A Mini Symposium on Alexander the Great 27-30 June 2016, Athens, Greece

The History Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), will hold A Mini Symposium on Alexander the Great, 27-30 June 2016, Athens, Greece as part of the 14th Annual International Conference on History & Archaeology: From Ancient to Modern.

The aim of the symposium is to bring together scholars and students of all areas of Macedonian history, Alexander the Great and other related disciplines. You may participate as a panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair of a session or observer.

Fee structure information is available on http://www.atiner.gr/2016/fees.htm.

Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to selected Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available here.

Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form by the 25 April 2016 to: Dr. Kenneth R. Moore, Senior Lecturer in History of Ideas, Teesside University, U.K. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

If your submission is accepted, you will receive information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. Should you wish to participate in the Conference without presenting a paper, for example, to chair a session, to evaluate papers which are to be included in the conference proceedings or books, to contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, UK (gregory.papanikos@stir.ac.uk).

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent world association of Academics and Researchers. Its mission is to act as a forum where Academics and Researchers from all over the world can meet in Athens, in order to exchange ideas on their research, and to discuss future developments in their disciplines.

The organizing and hosting of International Conferences and Symposiums, the carrying out of Research, and the production of Publications are the basic activities of ATINER. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 400 International Conferences and other events, and has published close to 200 books. In 2012, the Association launched a series of conference paper publications (click here), and at the beginning of 2014, it introduced its own series of Journals (click here).

Academically, the Association is organized into seven Research Divisions and thirty-nine Research Units.  Each Research Unit organizes at least an Annual International Conference, and may also undertake various small and large research projects.

Conference Venue: Titania Hotel, 52 Panepistimiou Street, 106 78 Athens, Greece

Programme here