Online Seminar

When: Wednesday, March 17^th, 2021, 17:00 – 20:00

Where: Online

Organized by:
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Deree-ACG and
IREA, Philosophy & Communication Student Societies, Deree-ACG

 

About the event

Aiming to enhance ACG’s educational experience, the online seminar Fundamental Rights in the European context – Covid 19: Impact and Challenges will develop awareness on the moral, socio-political, and legal impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fundamental rights, with emphasis in the European context.

The seminar is open to the public and targets an audience of students & scholars, researchers and policy makers.

 

17:00 | Opening remarks
Dr. Ioanna Patsioti
Head of the Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG

17:05 | Challenges to Fundamental Rights posed by Covid-19: an Overview
Keynote Speaker
Professor Dr. Michael O’ Flaherty
Director for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

18:00 | Presentations by Student Societies Representatives
Moderator: Dr. Nikos Lampas, IREA Program, Deree-ACG

The role of communication in the context of Covid-19: building trust in critical times

Does the United Nations perceive the application of restrictive measures in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic as a potential threat to human rights?

From Aristotle to Foucault: Philosophical angles on the Covid-19 civil realities

Discussant

Professor Siniša Zrinščak
EU Fundamental Rights Agency Scientific Committee member
Professor of Sociology, University of Zagreb

19:00 | Presentations by Deree faculty members
Moderator: Dr. Ioanna Patsioti
Head of the Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG

A clash between right to health and right to religious worship
Dr. Effie Fokas, IREA Program, Deree-ACG

The Utilitarian challenges to Fundamental Human Rights
Dr. Thomas Giourgas, Philosophy Program, Deree-ACG

Did securitization fail to contain the Covid-19 pandemic? The case of Greece
Dr. Nikos Lampas, IREA Program, Deree-ACG

The role of Civil Society in the context of Covid-19: safeguarding minority/vulnerable groups rights
Dr. Manos Skoulas, Communication Program, Deree-ACG

Discussant

Professor Spyros Vlachopoulos
Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights in times of pandemic

19:55 | Closing remarks
Dr. Manos Skoulas, Communication Program, Deree-ACG

 

You may join the event online (Zoom) here.

 

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected] or 210 6009800, ext. 1380, 1570