QUEENS, NY – The Queens College Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies presents ‘From Grammos to Tashkent – Greek Civil War Refugees’, a lecture by Nick Dallas, PhD, Director on the Board of Management of the Greek Community of Melbourne, on Thursday, October 22, 6:30 PM, at the Student Union (1st floor) Faculty Club at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Queens.
Following the Greek Civil War, approximately 12,000 Democratic Army combatants were resettled in Tashkent, Soviet Uzbekistan. Drawing on the surviving archives of the Greek Community of Tashkent, including thousands of registration cards, Nick Dallas offers a detailed portrait of the men and women who formed this exiled community.
Dr. Nick Dallas was born in Karditsa, Thessaly, and migrated to Australia in 1971 aboard the Patris. He holds a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Melbourne and has worked extensively in educational publishing.
Since 2012, he has served on the Board of Management of the Greek Community of Melbourne, where he leads the education committee and coordinates its public seminar series. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki). His research interests include Greek migration, bilingual education, and 20th century history.
This lecture is co-organized with the Hellenic American Project.
Dinner reception will follow.
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