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Distinction of Assistant Professor at NKUA, Archimandrite Fr Aristarchos Gkrekas, in Study UK Alumni Awards 2024

The British Council’s Study UK Alumni Awards 2024 selected Archimandrite Fr Aristarchos Gkrekas, an Assistant Professor at NKUA and clergyman in the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, as a finalist for the Social Action Award. This selection represents a significant international distinction for…

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NKUA: The conference “Aging: Exploring its Effects on Language, Life, and Beyond” was held

The Laboratory of Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics (https://psychoneurolinglab.phil.uoa.gr/) and the Laboratory of Phonetics and Computational Linguistics (https://linglab.phil.uoa.gr/) together with the Language and Aging Research Group (National Research Foundation, Korea) and the Tsakos Energy Navigation organized a conference on "Aging: Exploring its Effects on…

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The Hegelpd-Prize 2023 Special Mention Award to Assistant Professor of NKUA, Dr Ioannis Trisokkas

Assistant Professor at the NKUA’s Department of Philosophy, Dr Ioannis Trisokkas, won the Hegelpd-Prize 2023 Special Mention Award for his article ‘The Stubbornness of Nature in Art: A Reading of §§556, 558 and 560 of Hegel’s Encyclopedia’ (In S. Stein και J. Wretzel [eds.], Hegel’s…

Climate Change/Crisis Events Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities University Community

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4th Symposium of Young Scholars “(E-co)nnections: The Humanities in a time of Climate Change” with organizing support of NKUA [02/03/2024] 🗓

The Hellenic Association for American Studies (HELAAS), with the organizational support of the Department of English Language and Literature of NKUA, organizes the 4th Symposium of Young Scholars "(E-co)nnections: The Humanities in a time of Climate Change" on March 02, 2024, 9:30-17:15…

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Are Greeks ‘Really’ in Favor of a Hawkish Stance Toward Turkey? | A study by Professors N. Sambanis of Yale University and P. Tsakonas of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Τhe recent visit to Athens by Turkish President Erdogan culminated in a Declaration of Friendship between Greece and Turkey, as the two leaders assured their publics that bilateral relations had entered a period of détente. And yet, just a year ago, many…

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“The Acropolis History, Where Man and the Gods Meet”, new book by Professor of NKUA Panos Valavanis

The new children’s book by the Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology of the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Panos Valavanis, entitled “The Acropolis History, Where Man and the Gods Meet”, was recently published by…

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Lectures by Professor Emeritus Cilliers Breytenbach (University of Berlin) and Professor Christiane Zimmermann (Kiel University) at the Department of Theology of NKUA

On Wednesday, 6 December 2023, the Department of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens played host to the distinguished Professors of New Testament Cilliers Breytenbach (Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of Humboldt University of Berlin and…

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New Study Unravels the Complexities of the Cerebral Lateralization for Written Language

Do we have one brain or two hemispheres, and how do they function during writing? What about the brains of left-handers and right-handers? A recent, novel study explores the intricate interplay between the linguistic and motor components of written language in the…

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Cooperation between NKUA and the Northwestern Polytechnical University of China

As part of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), faculty members from the NKUA’s Department of History and Archaeology travelled to China from 10 to 20 November 2023, at…

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Guest Lecture by Ludmilla Jordanova (University of Durham) on “Traces of Life: Portraits as Historical Evidence” [13/12/23 7 p.m.] 🗓

The Wellcome-funded research project “Making and Consuming Drugs in the Italian and Byzantine Worlds (12th-15th c.)” directed by Assoc. Professor Petros Bouras-Vallianatos in collaboration with the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA, organise a talk by Emeritus Professor Ludmilla Jordanova…