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If you are interested in the Society and
wish further information please contact
the Secretary: Mrs Joyce Wilson
Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society
9 Gordon Road, Aberdeen, AB15 7RY
Telephone: 07921269772
e-mail: aberdeenhellenicsociety@gmail.com
www.aberdeenscottishhellenicsociety.org.uk
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2014-2015
The Society offers classes in Modern Greek as well as a Film
Club; for information see the Society website or contact
Melvin Dalgarno on 01224 494508.
The Society recommends to you the only Greek restaurant in
Aberdeen, Christos Taverna, John Street (telephone: 01224
636320), which hosts some of the Society’s social events.
• “And Beneath the Altar White Mice Make Their Nests”: Sacred
Animals in Greek Temples
Dr Sian Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, University of St
Andrews
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
• “Twice a Stranger”: the Catastrophic Success of the Compulsory
Exchange of Populations Agreed by Venizelos and Ataturk
Dr Yorgos Dedes, Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of London
Thursday, 12 March 2015
• A Celebration of Greek Film Music
Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 8 pm (The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate)
• Easter Party
Sunday, 12 April 2015 at 1 pm (Balgownie Playing Fields, off
Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don)
• Rembetika Night
Wednesday, 15 April 2015 at 8 pm (The Blue Lamp, 121
Gallowgate)
• Annual General Meeting
Followed by a talk and the End of Session Party
Thursday, 7 May 2015 at 7 pm (the Chaplaincy Centre, 25 High
Street, University of Aberdeen)
• Taverna Night
Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at 7 pm (Christos Greek Taverna, John Street)
The Society Film Club meets every two weeks each term on a Friday
evening, commencing 26 September 2014. Details are available on
the Society website and from Melvin Dalgarno on 01224 494508.
Ordinary/Student/School member (Delete as appropriate)
Send to: Mrs Joyce Wilson, Secretary, Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society, 9 Gordon Road, Aberdeen AB15 7RY
A membership card, with full details of the programme, is
issued as a receipt of subscription.
• The Greek Symposium
Dr Samantha Newington, Teaching Fellow, University of Aberdeen,
followed by the cutting of the Vasilopita
Thursday, 22 January 2015
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Further events, mostly in the form of illustrated talks, take
place at approximately monthly intervals, normally at the
University Campus in Old Aberdeen, and are followed by
refreshments. The cutting of the Vasilopita (traditional New
Year cake) containing a lucky coin, follows the January
meeting.
• Byron’s Greece (1809-1824)
Joint Meeting with The Hellenic Society
Professor Roderick Beaton, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and
Byzantine History, Language and Literature, and Director of the
Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, London
Thursday, 11 December 2014 (MacRobert Building MR051)
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The first meeting of the Society’s 2014-2015 programme is on
Thursday 9 October at 7.30 pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, King
Street (opposite the University playing fields), and takes the
form of a Greek Evening. Greek food and wine are served to
members free of charge and music, dancing and AV
presentations take place in the course of the evening.
• Paddy Leigh Fermor: Adventures and Travels in his Archives
Graham Stewart, Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive Project Curator,
National Library of Scotland
Thursday, 13 November 2014
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ACTIVITIES
• Cacoyannis and Irene Papas
David Wingrove, Open Studies, University of Edinburgh
Thursday, 30 October 2014
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For further information and photographs of the Society’s
activities visit the web site at:
www.aberdeenscottishhellenicsociety.org.uk
• Greek Evening
Thursday, 9 October 2014 (St Mary’s Church Hall, King Street)
(BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE)
The Society, which in its present form dates from 1980, aims
to offer a varied programme of informative and entertaining
talks with a balance between ancient and modern Greek
topics.
(held in Regent Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen,
at 7.30 pm unless otherwise stated)
I/We wish to join the Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society and enclose £ ____________
(Ordinary membership £15, Students £5, Schoolchildren £1.50)
Are you interested in Greece or Cyprus? Perhaps you have
spent a holiday there, or watched TV programmes about Greek
archaeology or read books written about or set in Greece.
Whether your interest is in Ancient, Byzantine or Modern
Greece, in the literature, the life, or the people, the Aberdeen
Scottish Hellenic Society exists to help you develop that
interest. It also serves to provide opportunities for Greeks,
Cypriots and local residents to meet each other socially.
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