The Idea of Greece on March 25, 2021

The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is pleased to announce the final episode of its podcast series The Idea of Greece will be dropping on March 25, 2021, the 200^th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.

Produced by the HHF’s award-winning History Committee, The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821.

This is not the history you learned in Greek School!

Each podcast explores a part of the revolution and formation of the Greek state going beyond stereotypes and providing a clearer, more complex account of our heritage. The project is under the auspices of Greece 2021, the global project by the Greek State, marking the 200th Anniversary of the Greek Revolution.  

The podcast series is hosted by journalist Georgia Balogiannis and Prof. Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University. It’s sponsored by Agape Greek Radio with original music by Toronto musician Demetri Petsalakis.

Episodes can be downloaded on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts, or listened to on our website, www.hhf.ca.

Most diaspora Greeks learned a very rudimentary version of the Greek Revolution in Greek School. It was a very black and white version of events from a dated curriculum steeped in nationalism. Drawing on the expertise of various academics and researchers, The Idea of Greece strives to present a more fulsome account of what life was like in the 1820s and what motivated people to join the Revolution.

The podcasts series look at motivations, the battles and tactics used in warfare, the heroes and who they really were, the women who participated in the Revolution, how the international community got involved and how the modern Greek State evolved after the fighting ended.

“Even though I teach about the 1821 Revolution in a more thorough manner at the Modern Greek History program at York University,” says Prof. Gekas, “this podcast series has been an excellent opportunity to contribute to the public history of the Greek Revolution and engage as many people as possible.”

In 2018, the HHF’s History Committee launched the year-long commemoration of the 1918 Anti-Greek Riots in Toronto. That campaign won the Heritage Toronto 2019 Community Heritage Award.

Where: On Stitcher, Spotify and Apple Podcasts and at www.hhf.ca

What: The Idea of Greece, a podcast about the 1821 Revolution by the award-winning Hellenic Heritage Foundation’s history committee