THE SCHEDULE
The schedule of the conference
An international event for the professionals of multiple disciplines and scholars working on Hellenistic Studies. The conference will point out the importance of the brilliantly original ideas of the Hellenistic age and the curious modernity of the whole atmosphere of the time.
Wednesday | DECEMBER 13, 2017
19:00 PM
Short documentary celebrating 24 centuries of Hellenistic Alexandria
Welcome addresses by:
19:15 PM
19:25 PM
19:35 PM
19:45 PM
19:55 PM
20:05 PM
20:10 PM
20:30 PM
20:45 PM
Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis
Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO
President of the “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation”
Honourable Dr. Mostafa El Feki,
Director, The Library of Alexandria
Professor Dr. Ashraf Farrag on behalf of Dr. Professor Essam ElKordi,
President, Alexandria University
Professor Dimitrios Pandermalis,
President of the Acropolis Museum
Professor Christos Zerefos,
Academy of Athens
His Beatitude Theodoros II,
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
Guest of Honor & Speaker:
H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic,
Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos
Closure with music and voice from Kavafis poesy by Stefanos Korkolis (piano) and Maria Manousaki (soprano)
End of the Opening Ceremony
Thursday | DECEMBER 14, 2017
09:30 AM
Registration
Archaeology, History, Philosophy, Literature & Art (1)
Conveners: M. Hatzopoulos, P. Kousoulis
10:00 AM
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
11:30 AM
Alexandria, the city of Alexander the Great
Jean-Yves Empereur, Director of Research, French National Research Center (CNRS)
Recent discoveries in the Chora of Alexandria
Marie-Dominique Nenna, Director of Research, French National Research Center (CNRS), Director of Centre d'Études Alexandrines, Egypt
1998-2017: Twenty years of underwater archaeological and geophysical surveys in Alexandria by the Greek Mission
Harry Tzalas, Founder and President of the Hellenic Institute for Ancient and Medieval Alexandrian Studies, Athens
The navy of Ptolemaic Alexandria
Emad Khalil, Professor, Maritime Archaeology, Alexandria University, Egypt
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
Coffee Break
Archaeology, History, Philosophy, Literature & Art (2)
Conveners: S. Hamouda, M. Kenawi
12:00 PM
12:20 PM
12:40 PM
13:00 PM
13:20 PM
13:40 PM
13:50 PM
Crumbs from the table or archaeological traces of Hellenistic Alexandria - a view from the Kom el-Dikka excavations
Grzegorz Majcherek, Head of the Polish Mission excavating Kom el Dikka
Macedonian elements in Hellenistic Alexandria
Dr. Angeliki Kottaridi, Archaeologist, Director of Ephorate for Antiquities of Imathia, Greece
The presence of the early Greek community in Alexandria: Boubasteion sanctuary
Mervat Seif El-Din, Professor, Former Director of the Graeco Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
The Early Greek presence in Alexandria's Hinterland
Mohamed Kenawi, Acting Director, Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Enhancing the old: Aphrodite Golgia in Alexandria
Μarianne Bergmann, Former Director, Archäologisches Institut, University of Göttingen, Germany
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
Coffee Break
Archaeology, History, Philosophy, Literature & Art (3)
Conveners: M. Awad, C. Carras
15:00 PM
15:20 PM
15:40 PM
16:00 PM
16:20 PM
16:30 PM
Gigantic and structurally sound. Building the lighthouse on the island of Pharos
Paolo Vitti, Professor, University of Roma Tre, Archaeologist and architect, Member of the Scientific Council of Europa Nostra, Italy
Believing in the Beyond in Alexandria of Ptolemaic and Imperial Times. The study of some funerary paintings
Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, Professor of Greek Archaeology and Art History, University of Paris Ouest, France
Graeco-Egyptian Elements in the Architectural Mouldings of Hellenistic Alexandria
Mona Haggag, Professor of Archaeology, Alexandria University, President of the Archaeological Society in Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandrians in Ptolemaic Epigraphy. A case study based on the 'Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions’ project, Oxford University
Kyriakos Savvopoulos, Research Fellow, Oxford University
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
Coffee Break
Archaeology, History, Philosophy, Literature & Art (4)
Conveners: F. Ashraf, S. Moussa
17:00 PM
17:20 PM
17:40 PM
18:00 PM
18:20 PM
18:30 PM
Royal Catasterisms: Arsinoe II and Berenice II translated to the heavens in Aratus and Callimachus
Dee L. Clayman, Professor of Classics, City University of New York
The Hellenistic drama in the framework of Alexandrian culture
Georgia Xanthaki-Karamanou, Professor, University of the Peloponnese
From Macedonia to Ptolemaic Alexandria: The Cult of Dionysos Pseudanor
Emmanuel Voutiras, Professor, School of History & Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Philosophy in Hellenistic Alexandria and its sequence
Pericles Vallianos, Professor of Political Science, University of Athens
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
End of the 1st Day of the Conference
Friday | December 15, 2017
09:00 AM
Registration
Science, Medicine and Technology
Conveners: P. Vitti, Chr. Zerefos
09:30 AM
09:45 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
A brief introduction to the Hellenistic Alexandrian Technology
Theodosiοs Tassios, Professor Emeritus, NTUA, Honorary President of the Hellenic Society of Philosophy, and President of the Society for the Study of Ancient Greek Technology
Antikythera Mechanism as evidence for Hellenistic technology excellence
Xenophon Moussas, Professor in Space Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Filon and Heron combined to one automaton
Manolis Korres, Professor of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
Alexandrian Medicine and its Influence in the West and the East
Georgios Chrousos, Professor, Chairman of the First Department of Pediatrics at the Athens University Medical School
Space,Time and Motion according to John Philoponus: A prelude for Gallileo, DeCartes and Newton
Emmanuel Floratos, Professor Emeritus at Physics, University of Athens, Member of the European Academy of Science (EURASC-Executive Committee)
Τhe Hellenistic mathematician Archimedes and his renaissance admirer Kepler
Eberhard Knobloch, Academician, Prof. Em. for the History of Science and Technology, Berlin University of Technology
Hellenistic theories of gravitation
Lucio Russo, Professor of Mathematics, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
Coffee Break
Environment
Conveners: M. Korres, C. Synolakis
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
12:45 PM
13:00 PM
13:15 PM
Environmental optics in Hellenistic Alexandria and the case of Pharos
Xenophon Moussas, Professor in Space Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Paolo Vitti, Archaeologist and architect, Rome, Italy
Stylianos Zerefos, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Extreme geophysical phenomena in Alexandria
Christos Zerefos, Costas Synolakis, Academy of Athens
Paleoclimatic conditions during the Hellenistic period in the Eastern Mediterranean
Juerg Luterbacher, Professor, Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany
What do paleo climate models tell us about the Hellenistic period in the Eastern Mediterranean?
Elena Xoplaki, Professor, Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
Coffee Break
Cultural Heritage And Legal Issues
Conveners: C. Repapis, Chr. Zerefos
14:15 PM
14:30 PM
14:45 PM
15:00 PM
15:15 PM
15:45 PM
16:00 PM
16:15 PM
16:30 PM
The destruction of Libraries in the course of history and the international law on the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict
Artemis Papathanassiou, Legal advisor at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former chairperson of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Cultural property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Greece
Alexander the Great: a Protagonist along the Silk Road
Louis Godart, Archaeologist, f. Professor of Aegean Civilization, University of Naples, President of the International Association for the Restitution of Parthenon Sculptures
Is the possession of the Parthenon Marbles lawful according to the contemporary English law?
Christos Mylonopoulos, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Athens, President of the European and International Criminal Law Institute
Round Table Presentations and Questions and Answers
Discussion
Coffee Break
From Alexandria to Venice: Remembrances of Alexandria in the cultural treasures of Venice
Chryssa Maltezou, former Director, Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Postbyzantine Studies in Venice, Italy, Academy of Athens
Egyptian and Aigyptiote literature as a bridge between two cultures
Shaker Moussa, Lecturer of Modern Greek Philology & Comparative Literature, Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Languages & Translation, Cairo, Egypt
Closing Remarks
End of the Conference
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