The Annual Public Lecture is the main formal event of the Hellenic Observatory and it is an occasion when we can welcome a number of important guests from the Greek Community in London, British politics and the media, and fellow members of the LSE.
Each year, the HO Annual Lecture welcomes an eminent personality who is invited to deliver a speech on an important contemporary issue concerning Greece and Southeast Europe.
15th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with Michael Herzfeld, Professor of the Social Sciences and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University
'The Hypocrisy of European Moralism: Greece and the Politics of Cultural Aggression'
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 18.30-20.00
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14th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with YANNIS STOURNARAS, Governor of the Bank of Greece; Former Greek Minister of Finance
'The Greek Economy- Current Developments and Future Prospects'
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 18.30-20.00
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13th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with PROFESSOR CALLIOPE SPANOU, The Greek Ombudsman; Professor of Administrative Sciences, University of Athens
'The Greek Ombudsman and Public Administration during Challenging Times'
Monday 25 November 2013, 18.30-20.00
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12th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with COSTAS AZARIADIS, Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
'Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma'
5 March 2012
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11th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with GEORGE PAPACONSTANTINOU, then Minister of Finance, Greece
'Greece is Changing'
8 November 2010
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10th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with TAKIS ARAPOGLOU, then Chairman of the Board and CEO of the National Bank of Greece
'The future of Greek Banks: A Regional Strategy'
12 November 2009
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9th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with GEORGE ALOGOSKOUFIS, former Minister of Economy & Finance, Greece
'Europe in the Global Economy'
13 November 2008
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8th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with COSTAS SIMITIS, former Prime Minister of Greece
'Is Democracy in Crisis? Lessons from the Greek Experience'
23 October 2007
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7th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with KOSTAS KARAMANLIS, then Prime Minister of Greece
'Greece and the European Union: Partners in European Reform'
20 November 2006
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6th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with LOUKAS TSOUKALIS, former Hellenic Obserbatory Director
'European integration: what is at stake now (for British, Greeks & others)?'
6 December 2004
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5th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with GEORGE ALOGOSKOUFIS, former Minister of Economy & Finance, Greece
'Surviving EMU: Prospects for the Greek Economy'
2 June 2003
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4th HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with YANNOS PAPANTONIOU, former Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of National Defence, Greece
'Greece and the New European Security'
8 May 2002
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3rd HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with SUSAN WOODWARD, Professor at the Political Science Program, City University of New York
'Milosevic who? The Origins of a New Balkans'
10 May 2001
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2nd HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with LUCAS PAPADEMOS, former Prime Minister and Governor of the Bank of Greece
'The Greek Economy in the Euro Area'
3 May 2000
1st HELLENIC OBSERVATORY ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE
with CHRISTOS ROZAKIS, Vice-President, European Court of Human Rights
'The protection of Human Rights in Europe: Evolving Trends & Prospects'
6 May 1999
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