Don’t worry! Here you will find some of our most recent recorded lectures, forums, and book launches, which we have hosted over the past years.
You can view even more directly on our YouTube.
The IHS organises several lectures, book launches, social events, and workshops each year.
A talk by Athena Connock about our new family history initiative
‘Towards an archaeology of Venetian Ithaca’
Presented by Gerasimos Livitsanis, Archaeologist.
Lecture given 5 September 2022, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
'Bronze Masterpieces at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens: The Story of their Discovery, Conservation and Mounting for Display'
Lecture given by Dr Georgianna Moraitou (Head of Conservation, National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
2:00pm, Sunday 21 August 2022, Ithaca House, Melbourne.
The 1807 Census of Ithaca
Presented by Dr Ioanna Athanasopoulou, Ionian University
Lecture given 9 May 2022, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
‘Wild Colonial Greeks: The prominence of Ionian Islanders among Australia’s early Greek settlers’
Presented by Peter Prineas OAM, Author of Britain's Greek Islands (2012)
Lecture given 4 July 2022, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
'The O. Stathatos Nautical School of Ithaca (1907-1914): A pioneering donation to Ithacan and Greek society'
Presented by Machi Paizi-Apostolopoulou, Research Professor Emerita, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Lecture given 4 April 2022, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
'Brigandry and piracy in Ithaca during Venetian rule, with particular focus on the 17th century'
Presented by Dr Romina N Tsakiri (National Library of Greece, Athens)
Lecture given 15 November 2021, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
'Ithaca and the British protectorate (1815 - 1864): Between local and colonial history'
Presented by A/Prof Sakis Gekas, Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair of Modern Greek History, York University, Toronto
Lecture given 29 October 2021, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
'The Ithacan Libro d'Oro of 1803 and class structures in Ionian society after the end of Venetian rule'
Presented by Kyriaco Nikias (University of Vienna)
Lecture given 11 October 2021, 7:30pm (Melbourne time)
Footage from the screening of the documentary film Hidden Eye (Το Κρύφο Μάτι) with filmmaker Lucy Kostos, in conversation with Arnold Zable.
The film was screened at Ithaca House, Melbourne, on Sunday 7 May 2023 6.00 pm.
All monies collected for the screening were donated to support the Ithacan Archive Fund in memory of Katina Kostos, who was a founding member of the Ithacan Historical Society.
Re-presentation of the film 'From Here to Ithaca', a personal documentary directed by Fionn Skiotis and produced by Lisa Horler for SBS in 2000. This recording includes the film together with a presentation by Fionn Skiotis at Ithaca House, Melbourne.
The film itself (26 mins) begins at 07:11.
