The event was organized within the framework of FORTH’s 40th anniversary celebrations, the Institute of Astrophysics and the Crete University Press of FORTH.

Under the auspices of Her Excellency (H.E.) the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) celebrated its 40th anniversary (1983-2023). The festivities started on Monday, December 11, 2023 and culminated on Sunday, December 17, 2023, with a Celebratory Event, which took place at the Foundation's headquarters in Heraklion, Crete.

The 12^th “Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes” Distinguished Lecture of FORTH/ICE-HT took place on Monday, December 4 2023, at the Royal Theater in Patras.

In the framework of the Celebrations of the 40^th anniversary of FORTH, the Gender Equality and anti-Discrimination Committee organized an event entitled "40 years of FORTH: Honoring Women in Research".

“Innodays 2023” was organized by the Region of Crete on the 24-26 of November 2023.

Within the framework of the Research Project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024) supported by the A. S. Onassis Foundation, the IMS-FORTH, in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Center for Hellenistic Studies (ACHS), organizes a monthly online lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism (3rd-7th c. CE).

Wednesday, November 8 2023, 19:30, Vikelaia Municipal Library of Heraklion.

Co-organised by the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS/FORTH)

The conference is part of the research project Leaders and Crisis Management in Ancient Greek Literature, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation and hosted at IMS/FORTH. Its aim is to trigger a broad reflection on the phenomenon of crisis in Antiquity, by focusing on terms and concepts.