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In Loving Memory of Patricia Joan Aleck
Patricia was a long time MGSF Board Member and Past President. Her contributions helped build the foundation to where it stands today.In Loving Memory of Patricia Joan Aleck January 10, 1937 – May 14, 2026 It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the peaceful...
2026 Greek Film Festival
The 23rd annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival is starting soon. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is dedicated to recognizing, supporting, and promoting the best film work by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. With screenings of new,...
100 Years of Hadjidakis
Thursday, October 16 at 7pmNoe Valley Ministry1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, CAFree Admission Presented by the Modern Greek Studies Foundation, under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco Manos Hadjidakis was ahead of his time. He...
Visit by former Prime Minister George Papandreou
MODERN GREEK STUDIES FOUNDATION WELCOMES HON. GEORGE PAPANDREOU Modern Greek Studies Foundation Board of Directors welcome former Primer Minister of Greece George Papandreou (seated) as he visits the San Francisco Bay Area to deliver talks at UC Berkeley and to...
2025 Greek Film Festival
The 22nd annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival is starting soon. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is dedicated to recognizing, supporting, and promoting the best film work by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. With screenings of new,...
San Francisco Greek Organizations Visit Greece for Two Major Events in Summer 2023
News Release from from The Modern Greek Studies Foundation and the San Francisco Greek Film Festival San Francisco Greek Organizations Visit Greece for Two Major Events in Summer 2023
Modern Greek Studies Foundation Collection
In 2022 the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection became the new home of the Modern Greek Studies Foundation Collection in Memory of Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, a collection of some 2,500 volumes of books, journals, magazines, and newspapers; archives/manuscripts and ephemera;...
Prof. Thanasis Maskaleris Collection
In September 2022 the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection acquired the private library of the late Thanasis Maskaleris, professor of comparative literature and classics at San Francisco State University and founding director of its former Center for Modern Greek Studies....
Modern Greek Studies Foundation Donates $1 million to Create the Nikos Kazantzakis Visiting Scholar Program at the UC Berkeley Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies Program
News Release from Modern Greek Studies Foundation, UC Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science, and Modern Greek & Hellenic Studies at University of California, Berkeley Modern Greek Studies Foundation Donates $1 Million to Create the Nikos Kazantzakis Visiting...
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