AMAC organises a series of lectures Australia-wide on Macedonian history
Australian Macedonian Advisory Council
September 08, 2010
The Australian Macedonian Advisory Council (AMAC) is pleased to announce it has arranged for a series of lectures concerning Macedonian history to be given across Australia by two highly esteemed scholars.
The first of those scholars is Professor John Melville-Jones of the University of Western Australia. The professor is 1 of 7 Australians academics to have signed the Macedonia Evidence Petition (see http://macedonia-evidence.org/). The Petition has now been signed by 367, mostly non-Greek, academics world-wide and was sent to President Obama. It urges the President to ´help the government to Skopje to realise it cannot build a national identity at the expense of historical truth´ and states that ´Alexander the Great was Greek, not Slavic, and Slavs and their language were nowhere near Alexander or his homeland until 1000 years later´.
Prof. Melville-Jones´ lecture itinerary (all in Melbourne) is as follows:
Friday October 1 – AMAC Annual Dinner Function (622 Nicholson St, North Fitzroy), Topic: ´The Importance of Historical Truth´, at 7pm
Monday October 4 – GOCMV (Lvl 3/ 168 Lonsdale St), Topic: ´The ´Island´ of Kassandreia´, at 7.30pm
Tuesday October 5 – Melbourne University (Theatre 1, ICT Building), Topic: 'The Deplorable Life and Disgusting Death of Andronikos I', at 6:30pm
Wednesday October 6 – Monash University (Clayton Campus,
Building 13a, Theatre M2), Topic: 'The Last Days of Byzantine Macedonia' at 1.00 pm
Thursday October 7 – La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus, David Myers Building, East wing, Room E125) 'The Deplorable Life and Disgusting Death of Andronikos I' at 12.05 pm
The second visiting scholar is Marcus Templar from the University of Chicago. Mr. Templar is a well-known figure in Pan-Macedonian Association USA, having served in the Military Intelligence Corps of the U.S. Army brings interesting perspective to issues related to the South Balkan Region.
Marcus Templar´s lecture itinerary (Melbourne and interstate) is as follows:
Thursday September 30 – Melbourne
Pan-Macedonian House (470 Queens Pd, Clifton Hill), Topic: ´The Macedonian Issue Today´ (In Greek), at 7pm
Friday October 1 – Melbourne
AMAC Annual Dinner Function (622 Nicholson St, North Fitzroy), Topic: ´The History of Macedonia since 1870´, at 7pm
Sunday October 3 – Canberra
Hellenic Club of Canberra (Aegean Room), Topic: ´The Importance of Macedonia in Christianity´, at 6pm
Tuesday October 5 – Fremantle
University of Notre Dame, Topic: ´The Instability of Skopje and NATO´, Time: TBA
Wednesday October 6 – Adelaide
Odyssey Festival, GOCSA (262 Franklin St, Adelaide), Topic: ´The transformation of a Slav people to ´Macedonians´´ at 1.00 pm
Thursday October 7 – Brisbane
Brisbane Greek Club and Convention Centre (29 Edmondstone St, South Brisbane) Topic: ´The transformation of a Slav people to ´Macedonians´´, at 7:30pm
Sunday October 10 – Sydney
AHEPA Hall (394 Princes Hwy, Rockdale), Topic and Time TBA
The first of those scholars is Professor John Melville-Jones of the University of Western Australia. The professor is 1 of 7 Australians academics to have signed the Macedonia Evidence Petition (see http://macedonia-evidence.org/). The Petition has now been signed by 367, mostly non-Greek, academics world-wide and was sent to President Obama. It urges the President to ´help the government to Skopje to realise it cannot build a national identity at the expense of historical truth´ and states that ´Alexander the Great was Greek, not Slavic, and Slavs and their language were nowhere near Alexander or his homeland until 1000 years later´.
Prof. Melville-Jones´ lecture itinerary (all in Melbourne) is as follows:
Friday October 1 – AMAC Annual Dinner Function (622 Nicholson St, North Fitzroy), Topic: ´The Importance of Historical Truth´, at 7pm
Monday October 4 – GOCMV (Lvl 3/ 168 Lonsdale St), Topic: ´The ´Island´ of Kassandreia´, at 7.30pm
Tuesday October 5 – Melbourne University (Theatre 1, ICT Building), Topic: 'The Deplorable Life and Disgusting Death of Andronikos I', at 6:30pm
Wednesday October 6 – Monash University (Clayton Campus,
Building 13a, Theatre M2), Topic: 'The Last Days of Byzantine Macedonia' at 1.00 pm
Thursday October 7 – La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus, David Myers Building, East wing, Room E125) 'The Deplorable Life and Disgusting Death of Andronikos I' at 12.05 pm
The second visiting scholar is Marcus Templar from the University of Chicago. Mr. Templar is a well-known figure in Pan-Macedonian Association USA, having served in the Military Intelligence Corps of the U.S. Army brings interesting perspective to issues related to the South Balkan Region.
Marcus Templar´s lecture itinerary (Melbourne and interstate) is as follows:
Thursday September 30 – Melbourne
Pan-Macedonian House (470 Queens Pd, Clifton Hill), Topic: ´The Macedonian Issue Today´ (In Greek), at 7pm
Friday October 1 – Melbourne
AMAC Annual Dinner Function (622 Nicholson St, North Fitzroy), Topic: ´The History of Macedonia since 1870´, at 7pm
Sunday October 3 – Canberra
Hellenic Club of Canberra (Aegean Room), Topic: ´The Importance of Macedonia in Christianity´, at 6pm
Tuesday October 5 – Fremantle
University of Notre Dame, Topic: ´The Instability of Skopje and NATO´, Time: TBA
Wednesday October 6 – Adelaide
Odyssey Festival, GOCSA (262 Franklin St, Adelaide), Topic: ´The transformation of a Slav people to ´Macedonians´´ at 1.00 pm
Thursday October 7 – Brisbane
Brisbane Greek Club and Convention Centre (29 Edmondstone St, South Brisbane) Topic: ´The transformation of a Slav people to ´Macedonians´´, at 7:30pm
Sunday October 10 – Sydney
AHEPA Hall (394 Princes Hwy, Rockdale), Topic and Time TBA
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