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“Second World War Australian propaganda photography throughthe lens of Damien Parer and George Silk” (Athens)
Thursday 6 November 2025, 7pm, AAIA Hostel, Promachou 2, 11742 Makriyanni This presentation examines Australian propaganda photography during the Second World War through the work of official war photographers Damien Parer and George Silk. Focusing on selected imagery from the campaigns in Greece and the Pacific theatre, it explores how their photographs contributed to the…
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“Fake news: looking at Persia through Greek eyes in the 5th century BC” (Athens)
Tuesday 23 September 2025, 7pmAAIA Hostel, Promachou 2, 11742 Makriyanni The Achaemenid Persian empire resonated as an existential threat in Greek consciousness, both real and imagined, through much of the fifth century BC. Unsurprisingly, people from the east were popular subjects in Greek literature, drama and art. This was a world of irresistible Oriental fabulousness…
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Sparta beyond Lakonia: A Mediterranean perspective (800-500 BCE) (Athens)
Public Lecture by Dr. Daphne D. Martin – Thursday 29 May 2025, 7:00pm – ATHENS