(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)
Monday 14 April 2025
08.00-08.30
Registration
08:30-09:00
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:
- Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.
09:00-11:00 Session 1
Moderator: Pinar Akinci Acar, Associate Professor, Istanbul Medipol University, Türkiye.
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- Steven Oberhelman, Professor, Texas A&M University, USA.
Title: Doctors and Healthcare in the Greek War of Independence.
- Bok Hee Kim, Professor, Gyeongkuk National University, South Korea.
Title: Heroic Features and Arete in Homer’s Athletics.
- Dario Borim, Chairperson/Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA.
Title: The Implicit Historian with an Anthropological Eye in Her Mother’s Mother’s Mother and Her Daughters.
- Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.
Title: Is the Thucydides Trap Relevant to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire? A Cliometric Analysis.
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11:00-12:30 Session 2
Moderator: Steven Oberhelman, Professor of Classics, Holder of the George Sumey Jr Endowed Professorship of Liberal Arts, and Interim Dean, Texas A&M University, USA, Acting Head, History Unit, Athens Institute and Editor of the Athens Journal of History.
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- Ivana Podnar, Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Title: Transformation of Island Iconography under the Influence of Industrial Architecture – Impact of Oil Industry on Adriatic Island of Krk.
- Zlatina Bogdanova, Assistant Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
Title: Architectural Heritage and Urban Regeneration: The Case of Creative Districts in Bulgaria.
- Elif Ceren Tay, Research Assistant, Yıldız Technical University, Türkiye.
Yasemen Say Özer, Associate Professor, Yıldız Technical University, Türkiye.
Title: Mediterranean Port City Identity: The Walls of Galata and Their Spatial Impacts.
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12:30-14:00 Session 3
Moderator: Utku Özer, Research Fellow, Athens Institute.
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- Lisa Hughes, Professor Emerita, The Colorado College, USA.
Title: Co-Starring the Aegean Sea: Greek Wedding Tourism and the Hollywood Romcom.
- Anahita Malek, Head, Graduate School and Associate Professor, Buckinghamshire New University, UK.
Vikneswaran Nair, President and Professor, DISTED College, Malaysia.
Title: Adaptable Place-Making Strategies for Urban Inclusivity: Insights for Mediterranean Cities.
- Jessica Boll, Associate Professor, Carroll University, USA.
Title: A Seat at the Table: Cross-Cultural Commensality in the Mediterranean.
- Marta Torres, Researcher, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.
Title: Literacy in the School Context. The Material and Immaterial Heritage of Fishing Communities in Costa Da Caparica.
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14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:30 Session 4
Moderator: Hemmat Safwat, Deputy Director, Engineering Division, Athens Institute.
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- Serge Ruzer, Professor (Retired), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Reuven Kiperwasser, Lecturer, Ariel University, Israel.
Aryeh Kofsky, Emeritus Professor, University of Haifa, Israel.
Title: Late Antique Jewish and Christian Mediterranean Travelogues: Religious Agendas and Greco-Roman Background.
- Yaffa Moskovich, Professor, Zefat Academic College, Israel.
Title: Hybrid Religious Voluntary Civil Society Organization in Israeli Army, the Israeli Case of “The Path Upwards” Lesson Learned.
- Andreu Orti-Mondejar, PhD Candidate, University of Valencia, Spain.
Title: Greece and the Idea of Empire through Catalan Literature in the Late Middle Ages (XVth Century).
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20:30-22:30
Athenian Early Evening Symposium (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner, wine/water, music, dance)
Tuesday 15 April 2025
09:00-11:00 Session 5
Moderator: Anahita Malek, Head, Graduate School and Associate Professor, Buckinghamshire New University, UK.
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- Denis Bernardeau Moreau, Professor, University of Lille, France.
Title: Soft Skills, Awareness and Reflexivity. A Study of 1st-Year Students at the University of Lille.
- Guadalupe Ortiz, Professor, University of Cádiz, Spain.
Alfonso Garcia-de-Prado, Associate Professor, University of Cádiz, Spain.
Title: Leveraging Software Customization to Improve Quality of Life and Foster Self-Care among Individuals and their Caregivers.
- Alfonso Garcia-de-Prado, Associate Professor, University of Cádiz, Spain.
Guadalupe Ortiz, Professor, University of Cádiz, Spain.
Title: Air Quality Enhancement and Monitoring: A Strategy for Promoting Healthy Habits and Outdoor Engagement.
- Ana Danic Ceko, Associate Professor, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia.
Title: Legal Education in the Field of Environmental Law through Legal Clinics-Example of the Green Legal Clinic.
- Jelena Kasap, Associate Professor, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia.
Visnja Lachner, Associate Professor, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia.
Title: Legal Transactions of Widows in the Late Medieval Statutes of the Kvarner and Dalmatian Regions.
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11:00-12:30 Session 6
Moderator: Marta Torres, Researcher, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Raquel Perez Estebanez, Full Professor, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Title: The Impact of ESG Factors on Performance Measures in European Businesses.
- Pinar Akinci Acar, Associate Professor, Istanbul Medipol University, Türkiye.
Mujdelen Ipek Yener, Professor, Marmara University, Türkiye.
Title: The Dark Entrepreneurs of The New Generation Organizations: Foucault’s Courage of Truth (Parrhesia).
- Pedro Fernandez Sanchez, Associate Professor, Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid), Spain.
Maria del Carmen Garcia Centeno, Associate Professor, Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid), Spain.
Title: Long and Short-Term Economic Convergence in Southern Europe’s Mediterranean Economies.
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12:30-14:00 Session 7 – A Microsympoisum on “Historical Plagues in the Mediterranean Context”
Moderator: Andreu Orti-Mondejar, PhD Candidate, University of Valencia, Spain.
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- Jongkuk Nam, Professor, Ewha Womans University, South Korea.
Title: Venice’s Plague of 1575-1577 and the Medical Debate of the Disease.
- SangDong Lee, Associate Professor, SungkyunKwan University, South Korea.
Title: Reconsidering the Justinian Plague from a Pathological Perspective.
- Myongjoo Shin, Research Professor, Ewha Womans University, South Korea.
Title: How did Ancient Rome Respond to the Plague? – Focusing on the Introduction of Asclepius.
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14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-18:00 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
Ancient Athenian Dinner
Wednesday 16 April 2025
An Educational Visit to Selected Islands
or Nafplio & Mycenae Visit
Thursday 17 April 2025
Visiting the Oracle of Delphi
Friday 18 April 2025
Visiting the Ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion
