Within the framework of the Research Project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024) supported by the A. S. Onassis Foundation, the IMS-FORTH, in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Center for Hellenistic Studies (ACHS), organizes a monthly online lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism (3rd-7th c. CE).

Wednesday, November 8 2023, 19:30, Vikelaia Municipal Library of Heraklion.

Mr. Wang Xudong, Director of The Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing, along with a four-member delegation and members of the Chinese Embassy in Athens, visited the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)

Co-organised by the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS/FORTH)

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today by Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, President of the Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), and Mr. Dimitris Kadis, Group CEO of Pharmathen, aiming at collaborating in the development of joint scientific activities.

The conference is part of the research project Leaders and Crisis Management in Ancient Greek Literature, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation and hosted at IMS/FORTH. Its aim is to trigger a broad reflection on the phenomenon of crisis in Antiquity, by focusing on terms and concepts.