BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies - ECPv6.3.7//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T204144 CREATED:20230117T003747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T004012Z UID:1054-1678024800-1678028400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Improbable Heroine: Lela Karayanni and the British Secret Services in World War II Greece DESCRIPTION:Stylianos Perrakis\, Concordia University \nLela Karayanni was a Greek resistance fighter during World War II. A wife and mother of seven children\, she had no previous experience in politics or military affairs.  Working with British intelligence\, she built a local organization which engaged in espionage\, sabotaged German targets\, and assisted in the escape of Allied prisoners-of-war.   Professor Stylianos Perrakis will give a presentation about his 2022 book titled The Improbable Heroine: Lela Karayanni and the British Secret Services in World War II Greece (DeGruyter\, 2022).\n \nIn person at Carleton University\, Paterson Hall 303\nand\non Zoom: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/93748749961 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-improbable-heroine-lela-karayanni-and-the-british-secret-services-in-world-war-ii-greece/ LOCATION:In person at Carleton University and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR