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202627JanAll Day26MayMuhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations(All Day)
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Muhabbet is an initiative aiming at bringing together scholars, students, and people interested in the shared social history and cultural heritage of the East Mediterranean. We wish
Event Details
Muhabbet is an initiative aiming at bringing together scholars, students, and people interested in the shared social history and cultural heritage of the East Mediterranean. We wish to hold discussions about our common legacies in an informal and friendly environment, like that of the coffeehouses, which originated in the Ottoman East Mediterranean, where people used to come together to develop amicable conversations called muhabbet.
The study of Ottoman history, considerably enriched in recent years, has been read mostly as a prologue to Turkish history, thus leaving the diversity of ethnic and religious groups under its umbrella at the margins of the political, intellectual, and cultural history of the empire. They were much more than that. They not only participated in the everyday life of the imperial state, but contributed considerably to the making of the empire’s multicultural heritage. Our initiative aims especially in creating dialogues for the study of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman worlds, considering the contributions of both the Ottoman elite culture as well as the various ethnic and religious groups of the empire to the historical and contemporary societies of the East Mediterranean.
After a successful first season in 2025, we intend to continue in 2026 our informal conversations on a variety of topics that will bring together people with mutual interests into an open dialogue in the spirit of a friendly chat or Muhabbet. The conversations will facilitate a “safe space” for discussing aspects of the East Mediterranean peoples’ experiences and encourage the understanding of Ottoman history as part of the history of peoples of the region.
Organizers
Ilay Romain Ors (PhD in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University),
Catherine Boura (PhD in History, King’s College, University of London),
Elias Kolovos (Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, NHRF),
Anne McCabe (Research Associate, University of Oxford)
The Muhabbet initiative is co-organized by the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts & The Demos Center of The American College of Greece, the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
Muhabbet ‘26 Program
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 18:30
Antoine the Fortunate (Nefin Dinç, 2020, Anemon Productions)
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Ayhan Aktar and Kalliopi Amygdalou
Moderator: Elias Kolovos
–in partnership with Cinedoc
Cotsen Hall, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Anapiron Polemou 9, Kolonaki, Athens
Friday, February 13, 2026, 18:30
Centuries of Parenthesis and Wounds that Never Heal?
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Cengiz Aktar and Elias Kolovos
Moderator: İlay Romain Örs
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Plaka, Athens
Monday, March 2, 2026, 19:00
Archaeology, Museums, and Photography in the Late Ottoman Empire: Osman Hamdi Bey and Theodore Macridy Bey
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Bahattin Öztuncay and George Manginis
Moderator: Anne McCabe
–in cooperation with the Benaki Museum
Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, Koumbari 1 and Vas. Sofias Avenue, Athens
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 19:00
“I laugh so that I don’t cry”: Coexistence and Imperial Collapse in Ottoman Greek Satire
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Kutay Onayli and Antonis Nasis
Moderator: Catherine Boura
Cotsen Hall, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Anapiron Polemou 9, Kolonaki, Athens
Saturday, April 25, 2006, 11:30
Poli/Istanbul in Athens
A Muhabbet conversation between:
A Walking Tour in Palaio Faliro and muhabbet by Ilay Romain Ors
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 19:00
An Ottoman Pompei
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Christine Philliou and Melike Sümertaş
Moderator: Elias Kolovos
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Plaka, Athens
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 19:00
Greeks in the Ottoman diplomatic service
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Sinan Kuneralp and Catherine Boura
Moderator: İlay Romain Örs
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Plaka, Athens
202624Feb(Feb 24)18:0025Apr(Apr 25)16:00Not Third but Infinite(February 24) 18:00 - (April 25) 16:00
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Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00 When: February 25-April 25, 2026 Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00 Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break Where: ACG Plaka Building,
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Opening: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 18:00-21:00
When: February 25-April 25, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday: 15:00-19:00 & Saturday: 12:00-16:00
Closed between: April 4-19 for the Easter break
Where: ACG Plaka Building, 17 Ipitou St, Plaka, Athens
Curated by
ACG Art collection in collaboration with Díla
Co-organized by:
Díla
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
About the exhibition
A new group exhibition brings together artists from diverse cross-cultural backgrounds to explore ideas of dislocation and possibility, alongside expressions of hybridity in relation to place, belonging, and selfhood.
Not Third but Infinite takes its title and conceptual framework from critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha’s notion of the “Third Space,” expanding his idea of a hybrid, imagined zone between cultures into a vision of infinite re-creation. This expansion evokes the psychological potency of utopia—a state defined by perpetual openness and possibility. Notably, the exhibition includes previously unexhibited notebooks and ephemera from the personal archive of the distinguished Greek-American artist Michael Lekakis (1907–1987). Lekakis’s work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and the Guggenheim, and is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Greece.
Featuring both established and posthumous artists alongside those at earlier stages of their careers, the exhibition presents poetry, painting, embroidery, works on paper, archival ephemera, and immersive installations. It collectively reflects on what it means not only to leave one’s roots behind, but also to continuously renegotiate versions of the self. These recalibrated identities are often constructed from visual fragments, memories, and sensory impressions tied to specific landscapes and physical touchpoints, which reassemble in unfamiliar yet generative ways. Greek-Egyptian painter Farida El Gazzar, continuing her evolving series of miniature paintings depicting city life, architecture, and foliage, presents scenes drawn from the urban landscapes of Athens and Alexandria, framed within kitsch decorative borders. Greek-Cypriot artist Vassia Adamou Vanezi, who describes her practice as involving “poetic gestures” and “visual poetry or concrete poetry,” engages with the contested terrain of her Cypriot homeland. Through botanicals mounted on handmade paper and layers of typed text rendered illegible through repetition, she enacts processes of confusion, re-creation, and re-meaning.
Of Korean-American origin and raised between Switzerland and Greece, multidisciplinary artist Iliodora Margellos brings her meditative stitch-based practice to her series Securities, presenting embroidered aphorisms such as A Star Is Brighter in the Clear Sky and The Sun Will Always Rise as gestures of reassurance for the untethered self. She also presents two lesser-known installations: a floor-based crochet and mirror sculpture of droplets and puddles, titled Long Quiet River—named after Étienne Chatiliez’s French comedy film “La Vie est un Long Fleuve Tranquille”—and a delicate handwoven mobile, Comforts (Very Knotty) IV, anchored by a textile knot that gestures toward entanglement and the quiet inner harmony one learns to cultivate within the layered complexities of familial identity. Kleitia Kokalari, born in Albania and raised in Athens, contributes paintings of uncanny landscapes suggestive of the subconscious, featuring border waters and a cave-like portal that appears to lead elsewhere. Zigzagging, geometrically carved sculptures by Swedish-born, Athens-based artist Andreas Kargsten punctuate corners and transitional spaces, marking thresholds between the exhibition’s rooms and corridors
Two contributions come from artists associated with Díla, a community offering mentorship to young refugee women pursuing work in the arts, which co-produced Not Third but Infinite. Upon entering the exhibition, visitors encounter a large-scale painting by Elen Demirian, a young Armenian artist currently studying Visual Arts at Deree. Her striking work 499, co-authored with her partner Aram Minassian—also of Armenian origin and now based in France—is densely layered with references to shared cultural memory, including excerpts from prayers, folk songs, and privately coded numerological symbols, together forming an intimate “third space” on the canvas. Further along the corridor, in a room of its own, visitors encounter Chink of Light, a poetry installation by Iran-born writer of Tajik origin Karima Qias, now based in Brussels. Previously installed at Pikionis’ pavilion on Philopappou Hill, the work features calligraphed pages from her handmade book lining the walls, accompanied by a video portrait and a Persian-language poetry audio track.
Text and lyrical language are among the exhibition’s defining elements. Lettering and literary forms appear across media—in collaborative painting, poetry installations, embroidery on paper and cloth, and most prominently in the poems, reflections, and jottings found in Lekakis’s notebooks. Spiritual references to the sky and the stars, with their inherently transnational and borderless qualities, recur throughout the exhibition. In one notebook poem, Lekakis writes:
“What happens to the stars at night?
They fly to Egypt
To crash at the feet of Ra
They pile so high
They slip over the ends of the earth.”
Many of the works seek either to zoom out from the earthly plane in search of broader perspective, or to capture fleeting moments as textures—through words, materials, and gestures—rendering experience tangible even as it slips away. In doing so, they register and commemorate earthly details as both anchors of belonging and points of departure. Despite their diversity of media and individual artistic languages, the works in Not Third but Infinite share an acute awareness of ephemerality and impermanence. Distributed across the ground-floor rooms of the beautifully preserved neoclassical villa of The American College of Greece (ACG) on Ipitou Street, the exhibition unfolds as a collective meditation on dislocation as both rupture and reconstitution. Particularly notable are the archival materials by Lekakis displayed in the main room: personal correspondence, photographs, and notebooks drawn from an archive held by the ACG Art Collection. Presented in traditional library display cases, these informal pages offer intimate insights into the New York–born artist’s life and imaginative world through his distinctive and evocative poetic voice.
Also of special note is a haunting basement installation by Sabri El Charif, a recent graduate of Deree’s Visual Arts Program and a young artist of Egyptian-Levantine origin. His floor-based work Under This Sky pays tribute to the tragedy of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, addressing in particular the mass graves in Gaza as a violent attempt to sever a people from their homeland.
Not Third but Infinite is co-organized by Díla, The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Demos Center of The American College of Greece. As a collaborative endeavor, the exhibition reflects the School’s commitment to offer a wide range of artistic activities and promote its students and graduates, The Demos Center’s mission to foster a sense of active citizenship—particularly among younger generations—as well as Díla’s dedication to supporting young refugee women on creative career paths.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
Participating artists: Elen Demirian & Aram Minassian, Sabri El Charif, Farida El Gazzar, Andreas Kargsten, Kleitia Kokalari, Michael Lekakis, Iliodora Margellos, Karima Qias, Vassia Adamou Vanezi
Curated by: Ioanna Papapavlou and Díla
Exhibition production: Ana S. González Rueda, Katerina Milesi
Graphic Design: Elen Demirian
Gallery texts: Eliana Klathis, Katerina Merkouri, Katerina Milesi, Eva Ntampanli
Special thanks to Dean Helena Maragou, Niki Kladakis, and Dr. Mary Cardaras.
Thanks to Niky Theodorou for logistical assistance, Virna Vrettou, George Papastogiannoudis and Nikolaos Fronimos for the Marketing and PR of the exhibition, Michalis Orontis and the security team, George Kyrodimos, John Fetalidis, Victor Zafeiropoulos, as well as Haris Gialelis, Christos Mantzios, Antonis Kontopoulos, Dimitris Fakinos, Stavros Theofilou, Vasilis Palaiogiannis, Manolis Sideris, Stelios Teloniatis, Giannis Gerakellis, John Poulakis, Stavros Karadimitriou, Alekos Potamianos, Giannis Kontopoulos and Takis Moschidis for the technical support.
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BLOOD DRIVE in support of Aretaieio & NIMTS Hospitals and Aimodosia 365 & Hellenic Red Cross When: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 09:00-15:00 Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 10:00-16:00 Friday, April 3, 2026 |
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BLOOD DRIVE in support of Aretaieio & NIMTS Hospitals and Aimodosia 365 & Hellenic Red Cross
When:
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 09:00-15:00
Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 10:00-16:00
Friday, April 3, 2026 | 10:00-16:00
Where: Deree Student Lounge, ACG campus
Co-organized by
ACG Health & Wellness
Office of Sustainability – Public Affairs
Office of Student Affairs
Supported by
ACG Sustainability Leaders
SNF Scholars’ Organization
Deree Student Association (DSA)
Join us for a blood drive in support of Aretaieio & NIMITS Hospitals and Aimodosia 365 & Hellenic Red Cross.
All members of the ACG community (students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents), ACG partners, and friends are invited to participate in the upcoming 3-day blood drive.
Learn more about Bone Marrow donation. Check to see if you are a match.
Please check out the process, make sure you are eligible, and schedule an appointment through Eventora. Each volunteer will be able to register for a specific day and time slot and will be required to present the Eventora barcode received upon registration. Giving blood normally takes about 30 minutes of your time.
Parking upon availability on campus.
Don’t forget to bring with you your ID/Passport and AMKA number (if applicable).
Because ACG Cares!
For more information, contact us at [email protected] or telephone 210 6009800, ext. 1446.
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April 2, 2026 10:00
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When: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 13:30-14:30 Where: AC Auditorium, Deree - The American College of Greece Organized by: School of Science and Technology – The American College of Greece, Psychology Department About
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When: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 13:30-14:30
Where: AC Auditorium, Deree – The American College of Greece
Organized by:
School of Science and Technology – The American College of Greece, Psychology Department
About the lecture
The historical divide between psychodynamic psychotherapy and neurobiology is increasingly replaced by integrative models recognizing the interdependence of subjective experience and brain function. This presentation explores the convergence between contemporary psychodynamic theory and advances in affective and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on trauma, memory, dissociation, transference, and the self.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is supported by meta-analytic evidence as an effective treatment for depression, anxiety, and personality disorders, with enduring effects suggesting structural psychological change (Leichsenring et al., 2023). Neurobiological research indicates that psychotherapy is associated with functional modifications in limbic and prefrontal systems, as well as large-scale networks involved in emotion regulation and self-referential processing (Abbass et al., 2014; Menon, 2023).
Trauma represents a central point of convergence, as psychodynamic concepts of unmentalized affect parallel neurobiological models of dysregulated fear circuitry (Lanius et al., 2020). Memory reconsolidation provides a bridge between psychodynamic working-through and experimentally supported mechanisms of emotional memory updating (Lane et al., 2015; Schiller et al., 2010). Furthermore, transference may be conceptualized within predictive processing frameworks (Friston, 2010).
This integrative perspective supports a multi-level model in which meaning, affect, and relationship are understood as biologically embedded processes, positioning psychotherapy as a form of experience-dependent neuroplasticity (Kandel, 1998).
The event is free and open to the public.
About the speaker
Dr. Ilias Vlachos
Associate Professor of Psychology, The American College of Greece (Deree)
Psychiatrist – Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, Private Practice, Athens, Greece
Secretary, Section of Psychopathology, Hellenic Psychiatric Association
202601Apr14:3015:30Finding your Place: Connecting and Growing Abroad14:30 - 15:30
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Finding your Place: Connecting and Growing Abroad When: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | 14:30 - 15:30 (6 week-group) Where: ACG Counseling Center Organized by: The ACG Counseling Center, Deree -The American College of
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Finding your Place: Connecting and Growing Abroad
When:
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | 14:30 – 15:30 (6 week-group)
Where:
ACG Counseling Center
Organized by:
The ACG Counseling Center, Deree -The American College of Greece
About the event
The Counseling Center is launching a group to support international and study abroad students as they adjust to living and studying in a new country and culture. Transitioning to a new cultural and academic environment can bring experiences such as homesickness, loneliness, social challenges, language barriers, and academic stress. These reactions are a normal part of adapting to life away from home. This group provides a confidential and welcoming space where students can share experiences, explore challenges, and connect with peers. The goals of the group are to support adjustment, strengthen coping skills, foster connection, and promote a sense of belonging.
Because adjusting takes time — and support can make the journey easier!
For more information contact the ACG Counseling Center, [email protected]
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Kimon Friar Lecture 2025-2026 Poets, Painters, Pugilists, and the Parthenon: How Poets and their Friends Framed the Controversy Over Elgin's Removals By A.E. Stallings American Poet, Essayist, and Translator Introductory remarks Haris
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Kimon Friar Lecture 2025-2026
Poets, Painters, Pugilists, and the Parthenon: How Poets and their Friends Framed the Controversy Over Elgin’s Removals
By A.E. Stallings
American Poet, Essayist, and Translator
Introductory remarks
Haris Vlavianos
Chief Consultant and Head of the Advisory Board
Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts (IHCLA)
The American College of Greece
When:
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 19:00
Where:
ACG Events Hall, 6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi, GR 153 42, Deree – The American College of Greece
About the lecture
Poets (English poets including Byron and Keats, but also Greek poets such as Cavafy and Seferis) and their friends, have not only weighed in on the debate over Elgin’s removals of the sculptures of the Parthenon, but have been key to setting the terms. A.E. Stallings, who has recently written a book, Frieze Frame, exploring this network of relationships, will give an overview of “the last poor plunder of a bleeding land” (Byron) and the Grecian “shadow of a magnitude” (Keats).
About A.E. Stallings
A.E. Stallings is an American poet, essayist, and translator, who resides in Athens. She has published four volumes of poetry and a selected poems (This Afterlife, which received The Runciman Award), and three volumes of verse translation (most recently, the Pseudo-Homeric Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice). Her history of poets and the Parthenon marbles, Frieze Frame, is out with Paul Dry Books. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is serving as the current Oxford Professor of Poetry.
Photo credit: Kostas Mantziaris
While registration is not mandatory, it is kindly requested.
The lecture is free & open to the public, with a reception to follow.
Parking on campus, upon availability.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
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Chemoinformatics in the age of AI When: Thursday, April, 2 2026 | 8:30 Where: via Microsoft Teams, click on button below Organized by: Department of Natural Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece In
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Chemoinformatics in the age of AI
When: Thursday, April, 2 2026 | 8:30
Where: via Microsoft Teams, click on button below
Organized by:
Department of Natural Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece
In collaboration with:
Department of Computing and Mathematics, Deree – The American College of Greece
About the lecture
Dr. Georgia Kythreoti, Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences at Deree – The American College of Greece, cordially invites you to attend a guest lecture by Professor Shoba Ranganathan, Honorary Professor of Bioinformatics in Applied Biosciences at Macquarie University in Sydney. This session will explore the transformative integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into the field of chemoinformatics.
The lecture provides a comprehensive overview of chemoinformatics, focusing on the essential role of computational methodologies in the storage, classification, and analysis of small-molecule data. As the backbone of modern drug and bioactive ligand discovery, these informatics techniques enable a “quantum leap” in research efficiency.
Core Methodologies & The AI Revolution
Professor Ranganathan will discuss fundamental in silico tools such as virtual screening, molecular docking, and QSAR modeling. While these remain essential for predicting molecular properties, the arrival of AI-driven approaches—specifically deep learning—has significantly enhanced predictive accuracy. These technologies facilitate automated large-scale data analysis and the identification of novel compounds within massive chemical datasets, expanding the scope of what is possible in the lab.
Practical Research Applications
The presentation will conclude with two specific case studies from Professor Ranganathan’s research group, illustrating the real-world impact of these technologies:
- Anti-Parasitic Compounds: An in silico approach to screening for novel treatments.
- Olfactory Receptors: The discovery of agonists targeting ectopic human olfactory receptors implicated in disease.
About the lecturer
Professor Shoba Ranganathan
Shoba Ranganathan is currently an Honorary Professor of Bioinformatics in Applied Biosciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, following 18 years of service as Chair of Bioinformatics, during which she made substantial contributions to the advancement of research, education, and international collaboration in the field. Her research interests include genome annotation, transcriptome analysis, structural bioinformatics, immunoinformatics, genome-phenome analysis, biological networks, biodiversity informatics and cheminformatics.
Professor Ranganathan serves as a Fellow of the International Society of Computational Biology and of the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society, as an Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and as a Scientific Advisor Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology in Bengaluru, India. She has also served as the president of the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network.
In recognition of her contributions, she received multiple awards, including the 2023 Outstanding Contributions to the International Society for Computational Biology, the 2018 Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society Honorary Senior Fellowship and as the first UNESCO Chair of Biodiversity Informatics in 2006.
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BLOOD DRIVE in support of Aretaieio & NIMTS Hospitals and Aimodosia 365 & Hellenic Red Cross When: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 09:00-15:00 Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 10:00-16:00 Friday, April 3, 2026 |
Event Details
BLOOD DRIVE in support of Aretaieio & NIMTS Hospitals and Aimodosia 365 & Hellenic Red Cross
When:
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 09:00-15:00
Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 10:00-16:00
Friday, April 3, 2026 | 10:00-16:00
Where: Deree Student Lounge, ACG campus
Co-organized by
ACG Health & Wellness
Office of Sustainability – Public Affairs
Office of Student Affairs
Supported by
ACG Sustainability Leaders
SNF Scholars’ Organization
Deree Student Association (DSA)
Join us for a blood drive in support of Aretaieio & NIMITS Hospitals and Aimodosia 365 & Hellenic Red Cross.
All members of the ACG community (students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents), ACG partners, and friends are invited to participate in the upcoming 3-day blood drive.
Learn more about Bone Marrow donation. Check to see if you are a match.
Please check out the process, make sure you are eligible, and schedule an appointment through Eventora. Each volunteer will be able to register for a specific day and time slot and will be required to present the Eventora barcode received upon registration. Giving blood normally takes about 30 minutes of your time.
Parking upon availability on campus.
Don’t forget to bring with you your ID/Passport and AMKA number (if applicable).
Because ACG Cares!
For more information, contact us at [email protected] or telephone 210 6009800, ext. 1446.
202602Apr11:0016:00Network Me Up! Powered by Allwynorganized by ACG Career Services11:00 - 16:00
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Network me up Powered by Allwyn Hellas When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 11:00-16:00 Where: Deree Faculty Lounge Organized by: ACG Career Services About the event OPAP is now Allwyn, entering a new era
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Network me up Powered by Allwyn Hellas
When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 11:00-16:00
Where: Deree Faculty Lounge
Organized by: ACG Career Services
About the event
OPAP is now Allwyn, entering a new era of transformation powered by digitalization, innovation and unique experiences. Our people continue to evolve with a clear purpose: to make play better for all by focusing on innovation, technology, player safety and returning more to good causes.
But what does that actually mean for you?
🏢 Discover Allwyn’s new era. See how the company is transforming, experience the culture and understand what it’s really like to work here.
🎯 See how Responsible Gaming, powered by AI, Technology, Data and Communications, drives real business decisions and shapes everything we do.
🎤 Hear from people who started exactly where you are. Meet graduates and Allwyn interns who built their careers with us – and ask them anything.
🚀 Discover internship and early-career opportunities, network with our People experts, and learn what skills actually matter from day one.
Agenda:
11:00 – 11:30 | Registration & Warm-Up
11:30 – 12:30 | A Winning Career Awaits: Inside Allwyn & Networking – Athina Antoniadou, Employer Branding Expert
12:30 – 13:30 | A Purpose‑Driven Rebranding Journey: OPAP is now Allwyn – Konstantinos Digalakis, Communications Expert-Brand
14:00 – 14:15 | Break
14.15 – 15.15 | Leveraging AI for Digital Transformation and Responsible Gaming – Alexia Mantou, AI Manager & Savvas Iliopoulos, Responsible Gaming Expert
15:15 – 16:00 | From Campus to Career: Real Stories, Real Paths & Networking – Deree Alumni Panel
Bring your vibe. Bring your questions.
Come curious. Leave inspired.
On-the-spot registration at the event will also be available.
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When Exams Feel Overwhelming: Let’s Talk About It! Feeling Stressed About Exams? You’re Not Alone. When: Thursdays | 15:00 – 16:00 March 26, 2026 April 2, 2026 April 23, 2026 April 30, 2026 Where: ACG Counseling
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When Exams Feel Overwhelming: Let’s Talk About It!
Feeling Stressed About Exams? You’re Not Alone.
When: Thursdays | 15:00 – 16:00
March 26, 2026
April 2, 2026
April 23, 2026
April 30, 2026
Where:
ACG Counseling Center
Organized by:
ACG Care Center, Deree – The American College of Greece
About the event sessions
We invite you to join a small, supportive group designed to provide both clinical insight and the practical tools necessary to navigate this demanding period. This is a safe space to share your experiences and learn that your academic journey doesn’t have to be a solitary struggle.
During these sessions, we will explore:
- The Root of Anxiety: Understanding why exam stress happens and how it affects the brain.
- Practical Stress Management: Proven strategies to calm overthinking and regain focus.
- Motivation & Action: Effective ways to break the procrastination loop and boost your productivity.
- Healthy Coping Mechanisms: Long-term methods for handling academic pressure with resilience.
You don’t have to go through this alone. Take a proactive step toward a more balanced and supportive way of navigating your exams.
The event is free and open to the ACG Students.
For further clarifications or information, please contact the ACG Counseling Ceneter, [email protected]
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Online Info Session for International Students Experience U.S. Education at The American College of Greece! When: Wednesday, April 2, 2026 | 15:00-16:00 EET Where: Online (Zoom link
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Online Info Session for International Students
Experience U.S. Education at The American College of Greece!
When: Wednesday, April 2, 2026 | 15:00-16:00 EET
Where: Online (Zoom link provided upon registration)
Join us for an inspiring live session and discover why Greece is becoming one of the top destinations for international students.
Learn how you can start your academic journey this January at The American College of Greece (ACG), where excellence meets culture, community, and opportunity!
Who should attend
International students interested in pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate studies in Europe.
Why Attend?
- Discover why Greece is an inspiring place to live and study
- Explore the globally recognized academic programs available
- Learn about authentic experiences from college representatives
- Find out how you can start your studies as early as this January
Event Agenda
- Welcome & Introduction (5’)
Meet our team and get an overview of what to expect in this session. - Study in Greece (10’)
Living and Studying in Greece 101: Learn what it’s like to live and study in one of Europe’s safest, most vibrant, and affordable countries. Discover Greece’s international student community, lifestyle, and culture. - Academic Programs Overview (15’)
Explore ACG’s wide range of English-taught programs, global accreditations, and study abroad options that open doors worldwide. - Student Life & Experience (10’)
Discover student life beyond the classroom. Join a welcoming international campus community by getting involved in the clubs, societies, and athletics that shape ACG’s signature college life. - Admissions & Scholarships (10’)
Understand the step-by-step application process, admission requirements, key deadlines, and scholarship opportunities available to international students. - Live Q&A + Closing Remarks (10-15’)
Ask your questions directly to our admissions team and hear how to take your next step — whether applying or booking a personal consultation.
Register below to reserve your spot!
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Nostos for Greek Adoptees When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 18:30 Where: ACG Events Hall, The American College of Greece [6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi,
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Nostos for Greek Adoptees
When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 18:30
Where: ACG Events Hall, The American College of Greece
[6 Gravias str., Aghia Paraskevi, GR 15342]
Organized by:
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
About the event:
Greece’s thousands of adoptees, the so called “Lost Children of Greece”, who were born from the 1940s to the early 1970s, have longed to restore their citizenship for years. These were the first adoptees in history that were systematically sent out of the country for adoption.
For many, getting their Greek Citizenship, it was the only certain connection to a family and a community in Greece. For years, many hurdles lay in the path of these adopted persons, most of whom grew up in the United States. But through an exceptional combination of advocacy, scholarly research, the government’s political will, and institutional support (The American College of Greece, The Demos Center of ACG and King’s College London), the path for Greek-born adoptees to restore their Greek citizenship has now been opened.
Since May 2025, one adopted person after another has achieved this lifelong goal, gaining with it a sense of recognition and symbolic repair. The law that passed helps heal the country from a painful and difficult period that separated families from their children. After all, being Greek runs deep in their sense of belonging and identity.
On 2 April 2026, we will discuss and celebrate this momentous breakthrough with the leading policymakers: Professor Gonda Van Steen, Dr. Athanasios Balermpas, long-time supporter and designer of a range of practical solutions, Dr. Mary Cardaras, Dr. Eirini Karamouzi, adoptee activists and scholars. Also present will be Greek-born adoptees and direct beneficiaries of the legal change.
Event Flow
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Ed Wingenbach
President, The American College of Greece
Theodoros Livanios
Minister of the Interior, Hellenic Republic
Introductory Remarks
Professor Gonda Van Steen
Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature
Director, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, U.K.
ACG 27th Annual Kimon Friar Lecturer
Conversation on “Adoption, Memory and Reform: How is Greece Shaping Policy for its Diaspora?”
Moderator
Victoria Hislop
Bestselling Author
ACG 28th Annual Kimon Friar Lecturer
Panelists
Professor Gonda Van Steen
Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature
Director, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, U.K.
ACG 27th Annual Kimon Friar Lecturer
Dr. Athanasios Balermpas
General Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Hellenic Republic
Former Secretary General of Citizenship in Greece (2019–2023)
Dr. Eirini Karamouzi
Professor of Contemporary European History
Associate Dean, Research & Innovation
Deree – The American College of Greece
Editor, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Journal
Dr. Mary Cardaras
Founder & Director, The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
Co-Founder of The Kali Polis Project
Reception
The event is free and open to the public. Parking on campus, upon availability.
Registration is required.
The event will be presented in both Greek and English.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected]
Bio of the moderator
Victoria Hislop
Bestselling Author
Victoria Hislop studied English Literature at Oxford University and afterwards worked in book publishing, PR and journalism. During her time as a journalist, she wrote on education and travel for national newspapers and magazines and was sent on assignments around the world. Inspired by a visit to Spinalonga, the abandoned Greek leprosy colony, Victoria wrote The Island in 2005. She was named Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards and the novel became an international bestseller, translated into 40 languages, with over 6 million copies sold worldwide. It was turned into a 26-part Greek TV series which achieved record ratings for Greece.
Her affection for the Mediterranean then took her to Spain, and in The Return she wrote about the painful secrets of its civil war. In her third novel, The Thread, Victoria returned to Greece to tell the extraordinary and turbulent tale of Thessaloniki and its people across the 20th century. Published in 2011 to widespread acclaim, it confirmed her reputation as an inspirational storyteller and was shortlisted for a British Book Award. The Thread is currently in development with a British TV production company. The Sunrise, set in Cyprus and published in 2014, was followed by Cartes Postales from Greece, which is her first work of fully color-illustrated fiction and was also short-listed for the British Book Awards fiction title of the year. It was adapted into a twelve-part drama for ERT1 in 2021.
Those Who Are Loved, published in 2019, tells the story of Greece’s traumatic period of Occupation and Civil War during the 20th century. In 2020, came the sequel to The Island, One August Night, and Victoria was executive producer on the adaptation for Greek state television. Victoria’s first book for children, Maria’s Island (listed by Waterstones as one of the best children’s books of the year) was also published in 2020 – and is an adaptation of The Island for a younger audience. All of Victoria’s novels have hit the number one position in the UK charts, but have also been bestsellers in Greece, China, France, Israel and Norway. She has won several literary awards in France.
As well as studying the Greek language (it is her ultimate ambition to read everything and anything without the presence of a dictionary by her side), she spends her spare time reading, swimming, boxing, playing tennis and, these days, dancing (having been a contestant in Greece’s version of “Strictly” in 2021). She is an ambassador for Lepra, a UK charity that raises money to treat the estimated three million leprosy sufferers worldwide, and is also an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust which promotes reading in the UK. Victoria is Patron of Knossos 2025 which is raising funds to renew the British School of Athens research center in Crete. In 2019, Victoria was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Sheffield, and in 2020 she was given Honorary Citizenship by the Greek President for her promotion of Greece.
Her last novel, The Figurine, was published in the UK in September 2023. A central theme is the looting of archaeological treasures and the meaning of “home”. Hislop’s next novel, The Wine Dark Sea, is expected to be published in September 2026 and will take us to Chios among other places in Greece. A large part of the story is about a mother whose young son was stolen for adoption during the Greek Civil War.
Bio of the panelists
Professor Gonda Van Steen
Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature Director, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, U.K. 27th Kimon Friar Lecturer at The American College of Greece
Gonda Van Steen earned a PhD in Classics and Hellenic Studies from Princeton University and holds the position of Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King’s College London. She also serves as the Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s.
Her early scholarship focused on the intersection of ancient drama and modern Greek politics. Her first book, Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece (2000), was awarded the John D. Criticos Prize. She followed this with Liberating Hellenism from the Ottoman Empire (2010), Theatre of the Condemned: Classical Tragedy on Greek Prison Islands (2011), and Stage of Emergency: Theater and Public Performance under the Greek Military Dictatorship of 1967-1974 (2015), which analyzed performance and censorship under the Greek junta.
In recent years, Professor Van Steen has pioneered research into the “lost children” of Greece. Her 2019 book, Adoption, Memory and Cold War Greece: Kid pro quo? (published in Greek in 2021), explored the uncharted terrain of postwar Greek adoption stories. She followed this with the 2024 publication of The Battle for Bodies, Hearts and Minds in Postwar Greece, an annotated memoir of an American social worker in Thessaloniki.
Her most recent contributions include co-editing The War for Anatolia and the Remaking of International Order (2026) and the 2025 play Adoptions Reckonings: For Three Refrigerators and a Washing Machine, which centers the narratives of Greek-born adoptees. Professor Van Steen can be reached at [email protected].
Dr. Athanasios Balermpas
General Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Hellenic Republic
Former Secretary General of Citizenship in Greece (2019–2023)
Athanasios Balermpas was born in Athens in 1966. He holds a Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Greek Philology from Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki and a Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in Sustainable Local Development. He earned his Ph.D. in Architecture from the Department of Urban Planning – Spatial Planning at the National Technical University of Athens. He is fluent in both English and German.
As an active scholar, Dr. Balermpas has participated as a guest speaker in numerous forums and conferences focused on urban environment and cultural issues. He has published several studies in scientific journals and is the author of multiple books on rhetoric, ancient Greece, and history through Livanis and Hellenic Literature Publications. His forthcoming book, The Physiognomy of the Greek Urban Environment Through Literature, is set to be published by EURASIA Publications, and his articles frequently appear in the daily and periodical press.
In his professional career, he has served as President and CEO for various Public Limited Companies within the wider public sector and local government. He currently works as a certified education executive in an International Baccalaureate (IB) authorized educational program. Most recently, from 2019 until 2023, he served as the Secretary General of Citizenship at the Ministry of Interior.
Dr. Eirini Karamouzi
Professor of Contemporary European History
Associate Dean, Research & Innovation
Deree – The American College of Greece
Editor, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Journal
Eirini Karamouzi is a Professor of Contemporary European History at The American College of Greece and an associate professor of Contemporary History at the University of Sheffield. She has held fellowships at the London School of Economics, Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Tampere, and the European University Institute.
She is the author of Greece, the EEC and the Cold War: The Second Enlargement (2014), co-editor of The Balkans in the Cold War (2017), and co-editor of Beyond the Euromissiles: The Global Histories of Anti-nuclear Activism (Berghahn, 2025). She has published extensively in the Journal of Contemporary History, Cold War History, and International History Review on issues related to the history of European integration, democracy, and protest in Southern Europe, as well as Greek foreign policy.
Currently, she co-directs an AHRC network grant on global anti-nuclear activism and a Laskaridis-funded project on US–Greek relations in the Metapolitefsi, 1974-2024. Her current research project, supported by the Onassis Foundation and Research England, deals with the historical role of tourism in Greece’s nation branding.
Dr. Mary Cardaras
Founder & Director, The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
Co-Founder of The Kali Polis Project
Mary Cardaras is the Founder and Director of The Demos Center at The American College of Greece. An Emmy Award-winning journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker, she holds a PhD in Public and International Affairs from Northeastern University in Boston. She has been teaching at the university level since 1991, with a career-long focus on developing students into active, curious, and globally-minded citizens.
The Demos Center represents the culmination of Dr. Cardaras’s dedication to public policy, journalism, and the arts. Her work is rooted in the belief that a healthy, free society requires government that serves its people, journalism that “shines a light in dark corners,” and a vibrant, flourishing arts community.
A Greek-born adoptee herself, Dr. Cardaras has been a leading advocate for the restoration of Greek citizenship for the “lost children of Greece”—the approximately 4,000 children adopted abroad between 1948 and 1975. She launched the Nostos for Greek Born Adoptees campaign, which garnered over 75,000 signatures from around the world. Her advocacy was instrumental in the historic passage of the 2025 law that finally restored citizenship rights to this community.
202603Apr18:3020:30The Body Ego in the Digital EraVisualizing the Digital Soul18:30 - 20:30
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The Body Ego in the Digital Era When: Friday, April 3, 2026, 18:30-20:30 Where: ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Athens Organized by: The Visual Arts Program, Deree - The American College of Greece Supported by: The
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The Body Ego in the Digital Era
When: Friday, April 3, 2026, 18:30-20:30
Where: ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Athens
Organized by:
The Visual Arts Program, Deree – The American College of Greece
Supported by:
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Moderated by:
Effie Halivopoulou, Professor of Visual Arts, Deree – ACG
About the lecture
This interdisciplinary lecture aims to bring together psychoanalysis and art to explore how we experience our bodies and desire in the age of virtual reality.
About the speakers
Katerina Mangana is psychoanalytic psychotherapist and author. She is regular member, instructor and trainer analyst at ΕΛ.ΕΚ.ΙΝ (Greek Training Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy). Author of the books: “Small Triumphs” (2026), “A falling leaf: a story about pain and the will to live” (2021), “When the soul disturbs the body” (2018). She contributes with her texts to the publications: “The Body” (2024) & “Theater, Trauma, Therapy” (2023). Prize winning author for best theatrical play “Efi. Apo to Eftihia” (2013).
Elli Paxinou is an art theorist and educator. She has been teaching Aesthetics, Art History and Visual Arts in cultural spaces and Museums in Athens, such as the B.& M. Theocharakis Foundation, the Open Education Foundation (ΑΙΕ), as well as in private colleges and schools, such as the Metropolitan College, AKTO, International School of Athens and Moraitis School. Elli is currently working as a museum educator at the B.& M. Theocharakis Foundation.
The event is free and open to the public.
For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]
202618Apr11:00Coming to a US city near you!New York11:00
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When: April 18, 2026 | 11 AM EST Where: Starbucks Coffee Company, Chelsea NYC - 61 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011 Organized by: Office of North American Enrollment & U.S. Federal
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When: April 18, 2026 | 11 AM EST
Where: Starbucks Coffee Company, Chelsea NYC – 61 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011
Organized by: Office of North American Enrollment & U.S. Federal Aid
About the events
Got questions about enrollment at The American College of Greece, life in Athens, the campus or U.S. Federal Aid? Bring your parents or guardians along and let’s have a chat about your academic future at ACG over a cup of Starbucks coffee. Save the date!
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RESCHEDULED: The new date for this lecture is Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Unlocking Complex Drug
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RESCHEDULED: The new date for this lecture is Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
Unlocking Complex Drug Targets: From Molecular Motion to Rational Drug Design in Oncology
When: Wednesday, April, 22, 2026 | 14:30-15:30
Where: 6th Level Auditorium, Deree – The American College of Greece
Organized by:
Leonardos Mageiros, Information Technology, Cybersecurity and Computer Science
Ph.D., Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Swansea University
Deree – The American College of Greece
About the lecture
Conventional structure-based drug design has long relied on static, “frozen” models of proteins. While these crystallographic and cryo-EM snapshots are foundational, they often fall short when addressing oncology’s most complex and notoriously difficult targets. To successfully inhibit these elusive cancer drivers, we must move beyond the static paradigm and uncover their dynamic functional mechanisms. This lecture explores an advanced computational ecosystem where AI structure prediction integrates with Coarse-Grained and Atomistic Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. Together, they create a predictive engine capable of decoding the “molecular motion” of proteins to lay the groundwork for truly rational drug discovery.
What to Expect:
- Beyond Trial-and-Error: Learn how to target cancer drivers in a smarter, data-driven manner.
- The “Undruggable” Challenge: Explore two distinct case studies of major oncology targets that have evaded the global scientific community for decades.
- Exposing Vulnerabilities: Discover how unraveling fundamental functional dynamics can expose hidden structural vulnerabilities, finally opening the door to targeted drug design.
About the lecturer
Dr. Nastazia Lesgidou is a Computational Structural Biologist whose research bridges the gap between fundamental biophysics and computer-aided drug design. She earned her PhD from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Democritus University of Thrace, in collaboration with NCSR “Demokritos”.
Following her doctoral studies, Dr. Lesgidou conducted postdoctoral research at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) within a high-impact collaboration with Novartis. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Computational Drug Design and AI Group (University of West Attica). Her work utilizes high-performance computing to investigate the structural dynamics of disease-associated proteins, while she remains deeply committed to academic teaching and the mentorship of future scientists.
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When Exams Feel Overwhelming: Let’s Talk About It! Feeling Stressed About Exams? You’re Not Alone. When: Thursdays | 15:00 – 16:00 March 26, 2026 April 2, 2026 April 23, 2026 April 30, 2026 Where: ACG Counseling
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When Exams Feel Overwhelming: Let’s Talk About It!
Feeling Stressed About Exams? You’re Not Alone.
When: Thursdays | 15:00 – 16:00
March 26, 2026
April 2, 2026
April 23, 2026
April 30, 2026
Where:
ACG Counseling Center
Organized by:
ACG Care Center, Deree – The American College of Greece
About the event sessions
We invite you to join a small, supportive group designed to provide both clinical insight and the practical tools necessary to navigate this demanding period. This is a safe space to share your experiences and learn that your academic journey doesn’t have to be a solitary struggle.
During these sessions, we will explore:
- The Root of Anxiety: Understanding why exam stress happens and how it affects the brain.
- Practical Stress Management: Proven strategies to calm overthinking and regain focus.
- Motivation & Action: Effective ways to break the procrastination loop and boost your productivity.
- Healthy Coping Mechanisms: Long-term methods for handling academic pressure with resilience.
You don’t have to go through this alone. Take a proactive step toward a more balanced and supportive way of navigating your exams.
The event is free and open to the ACG Students.
For further clarifications or information, please contact the ACG Counseling Ceneter, [email protected]
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When Exams Feel Overwhelming: Let’s Talk About It! Feeling Stressed About Exams? You’re Not Alone. When: Thursdays | 15:00 – 16:00 March 26, 2026 April 2, 2026 April 23, 2026 April 30, 2026 Where: ACG Counseling
Event Details
When Exams Feel Overwhelming: Let’s Talk About It!
Feeling Stressed About Exams? You’re Not Alone.
When: Thursdays | 15:00 – 16:00
March 26, 2026
April 2, 2026
April 23, 2026
April 30, 2026
Where:
ACG Counseling Center
Organized by:
ACG Care Center, Deree – The American College of Greece
About the event sessions
We invite you to join a small, supportive group designed to provide both clinical insight and the practical tools necessary to navigate this demanding period. This is a safe space to share your experiences and learn that your academic journey doesn’t have to be a solitary struggle.
During these sessions, we will explore:
- The Root of Anxiety: Understanding why exam stress happens and how it affects the brain.
- Practical Stress Management: Proven strategies to calm overthinking and regain focus.
- Motivation & Action: Effective ways to break the procrastination loop and boost your productivity.
- Healthy Coping Mechanisms: Long-term methods for handling academic pressure with resilience.
You don’t have to go through this alone. Take a proactive step toward a more balanced and supportive way of navigating your exams.
The event is free and open to the ACG Students.
For further clarifications or information, please contact the ACG Counseling Ceneter, [email protected]
May
202627JanAll Day26MayMuhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations(All Day)
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Muhabbet is an initiative aiming at bringing together scholars, students, and people interested in the shared social history and cultural heritage of the East Mediterranean. We wish
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Muhabbet is an initiative aiming at bringing together scholars, students, and people interested in the shared social history and cultural heritage of the East Mediterranean. We wish to hold discussions about our common legacies in an informal and friendly environment, like that of the coffeehouses, which originated in the Ottoman East Mediterranean, where people used to come together to develop amicable conversations called muhabbet.
The study of Ottoman history, considerably enriched in recent years, has been read mostly as a prologue to Turkish history, thus leaving the diversity of ethnic and religious groups under its umbrella at the margins of the political, intellectual, and cultural history of the empire. They were much more than that. They not only participated in the everyday life of the imperial state, but contributed considerably to the making of the empire’s multicultural heritage. Our initiative aims especially in creating dialogues for the study of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman worlds, considering the contributions of both the Ottoman elite culture as well as the various ethnic and religious groups of the empire to the historical and contemporary societies of the East Mediterranean.
After a successful first season in 2025, we intend to continue in 2026 our informal conversations on a variety of topics that will bring together people with mutual interests into an open dialogue in the spirit of a friendly chat or Muhabbet. The conversations will facilitate a “safe space” for discussing aspects of the East Mediterranean peoples’ experiences and encourage the understanding of Ottoman history as part of the history of peoples of the region.
Organizers
Ilay Romain Ors (PhD in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University),
Catherine Boura (PhD in History, King’s College, University of London),
Elias Kolovos (Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, NHRF),
Anne McCabe (Research Associate, University of Oxford)
The Muhabbet initiative is co-organized by the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts & The Demos Center of The American College of Greece, the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
Muhabbet ‘26 Program
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 18:30
Antoine the Fortunate (Nefin Dinç, 2020, Anemon Productions)
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Ayhan Aktar and Kalliopi Amygdalou
Moderator: Elias Kolovos
–in partnership with Cinedoc
Cotsen Hall, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Anapiron Polemou 9, Kolonaki, Athens
Friday, February 13, 2026, 18:30
Centuries of Parenthesis and Wounds that Never Heal?
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Cengiz Aktar and Elias Kolovos
Moderator: İlay Romain Örs
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Plaka, Athens
Monday, March 2, 2026, 19:00
Archaeology, Museums, and Photography in the Late Ottoman Empire: Osman Hamdi Bey and Theodore Macridy Bey
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Bahattin Öztuncay and George Manginis
Moderator: Anne McCabe
–in cooperation with the Benaki Museum
Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, Koumbari 1 and Vas. Sofias Avenue, Athens
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 19:00
“I laugh so that I don’t cry”: Coexistence and Imperial Collapse in Ottoman Greek Satire
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Kutay Onayli and Antonis Nasis
Moderator: Catherine Boura
Cotsen Hall, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Anapiron Polemou 9, Kolonaki, Athens
Saturday, April 25, 2006, 11:30
Poli/Istanbul in Athens
A Muhabbet conversation between:
A Walking Tour in Palaio Faliro and muhabbet by Ilay Romain Ors
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 19:00
An Ottoman Pompei
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Christine Philliou and Melike Sümertaş
Moderator: Elias Kolovos
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Plaka, Athens
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 19:00
Greeks in the Ottoman diplomatic service
A Muhabbet conversation between:
Sinan Kuneralp and Catherine Boura
Moderator: İlay Romain Örs
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Plaka, Athens
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Piano City Athens Festival, Deree – The American College of Greece When: Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 10:00-17:00 Where: 7th level Auditorium, Deree – The American College of Greece Co-organized by:
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Piano City Athens Festival, Deree – The American College of Greece
When: Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 10:00-17:00
Where: 7th level Auditorium, Deree – The American College of Greece
Co-organized by:
Francis Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – Music Programs @ Deree – The American College of Greece and Piano City Athens
Under the Auspices of
This is Athens Festival and the Ministry of Tourism, Hellenic Republic
About the event
For the fourth consecutive year, renowned pianist and professor of the Music programs at Deree — The American College of Greece, Dr. Christine Tokatlian, will give a piano masterclass within the framework of Piano City Athens 2026. Students of Greek conservatories as well as pianists at the beginning of their professional careers are invited to perform works of their choice. During the masterclass, they will receive individual suggestions and guidelines to improve their technical skills and their comprehension of the musical text. As a result, there will be a detailed reading of the score that will enable each student to perceive and share an individual interpretation of the work studied. The teaching session will be 30 minutes for the intermediate, 40 minutes for the advanced and 50-60 minutes for the young professionals.
The masterclass is free and open to the public.
Registration inquiries and applications should be sent via email to [email protected]
The masterclass is organized as part of the 4th Piano City Athens
MAY 9 TO 17, 2026 – all over Athens!
About Christine Tokatlian
Concert Pianist
Assistant Professor of Music & Music Performance, FRSFPA @Deree-ACG
Christine Tokatlian, is a concert pianist praised for her academic distinctions and passionate performance. In 2008 she was awarded the honorary “Eleni Myconiou” prize for artistic excellence by the Athens Academy. At the age of six, Christine was already taking piano lessons at the National Conservatory of Greece which led to a Soloist’s diploma with a grade of Excellence by unanimous vote and First Prize, under the supervision of Manolis Kokalis. Studying under renowned pianists including Dimitri Toufexis, Yu Chun Yee and Bernard Roberts, between 1996 and 1999, Christine receives her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Deree – The American College of Greece, and post-graduate diplomas in Advanced Piano Performance from the Royal College of Music in London (PGDip, PGAdvDip). Performing around Greece, the United Kingdom, Italy, Lebanon, Germany and Armenia alongside distinguished artists including the Komitas Quartet, Christine’s recitals include works by classical, romantic and contemporary composers, as well as new-experimental music all performed with her distinct temperament, undeniably fueled by her Armenian descent. And with the same passionate spirit she premiered Khatchaturian’s Piano Concerto with the Thessaloniki State Orchestra in the Thessaloniki Concert Hall in 2010. Christine also communicates her talent through teaching as she is currently a professor of music at Deree — The American College of Greece and a piano professor at the Maiandrio Conservatory.
She has recorded with various ensembles and artists and in a range of musical styles particularly interested in new music. Her PhD research at Chichester University, UK, focuses on contemporary Armenian piano music and its impact on the re(de)construction of Armenian musical identity. Her research has been presented in international conferences in Athens, London, Istanbul, Berlin and Latvia. Christine serves as a jury member in national competitions and gives piano masterclasses in Greece and abroad. Her students have been awarded several prizes and distinctions in international piano competitions. Armenian Piano Images, Christine’s first personal recording with works of contemporary Armenian composers, some of which are world premieres, serves as a window for her audience to see into her dream of magical musical performance.
June
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When: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 15:30 - 18:30 Where: 7th Level Auditorium, The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Str., Aghia Paraskevi Organized by: Cinema Studies Society & the Deree Film Club,
Event Details
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 15:30 – 18:30
Where: 7th Level Auditorium, The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Str., Aghia Paraskevi
Organized by:
Cinema Studies Society & the Deree Film Club, Deree – The American College of Greece
Deadline for film submission: Monday, May 25, 2025
Please send all queries to [email protected]
About the event
Lights, camera, action! The Annual Student Film Festival is an event honoring the cinematic talent of ACG students as budding directors, screenwriters and film editors! Join us for a celebration of our students’ filmmaking skills and submit your own film by the date indicated above.
Whether you’re behind the lens or in the audience, come be a part of the magic that happens when creativity meets the screen.
The event is free and open to the public.