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The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies – FORTH, 
organizes a lecture entitled
Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom: 
Iamblichus on Non-Hellenic Myths
Prof. Jan Opsomer
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
The lecture will be in English.
The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens and Alexandria, 6:00 pm in Paris, 5:00 pm in London, and 1:00 pm in New York.
Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYlf...

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Academic Research Sector organizes a lecture entitled

A Sea of Stories: Why Maritime Cultural Heritage Matters to You

By Dr. Daneille Newman

Honor Frost Foundation, UK

Wednesday, 15 March 2023; 3:00 - 5:00pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center, Delegates Hall

The lecture will be in English.

Open to the public until the maximum number of hall capacity is reached

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies – FORTH,
organizes a lecture entitled

Porphyry, Poet, Philosopher, and Priest?

Prof. Andrew Smith,
University College Dublin

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

The lecture will be in English.

The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens and Alexandria, 6:00 pm in Paris, 5:00 pm in London, and 12:00 noon in New York.

Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYlf...

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, affiliated with the Academic Research Sector, in collaboration with the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Cultural Heritage at the University of Alexandria, and the Heritage Commission in Saudi Arabia, organizing a seminar entitled:

The Maritime Cultural Heritage of the Red Sea

Tuesday and Wednesday, January 17th and 18th, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

At the Alexandria Library, Conference Center, Delegates Hall.

The invitation is open to the public.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝐴 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 - 𝐹𝑂𝑅𝑇𝐻, 
𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑
𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎：
𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚
𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓. 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑎 𝑇𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑖, 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒, 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑒
𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, 15 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2022 
 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑍𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑡 7:00 𝑝𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎, 6:00 𝑝𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑢𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑖𝑠𝑎, 5:00 𝑝𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 12:00 𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘.
𝒁𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒌 
https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZckcuuorTkoHdM095VUNpy7n2H08...

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH, 
organizes a lecture entitled
Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics between Alexandria and Baghdad
by Prof. Cristina d’Ancona, University of Pisa, Italy
Thursday, 1 December 2022
 The lecture will be in English.
The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens and Alexandria, 6:00 pm Pisa, 5:00 pm in Cambridge, and 12:00 noon in New York.
Zoom Registration Link

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH,

organizes a lecture entitled

Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus' Alexandria

Prof. Harold Tarrant,

University of Newcastle, Australia

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

 The lecture will be in English.

Zoom Registration Link

The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens and Alexandria, 6:00 pm in Leuven and Pisa, 5:00 pm in Cambridge, and 12:00 noon in New York.

For more information, please contact: viltanioti@uoc.gr

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH,

organizes a lecture entitled

Aristotle’s Criticism of the Theory of Forms between Athens and Alexandria: Syrianus and Asclepius on the Arguments for the Existence of Forms

Prof. Pieter d’Hoine, KU Leuven

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

 The lecture will be in English.

The lecture will take place on Zoom at 7:00 pm in Athens, 6:00 pm in Alexandria and Leuven, 5:00 pm in Oxford, and 12:00 noon in New York.

For more information, please contact: viltanioti@uoc.gr

Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Academic Research Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organizes a workshop entitle

Philosophy in Late Antique Alexandria

Irini Fotini Viltanioti

Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy University of Crete and IMS-FORTH

From Monday to Thursday, 24–27 October 2022; 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Workshop will be taught in English

Workshop Fees: Free

the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies in the Sector Academic Research at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and the Department of Archeology and Greek and Roman Studies (Jupiter Family) at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, organize a conference entitled: