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international conference: ALEXANDRIA & HELLENISM IN NORTH EGYPT

7-5-2023

๐Ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐š ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š, ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐’É๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€.๐†. ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐

๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ

๐ƒ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“๐€๐…๐€ ๐„๐‹-๐€๐๐๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ

๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ• ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘; ๐Ÿ—:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ฆ
๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐š ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š, ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐.

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๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ

26-4-2023

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐€ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€ฌ– ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡, ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐
๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ
๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ 
๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ, ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง
๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก.
๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค:
https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYlf...
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค.

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Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom: Iamblichus on Non-Hellenic Myths

Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom: Iamblichus on Non-Hellenic Myths

21-3-2023

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...

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๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: A Sea of Stories: Why Maritime Cultural Heritage Matters to You

๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: A Sea of Stories: Why Maritime Cultural Heritage Matters to You

15-3-2023

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

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Porphyry, Poet, Philosopher, and Priest?

Porphyry, Poet, Philosopher, and Priest?

7-2-2023

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...

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Seminar: The Maritime Heritage of the Red Sea

Seminar: The Maritime Heritage of the Red Sea

17-1-2023 18-1-2023

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.

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๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ด๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๏ผš ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ

๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ด๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๏ผš ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ

15-12-2022

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  - ๐น๐‘‚๐‘…๐‘‡๐ป, 
๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘
๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ด๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๏ผš
๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š
๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“. ๐บ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–, ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’, ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘๐‘’
๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, 15 ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 2022 
 ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž.
๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘ก 7:00 ๐‘๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž, 6:00 ๐‘๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž, 5:00 ๐‘๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ 12:00 ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜.
๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž ๐‘น๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’๐’Œ 
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