News & Events

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies organizes a lecture entitled “World Cultural Heritage Sites in North African Countries”, delivered by Dr. Hend Ahmed Abu Shaheen, PhD in Greco-Roman Archaeology (Alexandria University/the University of Münster, Germany). It is held on Thursday, 31 March 2022, at 2:00 pm, in the BACC Delegates Hall.

The lecture is open for public until the maximum capacity of the hall is reached. All attendees must wear facemasks, keep a safe distance, and present a COVID-19 vaccination proof.

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

Intellect Sober, Intellect Drunk: Some Reflections on the Plotinian Ascent Narrative

By Prof. John Dillon

Chair and Professor of History Trinity College, Dublin

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Lecture Registration Link

Lecture will be in English

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

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

organizes a lecture entitled

The Friend, the Eccentric, and the Jerk: How Much Did the Personalities of Philosophers Shape the Fate of Alexandrian and Athenian Teaching?

By Prof. Edward J. Watts

Chair and Professor of History

University of California, San Diego

Monday, 28 February 2022

The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7 pm Athens and Alexandria, 6 pm Paris, 5 pm Oxford, and 12 pm New York.

Lecture Link

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies organizes, in cooperation with the UNESCO Chair for Underwater Cultural Heritage, Alexandria University, and the UNESCO Cairo Office a Seminar entitles:
UCH Education and Outreach in the Arab States
Thursday, 24 February 2022; 11:00 am–4:00 pm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Main Entrance, Auditorium
To Attend the event at BA, please registration through the following Link.
To attend the event through zoom, please register, please registration through the following Link.

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies (ACHS) announces the beginning of registration for the Master’s program in Hellenistic Studies from 1–15 January 2022.

This Master’s Program is the fruit of a collaboration between ACHS, the Vardinoyannis Foundation, and Alexandria University, and is available in four modules:

• History
• Literature
• Art, Archaeology and Architecture
• Philosophy and Science

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, BA Academic Sector in cooperation with the Planetarium Science Center, BA Outreach and Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum NOESIS in Greece, and under the auspices General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.

organize a lecture entitled

“Technologies of Ancient Greek Metrology”

Lecturer: Prof. Sobhy Ashour

Professor of Graeco-Roman Art and Archaeology, Helwan University

Thursday, 30 December 2021; 2:00–3:00 pm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Main Entrance, Auditorium

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, BA Academic Sector in cooperation with the Planetarium Science Center, BA Outreach and Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum NOESIS in Greece, and under the auspices General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.

organize a lecture entitled

Pottery Making Technology

 Dr. Basma Khalil

Lecturer, Faculty of Archaeology and Languages, Matrouh University

Thursday, 23 December 2021; 2:00–4:00 pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Entrance, Auditorium

The lecture will be delivered in Arabic and there will be a translation in to English

Within the framework of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's celebration of the Day of the Mediterranean and as a parallel event of the Exhibition IDEA- Ancient Greek Science and Technology, held in the new ALEXploratorium at Planetarium Science center.The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, BA Academic Sector in cooperation with the Planetarium Science Center, BA Outreach and Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum NOESIS in Greece, and under the auspices General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic. organize a lecture entitled:

“Ancient Greek Ships”

Prof. Emad Khalil

Professor of Maritime Archaeology, Alexandria University

Thursday, 16 December 2021; 2:00–3:00 pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Entrance, Auditorium

• Open to the public until the maximum number of hall capacity is reached
• The lecture will be delivered in Arabic and there will be a translation in to English
• Please adhere to all covid-19 precautionary measures
• Please note that it is not allowed to enter the Library without proof of COVID-19 vaccination and this through presenting a QR code or Vaccination certificate before entering the library.

Within the framework of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's celebration of the Day of the Mediterranean and as a parallel event of the Exhibition IDEA- Ancient Greek Science and Technology, held in the new ALEXploratorium at Planetarium Science center.

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, BA Academic Sector in cooperation with the Planetarium Science Center, BA Outreach and Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum NOESIS in Greece, and under the auspices General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.

organize a lecture entitled

"Theories about the Antikythera Mechanism: the First Analogue Astronomical Computer of the Ancient World "

Mr. Ziad Morsy

Visitor Lecturer, Alexandria Center for Maritime Archeology and Underwater Culture Heritage, Alexandria University

Thursday, 25 November 2021; 2:00–4:00 pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Entrance, Auditorium

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

• Please adhere to all covid-19 precautionary measures

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Archaeological Society of Alexandria, organizes a lecture entitled “Alexandria Necropoleis Project: The Restoration, Protection, and Development of Al-Shatby Archaeological Cemetery”, delivered by Dr. Mona Haggag, Professor of Greco-Roman Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, at 12:00 pm, in the Auditorium, BA Main Entrance.