Item GDA27/AV74 - Recording of a GDA presentation, Association of Egyptian Greek Cypriots, Nicosia, and interview with artist Stass Paraskos, Cyprus, 1994

Seminar presentation given at the Association of Egyptian Greek Cypriots, Nicosia, including:

Maria Roussou (principal researcher, Greek Diaspora Archive), on the importance of capturing the experiences of Greek migrants; discussions about the writers Nicos Nicolaides, Thodosis Pierides, George Philippou Pierides, and Evgenia Paleologou Petrondas, with contributions from Petrondas; the international export of traditional Cypriot embroidery from the villages of Kato Drys and Lefkara; the Kargotis family, originally from Morphou, Cyprus, who settled in Birmingham, UK; businessman Costas Phitides, originally from Phiti village, Pafos, Cyprus, founder of the Cypriot Brotherhood in Johannesburg, South Africa (duration: 58 mins). In Greek.

Interview with first generation Greek Cypriot painter and academic Stass Paraskos (1933-2014, moved to London in 1956, returned to Cyprus, 1988), founder of the Cyprus College of Art, 1979 (duration: 28 mins). In English.

See also GDA1/1-8, GDA17/1, GDA18/1-4, GDA22/3, GDA22/7