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Envisioning the Greek Landscape: From Thera to Climate Change

Envisioning the Greek Landscape: From Thera to Climate Change
29.08.2023 - 10.50

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the UCLA, Simon Fraser University, and Sacramento State University will be hosting a conference in Athens, entitled “Envisioning the Greek Landscape: From Thera to Climate Change” October 19 – 21, 2023.
This interdisciplinary conference will bring together academics and policymakers from ten countries around the world to discuss the perception and exploitation of the Greek environment, from antiquity to the present. Specifically, the conference seeks to explore how the various peoples and institutions who have overseen the Greek landscape have understood its natural wealth and how they have overcome natural climatic challenges. For details see press release and digital media kit: www.hellenicoutreach.org.

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