The Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Professor Gerasimos Siasos cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of the International Interdisciplinary Conference entitled:
“Borders: Literary, Cultural and Political Dialogues”
organized by the Department of English Language and Literature of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens and the Hellenic Association for the Study of English.
The ceremony will take place on Monday, 18 May 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Great Hall of the University of Athens (main building, 30 Panepistimiou Street).
Programme
Welcome address by the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos.
Addresses by:
– the Dean of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens, professor Dimitrios Drosos
– the Head of the Department of English Language and Literature of the University of Athens, professor Efterpi Mitsi
– H.E. the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Greece, Mr. Stavros Avgoustidis
– H.E. the Ambassador of Mexico to Greece, Mr. Alejandro García Moreno Elizondo
– the President of the Hellenic Association for the Study of English, associate professor of the Department of English Language and Literature
of the University of Athens, Ms. Vassiliki Markidou
– the Secretary of the Hellenic Association for the Study of English, assistant professor of the Department of English Language and Literature of the University of Athens, Mr. Angelos Evangelou.
Keynote Lecture by the professor of the Department of Social Anthropology of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Ms. Athena Athanasiou, entitled: “Rewriting the border: Reflections on the right to narrate”
Chair: Ms. Mina Karavanta, associate professor of the Department of English Language and Literature of the University of Athens.
The proceedings of the conference will run from 18 to 21 May 2026.
For more information: https://new.enl.auth.gr/hase/borders2026/
