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9/10/2023 Ceremony to award the Lord Byron Prize 2023 to Ms. Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia

The ceremony to award the Lord Byron Award of the SHP, in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, took place with great success. The Prize was bestowed to Ms. Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia, at the Academy of…

Extension of proposal submission for 2024: Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism

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The extension of the deadline for submitting applications for funding for the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron's death in Missolonghi is announced due to great public interest. The revised submission deadline has been postponed from September…

Call for proposals for the funding of actions – 2024 “Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism”

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To commemorate the poet's death in Messolonghi in 1824, the SHP and the Philhellenism Museum invite cultural entities throughout Greece to organize activities and events focusing on Lord Byron's life and work and the Philhellenic movement…

The coat of arms of the first Regular Army of Greece

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The coat of arms of the first Regular Army of Greece. The Philhellenism Museum enriched its collections with a very rare object. The coat of arms of the first Regular Army of Greece which participated in the Greek Revolution. The…

Russian Philhellenism: Inventing Greece, Reinventing Europe

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The Finnish Institute at Athens organizes a lecture and round-table discussion on the topic of philhellenism. This is a hybrid event open to the public via zoom. It is part of Finnish Institute’s project «Other Philhellenisms: Northeastern…

The Greek Revolution in Spain, two centuries later

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Η Εταιρεία για τον Ελληνισμό και Φιλελληνισμό (ΕΕΦ) και το Μουσείο Φιλελληνισμού παρουσιάζουν μία εκδήλωση που οργανώνει η Ελληνοαμερικανική Ένωση και ο Ισπανο-ελληνικός Πολιτιστικός Σύνδεσμος (Asociación Cultural Hispano-Helénica), με στόχο να προβάλει ένα σημαντικό έργο σχετικό με τον Ισπανικό Φιλελληνισμό.

5/11/2021, 21.00 at ΣΚΑΙ TV: Lord Byron and Dr Samuel Gridley Howe. Two great Philhellenes

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The 6th episode of the TV series SKAI “1821: the Heroes”, is broadcasted on Friday, November 5, 2021, at 21.00, and presents the story of two emblematic Philhellenes. The shooting took place at the Philhellenism Museum, which…

1821: THE HEROES of SKAI TV

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SHP and the Philhellenism Museum collaborated for the implementation of the new emblematic production of SKAI, offering material and photographs of the Museum's exhibits and allocating its spaces for shooting. One…

SHP and the Philhellenism Museum collaborated with ELTA for the special edition of stamps titled “GREECE 1821-2021, PHILHELLENES”

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This commemorative edition of ELTA honors in September 2021 five emblematic personalities, representative Philhellenes, and through them, the contribution of Philhellenism to the liberation struggle of the Greeks. You…

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Presentations

9/10/2023 Ceremony to award the Lord Byron Prize 2023 to Ms. Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia

Extension of proposal submission for 2024: Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism

Call for proposals for the funding of actions – 2024 “Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism”

The coat of arms of the first Regular Army of Greece

Russian Philhellenism: Inventing Greece, Reinventing Europe

The Greek Revolution in Spain, two centuries later

5/11/2021, 21.00 at ΣΚΑΙ TV: Lord Byron and Dr Samuel Gridley Howe. Two great Philhellenes

1821: THE HEROES of SKAI TV

SHP and the Philhellenism Museum collaborated with ELTA for the special edition of stamps titled “GREECE 1821-2021, PHILHELLENES”

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