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On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, Professor Emerita of Philosophy of Science and President of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, gave a lecture on “Aristotle and Confucius: A Source of Inspiration for Addressing Contemporary Challenges and Building a Global Ethics.” The event…

On February 8, 2025, the Aristotle University Alumni Association, following a unanimous decision of its Board of Directors, honored Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, “For her valuable contribution to the study and promotion of Aristotle’s Philosophy.” The honoree is Professor Emerita of Philosophy of Science, President of the Interdisciplinary Center for Aristotelian Studies,…

Dear colleagues and friends, As we welcome the New Year, we recall with a sense of fulfillment the most significant events of our activity in 2024; it gives us great pleasure as we realize, that at this juncture our steady endeavor since 2011 to study and promote Aristotle's legacy on…

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies (DIKAM), of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), is called upon to play a special role today. Due to the international juncture, it is placed in the center of interest with its constant and serious effort since 2011 to study and promote the work…

In July 2024, the 3rd Confucius-Aristotle Symposium was held with great success in Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius, and Beijing from July 8 to 12, 2024. It was an event, in collaboration between esteemed institutions from China and Greece: Among them, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), led by…

CONFUCIUS-ARISTOTLE SYMPOSIUM - Aristotle’s Impact on the Intellectual History of Human Thought and his Legacy Today - Keynote Speech - Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou - Founder and Current President of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, A.U.Th. - I. Introduction One year after the 2nd Aristotle-Confucius Symposium of July 2023, the Thessaloniki…

Three weeks after the “Confucius – Aristotle Symposium” in China (8-12 July 2024) the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies (DIKAM), of AUTh, had one more dynamic presence at the 25th World Congress of Philosofpy (WCP), in Rome (1-8 August, 2024). I am delighted to say that the three-fold Invited Session…

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, AUTh dynamically participates in the Confucius – Aristotle Symposium, Qufu-Beijing 2024 as a co-organizer of the Symposium to be held in Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius, and in Beijing, China, July 8-12, 2024. At the Symposium three of the members of the Scientific and…

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies (DIKAM), of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has completed twelve years of activity. It was established in July 2011 by the decision of the Senate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Its goal is the study of Aristotle’s work from an interdisciplinary perspective and…

In one of the rooms of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) in Vienna, the names of the female members of the Academy were recently immortalized around a huge painting depicting one of the first Meetings of the Academy (founded in 1847). The engraving of the names starts with the…