HUC Opening Reception
Oct
15
2:00 PM14:00

HUC Opening Reception

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Our OPENING RECEPTION takes place THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON (Oct. 15th) at ARONIMINK GOLF CLUB in Newtown Square (PA) . . . and my Board  members and I enthusiastically invite you to join us there and then! Aronimink is a fine old country club (nearly 100 years old) with lots of charm inside its Victorian-style clubhouse — and stunning views of its 300-acre platinum golf course outside. 

We’ve reserved a lovely room in the Aronimink Clubhouse from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm, so you can come early and spend a long, leisurely afternoon eating and drinking with us. Or come later if you have an early Sunday event to attend.

Let us know by THIS FRIDAY (the 13th!) if you can join us on Sunday. Reserve on EVENTBRITE — or contact Georgia Chletcos (See attached flyer for details). You may pay at the door if you reserve by Friday . . . but please do NOT show up at the Reception without making your reservation by Friday. (Something frightening might happen to you! Just kidding ;-) 

For questions, please call or text Georgia Chletcos at 610-547-0072.

We look forward to welcoming you on Sunday and beginning the 87th season of the Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia!

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HUC Scholarship Dinner 2023
Jun
2
6:00 PM18:00

HUC Scholarship Dinner 2023

We Invite All Members and Friends to Join Us On Friday, June 2, 2023 at the Arts Ballroom!

Come and Meet Our 2023-2024 Scholarship Recipients!

Presentation of Awards to High School Graduates and College/University Students from the Greater Philadelphia Region

6:00 pm - Meet and Greet Reception (Cash Bar)

6:30 pm - Buffet Dinner

Join us as we honor these high-achieving and worthy young scholars!

Please reserve by Friday, May 26, 2023

1324 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Tickets are $80/person

For additional information please contact:

Toula Bastas at 215-424-8180 or tbastas@aol.com

Please mail your completed reservation form and payment to:

Toula Bastas, 1046 W Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA. 19141

or reserve through hucawards2023.eventbrite.com

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The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries: Naval Commanders Report and Protest Death Marches and Massacres in Turkey’s Pontus Region, 1921-1922
Apr
20
7:00 PM19:00

The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries: Naval Commanders Report and Protest Death Marches and Massacres in Turkey’s Pontus Region, 1921-1922

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Starting in 1914 the Young Turks began a systematic campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing of the Greeks of Eastern Thrace and western Asia Minor. This campaign continued until 1922 with deportations and massacres of the Greeks in other areas of Asia Minor. The defeat of the Greek Army and the destruction of Smyrna in 1922 ended the 2,700-year presence of Greeks in Anatolia.

The lecture will be based on the book of the same title which is a collection of previously unpublished documents of the US Navy.

Savvas “Sam” Koktzoglou is a retired Mechanical Engineer. He received his engineering degrees from Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania. During his career he worked in senior level engineering positions in both the private and public sectors in Greece and the United States. Prior to his engineering career he served as a second lieutenant in the Greek Army Reserve special forces. Sam is on the Board of Directors of a number of nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area. He is an avid reader of Greek history with special interest in the history of Asia Minor. Sam is the co-author of The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries. Sam’s parents were refugees from Asia Minor who settled in Greece in 1922.

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HUC Young Scholars: Dr. Artemis Zavaliangos-Petropulu on the effects of ketamine in the treatment of depression.
Jun
9
7:00 PM19:00

HUC Young Scholars: Dr. Artemis Zavaliangos-Petropulu on the effects of ketamine in the treatment of depression.

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A talk from former HUC scholarship recipient Dr. Artemis Zavaliangos-Petropulu on her neurological research into the effects of ketamine in the treatment of depression. She is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles. Artemis is a past recipient of HUC’s Kathleen and Nicholas Fisfis Graduate Scholarship. This talk is part of our Young Scholars Spotlight series.

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Speaker Event: Greek Music in Tarpon Springs, Florida
May
12
6:00 PM18:00

Speaker Event: Greek Music in Tarpon Springs, Florida

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Panayotis League is Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of the Center for Music of the Americas at Florida State University. He specializes in the traditional music of the Greek islands, northeastern Brazil, and Ireland. He has published extensively in ethnomusicology and his new book explores the musical heritage of Asia Minor in the United States, Echoes of the Great Catastrophe: Re-Sounding Anatolian Greekness in Diaspora (2021). Dr. League is an accomplished musician and recording artist. In 2018 he was awarded a Traditional Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and in 2019 was named a Master Artist by the Florida Folklife Program for performing and teaching the traditional music and oral poetry of Kalymnos in the Greek immigrant community of Tarpon Springs.

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The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974
Apr
16
11:00 AM11:00

The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974

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On Saturday, April 16, 2022, at 11 a.m. from opposite ends of the globe, scholars Katerina Lagos & Othon Anastasakis will join HUC for The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974. Their academic expertise – they possess deep knowledge and understanding of European political volatility during the modern era – makes this a must-attend event in light of the war in Ukraine, the rise of authoritarianism, and the increasingly turbulent politics of the past few years, both in the United States and overseas. Anastasakis and Lagos have just co-edited The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past (2021).

From 1967 to 1974, the military junta ruling Greece attempted a dramatic reshaping of the nation, implementing ideas and policies that left a lasting mark on both domestic affairs and international relations. Bringing together leading scholars from a range of disciplines, The Greek Military Dictatorship explores the junta’s attempts to impose authoritarian rule upon a rapidly modernizing country while navigating a complex international landscape. Focusing both on foreign relations as well as domestic matters such as economics, ideology, religion, culture and education, this book offers a fresh and well-researched study of a key period in modern Greek history.

Othon Anastasakis is Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), Senior Research Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and Visiting Professor at the Prague School of Economics and Business. He is the author and editor of many books and articles including Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis: Greece and Beyond (2022), The Legacy of Yugoslavia: Politics, Economy and Society (2020), and Balkan Legacies of the Great War: The Past is Never Dead (2016). His research interests include populism, illiberalism and the far right, comparative European politics, migration and Greek diaspora, Balkan party politics, South East European geopolitics, Greek and Turkish foreign policies, Greek political economy, Russia, and the Balkans.

Katerina Lagos is Professor of History and Director of the Hellenic Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento. She is a modern Greek historian with expertise in the interwar period, minorities, education, fascism, dictatorship, World War II, and Jewish history. Her publications include "Interwar Greece: Its Generals, a Republic, and the Monarchy" (2020), and "Forced Assimilation or Emigration: Sephardic Jewry in Thessaloniki, 1917–1941" (2015). Dr. Lagos is currently working on a book on Jewish minorities in Greece and the Metaxas dictatorship.

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Fighters and Victims: Greek Women in the War of Greek Independence
Mar
26
11:00 AM11:00

Fighters and Victims: Greek Women in the War of Greek Independence

This event occurred on Zoom, and you can find the recording here: https://www.hucphiladelphia.org/event-recordings

Eleni Angelomatis-Tsougarakis is Professor Emerita of the Department of History at Ionian University in Corfu in Greece. She is the author of several books and articles on foreign travelers in Greece, Greek men of letters during the Ottoman era, the history of education, the history of women, and local history (Crete, Corfu). They include The Eve of the Greek Revival: British Travellers' Perceptions of Early Nineteenth Century Greece (1990) and Greece before the War of Greek Independence: 1821 the Birth of a National State (2011).

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Do children adjust their speech to the informational needs of others?
Mar
22
7:00 PM19:00

Do children adjust their speech to the informational needs of others?

This is part of the HUC Young Scholars Spotlight Series. It occurred on Zoom, and you can find the recording here: https://www.hucphiladelphia.org/event-recordings

Myrto Grigoroglou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Linguistics and the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Toronto. She obtained her PhD in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto. Myrto did undergraduate studies in Communication and Linguistics at the University of Athens and postgraduate studies in Communication in Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her research focuses on how children acquire the meaning of words and grammatical constructions in their native language, and how children and adults use language in communication.

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This Way Back: From New York to Cyprus and Back
Feb
10
7:00 PM19:00

This Way Back: From New York to Cyprus and Back

Author Joanna Eleftheriou joins HUC members for a lecture about her memoir, a collection of essays titled, This Way Back: From New York to Cyprus and Back, on Thursday, February 10, at 7 p.m. Joanna moved from New York City to a Greek-Cypriot village, a journey dramatically captured as a comingof-age experience for a professional, feminist woman seeking a way to remain part of the Greek Orthodox Church both in the United States and Cyprus. Joanna will read from the essay “Ithacas” and discuss the process of sharing her Greek-Cypriot-American experience with a broad readership and fielding questions such as: What does it mean to go “back home” when you are Greek-American? Are we on a journey back to our Greek and Cypriot homelands, or searching for any place that will make us feel like we belong? How do we keep alive the traditions of our homelands as we emerge as modern Greek-Americans of the twenty-first century?

Joanna is an assistant professor of English at Christopher Newport University, a contributing editor of Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies and a faculty member at the Writing Workshops in Greece. Her essays, short stories, and translations appear regularly in journals including Apalachee Review, Chautauqua, CutBank, Arts and Letters, and The Common. She serves in the Executive Board of the Modern Greek Studies Association and was book review editor for the Journal of Modern Greek Studies.

The Zoom link is here.

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Artoklasia
Jan
30
8:30 AM08:30

Artoklasia

Please join us as we celebrate the Day of Greek Letters and honor our Patron Saints, The Three Hierarchs – Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom – at our Annual Artoklasia Service on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at Annunciation/ Evangelismos Church, 7921 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027. Orthros will begin at 8:30 a.m., and Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. With the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic in mind, members may attend the service either in person or virtually via Facebook Livestream here. Whichever method you choose, let us all join together in prayer for this special and meaningful service.

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Seeing Through the Prism of a Century: Latino Immigration Today from a Greek-American Perspective
Jan
22
2:00 PM14:00

Seeing Through the Prism of a Century: Latino Immigration Today from a Greek-American Perspective

Join the HUC for the first of our 2022 educational events: Paul Apostolidis, Associate Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, will speak to HUC via Zoom on Saturday, January 22 at 2:00 p.m., on the topic, “Seeing Through the Prism of a Century: Latino Immigration Today from a Greek-American Perspective.” Dr. Apostolidis is grandson of HUC cofounders Dr. Nicholas and Kively Padis, and he recently joined our Club as a member from England.

The Zoom link for the event is here.

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HUC & AHEPA Chapter 69 Virtual College/Career Panel
Oct
23
9:30 AM09:30

HUC & AHEPA Chapter 69 Virtual College/Career Panel

The Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia and AHEPA Camden Chapter 69 are excited to be once again hosting their virtual college and career panel.

Register via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZAtcequqjIqH9OVvgaJX_1gb...

The intended audience for this event is high school and college students.

Members interested in being a panelist can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSf4sFZ2VKXJKN.../viewform

This is a great opportunity for students in high school or college to learn more about specific college majors, careers, and available scholarship opportunities while networking with local professionals. Please spread the word to those in your friend and family networks.

The event will be held on Saturday, October 23rd from 9:30am-3:30 pm over zoom. Young professionals interested in being a panelist are encouraged to let us know using the signup link below (spots may be limited). We look forward to hosting this event!

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The "Relics of the Struggle" Talk - Veterans, Widows, and Orphans of the 1821 Greek Revolution
May
6
7:30 PM19:30

The "Relics of the Struggle" Talk - Veterans, Widows, and Orphans of the 1821 Greek Revolution

Thursday, May 6 at 7:30pm EST, Sakis Gekas will discuss his forthcoming book “The Relics of the Struggle: Veterans, Widows, and Orphans of the 1821 Greek Revolution”. This talk offers new perspectives on the history of the veterans of the Greek revolution and will discuss their participation in the war, their condition as disabled or suffering from serious illness, and their families’ condition after the war.

Zoom link to join is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88335823864pwd=RExvak5yQlhaRlIrYSttckpSUldLUT09

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The Diaspora and the Greek War of Independence
Mar
27
1:00 PM13:00

The Diaspora and the Greek War of Independence

The national movement which led to the outbreak of the war for Greek independence in 1821 has a particular interest. It was the first to develop outside Western Christendom and in a Muslim state. The Greeks were the first of the peoples of the Balkan peninsula to establish a sovereign state, an example which was followed by the other peoples of the region during the next ninety years. The talk will look at the reasons for this precocity and, in particular, at the role of the pre-independence Greek diaspora that had emerged in central and western Europe, southern Russia and the Mediterranean in the development of the national movement. Greek merchants had in effect established a commercial empire before Greece had gained its independence. The Philiki Etairia, the secret revolutionary society which laid the organizational groundwork for the uprising, was founded in Odessa by three petty merchants. Few of the wealthier merchants played any role in its activities. But they did have an indirect role in developing a national consciousness by enabling young Greeks to study in European universities, where they became aware of the almost universal admiration for the civilization of ancient Greece that existed in educated circles. Some founded schools back in the Greek homeland and subsidized the printing of books. Few observers in 1821 expected the uprising to succeed, but the insurgents, by holding out long enough for the Great Powers to feel obliged to intervene against the Ottoman Empire, eventually met with success in establishing an independent state.

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Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922 with Soloup
Jan
31
2:30 PM14:30

Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922 with Soloup

Zoom Link Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82995667868

Join us for an online lecture with graphic artist Soloúp (Antonis Nikolopoulos) on his book Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922, translated into English in 2019. Soloúp is a celebrated Greek cartoonist whose work has been featured in newspapers and magazine (To Vema, Pontiki, etc.) He is the author of many books, including The Collector: Six Short Stories for a Big Bad Wolf (2018), Sweet Dawn: Fourteen Stories from the German Occupation of Athens (2019), and History of the Greek Comics (2012). Aivali is a seaside town on the western Aegean coast overtaken by Kemal Atatürk’s army on September 5, 1922. Soloúp narrates the sufferings of the Asia Minor Catastrophe through the eye-witness accounts of four Aivali natives, authors Elias Venezis, Agapi Venezi-Molyviati, Photis Kontoglou, and Ahmet Yorulmaz.

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Annual Artoklasia Service
Jan
31
9:00 AM09:00

Annual Artoklasia Service

Please join us as we celebrate the Day of Greek Letters and honor our Patron Saints, the Three Hierarchs – Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom – with our Annual Artoklasia Service on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at Saint Luke Greek Orthodox Church, 35 N Malin Road, Broomall, Pennsylvania 19008. Orthros will begin at 9:00 am, Divine Liturgy at 10:00 am.

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Thermopylae and Salamis: The Battles for Europe?
Oct
22
7:00 PM19:00

Thermopylae and Salamis: The Battles for Europe?

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With the 2500th anniversaries of Thermopylae and Salamis looming this year, it is fitting to stop and reevaluate these crucial battles in world history.

President Pavlopoulos has recently claimed: “Greece, faithful to its historic legacy, remains a kind of ‘outlying border’ of the West toward the East – presenting through its free spirit and civilization, a genuine and altruistic defense of peace, freedom and democracy.” But the events of 480 BC have left a complex legacy, both inspirational and more troubling. This lecture presents an account of the events of 480 BC and attempts to evaluate the legacy of the Persian Wars for the Greeks and for the West.

This event is free and open to the general public!

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HUC Opening Reception 2019
Sep
15
5:00 PM17:00

HUC Opening Reception 2019

Join the HUC for our opening reception for the 2019-2020 season! Tickets are $35 in advance and $50 at the door, and include a buffet and a cash bar.

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Members, non-member guests, and prospective members are all invited to attend!

Any new members who attend the event and join the club by November 1st will receive complimentary dues for the year.

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HUC Annual Business Meeting
Jun
9
1:00 PM13:00

HUC Annual Business Meeting

Come join the HUC for our annual Business Meeting at St. Luke’s Greek Orthodox Church. A complimentary light lunch will be available at 1pm and the meeting will began at 1:30pm.

Come to hear the status of our Club, this year’s Committee reports, and take part in the election of next year’s Officers, Directors, and Scholarship Awards Committee.

We must have a quorum to end this Club year and hold elections for the upcoming year.

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A HUC Lecture: Remembering the Pontic-Greek Genocide
Apr
1
7:00 PM19:00

A HUC Lecture: Remembering the Pontic-Greek Genocide

Come join the HUC and the Federation of Hellenic American Societies for a lecture with Professor Thomas Sawidis about the Pontic-Greek Genocide. The lecture will take place in the Geary B. Auditorium at Drexel and is free of charge! This lecture is part of a series of events planned to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the genocide.

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The HUC Goes to the Theater: Euripides' Medea at the Queens Theater
Feb
23
1:00 PM13:00

The HUC Goes to the Theater: Euripides' Medea at the Queens Theater

The Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia will be travelling to Queens in New York City for dinner in Astoria and a performance of Euripides' Medea at the Queens Theater.

Tickets are $100 per person and you can purchase them here.

The $100 ticket price includes transportation (via bus from St. Thomas Church in Cherry Hill, NJ), dinner, and a theater ticket! If time allows, there will be a stop at Titan Foods!

The bus will depart from St. Thomas Church in Cherry Hill at 1pm on Saturday 2/23, Dinner will be at 4pm, and the show will be at 7pm at the Queens Theater!

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Artoklasia at St. George's Cathedral
Jan
27
8:30 AM08:30

Artoklasia at St. George's Cathedral

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We invite you to join the HUC as we celebrate the Day of Greek Letters and honor our Patron Saints, the Three Hierarchs — Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom — with our annual Artoklasia Service at Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Philadelphia, PA. Orthros will begin at 8:45am, Divine Liturgy at 10am, and fellowship in the community center following Divine Liturgy.

Saint George Cathedral is where most of our founding members attended, and where our club first embarked on its long history. Let us honor that beginning as we continue our journey. We look forward to seeing our members from Saint George Cathedral, as well as our members from the Greater Philadelphia area attend and join us in prayer for our health and well-being as we advance our mission of PAIDEIA!

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