2025 HUM PRO

12th Annual International Conference on Humanities & Arts in a Global World
Program (Athens Local Time)

3-6 January 2025
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)

Friday 3 January 2025

08.00-08.30
Registration

08:30-09:00
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:

09:00-11:00 Session 1
Moderator: David Philip Wick, Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, Athens Institute & Retired Professor of History, Gordon College, USA.
  1. Kathleen Mulligan, Professor, Ithaca College, USA.
    Title: Dwelling in Possibility around the World with Emily Dickinson.
  2. Mohammed H. Albalawi, Associate Professor, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
    Title: The Fictionalization of Religious Police in Saudi Novel.
  3. Aleksandra Tryniecka, Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
    Title: Crossing the Irish Border in Anthony Trollope’s Castle Richmond.
  4. Danne Ojeda, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
    Title: Conceptualism in ‘Editorialism’: Seth Siegelaub, John W. Wendler and their Xerox Book.
  5. Menia Almenia, Associate Professor, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
    Title: Beloved and Paradise by Toni Morrison: A Study in Gender, Ecology, and Social Justice Across Two Stories.

 

11:00-12:30 Session 2
Moderator: Aleksandra Tryniecka, Deputy Head, Literature Unit, Athens Institute & Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
  1. David Philip Wick, Retired Professor of History, Gordon College, USA.
    Title: A Tale of Two Science Schools in the Ancient Aegean – The Diverging Characters (and Focus) of the Epicurean Schools in Athens and on Rhodes in the Late Roman Republic.
  2. Francesco Domenico Vitale, PhD Student, Pegaso Online University, Italy.
    Title: Female Education in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
  3. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.
    Title: The Educational System of Ancient Athens as Depicted in Plato’s Protagoras.

 

12:30-14:00 Session 3
Moderator: Kathleen Mulligan, Professor, Ithaca College, USA.
  1. Carmen Cozma, Professor, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania.
    Title: A Philosophical Way to Deal with and, Why Not, to Overcome the Environmental Crisis.
  2. Shai Frogel, Associate Professor, Kibbutzim College of Education & Tel Aviv University, Israel.
    Title: The Weak Science: Humanities and the Sciences.
  3. Joy Rooney, Senior Responsible Officer Portalis & Lecturer and Researcher in Design, South East Technological University, Ireland.
    Title: Portalis: Protecting our Coastal Heritage, Visitor Experience Design within a Citizen Science Framework.

14:00-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:30 Session 4
Moderator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, Athens Institute.
  1. Sara Coscarelli Comas, Assistant Dean, EINA Arts and Design Academy, UAB, Spain.
    Title: Critical Regionalism in the Work of José Antonio Coderch about the Environment Integration in his Senillosa House (1955-1956) in Costa Brava.
  2. Elena Ene Draghici-Vasilescu, Professor, University of Oxford, UK.
    Title: Discoveries within the Roman and Early Byzantine Fortress of Sucidava (Celeiu), Romania.
  3. Rawand Sliman-Baraky, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel.
    Title: Place in the Poetry of “The Nineties Poets”.
  4. Zhilong Yan, Professor, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China.
    Aixin Zhang    , PhD Student, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China.
    Title: Totem in Contemporary Art.

19:30-21:30
Athenian Early Evening Symposium (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner, wine/water, music)

Saturday 4 January 2025

08:30-10:30 Session 5
Moderator: Carmen Cozma, Professor, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania.
  1. Krunoslav Bedi, Professor, Graditeljska Škola Čakovec, Croatia.
    Alan Novkinić, Director, Alpha Drones, Croatia.
    Title: 3D Models Using Photography and Drone in Education.
  2. Arie Kizel, Full Professor, University of Haifa, Israel.
    Title: Why Educational Systems Prevent Philosophy with Students as an Educational Platform for Self-Determined Learning of the Citizen-Agent.
  3. Tracy Bersley, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA.
    Title: The Vanishing Spark: Rekindling Curiosity in a Risk-Aversion Era.
  4. Nava Bar, Lecturer, University of Haifa, Israel.
    Title: From Segregation to Inclusion: Perceptual Developments and their Implementation in the Education of Special Needs Students in Israel.
  5. Ahmed Megreya, Professor, Qatar University, Qatar.
    Title: Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictions of Math Anxiety.

 

10:30-12:00 Session 6
Moderator: Elinor Assoulin, Lecturer, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
  1. Michael Turner, Roy Carroll Distinguished Professor, Appalachian State University, USA.
    Title: Church Politics in Mid-Victorian Britain: The London Union on Church Matters, 1848-1865.
  2. Jose Maria Souza Neto, Professor, State University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
    Title: The Greek Theatre Festival in the History Program at Universidade de Pernambuco – Campus Mata Norte: Recollection of a Living Time.
  3. Anthony Olson, Professor, Northwest Missouri State University, USA.
    Yan (Eva) Peng, Music Instructor and Performer, Bellus Music Studio, USA.
    Title: Globalization and Westernization of Chinese Music: A Journey through Folksongs and Cultural Transformation.

 

12:00-13:30 Session 7
Moderator: Krunoslav Bedi, Professor, Graditeljska Škola Čakovec, Croatia.
  1. Karen Guerin, Professor, Bossier Parish Community College, USA.
    Title: The Return of the Creator Gods: A Humanities Perspective on AI.
  2. Elinor Assoulin, Lecturer, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
    Title: Art Yarning: On an Integrated Social Science Research Method.

13:30-14:20 Lunch 

14:20-17:30 Session 8
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.

19:00-20:30
Dinner

Sunday 5 January 2025
An Educational Visit to Selected Islands

Monday 6 January 2026
Visiting the Oracle of Delphi







Conference Venue: 9 Chalkokondili Street, 10677 Athens, Greece