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MA student Neal Payne accepted to the University of Cambridge for PhD program
MA student Neal Payne has recently been accepted to the University of Cambridge for his PhD beginning fall 2020 under the supervision of Professor Martin Millet in the Faculty of Classics. read more
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Members of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at SFU, Greek diaspora youth and educators talk StaEllinika with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis
On Monday, June 22, 2020, the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and government officials participated in a video conference with the Director of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Dr. Dimitris Krallis, staff working on the StaEllinika initiative, as well as children and teachers from five continents currently using StaEllinika. read more
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Upcoming events, updates, resources, and the chance to win a gift card!
We are now almost half way through 2020 and a lot has changed. There have been many challenges, but more often than not we have seen responses of resilience and kindness. Even though we can't be with our communities in person, we continue to support better understanding and engagement with Greece's history, language and culture, online. read more
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Island Sessions moves online with Political Animals webinars on June 18 and 19, 2020
The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies will be hosting two webinars as part of the Island Sessions seminar. We invite the public for two days of online discussions on the theme of Political Animals. read more
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Launch of Ideas & Futures online journal re-imagines societies beyond the pandemic
Thinking and beauty matter. A new online journal, launched earlier this month in response to the COVID-19 crisis, aims to intertwine aesthetics with a desire for social justice. Ideas & Futures is an open online journal, created by long-time friend and associate of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies, Dr. Sadia Abbas from Rutgers University - Newark, and the director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, Raza Ahmad Rumi. read more
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StaEllinika partners with Greek Archdiocese of America on ambitious pilot project
The General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, are pleased to announce the launch of a pilot for the StaEllinika Greek language learning platform in select US schools. read more
