Anthony Dracopoulos News Today

The Department of Modern Greek at the University of Sydney marks its 50th anniversary milestone with a free event on Sunday 14 April (3pm) as part of the 42nd Greek Festival of Sydney Program.

With strong encouragement for the preservation of the Greek language in Australia, Greek student organisations and Hellenic associations of NSW honoured the 50th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising.

Sydney is set to host events in commemoration of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising organised by the Greek Orthodox Community (GOC) of NSW and university students alike, spreading knowledge on this major date 50 years later.

Modern Greek at the tertiary level has suffered another setback, with Macquarie University announcing its intention to discontinue Modern Greek in 2024.

A community effort has been planned to support the Modern Greek Department at the University of Sydney in the form of a fundraiser lunch, putting extra focus on the attempt to help the study of Modern Greek at tertiary level.

The University of Sydney has commenced a research study focused on multilingualism, to assess the effect of immigration on Australia's identity.

The Combined Universities Greek Association (CUGA) commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising, hosting a standalone event dedicated to the protest for the first time in three years.

The cuisines of the Mediterranean lands, and of Greece in particular, was the topic of a talk given by Dr Alfred Vincent via UTS Hellenic Society