In a landmark move, the Senate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has unanimously approved the creation of a Named Chair, dedicated to the memory of Athina Ioanni Martinou. The initiative was proposed by the University’s Great Benefactor and Honorary Doctor, Mr Athanasios Martinos. This is the first Named Chair ever…

A new volume, ‘Modern Greek Diaspora in Central-Southern Italy in the Early Modern Period (15th-18th Centuries)’, has just been published.

It contains the proceedings of the conference of the same name, held in Venice from 27 to 29 June 2023. The event was jointly organized by the Laboratory of Italian History and Historiography at the…

Edited by Professors Stelios Papathanassopoulos and Andrea Miconi and published by Springer, ‘The European Media in the Platform Era: Realities and Tendencies’ examines the significant changes reshaping the European media landscape in the context of rapid technological advancements, political shifts, and economic pressures.

The book sheds…

Dr Athena Bazou, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philology, participated as an invited speaker at the 11th Nishan Forum of World Civilizations in China, delivering a lecture entitled ‘Ancient Pandemics in Greece and China: Concepts, Prejudices, Lessons’.

The Nishan Forum, held in Qufu—the birthplace of Confucius—in Shandong…