Gonda Van Steen, holder of the position of Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, and director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at King’s College London, speaks about the thousands of Greek children who were adopted by families in the United States, the Netherlands, and other countries in the 1950s, 1960s, and up to the mid-1970s, on the show “Our Global Voice” , with Petros Diplas and Dimitris Kontogiannis.
Van Steen, who has authored the landmark book on the subject of adoptions with the English title “ADOPTION, MEMORY, AND COLD WAR GREECE: KID PRO QUO?”, Potamos Publications, 2021, talks about the reasons behind the adoption of these children, who are now adults aged 60-73 years old. She also speaks about her personal story and how she decided to study the Greek language and do research on Aristophanes.