Proceedings of the 8th Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies, 2009
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The Eighth Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies, held at Flinders University, South Australia, in June, 2009, represented an important global gathering. The Conference hosted representatives and presenters from four continents and nine countries and engaged audiences with an impressive collection of papers. The Conference helped celebrate a unique milestone for Greek Studies, marking as it did a celebration of 22 golden years of Modern Greek studies at Flinders University.
A very distinctive feature of proceedings publication of this important conference is the light it has shed on specific Hellenic debates and discourses, both current and historical. The authors have provided erudite discussions on a broad range of topics, inviting new ways of thinking activated through reflection on change. The reader is ever invited to reinterpret new meanings stemming from a deep respect for preserving links with the past.
All papers published in the present volume were assessed by our reviewers as significant academic contributions to the sociology of historical and cultural knowledge. The reviewers themselves are esteemed scholars of international renown.
The papers in this collection address a number of significant themes in Greek Studies: Ancient Greek Philosophy across Time; The Recent History of Greece and Cyprus: key issues as they pertain to Greek and Cypriot discourse and debate; Greeks and Cypriots in Australia and Beyond: personal and cultural histories dealing with concepts underpinning change over time and elaborated on in relation to personal memoirs and socio-cultural discourse; Modern Greek literature, Language, Education and the Arts: Discourses related to literature, language, education and the arts as they influence intercultural dynamics; myths and tradition; visual and performing arts; linguistics and learning.
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Self-Portraits by Nineteenth-Century Greek Painters
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)The subject of this paper is the self-portrait, and, in particular, the ways in which Greek painters of the 19th century supported and expanded the genre. A series of self-portraits of painters who lived beyond the borders ... -
Parmenides, Hegel and Special Relativity
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)This paper explores two different responses to the metaphysics of Parmenides. It highlights the importance of Parmenides in the development of the Hegelian Dialectic. And it examines some of the parallels between Parmenides ... -
Medicine in Ancient Cyprus
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)In ancient times, Cyprus played an important role in the science of Medicine. This was largely due to its rich mineral deposits and its varied vegetation, both of which were primary sources for the preparation of medicaments. ... -
The Dying and Deathless Musician in Modern Greek Culture: Nikos Xylouris and Manos Loizos
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)The aim of this paper is to explore the way that the image of popular musicians in Greece is informed, modified and transformed by death. The image of the dying musician has become established in Greek tradition and is a ... -
Mythology in the Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Scholia represent a significant heritage of the ancient critics’ philological activity. Their main aim was to contribute to correct understanding of the text while taking into account not only the linguistic and literary ... -
The Australian Contribution to the United Nations Force in Cyprus
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)This paper, based on Australian sources, aims to examine the logic behind Australia’s decision to contribute a police unit in the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964. It offers answers to questions such as: ... -
Η Ποίηση του Γ. Ρίτσου και τα Ρέοντα Σύνορα της Θηλυκότητας
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Please note: this article is in Greek. Ritsos, and the crossing borders of femininity: This inter-disciplinary paper seeks to examine the perception of Modern Greek history and the feminine in Ritsos poetry. In many cultures ... -
History, Identity and Culture of the Borderland Community of Tsamantas in Epirus, North-Western Greece
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Before the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the twentieth century, nationality was not of great significance to the people of Epirus; instead, diverse elements — cultural, historical, social and spatial ... -
Όψεις και ιδιαιτερότητες του Εθνικού Διχασμού στην Κύπρο, 1914–1920
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Please note: this article is in Greek. National Schism in Cyprus, 1914–1920: aspects and particularities: The intense dispute between the prime minister Eleftherios Veniselos and King Constantine regarding Greece’s position ... -
Η συμβολή πεζού – ποιητικού λόγου στο έργο του Γιάννη Ρίτσου. Πρώτες επισημάνσεις
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Please note: this article is in Greek. The confluence of prose and poetic discourse in Yiannis Ritsos’ work. Initial observations: Yiannis Ritsos since 1936 — and especially during the years 1956–1975 — developed an ... -
A Turning Point in the Long History of Hestia Publishers & Booksellers: The Dictatorship Years and the Aftermath
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Hestia Publishers & Booksellers is the oldest Greek publishing house in operation since 1885, without interruption. This paper covers the evolution of the enterprise focusing on the company’s publishing strategy at the ... -
Νέες πολιτισμικές γεωγραφίες στην Αθήνα του εικοστού πρώτου αιώνα: το κέντρο της παλιάς πόλης ως όριο και σκηνή θεάτρου “Πολιτισμός: Life-style ή Modus Vivendi στο ιστορικό κέντρο της Αθήνας;"
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Please note: this article is in Greek. New Cultural Geographies in twenty first century Athens: the old towns’ center as stage and borderline: for many decades the new formed Hellenic state needed to refer to its ancient ... -
The Inverted World of the Amazons: Aspects of a Persistent Myth in Early Modern Greek Literature
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)The myth of the Amazons has been one of the most potent and popular of all Greek myths from its inception to the present day. In the first part of this paper, a presentation of its basic elements is attempted. This ... -
Across Cultural Boundaries: Greek and Aboriginal Australians in Contact
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)The Greeks and the Indigenous people of Australia represent two cultures of ancient origins within the dominant Australian society. Opposing discrimination on the basis of ethnic and minority distinctions, both support the ... -
Shakin’ the World Over: The Greek-Australian Milk Bar
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)In Sydney, late in 1932, Joachim Tavlaridis — known as Mick Adams — opened Australia’s first modern “American-style” milk bar: the Black & White 4d. Milk Bar. Indeed, Adams’ milk bar was the world’s first. Within five ... -
Reflections on Primary Resource Material Research in Lahania, a Greek Village on the Island of Rhodes and Migration to Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia. Part Two
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)The brief upsurge of positive contributions to Lahania in the mid-1920s by the Italians was swept away by the Fascism that was imposed in the next decade. This imposition affected the daily lives of the villagers, their ... -
Anaximander’s Zoogony
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Aetius v, 19, 4 gives the following account of Anaximander’s zoogony: Ἀναξίμανδρος ἐν ὑγρῷ γεννησθῆναι τὰ πρῶτα ζῷα φλοιοῖς περιεχόμενα ἀκανθώδεσι, προβαινούσης δὲ τῆς ἡλικίας ἀποβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὸ ζηρότερον καὶ περιρρηγνυμένου ... -
Finding the Boundaries of Tolerance: Exploring Attitudes to Health Illness and Disability
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Stigma, silence and little in-depth research into Hellenes’ worldviews and practices regarding health, especially mental health, illness and disability, were catalysts for interpretative mixed method research, primarily ... -
The Evolution of Greek Identity through the Study of Selected Short Stories of Greek Australian Writers: 1901–2001
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)This paper draws from a larger project on the diasporic and transnational identities in the writing of Greek Australians. It examines the diasporic notions of Greek identity in Australia through the analysis of selected ... -
Aristotle on Non-Contradiction
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2011)Aristotle’s defence of the principle of non-contradiction has been recently criticized by Graham Priest. I argue that Priest’s arguments do not work against the primary version of Aristotle’s principle; Priest relies on ...