Wednesday 19th November, 2-3.30pm. At The Exchange, Bush House, 30 Aldwych, Strand Campus, London WC2B 4BG

You are warmly invited to a special event hosted by Prof. Gonda Van Steen to celebrate a significant development in Greek policy that allows Greeks forcibly adopted abroad to reclaim their Greek citizenship.

Prof. Van Steen’s work has centred around the experience of Greek adoptees who were sent abroad to America and other countries in the 1950s-1970s amidst the poverty that followed the Second World War.

This year the Greek government has now introduced a new pathway for these adoptees to reclaim Greek citizenship, enabling them to reconnect with their roots. This is certainly cause for celebration! The event aims to explore Greece’s past of forced adoption and these new paths to citizenship, identity and belonging in our panel discussion on 19 November.

Joining the event will be Mr Athanasios Balermpas, Secretary General of the Greek Ministry of Interior, who helped drive this important policy change.

Light refreshments will be served. This will be an intimate event and places are very limited so please register now to avoid disappointment.