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International Workshop:Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism: Porphyry on Soul

International Workshop:Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism: Porphyry on Soul

18-9-2023 19-9-2023

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies – FORTH, organizes an international workshop entitled

Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism:   Porphyry on Soul

Monday and Tuesday 18–19 September 2023

The workshop will be in English and French.


A Sea of Stories: Why Maritime Cultural Heritage Matters to You

A Sea of Stories: Why Maritime Cultural Heritage Matters to You

15-3-2023

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Academic Research Sector organizes a lecture entitled

A Sea of Stories: Why Maritime Cultural Heritage Matters to You

By Dr. Daneille Newman

Honor Frost Foundation, UK

Wednesday, 15 March 2023; 3:00 - 5:00pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center, Delegates Hall

The lecture will be in English.

Open to the public until the maximum number of hall capacity is reached


Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics between Alexandria and Baghdad

Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics between Alexandria and Baghdad

1-12-2022

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH, 
organizes a lecture entitled
Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics between Alexandria and Baghdad
by Prof. Cristina d’Ancona, University of Pisa, Italy
Thursday, 1 December 2022
 The lecture will be in English.
The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens and Alexandria, 6:00 pm Pisa, 5:00 pm in Cambridge, and 12:00 noon in New York.
Zoom Registration Link


Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus' Alexandria

Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus' Alexandria

8-11-2022

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH,

organizes a lecture entitled

Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus' Alexandria

Prof. Harold Tarrant,

University of Newcastle, Australia

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

 The lecture will be in English.

Zoom Registration Link

The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens and Alexandria, 6:00 pm in Leuven and Pisa, 5:00 pm in Cambridge, and 12:00 noon in New York.

For more information, please contact: viltanioti@uoc.gr


Aristotleโ€™s Criticism of the Theory of Forms between Athens and Alexandria

Aristotleโ€™s Criticism of the Theory of Forms between Athens and Alexandria

26-10-2022

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH,

organizes a lecture entitled

Aristotle’s Criticism of the Theory of Forms between Athens and Alexandria: Syrianus and Asclepius on the Arguments for the Existence of Forms

Prof. Pieter d’Hoine, KU Leuven

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

 The lecture will be in English.

The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens, 6:00 pm in Alexandria and Leuven, 5:00 pm in Oxford, and 12:00 noon in New York.

For more information, please contact: viltanioti@uoc.gr


Philosophy in Late Antique Alexandria

Philosophy in Late Antique Alexandria

17-10-2022

Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Academic Research Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organizes a workshop entitle

Philosophy in Late Antique Alexandria

Irini Fotini Viltanioti

Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy University of Crete and IMS-FORTH

From Monday to Thursday, 24–27 October 2022; 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Workshop will be taught in English

Workshop Fees: Free


๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‹๐‹๐„๐‚๐“ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐’๐Ž๐”๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐“๐‡๐„๐๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐€๐“๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐Œ

๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‹๐‹๐„๐‚๐“ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐’๐Ž๐”๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐“๐‡๐„๐๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐€๐“๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐Œ

19-9-2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐€ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ - ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡, ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐
๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‹๐‹๐„๐‚๐“ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐’๐Ž๐”๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐“๐‡๐„๐๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐€๐“๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐Œ
๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐š ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก.


๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐€
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐Ÿ• ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ณ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž
 


Registration is Now Open for the Specialized Diploma, Masters and PhD Scholarships

Registration is Now Open for the Specialized Diploma, Masters and PhD Scholarships

1-8-2022 30-8-2022

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies (ACHS) announces the beginning of registration for the Specialized Diploma, Master’s and PhD programs in Hellenistic Studies from Alexandria University, from

1–30 August 2022.

 


Funerary Archaeology, Art and Architecture in Hellenistic and Roman Times

Funerary Archaeology, Art and Architecture in Hellenistic and Roman Times

14-6-2022

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies (ACHS) in collaboration with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and the Archaeological Society of Alexandria (ASA), organizes

An International Workshop for Postgraduate Students from Greece and Egypt

entitled "Funerary Archaeology, Art and Architecture in Hellenistic and Roman Times"

3–7 July 2022

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center, Delegates Hall

Registration Deadline: 30 June 2022

Registeration Link

The workshop will be in English.


The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World

The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World

1-6-2022

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies – BA Academic Research Sector organizes a lecture entitled:

The Life of the Red Sea Dhow:

 

A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World

 

By Prof. Dionisius Agius

Fellow of the British Academy,

Emeritus Professor of Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture The University of Exeter, UK

 

Wednesday, 1st June 2022; 2:00 - 4:00pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Conference Center, the Small Theater

The lecture will be in English and translated into Arabic

Open to the public until the maximum number of hall capacity is reached, and all attendees must wear a medical mask, maintain a safe distance, and provide proof of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.

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