With the kind support of the A. S. Onassis Foundation (2023 grant), the research project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024), in collaboration with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organise a lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism.

The Centre of Maritime History in the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Rethymnon announces the Sixth International Conference of the Mediterranean Maritime History Network (MMHN), which will take place at the Centre of Maritime History of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Rethymno from the 27th to the 31st of May 2024.

The European program THEATRE2SEA focuses on the specialized teaching of the developments within the European Union, regarding environmental pressures imposed on Mediterranean coastal communities. However, what makes THEATRE2SEA attractive and interesting is its innovative teaching method. THEATRE2SEA proposes an alternative, more engaging way of teaching and communicating both with the academic public and with other social groups as well.

Our “Cosmos”, the Universe, contains billions of galaxies, each of them having billions of stars, with most stars having several planets turning around them. Since the distances among the stars are astronomical, unlike the explorers of planet Earth, who sailed across the oceans to discover new worlds, it is impossible for one to become a new age explorer of the Universe in one’s lifetime.

The Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) and its Biomedical Research Institute based in Ioannina, organized an Open Event, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 for the presentation of the new construction project of the Institute's new building on the Campus of the University of Ioannina, and the signing of the Contract with the Contractor.

Τhe Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, is organizing the 2^nd International Conference and Consortium Meeting of MIGRAMEDIA (Migration Narratives in European Media: Teaching, Learning, and Reflecting)

MIGRAMEDIA is a multilingual ERASMUS+ KA220 initiative.

On Monday, May 13, 2024, the FORTH’s Friends Association organized an event entitled: "Science, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories and democracy" at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The event was organized in memory of late George Grammatikakis, who had served as a Professor and Rector at the University of Crete.

One of the most important modern-day challenges is meeting the nutritional needs of an ever-growing population, while the earth's natural resources are dramatically decreasing. This essentially means that any loss in food production becomes extremely significant.

PRAXI Network, National Contact Point of the European framework program for research and innovation Horizon Europe, and the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA), is organizing an event for ERC Grantees and Potential ERC Candidates on April 25-26, 2024 at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute in Athens, with the support of the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) and the Hellenic Pasteur Institute.

As part of the IMS Open Lecture Series 2023-2024, on Thursday, April 25 at 8:30 PM at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, the Department of Ottoman History will host a lecture by Merih Erol, Associate Professor at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, titled: "A prolonged refugeehood: The case of the Armenians in Greece in the interwar period"