A vibrant and in-depth discussion examining the issues surrounding the relationship between Church and State took place on Thursday, 4 December 2025, in the Great Hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The Symposium, titled ‘Can the Church’s Life “in Christ” Converse with Life in the Public Sphere?’, brought together…

The university community celebrated a leading figure of modern Greek culture, whose artistic vision and influence have significantly shaped the global recognition of Greek poetry and music.

Maria Farantouri, the world-renowned performer of poetry set to music, was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa by the Departments of Philology and…

How does language change over time? And how can digital text corpora shed light on its evolution? These questions were at the heart of the international workshop ‘Corpora and Diachrony: Influential Texts, Text Types, and Genres’, held at the European Cultural Delphi Centre, from 26 to 29 November 2025.

As part of a project funded by the…

The opening lecture of the LSE Athens Lecture Series, organized by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in collaboration with the University of Athens, the Department of Business Administration, and the MSc Financial Technology (FinTech), took place to great acclaim.

The event was held on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, in…

The inaugural Panhellenic Conference on Traditional Dance took place in Limassol, Cyprus, from November 21 to 23. Under the theme ‘Traditional Dance in the Scholarly Landscape of the 21st Century’, the event was co-organized by the ‘Alexandra’ Traditional Dance Workshop, the Cyprus University of Technology, the Open University of Cyprus, and…

The international conference marking 1700 years of the First Council of Nicaea opened in the presence of His Beatitude Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. The event, titled ‘The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of the First Ecumenical Council’, was organized by the School of Theology of the National and…

Timothy M. Pawlik, Professor of Surgical Oncology and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa of the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The ceremony took place on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, at 18:00, at the Propylaea…

The International online Master’s Program “Identity, Education, and Competences for Democratic Culture” of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the European Wergeland Centre (EWC) continues to offer free webinars open to the public during the current academic year (2025-2026).

The first webinar in this year’s series…

Over 100 women, mostly of Greek Australian background, attended a public talk by Professor Liza Tsaliki from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens on Thursday, 6 November, at RMIT University.

Professor Tsaliki’s lecture, Still Seen, Still Desired: Women Over 45 in Western Society and the Role of Media and Culture, examined how…