The Hellenic Cultural Society of San Diego, California

The Hellenic Cultural Society of San Diego, California, a not-for-profit corporation, is dedicated to focusing attention on the great scholarly works of the Greeks for over three thousand years. Our goal is to preserve and propagate the greatness of the Greek philosophers, historians, mathematicians, scientists, writers, artists and other brilliant minds of Hellenic origin. We advocate teaching the traditional history of Western Civilization and its culture, which is rooted in Greece and is the most important element of the world’s democratic heritage.

To this end, our Hellenic Cultural Society struggled to create three endowed chairs in Greek History in the Division of Arts and Humanities, of the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD): The George J. and Penelope Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History; The Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair in Byzantine History; The Jeannie and Gerry Ranglas Endowed Chair in Ancient Greek History.

In addition, all our library collections - almost two thousand volumes – are being given to The Audrey Geisel University Library at UCSD in support of the above-mentioned endowed chairs.

Our final goal is to establish a Hellenic Cultural Society - Educational Endowment Fund (HCS-EEF) to support graduate scholars and students majoring in Greek subjects through fellowship and scholarship grants, to perpetuate the truth of how immense the contributions of the Greeks were to the entire civilized world. We have a duty to perpetuate that truth - best stated by Sir Henry Sumner Maine’s dictum: “Except for the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves on this earth that is not Greek in its origin.”