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The Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, in cooperation with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, and The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) affiliated to the Academic Research Sector organizes a conference entitled
Mediterranean Islands in Ancient and Medieval History
(Influence and Effect)
Wednesday and Thursday, 18 and 19 October 2023.
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center, Delegates Hall
The Conference is 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 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝

𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 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/.../tZEkcO2oqDoiHNSla5hB...

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies – FORTH, organizes an international workshop entitled

Metaphysics in Early Neoplatonism:   Porphyry on Soul

Monday and Tuesday 18–19 September 2023

The workshop will be in English and French.

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

𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒍-𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒉𝒔

𝒃𝒚
𝑫𝒓. 𝑮𝒊𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒊
𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒚

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟓 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑; 𝟏:𝟎𝟎–𝟑:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦

𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡.
• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐝’É𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀.𝐆. 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐀 𝐄𝐋-𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐈

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑; 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐦
𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐀 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 ‬– 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇, 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝
𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐬
𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝 
𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟔 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡.
𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤:
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝟔:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟓:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤.

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.