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SUMMARY:West Coast Hellenic Book Club: Diary of a Soldier in the Asia Minor Campaign\, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis
DESCRIPTION:West Coast Hellenic Book Club \nDiary of a Soldier in the Asia Minor Campaign\, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis\n(Published by Alec P. Karys\, 2023) \nThis discussion will feature book editors Alec P. Karys and Gregory Kontos. \nThe conversation will be facilitated by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director of the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\, and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer in Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University. \nThis discussion will be held in English. \nSaturday\, October 3\, 2026\n10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nClick here to RSVP for this book club \nForeword by Gonda Van Steen\, Koraes Chair\, King’s College London: \nThis short\, poignant account of an ordinary soldier’s experiences at the front during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1921 is well worth reading. Pantelis Karatasakis manages to evoke both the valiant spirit of the Greek troops and the awful hardships they were forced to endure. Even though this lively account ends a year before Greece’s defeat\, the conditions the author witnessed were an omen of what was to come: hunger and freezing cold\, haphazard military operations\, scorched earth tactics by both sides. The heroism of Pantelis Karatasakis and his comrades would not be enough for the Greeks to prevail\, and the Asia Minor Disaster of 1922 ensued. Alexander Kitroeff When empires dissolve and new nation-states emerge\, it is easy for the voices of ordinary people to get lost in the turmoil. This publication of the diary of Pantelis C. Karatasakis brings not only the voice\, but also the tears\, sweat\, and blood\, of the foot soldiers of history back to the forefront. Pantelis moves us with Xenophon-like descriptions of places and distances\, which he interspersed with lyrical notes and the markers of a growing awareness of the sufferings of war -any war. He leaves a record of facts\, emotions\, hardships\, but ultimately survival and wisdom gained. Kudos to his son and to Gregory Kontos of Greek Ancestry to realize the value of this unique testimony. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nClick here to purchase this book on Amazon.
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CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Λέσχη Ανάγνωσης Ελληνικών Βιβλίων της Δυτικής Ακτής:  Αιολική Γη του Ηλία Βενέζη
DESCRIPTION:Λέσχη Ανάγνωσης Ελληνικών Βιβλίων της Δυτικής Ακτής \nΑιολική Γη του Ηλία Βενέζη \nΤη συζήτηση θα συντονίσουν η Δρ. Σάρον Γκερστέλ\, διευθύντρια του Κέντρου Μελέτης Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος στο UCLA\, και η Δρ. Ειρήνη Κωτσοβίλη\, λέκτορας Παγκόσμιων Ανθρωπιστικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Simon Fraser. \nΗ διάλεξη θα γίνει στα Ελληνικά. \nΣάββατο\, 7 Νοεμβρίου 2026\n10:00 π.μ. Λος Άντζελες / 8:00 μ.μ. Ελλάδα\nΜέσω Zoom \nΠατήστε εδώ για να δηλώσετε συμμετοχή στη συνάντηση της Λέσχης Ανάγνωσης. \nΤο πρόγραμμα αυτό πραγματοποιείται χάρη στη γενναιόδωρη υποστήριξη του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος (ΙΣΝ).
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CATEGORIES:Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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