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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…

On September 26-28, 2023, the President of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, AUTH, (DIKAM), Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, participated in the Ninth Nishan Forum on World Civilizations and the 2023 Nishan Forum on Classical Civilizations, by the official invitation of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government. The Nishan…

Dear Colleagues and friends, After the great success of the works of the International Conference “Aristotle-Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st Century,” which was co-organized by the Academy of Athens, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the China Confucius Foundation, and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies…

The “Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies” (DI.K.A.M.), of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, was honored by the visit of the former President of the Hellenic Republic, Member of the Academy of Athens, and Honorary Professor of the School of Law of Athens, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos, before the Opening Ceremony of…

Aristotle-Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st Century The “Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies” (DI.K.A.M.) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki organizes, along with the United Nations Sustainable Solutions Network (SDSN), the Academy of Athens and the China Confucius Foundation, the International Conference “Aristotle-Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st…

Opening lecture of Emerita Professor Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou on "Contemporary Perspectives on Aristotle's Thought: Science, Paideia, Ethics, Truth" and of DIKAM's Scientific Associate Dr. Christos Pechlivanidis on "Virtues and Skills in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics" at the International Symposium of European Vocational Training Association (EVTA), Thessaloniki-CEDEFOP, May 31-June 1, 2023

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies (DIKAM), A.U.Th., made a dynamic presence with its key participation in the Conference on “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Challenges,” which has taken place from July 6th to 8th, 2022, in Athens. International scholars of philosophy, policy science, behavioural science, and other interdisciplinary fields, met…