2023 ANT PRO

9th Annual International Conference on Anthropology & Ethnology
Program (Athens Local Time)

12-15 June 2023
9 Chalkokondili Street, 10677 Athens, Greece

(Note 1: the program is organized along time slots and not according to common theme)
(Note 2: at the end of each session questions and discussions will follow)
(Note 3:
Please note that many attendees including those who present a paper may choose the online option. However, ATINER will provide full-fledged services (lunches, dinners, excursions, etc.) for all those who present onsite.) 


Monday 12 June 2023

09:15-10:00
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:

  • Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.
10:00-11:30 Session 1
Session 1a
Moderator: Julie Papastamatelou
, Professor, University of Applied Management Studies, Germany.
 Session 1b
Moderator: Philip Cerny
, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, UK and Rutgers University, USA.
  1. Ethan Sharygin, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, USA.
    Title: Assessing Migration after Natural Disaster: A Housing Capacity Search Model.
  2. Mohamed Elkhouli, Associate Professor, Sadat Academy for Management Science, Egypt.
    Title: Examining the Most Important Factors Affecting the Egyptian Family’s Choice of the Ideal Number of Children in the Light of the 2015 Demographic and Health Survey.
  3. Soumendu Sen, Researcher, International Institute for Population Sciences, India.
    Tabassum Wadasadawala, Professor & Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Tata Memorial Center, India.
    Sanjay K. Mohanty, Professor & Head, Department of Population and Development, International Institute for Population Sciences, India.
    Title: Income, Loan & Debt Accumulation and Financial Stress among Breast Cancer Patients Seeking Treatment at India’s Largest Tertiary Cancer Care Center.
  4. Karabo Mhele, Senior Lecturer, North-West University, South Africa.
    Title: Assessment of Age and Date Reporting Among Black Population in South Africa.

Discussion

  1. Devin Beauregard, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
    Title: Creating Unity in Disaccord: The Cultural Policies of National Minorities.
  2. Justin Massie, Professor, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada.
    Title: United we Stand? Explaining Varying Support to Ukraine.
  3. Sunyoung Park, Professor, Sejong University, South Korea.
    Title: Seek from Different Dream to Common Ground.
  4. Sarika Bose, Lecturer, University of British Columbia, Canada.
    Title: Citizenship and Statelessness in the Academy: The Case of the Academic Adjunct.

Discussion

 

11:30-13:30 Session 2
Session 2a
Moderator: Ethan Sharygin
, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, USA.
Session 2b
Moderator: 
Utku Özer, Research Fellow, ATINER.
  1. Julie Papastamatelou, Professor, University of Applied Management Studies, Germany.
    Volker Ludwig, Assistant Professor, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
    Title: Physical and Verbal Partnership Violence: A Longitudinal Analysis of Interactional Driving Factors among German Couples.
  2. Volker Ludwig, Assistant Professor, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
    Title: What you Need to Know when Estimating Impact Functions for Demographic Research.
  3. Nolizwe Madinga-Molefe, Lecturer, University of Zululand, South Africa.
    Title: An Exploration into the Role Played by Women in Establishing Food Security amongst the Youth: The Case of Soweto, Johannesburg.
  4. Babul Hossain, PhD Student, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India.
    Title: Why are Widows Dying more than Married Women in India? A Constructed Social & Economic Disadvantage among Women in Post-Widowhood.
  5. Soňa Kehmová, PhD Student, National Chengchi University, Taiwan.
    Title: Putin’s Use of Gendered Rhetoric: The Narrative of Masculinist Nationalism as a Path to Political Legitimacy.

Discussion

  1. Philip Cerny, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, UK and Rutgers University, USA.
    Title: The Reactive State in a Heterarchical World.
  2. Emre Ozigci, Deputy Head, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Turkiye.
    Title: The Problem of Returning to the “Things Themselves” in the IR Theorisation: Phenomenology’s Possible Use in the Study of the Pre-Theoretical, Immediate Givenness of the IR Phenomena and Events.
  3. Stephan Unger, Associate Professor, Saint Anselm College, USA.
    Title: The Diffusion Speed of Good vs. Bad News in Geo-Politics.
  4. Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
    Title: Geopolitics of Supply Chains: Examining the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF).
  5. Tamás Tarján, Assistant Lecturer, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary.
    Title: Fears, Desires and the Art of Tightrope Walking: Nation-building Strategies of the Hungarian Political Elite under the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  6. Matthew Ellis, PhD Candidate, Purdue University, USA.
    Title: Conceptualizing Gray Zone Activities as a New Typology.

Discussion

 

13:30-15:00 Session 3 – A Round-Table Discussion on Demographics and Politics
Moderator: Gregory T. Papanikos
, President, ATINER.
  1. Sunyoung Park, Professor, Sejong University, South Korea.
    Title: Demographics and Politics in Korea.
  2. Mohamed Elkhouli, Associate Professor, Sadat Academy for Management Science, Egypt.
    Title: Challenges to the Success of Demographic Strategies in the Arab Region.
  3. Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
    Title: Political Choices and Demography: Evidence from India and the Asian Region.
  4. Volker Ludwig, Assistant Professor, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
    Title: Spatial Research on the Uprise of Right-Wing Populism in Europe.
  5. Emre Ozigci, Deputy Head, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Türkiye, Türkiye.
    Title: The Demographic Change as a Factor in Rapid Foreign Policy Transformation: On the Chinese Passage from the “Symbiosis” to the “Confrontation” with the West.
  6. Mark Fagiano, Deputy Head, Philosophy Unit, ATINER and Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, USA.
    Title: The Role of Wise Provincialism in Social Meliorism.

Discussion

15:00-16:00 Discussion + Lunch

16:00-17:30 Session 4
Moderator: Mr Kostas Spyropoulos
 (ATINER Administrator).
  1. Jorge Cerdeira, Assistant Professor, University of Porto, Portugal.
    Title: Too Much of a Good Thing? The Concave Impact of Corruption on Firm Performance.
  2. Carla Sequeira, Research Fellow, University of Porto/CITCEM, Portugal.
    Title: Contributions to the Political and Party Characterization of the Douro Region during the First Republic in Portugal.
  3. Eva Loreng, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat, India.
    Title: Exercising Soft Power: A Comparison of Narratives about the 1971 War in Cinema, Television Shows and Web Series.
  4. Deboshree Das, PhD Student, International Institute for Population Sciences, India.
    Title: Trajectories in Subjective Well Being among Youth in India.

Discussion

 

17:30-19:00 Session 5
Moderator: Mr Kostas Spyropoulos
 (ATINER Administrator).
  1. Evanthia Balla, Professor, University of Évora, Portugal.
    Title: Security and Human Rights: Charting EU’s Political Model. The Technocratic Challenge in EU’s External Action.
  2. Svetlana Buzhenitsa, MD, Resident of Specialization School in Health Statistics, University of Pavia, Italy.
    Ioana Popa, Researcher, University of Pavia, Italy.
    Pietro Perotti, MD, Director of Unit of Epidemiology, Public Health Agency of Pavia, Italy.
    Lorenza Boschetti, MD, Responsible of Death Registry, Public Health Agency of Pavia, Italy.
    Stefano Marguati, NM, Nursery, Public Health Agency of Pavia, Italy.
    Simona Villani, Professor, University of Pavia, Italy.
    Simona Dalle Carbonare, Eng PhD, Public Health Agency of Pavia, Italy.
    Title: Trends of Potential Years of Life Lost in Pavia Province (Italy) in the period 2015 2021. The Impact of COVID-19.
  3. Bolormaa Tsogtsaikhan, Professor, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia.
    Title: Mongolia’s Demographic Transition.
  4. Estelle McLean, Researcher/Data Scientist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Republic of Malawi.
    Albert Dube, Researcher, Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, UK.
    Maria Sironi, Associate Professor, University College London, UK.
    Amelia Crampin, Professor/Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Republic of Malawi.
    Rebecca Sear, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
    Title: Disrupted Transition to Adulthood: Causes and Effects of Divorce at a Young Age in Rural Malawi.

Discussion

20:30-22:30
Athenian Early Evening Symposium (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner, wine/water, music and dance)


Tuesday 13 June  2023

 

08:00-11:30 Session 6
Old and New-An Educational Urban Walk

The urban walk ticket is not included as part of your registration fee. It includes transportation costs and the cost to enter the Parthenon and the other monuments on the Acropolis Hill. The urban walk tour includes the broader area of Athens. Among other sites, it includes: Zappion, Syntagma Square, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Roman Agora and on Acropolis Hill: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and the Parthenon. The program of the tour may be adjusted, if there is a need beyond our control. This is a private event organized by ATINER exclusively for the conference participants.

 

11:30-13:00 Session 7
Moderator: Utku Özer
, Research Fellow, ATINER.
  1. Kenneth Christie, Professor, Royal Roads University, Canada.
    Robert Hanlon, Associate Professor Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
    Title: Towards a New Human Security Strategy for Canada: The Case of China.
  2. Philip Alldritt, Lecturer, University of New Mexico, USA.
    Title: Saving Democracy from Creeping Authoritarianism.
  3. Gregory T. Papanikos, President of ATINER.
    Title: Explaining Electoral Successes in Greek Parliamentary Elections: Is it the Economy Again?
  4. Arya Rachel Thomas, PhD Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
    Umakant Dash, Director, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), India.
    Santosh Kumar Sahu, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
    Title: Illnesses and Hardship Financing in India: An Evaluation of Inpatient and Outpatient Cases, 2014-18.

Discussion

 

13:00-15:00 Session 8
Moderator: Kenneth Christie
, Professor, Royal Roads University, Canada.
  1. Prashant Vijay, Researcher, Hyderabad Central University, India.
    Title: Evolution of Malaria Research in India: A Bibliometric Analysis of Literature by Using Scopus Database.
  2. Akvilė Stankutė, PhD Student, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
    Title: Film Production Workers Community in Lithuania: Traits of Collective Identity.
  3. Elżbieta Wiejaczka, PhD Student, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.
    Title: Maasai-Wazungu* Couples Living in Tanzania. Anthropological Study of Long-Term Relationships.
  4. Denise Musni, PhD Student, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
    Title: Mind the Gap: Analyzing the Discontinuity between Antenatal Care and Facility-Based Delivery among Filipino Mothers.

Discussion

15:00-16:00 Discussion + Lunch

16:00-17:30 Session 9
Moderator: Mr Kostas Spyropoulos
 (ATINER Administrator).
  1. Katsumi Ishizuka, Dean and Professor, Faculty of International Business Management, Kyoei University, Japan.
    Title: Japan’s Contribution to International Peace.
  2. Shi Li, Professor, Renming University of China, China.
    Title: On the Triple Connection between Morality and Politics.
  3. Adrian Szumowski, Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skolodowska University, Poland.
    Title: Correlates of War: Energy Prices and Causes of War. Cases Study Ukraine 2022.
  4. Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    Daniel Nunes de Oliveira Malafaia, MA Student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    Izabela Henriques Feffer, MA Student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    Title: Vitalism and Processualism as Key Dimensions of Contemporary Anthropology.

Discussion

 

17:30-19:00 Session 10
Moderator: Mr Kostas Spyropoulos
 (ATINER Administrator).
  1. Amber Brittain-Hale, PhD Student, Pepperdine University, USA.
    Title: She Speaks for Millions: The Emergence of Female Diplomatic Voices in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
  2. Kalliopi Tzani-Pepelasi, Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, UK.
    Title: The Relationship between Global Crises and Aggression.
  3. Sunil Sahu, Professor, DePauw University, USA.
    Punita Sahu, Department of Library and Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA.
    Title: Social Media and Surveillance Capitalism: Facebook, Political Polarization, Orwellian Dystopia, and American Democracy.

Discussion

19:00-20:30
Ancient Athenian Dinner (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner with recipes from ancient Athens, wine/water)


Wednesday 14 June 2023
An Educational Visit to Selected Islands
or
Mycenae Visit

Thursday 15 June 2023
Visiting the Oracle of Delphi

Friday 16 June 2023
Visiting the Ancient Corinth and Cape Sounio

Conference Venue: 9 Chalkokondili Street, 10677 Athens, Greece

+30 2103634210
+30 2103634209

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