Community Heritage Day – Open Call
At The Hellenic Centre on 13 May 2026The Hellenic Centre and the Greekscapes Project invites members of London’s Greek and Greek-Cypriot communities to take part in a special Community Heritage Recording Day – an event dedicated to preserving the living history of the Greek communities in London.
Member Societies' Events
Anglo-Hellenic League | Reporting Britain, Reporting Greece: Journalistic Experiences
At The Hellenic Centre on 05 May 2026In conversation with journalists reporting on life in the UK and Greece.
Screening – Talk
Third Person (Plural): A Cinematic Essay by Aikaterini Gegisian
At The Hellenic Centre on 30 Apr 2026Third Person (Plural) is Aikaterini Gegisian’s cinematic essay, built from over 200 postwar U.S. informational films and newsreels drawn from the Library of Congress and the National Archives. What begins as an exploration of early European integration history unfolds into a feminist re-reading of the masculine gaze that shaped the ‘new world order’. Gegisian will be joined by Shoair Mavlian, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery, for a discussion and Q&A.
Member Societies' Events
Association of Constantinopolitan Greeks in the UK | The Echo of Hagia Sophia: Reviving the Acoustic Heritage of Hagia Sophia in a Border Community of Constantinople
At The Hellenic Centre on 27 Apr 2026The Association of Constantinopolitan Greeks in the UK invites you to a unique presentation dedicated to one of the most moving and symbolic cultural initiatives of recent years: the revival of the historic acoustics of Hagia Sophia. Thanks to the generous support of PeopleCert, the unique acoustic environment of Hagia Sophia has been recreated and permanently installed at the historic Church of Panagia Balinou in Constantinople.
Screening – Talk
Exclusive Screening Premiere: Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value (40-Year Anniversary)
At The Hellenic Centre on 23 Apr 2026Join us for an exclusive premiere screening of the newly restored film Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value (1986), celebrating 40 years since its release. Directed by Christopher Miles and featuring Hugh Grant’s first screen appearance, the film is a nuanced and imaginative exploration of the Parthenon Sculptures’ removal from Athens, drawing heavily on Lord Elgin’s own letters.
Poetry – Talk
Modern Poetry in Translation – The Antidote to Agony: Focus on the Poetry of Greece and Cyprus
At The Hellenic Centre on 16 Apr 2026Modern Poetry in Translation introduces their latest issue, The Antidote to Agony: Focus on the Poetry of Greece and Cyprus, featuring 30 contemporary poets expanding the boundaries of Modern Greek, Bulgarian and Arvanitika, in English translation. Join us for an evening of poetry readings from issue contributors Kostya Tsolakis, Calliope Michail, Phoebe Giannisi and Brian Sneeden.
Book launch
Athens Tales: Athens in Literature and Song
At The Hellenic Centre on 26 Mar 2026Join the book launch and discussion on Athens Tales, an anthology of one hundred and fifty years of Greek short fiction about Athens, compiled and translated into English by Joshua Barley. The evening will include an illustrated presentation of the book by the translator, and an accompanying performance of Athenian songs by mezzo-soprano Alexandra Achillea.
Book launch – Talk
Kalamoti: A Medieval Village on Chios Island
on 07 Mar 2026Join us for the book launch and discussion on the book Kalamoti: A Medieval Village of Chios. Kalamoti combines architecture with history, highlighting current issues surrounding the preservation of cultural heritage. The Panayotis & Effie Michelis Foundation has entrusted Kalamoti’s representation to the architect and photographer Yiorgis Yerolymbos, whose images reveal the harmony between landscape, architecture, and the people who inhabit them. There will be a discussion will be between Yiorgis Yerolymbos, political scientist Stathis Kalyvas and Professor Roman Gerodimos.
Music
CANCELLED Archilochus’ Fragments: Ancient Greek Poetry Meets Modern Sound
on 05 Mar 2026*The event has been cancelled* A new work by composer Costas Kafouros blending ancient Greek poetry with modern sound. Performed by world-class musicians Sarah Dacey (vocals), Rami Sarieddine (piano), Mariana Parás (bassoon) and Beibei Wang (percussion), the piece explores timeless themes and the enduring dialogue between past and present.