Hellenic American Women's Council - HAWC

10/24/2026

10/24/2026

More than a century after her great-grandparents were forced to leave Smyrna, Greek singer Erini retraced her family's history, discovering their ancestral village and a relative's former home near Izmir.

On November 5, she brings that story to Philadelphia with *Fos: An Asia Minor Story*, combining documentary film and live music at The Rotunda.

The free performance begins at 7 p.m., followed by a traditional Greek dance lesson at 8:30 p.m.

Learn more and register through Cosmos Philly: https://cosmosphilly.com/erini-fos-asia-minor-story-philadelphia-2026/

10/24/2026

Dear Hellenes and Philhellenes,

You are warmly invited to Illinois Classics Day at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

Organized by the Department of the Classics in collaboration with the University Library and the Spurlock Museum, this special day celebrates Classical and Modern Greek Studies and welcomes the new Consul General of Greece in Chicago to campus. It is an opportunity to meet faculty, students, and library and museum colleagues; explore the University’s collections; and learn about the teaching, research, and public engagement work that promotes the study of Greece from antiquity to the present.

Program highlights:

11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. — Welcome at the Department of the Classics and visit to the Spurlock Museum
1:00–2:30 p.m. — Lunch and conversation
2:30–5:00 p.m. — Afternoon programming at the Main Library and the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
A featured public session will take place from 3:00–4:30 p.m. in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Main Library, Room 346), with short presentations showcasing programs and projects in Classical and Modern Greek studies, followed by refreshments. This portion is free and open to the public.

The event is hosted with the support of the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago and the Enosis Federation of Hellenic-American Organizations of Illinois.

If you would like to attend the full day (including lunch), please RSVP by November 12, 2026 to Professor Ariana Traill at [email protected], indicating whether you plan to join for lunch. A detailed program, directions, and parking information will be sent to confirmed guests.

We hope you will join us in celebrating our shared commitment to the Greek language, history, and culture, and in strengthening the ties between the University of Illinois and the Hellenic community of Illinois.

With warm regards,

George Reveliotis

ENOSIS, President

10/24/2026

The Greek-Australian literary scene is as vibrant as ever, and on 6 November some of its most fascinating voices will come together for a very special conversation.

We’re delighted that writers, academics and storytellers from Australia and Greece, including Vrasidas Karalis, Christos Tsiolkas and Helen Vatsikopoulos, will tune in online for the International Symposium “Greek-Australians Write Back!: Voices of Change”. Across three sessions and a plenary conversation, the symposium will explore Greek-Australian writing through stories of migration, memory, identity, belonging, language and the experience of living between cultures.

We’re especially pleased that Ambassador Duncan will deliver opening remarks.
Congratulations to the Department of English Literature and Culture, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, for this wonderful initiative, shining a light on Greek-Australian literary voices and the conversations they continue to inspire in Australia, the Greek diaspora and beyond.

📅 Date: 6 November 2026
🕘 Time: 09:00-15:00
💻 Location: Online
👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/LyMC9ZvvGP3NsSDr7
📖 Check out the full program: https://new.enl.auth.gr/conf/greek-australian-lit/

We hope you can join us!

Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης