The Alexandria center for Hellenistic Studies cordially invites you to attend the lecture:

"Gurob: A New Kingdom Royal Town in Fayoum". The lecture will be given by Valentina Gasperini, from University of Bologna, Italy.

As a part of the Methodology and Research Skills course, a field trip was organized and guided by Professor Gunther Holbl and Dr. Mohamed Kenawi to visit the two archaeological sites of Mendes and Thmuis. 

The students gave a short presentation on the history of the sites while looking at the ruins of the ancient towns.

Prof. Günther Hölbl

(Professor of Egyptology at University of Vienna, Austria) will commence his MA classes at the ACHS in October 2011. Professor Hölbl  will be teaching courses on Ptolemaic history and archeology.

ACHS will grant 2 full scholarships to foreign students with outstanding academic records for the year 2011/2012. Scholarships are kindly offered by the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation and the Vardinoyannis Foundation.

Deadline for application is 1 April, 2011

For more information you can contact us as hellenistic.studies@bibalex.org

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies has been working towards reaching a higher standard of education and research to meet global standards and collaborate with International institutions in this specialized field of study. 

Professor Paolo Gallo, University of Turin, reknowned for his work in Nelson Island in Abu Qeir, Alexandria is teaching Methodology and Research Skills as well as the Cultural History of Ptolemaic Egypt at the Center. This is to bring both theoretical and applied study in effect for the benefit of the ACHS' students.

Renowned speakers from Greece, UK, Netherlands, Italy, France, Malta and Egypt confirmed their contribution.  Like our 2009 workshop, the program included visits to all the archaeological sites and museums of Alexandria.

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies in Cooperation with University College London, UK Presents a Conference on Alexandria and Other Centers of Thought in Ancient Egypt.

This conference on Alexandria and other centers of thought in ancient Egypt was organized by prof.  Mervat Abdel Nasser and was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 10& 11 Dec.2009. 

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies in collaboration with Dr. Kyriakos Savvopoulos organized the 1st Hellenistic Studies Workshop, 12 July 2009 and came to a successful end on the 18 July  2009. Of the center’s aims at its establishment in November 2008 was to go International and increase the awareness of the Hellenistic culture around the world.

Mr. Kyriakos Savvopoulos, currently a researcher at The Alexandria and  Mediterranean Research Centre and future lecturer in The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, will be presenting an enlightening overview of the Greco-Egyptian interaction in Alexandria during the Hellenistic period. Since its foundation by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria was inhabited by different ethnic groups such as Greeks, Egyptians, Jews and Syrians who coexisted and interacted with one another resulting in a multicultural society. This is evidently reflected in the material culture of the city.