Τμήμα Πολιτισμού – Δημιουργικών Βιομηχανιών

On Monday, May 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., a lecture by Eleni Manakidou, Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will be held in the amphitheater of the Ancient Agora Museum. and Despoina Tsiafaki, Doctor of Classical Archeology and Director of Research at the “Athina” Research Center, titled “The university excavation of the Department of Archeology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. in Karabournaki”.
The event is part of the Lecture Series of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Thessaloniki with the theme “Thessaloniki. Glimpses of History and its Monuments”. The aim of the program is to inform the public scientifically and thoroughly about the history and monuments of the city, but also to establish a stable and direct communication with the people who are interested in enriching their knowledge about the cultural heritage of Thessaloniki. In the series of Lectures, the scientific staff of EFAPOTH present the results of their research and collaborators of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki present excavation investigations in sites of competence of our Ephorate. You can find more information here

After being invited by the General Lyceum of Abdera, Vassilis Evaggelidis, Meliana Karta and Yiannis Mourthos of the Department of Culture and Creative Industries (RC Athena/ IEL Xanthi), will present the Department’s actions in the field of culture and of the digitization of cultural heritage at the school on 24/4/2024.

On April 12, 2024 Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki will make a presentation entitled The employment of digital tools in the study of ancient Thrace in the conference taking place between 11 and 13 April 2024, in the Faculty of History of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. The international scientific conference is entitled ‘Researches of Ancient Thrace between Traditionality and Modernity: Theoretical Aspects and Scientific Methodology” and is organized by the team of the project “Measuring Ancient Thrace” (KP-06-H50/3 of 30.11.2020).

On April 25, 2024, Despoina Tsiafaki, the Director of Research and Head of the Department of Culture and Creative Industries, will participate with the presentation “Pottery as a methodological tool for the study of colonization and human mobility” at the Scientific Conference BRIdgiNG LIFEways in Populations of Historic periods (BRING LIFE IN HISTORY): Reconstructing the way of life in the societies of historical periods through interdisciplinary approaches. The Conference will take place in AMPHITHEATRO III, in KE. D. E. A. A.U.Th. and is conducted within the framework of the research program BIOSOCIOPOLIS: The bioarchaeology of socio-political changes in Amphipolis, which is hosted at the Department of History and Archeology of the A.U.Th.

More information about the program and online watch link on the website.

In the framework of the two-day conference “Archaeology and Narrative” | Completion of Archaeological sites and excavation of human experiences (https://2023eleusis.eu/en/programma-diimeridas-archaiologia-kai-afigimatikotita/), the Director of Research and Head of the Department of Culture and Creative Industries, Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki, will participate on Saturday, March 30, in the thematic “Digital Technologies and Performing Arts in Cultural Heritage”, and will talk about the myEleusis project (https://myeleusis.com/)