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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…

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Participation of the Laboratory ‘Church and Culture’ in the International Conference ‘Sinai – Venice and Western World’ [Venice, 3-4/11/23]

The Laboratory ‘Church and Culture’ of the NKUA’s School of Theology participated in the International Conference entitled ‘Sinai – Venice and Western World’, which took place in Venice, Italy, from 3 to 4 November 2023.

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International Summer School | Mythos as MythUs: Confronting and overcoming crises through traditional narrative from antiquity to the present [24.6 – 03.7.2024] 🗓

International Summer School in Athens and Antiparos, Greece entitled Mythos as MythUs will take place from 24/6 up to 3/7/2024.

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Working visit by Associate Professor of Latin Literature at the NKUA’s Department of Philology, Myrto Garani, to the University of Cincinnati Classics Department in the context of the Memorandum of Understanding between NKUA and the University of Cincinnati

In continuation to the Pharos Summit 2022 (and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between NKUA and the University of Cincinnati, Associate Professor of Latin Literature at the NKUA’s Department of Philology, Dr Myrto Garani, travelled to Ohio from October 26…

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The International Conference Italoellenica 2023 concluded with success

On 19 and 20 October 2023, at the main building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the International Conference Italoellenica 2023 took place, organized by the LabItEl (Laboratory of Language, Translation, and Study of the Relations between Greek and Italian…