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The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is committed to supporting Hellenic education, culture and heritage initiatives across Canada. Its award-winning History Committee creates public history projects for a diaspora audience. This podcasting channel “HHF

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    • Oct 8, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Edo Polytechnio: Episode Two - The Road to 1967

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023 28:14


     To understand the student occupation of the Athens Polytechnio, you have to understand Greece in the Post-WWII years.  

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    Edo Polytechnio: Episode One - Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023 26:25


    Hosts Bill Molos and Sandra Gionas start the 50th anniversary retrospective journey into the events at the Athens Polytechnio in November 1973.  

    Exodus: The Stories of 1922 - Episode Five "A New Greece"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 66:41


    Exodus: The Stories of 1922  is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode Five: "A New Greece"Hosts Sandra Gionas and HHF History Committee volunteer Natasha Bourliaskou discuss how the Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Thrace changed Greece, in terms of politics, sports, language, literature, food and music. This podcast is produced by the award-winning History Committee of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation.  Learn more about HHF by visiting hhf.caSponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis.

    Exodus: The Stories of 1922 - Episode Four "Strangers"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 59:46


    Exodus: The Stories of 1922  is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode Four: "Strangers"Hosts Sandra Gionas and HHF History Committee volunteer Jason-Nikolaos Rodopoulos examine how the refugees were absorbed into Greece and Turkey, what efforts were made to help settle them and what they experienced as they tried to start their lives over in new places.This podcast is produced by the award-winning History Committee of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation.  Learn more about HHF by visiting hhf.caSponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis.

    Exodus: The Stories of 1922 - Episode Three "Uprooted"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 65:32


    Exodus: The Stories of 1922  is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode Three: "Uprooted"Hosts Sandra Gionas and HHF History Committee historian Terry Gitersos take a look at rising tide of nationalism, the breakdown of the Ottoman Empire and the how the Greco-Turkish War of 1920-22 ultimately led to the mass expulsion of Christian Greeks from Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace.This podcast is produced by the award-winning History Committee of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation.  Learn more about HHF by visiting hhf.caSponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis.

    Exodus: The Stories of 1922 - Episode Two "Ta Meri Mas/Our Homelands"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 50:57


    Exodus: The Stories of 1922  is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode One: "Ta Meri Mas/Our Homelands"Hosts Sandra Gionas and Prof. Sakis Gekas take a look at what life was like for the Greeks of Asia Minor, from daily life and culture to how the Ottoman politics affected them. This podcast is produced by the award-winning History Committee of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation.  Learn more about HHF hereSponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis.

    Exodus: The Stories of 1922 - Episode One "Loss"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 60:54


    Exodus: The Stories of 1922  is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode One: “Loss”Hosts Sandra Gionas and Prof. Sakis Gekas look at the wider story of the Great Catastrophe and the population exchange that followed. They discuss the Pontian Genocide and talk to the descendants of refugees about memory, trauma and resilience.This podcast is produced by the award-winning History Committee of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation.  Learn more about HHF hereSponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis.

    KORE 670 - Episode One

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 22:05


    KORE 670: The Podcast is a two-part podcast accompanying the Kore 670 Exhibit (March 12-September 25, 2022) at the Royal Ontario Museum.  This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF), the lead patron of the exhibit. EPISODE 1A Kore Comes to Toronto. Learn all about Kore 670, a Greek archaic antiquity at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), on exchange from the Acropolis Museum in Athens. With Paul Denis, Assistant Curator, Greek and Roman Galleries at the ROM.The HHF is a national charitable, non-profit organization established in Toronto in 1996. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and advance Hellenic education, culture, and heritage in Canada by funding initiatives that enrich the lives of Hellenic Canadians and philhellenes. Learn more about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    KORE 670 - Episode Two

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 36:36


    KORE 670: The Podcast is a two-part podcast accompanying the Kore 670 Exhibit (March 12-September 25, 2022) at the Royal Ontario Museum.  This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF), the lead patron of the exhibit.EPISODE 2The Parthenon Marbles & What Purpose Do Museums Serve? A discussion with Prof. Dimitrios Pandermalis, President of the Acropolis Museum on the Parthenon Marbles; also, what should museums be and what can they offer the public, with museum consultant Gail Lord and Paul Denis, Assistant Curator, Greek and Roman Galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum.The HHF is a national charitable, non-profit organization established in Toronto in 1996. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and advance Hellenic education, culture, and heritage in Canada by funding initiatives that enrich the lives of Hellenic Canadians and philhellenes.Learn more about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode Seven: The Founding of a Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 41:25


    The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School!EPISODE 7Georgia Balogiannis and Prof. Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, along with Prof. Michalis Sotiropoulos from the University of Thrace, look at how the Greek Revolution ended and nationhood began. What challenges did the new state face and how did those initial years influence the nation Greece would eventually become?LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode Six: Philhellenes and the Greek Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 42:46


    The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School!EPISODE 6Georgia Balogiannis, Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, and Chris Grafos, Co-Founder of the Greek-Canadian History Project and a historian with the HHF, look at the American and European Philhellenes who took up the cause of the Greek Revolutionary War.LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode Five: Women of the Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 42:38


    The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School!EPISODE 5Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, delve into the feminine side of the Greek Revolution, featuring the female heroes who fought in and influenced the war. They also look at the toll the war took on the average Greek woman.LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode Four: The Heroes of The Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 31:36


    The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School!EPISODE 4Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, go beyond the larger-than-life narratives of the Greek Revolution's heroes to look at who they really were.  Also, what exactly makes a hero in the first place?LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode Three: The Brutality of War

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 40:43


     The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School!EPISODE 3Georgia Balogiannis and HHF History Committee historian Terry Gitersos look at the violence that permeated the Greek Revolutionary War of 1821. It went far beyond simple warfare, where vengeance, massacres and slavery were the price to be paid by fighters and civilians alike.LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode Two: Not One War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 24:52


    The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 2Journalist Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, look at the various groups which took arms during the Greek Revolution of 1821, to examine what was in it for them?LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

    The Idea of Greece Episode One: The Origins of the Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 38:47


    The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School!  EPISODE 1Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, explore what the area, now known as Greece, looked like before the revolution and the conditions which led Greeks to revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1821.LEARN MORE about the Hellenic Heritage Foundation here

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