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The research group on Global Pasts, the McGill Classics Programme, and the Papachristidis Chair in Modern Greek Studies presents: A lecture by Véronique Chankowski from École française d’Athènes. Trafficking in antiquities is a long-standing phenomenon. Today, it has been exacerbated by the recent political and military crises in the Middle East, which have created new circuits including possible links to terrorism. The development of digital media has also increased the capacity for marketing and distribution, just as it has amplified research possibilities, making the phenomenon global. Today anyone, including academics, can be confronted with the question of an object's provenance. Archaeology, art history and other fields can be challenged by the development of looting. Yet the looting of cultural heritage cuts objects off from their context and robs societies of their history. The protection of cultural heritage, along with climate change and environment, is one of the greatest challenges of the 21th century. It is also a promising field of research, bringing together the humanities, social sciences and technologies, a security and defence issue, and an ally of citizenship and democracy by better understanding and strengthening the link between people and heritage. For these reasons, it is urgent not only to be aware of the non-renewable nature of this resource, but also to find new answers and implement pragmatic solutions to protect cultural heritage from looting and trafficking.

McGill 24-05-2019 - 091.jpg — Immigrec’s celebrates the virtual museum of greek immigration

With tremendous support of Stavros Niarchos Foundation, McGill University and McCord Museum, Immigrec organized a memorable event to launch the Virtual Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada. Resulted from a 2-year research effort, Immigrec’s Virtual Museum can be visited at https://immigrec.com/virtual-museum/.

A Thread of Life in the Mile End

Immigrec's documentary series about Greek immigrants in Canada starts with a short documentary video about a Greek immigrant family in Montreal and the story of Loukas Jeans in the Mile End. With the participation of Loukas Toliopoulos and his parents Coordinated by Tassos Anastassiadis and Alexandra Siotou Directed and produced by Bernar Hébert © Immigrec 2019.

Virtual Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada

Invitation to official launch of the Virtual Museum
ImmiGrec requests the pleasure of your company at the Official Launch of the Digital Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada on Friday, May 24th, 2019 at 6 pm.
We are looking forward to seeing you all there!
For details and any questions, send us a message or email us at mcgillmoderngreek@gmail.com
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Invitation au lancement officiel du Musée virtuel
ImmiGrec sollicite votre présence au lancement officiel du Musée virtuel de l’immigration grecque au Canada le vendredi 24 Mai 2019 à 18h.
Nous vous attendons avec impatience !
Si vous avez des questions, veuillez nous envoyer un message privé ou nous contacter au mcgillmoderngreek@gmail.com

“The Future Past of Greek Immigration and Diaspora”

As part of LOGOS event series organized by the National Library of Greece, Immigrec brought historians and archivists from different countries together for its 1-day workshop-colloquium on December 20, 2018.

The 2018 Tom Nacos Family Lecture

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Tom Nacos and Family Lecture, offered through the Phrixos B. Papachristidis Chair in Modern Greek and Greek-Canadian studies, will be held at McGill University on Tuesday, November 13th.

Prof. Tom Gallant, Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History, Department of History at University of California, San Diego, will be giving a talk entitled;

“Remembering Violent August: the 1918 anti-Greek riot in Toronto, 100 years on” at 6:30 pm. A wine and cheese reception will follow the event.

We hope to see you there.

ws website update article 2.jpg — Immigrec Celebrates 1 Year of Outreach in Montreal Schools

Written by Madeleine Jennings for McGill Faculty of Arts News
18 July, 2018

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ws website article 1 update.png — Students Confront Cultural Stereotypes in Thessaloniki, Greece

Written by Madeleine Jennings for McGill Faculty of Arts News
31 July, 2018

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McGill Summer Studies in Greece 2016 in the Port of Thessaloniki

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