IMPORTANT: The dates for this excavation are: June 2-29, 2024 NOTE: This course starts on June 2 and ends on June 29 in the city of Karystos on the island of Evia, Greece. Students should arrange to arrive in Athens the day before the start of the program, and to depart from Athens the […]
Course Description This course explores the history of Greece’s Aegean islands and the ways their geographical location made them a crossroads where the world of Greece encountered that of the East and the West from Antiquity to the present. If the same thing can be said of the Greek mainland, the Aegean Islands epitomize the […]
Note: This course starts in Athens, Greece, on June 24 and ends in Copenhagen, Denmark on July 20. Please book your arrival and departure flights accordingly. Addictive disorders involve complex interactions among neurobiological, psychological, environmental, and sociocultural features and can reflect problems across a range of substances or behaviors. From drug abuse to gambling, […]
In the face of continuing wars and conflicts, the effects of climate change/climate crisis and health emergencies, humanitarian needs across the globe have increased dramatically. What we call “humanitarian crises” have become today more complex and challenging to tackle. New needs have emerged added on traditional humanitarian needs such as food and shelter. At the […]
Greek islands, especially in the summer, have been inscribed in the collective consciousness as utopias of leisure, fun, the beach, and a laid back lifestyle. On the other hand, contemporary art is identified with cutting edge interpretations of the human condition, offering ample opportunities for aesthetic appreciation, but also contemplation and personal transformations. Interestingly, in […]
“Art is art-as-art and everything else is everything else” – Ad Reinhardt Contemporary art is defined as the art movements that emerged in the post-WWII era, c. post-1945. From expressionism to performance art, installations and video art, to NFTs; from the Venice Biennale of 1895 to a plethora of offshoots around the globe in the […]
Norms and laws constitute the ethical contours of our societies, yet deviance from norms is as old as societies themselves. Transgression – a concept defined as conduct that breaks rules, exceeds boundaries or social limits, or even breaks the law – is situated at the limits of acceptable behavior. At various moments in history […]
