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  • Cancelled: 22nd Kimon Friar Lecture

    We regret to inform you that the 22nd Annual Kimon Friar lecture has been cancelled due to the 24 hour strikes that were to be held at the Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos," on the dates: 9/10, 10/10, 12/10, and 13/10. The lecture was to be delivered by Pulitzer Prize winning…
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  • Pulitzer Awarded Novelist Richard Ford at the 22nd Kimon Friar Lecture

    “Some Thoughts about Memoir” The American College of Greece, in collaboration with Patakis Publications is honored to present the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Richard Ford, who will deliver this year’s Kimon Friar lecture, exploring the theme “Some Thoughts About Memoir.” Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1944, Richard Ford is the…
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  • President Horner at TEDx Academy: “You do not need a spectacular economy or a perfect political system to develop world-class universities”

    On Saturday, October 1, the much anticipated TEDx Academy 2016 took place in the beautiful building of Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall. The annual event has come to be synonymous with thought-provoking dialogue, inspiring speeches, and a creative platform nurturing innovation and the exchange of ideas. This year’s talks centered…
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  • George M. Logothetis on Campus – Empowering Youth

    The American College of Greece is honored to welcome, once again, on campus, Mr. George M. Logothetis, Chairman and CEO of the Libra Group, for a Q&A session on empowering youth. George Logothetis is Chairman and CEO of the Libra Group, an international business which controls 30 subsidiaries operating across six continents.…
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  • President Horner at TEDxAcademy 2016

    TEDx is the independently organized tangent of the global community of the non-profit organization TED which, through inspiring and motivational talks, explores how issues such as technology, design, education, human rights, and science can affect us personally and globally. This year, the annual TEDxAcademy event is set to spark a…
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  • HUMARKETING: A Conference for a Cause

    On Monday, September 26, The American College of Greece was honored to host HUMARKETING, a conference by industry specialists, for a great cause: to support one of their own, Thodoris Tsemperoulis, after he suffered a heart attack. All of the proceedings from the conference tickets, as well as company and…
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  • Shaping the Future at the Athens Democracy Forum 2016

    The American College of Greece was honored to participate for the second time as an education partner in the Athens Democracy Forum, organized annually by the International New York Times (INYT) in cooperation with the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), the City of Athens, and Kathimerini. Held on September 14-18,…
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