It is not widely known that after World War I, a series of trials took place to prosecute Ottomans connected with the Genocide. In this lecture, Dean Kalimniou takes us behind the personalities, the procedures and the perpetrators, in order to discover why, over a hundred years later, despite these trials, denialism of the Crime of Genocide still exists as well as how these court processes ultimately came to influence the Nuremberg Trials.

BIO
Dean Kalimniou is a lawyer, columnist, poet and short story writer within the Greek community. He has released numerous poetry collections in Greek and translated the works of many local Greek authors into English, while also publishing translations of Papadiamantis’ short stories in the critical anthology “The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories.” During the last few years, he has also released two children’s books, the title “Simela and the Magic Kemenche”, and “The Librarian from Cappadocia”.

Event Details:
When: Thursday 22 May 2025, 7pm
Speaker: Dean Kalimniou
Seminar: Pontian Genocide Memorial seminar – Judgment Day
Where: The Greek Centre (Mezzanine, 168 Lonsdale St, Melbourne)
Language: English
Sponsor: Roma Siachos in memory of Olga Siranidou