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Robotics and AI: Shaping Our Daily Lives?
on 13 Feb 2025Join the Hellenic Tech Network for an engaging panel discussion on the evolution of robotics and AI and their transformative impact on our everyday lives. Explore the integration of these technologies into daily routines, the innovative advancements driving the field, the related emerging technologies and the exciting possibilities for the future!
Talk
Choreographer Christos Papadopoulos: Presentation and Q&A
At The Hellenic Centre on 06 Feb 2025Join renowned Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos for an exclusive presentation of his work, and more specifically his acclaimed work LARSEN C, performed at Sadler’s Wells and shortlisted for the prestigious Rose Prize 2025.
Music
Nímata Vol. 2: Exploring Musical Threads
At The Hellenic Centre on 01 Feb 2025Nímata returns for its second edition, presenting an evening of unique exploration of sounds, by students and alumni of leading music academies of the UK. Supported by the Athena Scholarships, awarded emerging Greek musicians present a unique programme of sound explorations. Followed by a drinks’ reception.
Member Societies' Events
Hellenic Medical Society | Vasilopita
At The Hellenic Centre on 31 Jan 2025Event open to Hellenic Medical Society members
Member Societies' Events
Vasilopita | Lykion Ton Hellinidon London
on 24 Jan 2025
Talk
British School at Athens: Artist Talk by Tina Rowe
At The Hellenic Centre on 23 Jan 2025Processing the Past / Where the Light Gets in; Artist Tina Rowe presents a body of work developed during her stay as Arts Researcher in Residence at The British School at Athens (BSA). The research centres upon the photographic negative and the importance of specialist space at a time when digital technologies dominate the arts. Held in partnership with Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts at University of the Arts London.
Community
New Year Celebration with Tanguero Passion
At The Hellenic Centre on 18 Jan 2025Join us for a passionate start to the new year! Come and listen to a blend of the moving, heart-stopping Argentine dance music live. Relive the early days of tango in Buenos Aires with the sensational Tango 44. The traditional Greek New Year Vasilopita will be offered during the event.
Music
Round About Christmas
on 14 Dec 2024Singer Andria Antoniou together with London-based musicians, perform Christmas songs from all over the world including carols from Greece and Cyprus. Join us for an enjoyable start to the Christmas holiday and a fun sing-along experience.
Talk
dad, I want you to be ashamed of me
At The Hellenic Centre on 12 Dec 2024sam albatros, non-binary author and academic, performs their work and discusses their second novel with Elsa Amanatidou, Director of Modern Greek Studies, Brown University.
Talk
*** POSTPONED *** Cyprus 1974: The Day After (Eleventh Biennial Andrew David Memorial Lecture)
on 05 Dec 2024We would like to thank you for booking tickets for the eleventh Andreas A. David Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Petros Papapolyviou on Thursday 5 December at 7pm.
We regret that due to unforeseen circumstances we have to postpone this important event to a suitable date in 2025. We will inform everyone who booked tickets in due course.
Professor Petros Papapolyviou discusses the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, highlighting the economic and social consequences that emerged: the economic reconstruction, humanitarian issues etc. Organised by the Hellenic Community Trust, in honour of the Hellenic Centre’s founding member, Andreas A. David.
Member Societies' Events
From Heroon to Church: The Eventful Life of the Episkopi of Sikinos (GACUK’s 3rd Annual Matti Egon Lecture)
At The Hellenic Centre on 03 Dec 2024A lecture by Dr. Demetrios Athanasoulis on the restoration of the Episkopi Monument on Sikinos, a site that uniquely preserves layers of history rarely found in ancient monuments. Discover the latest findings, including the remarkable hermetically sealed burial of a high-ranking woman from the 2nd century, offering new insights into the island’s rich past.
Performance
Praxis 9: The Time of Crises – A Festival of Modern Greek Theatre
At The Hellenic Centre on 30 Nov 2024Following last year’s success, the largest festival of Contemporary Greek Theatre in the UK, returns for a second year, with nine contemporary plays. The rehearsed readings will be in Greek with English subtitles, directed by Anastasia Revi.
Food – Talk
Greek Wine: Today and Tomorrow – Tasting and Discussion
on 28 Nov 2024Join us for an evening of wine tasting through a selection of special wines from around Greece.
Member Societies' Events
The Oinoussian Ball 2024
At The Peninsula London on 23 Nov 2024The Oinoussian Ball 2024 is an elegant charity dinner event. The evening will feature live entertainment, a DJ, and a raffle draw, along with several special surprises.
Talk
Women and Greek Mythology: Interpretations in Contemporary Art
At The Hellenic Centre on 21 Nov 2024Artist and academic Stella Baraklianou discusses Greek female figures in ancient mythology as inspiration to artists over the centuries. The talk will update the paradigm of the female heroine, one whose plight has been mainly associated with the patriarchal milieu to one that is now being re-visited and updated by female artists.
Talk
Suzana Antonakaki: A ‘Peripheral’ Female Voice in Modern Architecture
At The Hellenic Centre on 14 Nov 2024Join architecture historian Stelios Giamarelos in celebrating the work of acclaimed Greek architect, Suzana Antonakaki (1935-2020). Re-centring the work of ‘peripheral’ women practitioners in the history of modern architecture, Dr Giamarelos’s talk will focus on Antonakaki’s overshadowed contribution to architectural thinking as a female voice of critical regionalism.
Screening – Talk
Many Different Histories: National Identity and Collective Memory in the works of Maria Anastassiou and Eva Stefani
on 07 Nov 2024This program presents two films: Acropolis (2001/2004) by Eva Stefani and Notes Remembered and Found (2024) by Maria Anastassiou. Both films use the archive and the materiality of analogue film to critically examine pillars of Greek and Greek Cypriot national identity and collective memory. Through women’s voices, writings, experiences and bodies, the films negotiate questions not of a singular continuous history, but of ’many different histories‘, who tells them, how their repetitions and iterations change perceived perceptions of the past and what they might transfer to generations to come.
Talk
Cyprus Today: The State of Historic Monuments in the Occupied Areas
on 02 Nov 2024An illustrated lecture by Dr Charalampos Chotzakoglou on the current state of religious monuments in the occupied areas of Cyprus, the progress of repatriation and restoration of Cypriot historic monuments, and the role of the Cypriot Diaspora in identifying and preserving the misappropriated cultural heritage of Cyprus.
Talk
Echo: Tai Shani and Iwona Blazwick in Conversation
At The Hellenic Centre on 31 Oct 2024Echo is a series of conversations with some of the world’s leading artists giving insight into their creativity while revealing the echoes of the past civilizations that resonate in their work. We are launching Echo with a conversation between curator Iwona Blazwick and artist Tai Shani who will discuss her work, focusing on the performance Anti-Antigone End Time (2011).
Talk
Travel Writers in Greece: from the 1940s to the Present
At The Hellenic Centre on 24 Oct 2024How have British and American writers portrayed their travels in Greece, and why? Professor Gonda Van Steen from King’s College London, award-winning author Peter Barber, and historian of travel writing Dr David Wills –discuss trends and examples from the 1940s to 2024. Co-organized with the Society for Modern Greek Studies.