News and Events

The Project of Autonomy and the Legacy of Cornelius Castoriadis

The Department of Modern Greek Studies is hosting The Project of Autonomy and the Legacy of Cornelius Castoriadis Conference on the 4th and 5th of December, 2009. The conference will take place in the Refectory Room which is in the Main Quadrangle area of the University of Sydney.

Please click for a provisional program for the Cornelius Castoriadis Conference in December.

The Department on Greek TV

Link to the recent Greek TV program "ERT World" featuring staff and students from the department (program in Greek).

Article in Neokosmos

Why Study Modern Greek? by Associate Professor Vrasidas Karalis, appeared in Neokosmos on 25 May, 2009.

Recollections of Manoly Lascaris

by Vrasidas Karalis, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Greek. His recollections of discussions over many years with Manoly Lascaris, Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White's partner. Published by Brandl and Schlesinger.

The books was launched by actress Kate Fitzpatrick on the closing night of the 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival.

An interview with Vrasidas Karalis appeared in The Australian newspaper on 10 May: The Face: Vrasidas Karalis.