We invite you to our annual lecture ‘Reading and Conversation on Jews in early twentieth-century Greece,’ on 21st of May 2025, 7:30 pm at the Friends’ Room at the Hellenic Centre 16-18 Paddington Street, London (open to all). The SMGS AGM will take place at 6:30 (members only).

Professor Ruth Padel, author of Daughters of the Labyrinth, and Dr Paris Papamichos, Chronakis, author of The Business of Transition: Greek and Jewish Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule, will read from and talk about their books, and discuss the multifaceted presence of Jews in early-twentieth century Thessaloniki and Crete at a time of transition.

Free entry | RSVP at violetta.hionidou@newcastle.ac.uk. We hope to see you there!