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School of Theology – Faculty of Social Theology

The Holocaust: Diachronic and Interdisciplinary Approaches

International Conference: 3-5 of October 2017

Part of the Official Celebrations for the 180 years since the founding of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1837)

Overview of the Conference

3rd of October

  • LECTURES

    Location: “Kostis Palamas” Building

    Time: 19:00

  • Inaugural speeches

    Ms. Sawsan Hasson, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Israel in Athens.

    Professor Dr. Sotirios Despotis, President of the Faculty of Social Theology.

     

    As. Professor Dr. Kirki Kefalea, Deputy President of the Faculty of Social Theology.

    LECTURERS

    Dr. Michal Govrin: To Remember Responsibly: The Holocaust as an Ongoing Ethical Challenge. The Lesson of Jewish Ritual
    Dr. Joel Zisenwine: Transports to Extinction: Documenting Holocaust Era Deportations

    Location: “Kostis Palamas Building”

    Time: 19:00-21:00

4th of October

  • Inaugural Speeches

    The Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Dr. Meletios-Athanasios Demopoulos.

    The Special Secretary for Religious and Cultural Diplomacy at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Greek Delegation at IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance), Dr. Efstathios C. Lianos Liantis.

    The President of the Athens EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture) Cluster, Director of Goethe-Institut Athen and Regional Director of the Goethe-Institutes in Southeastern Europe, Dr. Matthias Makowski.

    The Dean of the School of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Dr. Apostolos Nikolaides.

    Location: Main Building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Time: 10:30

  • Panel 1

    Subject: Sacrifice, subversion and persecution: historical perspectives from the Second Temple Period / Hellenistic Era until the Middle Ages

     

    Key Speaker: Dr. Pablo A. Torijano

    Location: Main Building

    Time: 11:00-14:30

  • Discussion & Screening

    Subject: to be announced

    Location: Cultural Centre of the City of Athens

    Time: 20:30

5th of October

  • Panel 2

    Subject: The Holocaust: Historical, Political and Social Approaches with an Emphasis on Greece

     

    Key Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang Benz

    Location: Goethe-Institut Athen

    Time: 13:00-15:00 – coffee break will follow

  • Panel 3

    Subject: A Place and a Name: The Influence of the Holocaust in Literature and the Arts

     

    Key Speaker: Dr. Anca Tudorancea Ciuciu

    Location: Goethe-Institut Athen

    Time:15:30-17:30 – coffee break will follow

  • Panel 4

    Subject: The Trivialization of Evil: Society and Education

     

    Key Speaker: Mr. Andrzej Kacorzyk

    Location: Goethe-Institut Athen

    Time: 18:00-20:00

Organising Committee
Professor Dr Sotirios Despotis – President of the Faculty of Social Theology
Associate Professor Dr Kirki Kefalea – Vice President of the Faculty of Social Theology
Dr Panagiotis Stamatopoulos – Postdoctoral Research Fellow