Directorate of Public and International Relations
GREAT HALL
ΜΑΥ 2026
Monday 4 May 2026, 19:00: Presentation of the honorary volume Commerce & Law to Emeritus Professor Evanghelos Perakis of the School of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/ASczZaNmJh8
Tuesday 5 May 2026, 10:00: The New Operational Framework of the Accessibility Unit at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. An event organised by the Committee of Coequal Access for Persons with Disabilities and Persons with Special Educational Needs and the Accessibility Unit of the Directorate of Student Welfare, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/UuBHDxQ0vV4
Wednesday 6 May 2026, 19:00: Honorary doctorate ceremony for Evangelos Venizelos, former Vice-President of the Hellenic Government and Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, awarded by the School of Law and the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies, School of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His All Holiness, the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, will honour the ceremony with his presence.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFwckctLnNA
Thursday 7 May 2026, 19:00: The Meaning of Spacetime: Black Holes, Wormholes, and Quantum Entanglement. A lecture by Professor Juan M. Maldacena of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuM7fVw92V0
Monday 11 May 2026, 19:00: Event organised by the Section of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology, Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, honouring distinguished performers of Greek traditional music for their contribution to folk tradition, namely Vangelis Vardakis – folk violin, Kyriakos Gouventas – folk violin, Michalis Kaliontzidis – Pontic lyra, Yannis Kladakis – Dodecanesian lyra, Dimitris Kofteros – santur, Nikos Oikonomidis – folk violin, Kostas Tzimas – Epirote singing, Fragiskos Tziotakis – tsambouna and folk violin, Christos Tsiamoulis – oud and music theory, Chaonia vocal ensemble – Epirote polyphonic singing. The Greek-born Anzhela Atabekyan, a kanun player from Armenia, will also be honoured.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/oSCv1ngGgdQ
Tuesday 12 May 2026, 19:00: Event in memory of the late Emeritus Professor and Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, John Sevastik (Sevastikoglou 1921-2012), organised by the university Departments of Orthopaedics and the ‘Th. Garofalidis’ Research Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Diseases, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/zNQVgEGSn2k
Thursday 14 May 2026, 19:00: Presentation of the honorary volume ‘Ideas and Poetics in the Literature of the 20th Century’ dedicated to Emeritus Professor Christina Dounia of the Department of Philology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/zkCX4vcU1uA
Monday 18 May 2026, 10:00: Borders: Literary, Cultural, and Political Dialogues. Opening ceremony of the international interdisciplinary conference organised by the Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in collaboration with the Hellenic Association for the Study of English.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/F0nAxyL3o4g
APRIL 2026
Wednesday 1 April 2026, 19:00: Vaga Luna. Classical song recital by tenor Panos Lazaratos, Professor at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/uV038RpbfoM
Thursday 23 April 2026, 19:00: Honorary doctorate ceremony for Clyde Williams, OBE, Professor Emeritus at Loughborough University, UK, awarded by the School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link:https://youtube.com/live/sWTSeETxqvU
Saturday 25 April 2026, 10:00: Human Rights and Democratic Culture in Practice: Applications and Challenges. International Conference, Day 1, organised by the International Joint Master’s Programme of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ‘Identity, Education, and Competences for Democratic Culture’ and the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights.
Wednesday 29 April 2026, 19:00: Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra (China). A concert presented by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in collaboration with the Municipality of Athens, as part of the ‘NKUA in the City’ initiative.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/FngckWzKOMA
MARCH 2026
Monday 2 March 2026, 18:00: Giorgos Seferis-Odysseas Elytis. Law and Literature at the University of Athens. Open event organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVOd5q2GR4
Monday 9 March 2026, 19:00: Digital Management of the Venice Archive of the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies. An open event presenting the project, organised by the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice in collaboration with the Special Account for Research Funds of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Tuesday 10 March 2026, 19:00: Our Corner of the Earth. A musical programme to be presented by the University of Central Missouri Choral Union as part of the ‘NKUA in the City’ initiative.
Thursday 12 March 2026, 18:00: Dialogues, Creativities, and Collaborations in Arts Education. Opening ceremony of the two-day workshop series on Arts in Education, held as a continuation of the WAAE Summit Athens 2024 and organised by the Departments of Theatre Studies and Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/0aEx5EEtCAE
Friday 13 March 2026, 18:00: Lecture by Pamela Burnard, Professor of Arts, Creativities, and Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. The lecture forms part of ‘Dialogues, Creativities, and Collaborations in Arts Education’, the two-day workshop series on Arts in Education, held as a continuation of the WAAE Summit Athens 2024 and organised by the Departments of Theatre Studies and Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Tuesday 17 March 2026, 19:00: Honorary doctorate ceremony for Svante Twetman, Professor Emeritus of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, awarded by the Department of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/bCX-jxogm_8
Thursday 19 March 2026, 18:00: Honorary doctorate ceremony for Shane R. Jimerson, distinguished scholar and Professor of School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, awarded by the Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/0EHIqHh75jw
Thursday 19 March 2026, 19:15: Opening ceremony of the 4th Panhellenic Conference on School Psychology, organised by the Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in collaboration with the Division of School Psychology of the Hellenic Psychological Society.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/P9Mah_GQn-A
Tuesday 24 March 2026, 13:00: Official celebration marking the National Anniversary of 25 March 1821. The ceremony will open with an address by Christos Karagiannis, Vice-Rector for Administrative Affairs, Student Welfare, and Lifelong Learning, followed by a panegyric delivered by Lambros Liavas, Professor at the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, University of Athens. The event will conclude with a short musical programme featuring songs inspired by the Greek War of Independence, performed by undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, University of Athens. Musical direction: Alexandros Kapsokavadis.
On the same day at 12:30 the long-established wreath-laying ceremony at the marble statues and inside the Propylaea will take place.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/LI6h8tSftA8
Friday 27 March 2026, 19:00: Honorary doctorate ceremony for distinguished composer Kyriakos Sfetsas, awarded by the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/XBol_1lhW6k
Saturday 28 March 2026, 19:00: Commemorative event marking the 200th anniversary of the heroic Exodus of Messolonghi organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Municipality of the Sacred City of Messolonghi, and the Messolonghi Association of Attica ‘The Sacred City’.
Monday 30 March 2026, 17:15: The Chemist in Industry. One-day conference organised by the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Tuesday 31 March 2026, 19:00: Concert featuring the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/r7LSEv0SRYA
FEBRUARY 2026
Monday 9 February 2026, 18:00: Democracy, the Rule of Law, Human Rights: The Council of Europe in Response to Contemporary Challenges. A public event jointly organised by the School of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/cgVRP5OuIR0
Friday 13 February 2026, 11:00: Welcome ceremony for the incoming Erasmus+, CIVIS, and international students (spring semester).
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/live/x0czHbAsHoA?si=OEIFIpKR32Pg8v2p
Tuesday 17 February 2026, 13:00: Event on the opening and activities of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Cyprus Branch.
Webcast link::https://youtube.com/live/mlYyLKM6FYs
Wednesday 18 February 2026, 18:00: Open event in memory of the late Archbishop of Albania, Anastasios Yannoulatos, jointly organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Inter-Orthodox Centre ‘Porefthendes’.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Momg9nNA7sE
Thursday 19 February 2026, 18:00: Honorary doctorate ceremony for distinguished political scientist Nonna Mayer, Emeritus Professor and researcher at Sciences Po – CNRS, awarded by the Department of Sociology, School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Wednesday 25 February 2026, 18:00: Annual Faculty Awards Ceremony of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for the 2024–2025 Academic Year, in the Categories: ‘Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to the University and Society’, ‘Outstanding Teaching at the University of Athens’, and ‘Excellence in Research at the University of Athens’.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/8gSYEVx2fKs
Thursday 26 February 2026, 19:00: Heart and Poetry. A public event featuring as keynote speaker Mr Thanassis Dritsas, cardiologist and Deputy Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, composer, author, and member of the International Association of Music and Medicine (IAMM).
The event forms part of the educational, cultural, and artistic programme ‘NKUA in the City’, under the thematic section ‘Poetry: The Negative of Silence’.
JANUARY 2026
Tuesday 13 January 2026, 18:00: Opening ceremony of the interdisciplinary European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2026, entitled ‘GlobalFlows, RelationalConnectionsandCollaborativePracticesinChallengingTimes’. The Conference is organized by the Institute for Qualitative Research: Applications in Social Sciences, Humanities, and Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Centre for Qualitative Research in Psychology and Psychosocial Well-Being of the Department of Psychology, University of Athens, and the European Network of Qualitative Inquiry.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/D06dY4vUasY
Wednesday 14 January 2026, 10:30: Keynote speech by Professor Kenneth Skeldon, part of the interdisciplinary European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2026, titled ‘Research for All: The Role of Public Engagement in Changing Times’.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/cUzNMy9a4Ug
Wednesday 14 January 2026, 18:15: Event entitled ‘Towards a New Law of Succession’ organized by the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Union of Greek Civil Lawyers.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/hN1l2ePjEaM
Thursday 15 January 2026, 18:00: Closing ceremony of the interdisciplinary European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2026, entitled ‘Global Flows, Relational Connections and Collaborative Practices in Challenging Times’. The Conference is organized by the Institute for Qualitative Research: Applications in Social Sciences, Humanities, and Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Centre for Qualitative Research in Psychology and Psychosocial Well-Being of the Department of Psychology, University of Athens, and the European Network of Qualitative Inquiry.
Tuesday 20 January 2026, 19:00: Lecture by Sir Roderick Beaton, Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language, and Literature (Koraes Chair at King’s College, London) and Chair of the Council of the British School at Athens entitled ‘From Marathon to Mariupol: Rewriting the History of Europe for the 2020s. The event is co-organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Municipality of Athens as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic activities under the title ‘NKUA in the City’, Thematic Section ‘Reason and Knowledge in the City of the 21st Century’.
Monday 26 January 2026, 19:00: Event: ‘Poetry, Sport, and Well-being’, part of the educational, cultural, and artistic series ‘NKUA in the City’, - Thematic Section: ‘Poetry: The Negative of Silence’.
Friday 30 January 2026, 11:30: Official celebration of the Feast of the Three Hierarchs and Greek Letters Day organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The ceremony will include a panegyric address by the Dean of the School of Law, Professor Konstantinos Christodoulou, entitled ‘The Faustian Pact in Saint Basil the Great’.
On the same day at 10:00, after the Divine Liturgy, the old-established memorial service for Founders, Donors, Benefactors, Faculty, Students, and Administrative Staff of the University of Athens will be held at the Church of the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple (Kapnikarea).
Webcast link:https://youtube.com/live/DrGCfELxdeE
DECEMBER 2025
Wednesday 3 December 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Departments of Philology and Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon the world-renowned performer of poetry set to music, Maria Farantouri.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/EGo7YbrdqYM
Thursday 4 December 2025, 18:00: Symposium entitled ‘Can the Church’s Life “in Christ” Converse with Life in the Public Sphere?’
Monday 8 December 2025, 19:00: Aliki Kayaloglou will perform songs by Manos Hadjidakis in a concert marking the centenary of the composer’s birth, organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Municipality of Athens as part of the educational, cultural and artistic initiatives ‘NKUA in the City’.
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 19:00: Ceremony conferring the title of Honorary Professor on Pavlos Sourlas, Member of the Academy of Athens and Professor Emeritus of the School of Law.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/M7iJTxJU87I
Friday 12 December 2025, 18:00: International conference marking the 10th anniversary of the European and International Criminal Law Institute titled ‘The New Face of Criminal Law’.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/yKEd9z43cq4
Wednesday 17 December 2025, 18:30: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, Voula Tsouna.
Webcast link:https://youtube.com/live/knHjDGHCm5E
Thursday 18 December 2025, 19:00: Christmas Concert at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, featuring the Orchestra and Mixed Choir of the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, under the direction of Zoe Zeniodi and Pavlos Kordis.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/QMw43gBAViw
Friday 19 December 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Digital Industry Technologies, School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon film director Fotos Lambrinos.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/28tSksyepSI
NOVEMBER 2025
Tuesday 4 November 2025, 19:30: Event entitled ‘Joint Action on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention – the Role of Smoking (JA-SAFE)’.
Wednesday 5 November 2025, 19:00: Speech by former Minister and Professor Emeritus of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Nikos Christodoulakis, entitled ‘Reason, Knowledge, Ideal City: Can they Survive the Rise of Artificial Intelligence?’ co-organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the City of Athens as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic initiatives of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ‘NKUA in the City’, Thematic Section: Reason and Knowledge in the City of the 21st Century.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/j5-PsUeAfGQ
Monday 10 November 2025, 11:00: Opening ceremony of the Mediterranean Geosciences Union 5th Annual Meeting (MedGU-25), organized by the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/Y3InvSDtzdA
Monday 10 November 2025, 18:00: Event entitled ‘Diabetes Mellitus and the Work Environment’ organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Hellenic Diabetes Association, and the Hellenic Endocrine Society on the occasion of World Diabetes Day.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/RG1lSPbyrdk
Tuesday 11 November 2025, 19:00: Ceremony for the offering of the honorary volume entitled ‘Labour and Law in the 21st Century’ to Professor Emeritus of the School of Law, Costas Papadimitriou.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/6i0Qy6FWmBA
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 17:00: Closing ceremony of the Mediterranean Geosciences Union 5th Annual Meeting (MedGU-25), organized by the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/sTYiyCE4eVw
Tuesday 18 November 2025, 18:00: Opening ceremony of the international conference entitled ‘The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of the First Ecumenical Council’, organized by the School of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, to mark 1700 years from the First Council of Nicaea.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/Sxn8yE1-Fg0
Wednesday 19 November 2025, 18:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon Professor of Surgical Oncology and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, Dr Timothy M. Pawlik.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSqzFMFZz90
Thursday 20 November 2025, 14:00: Invited lecture by Dr Michael Sandel, Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University. The event is jointly organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens—through its Departments of Philosophy and History & Philosophy of Science—and the City of Athens to mark World Philosophy Day. It is part of the educational, cultural, and artistic initiatives ‘NKUA in the City’.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/HR85pMFxdSc
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 18:00: Launch of the LSE Athens Lectures series, presented in partnership with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Department of Business Administration, and the MSc Financial Technology (FinTech) programme. The first lecture, entitled ‘Beliefism: How to Stop Hating the People We Disagree With’, will be delivered by Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at LSE, drawing on his recent book of the same title.
Friday 28 November 2025, 18:00: Ceremony for the offering of an honorary volume to Konstantinos Bouraselis, Member of the Academy of Athens, former Vice-Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Professor Emeritus of the School of Philosophy.
Webcast link:https://youtube.com/live/irHecxZ1HgM
OCTOBER 2025
Tuesday 7 October 2025, 17:00: Awards ceremony for the Innovate East Competition co-organized by the Holy Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki and Break Even Consulting.
Webcast link:https://youtube.com/live/pXGg_kXrDEI
Wednesday 8 October 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Choupis.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/kBx_VGQYXHE
Thursday 9 October 2025, 18:00: Opening ceremony of the 38th International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) Europe Congress.
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 19:00: Awards Ceremony honouring the top-ranking students admitted to the Departments of the University of Athens in the 2025 nationwide entrance examinations for Greece’s Higher Educational Institutions.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/B3z7qPqR52g
Thursday 16 October 2025, 18:30: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Italian Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon Professor Emeritus of the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Dr Emanuele Banfi.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/e25olynJ1JU
Tuesday 21 October 2025, 19:00: Ceremony for the offering of the honorary volume entitled ‘Studies in Honour of Professor Yannis Stournaras’ to Professor Emeritus of the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens, Governor of the Bank of Greece, Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, and former Minister of Finance of Greece, Mr Yannis Stournaras.
Webcast link: www.youtube.com/watch
Thursday 23 October 2025, 09:00: Opening ceremony of the academic conference of the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, entitled ‘Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis: Musical Dialogues. Anniversary Conference 1925-2025’.
Webcast link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvyJV8WKfHM
Thursday 23 October 2025, 18:00: Event entitled ‘Greece in Response to Contemporary International Challenges’ organized by the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Weblink:https://youtube.com/live/C3F1joIuLEI
Friday 24 October 2025, 19:00: Closing ceremony of the academic conference of the Department of Music Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, entitled ‘Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis: Musical Dialogues. Anniversary Conference 1925-2025’.
Monday 27 October 2025, 12:00: Official celebration to mark the National Anniversary of the 28th of October 1940. The ceremony will include a welcome address by the Rector of the University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, and a panegyric by the Chair of the Department of Theology, School of Theology, University of Athens, Professor Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, entitled ‘Freedom, Homeland, Identity: The New Patriotism of the Hellenes’. The programme will close with a short musical performance by the Mixed Choir of the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens.
On the same day, at 11:30, the long-established laying of wreaths at the marble statues and the inside of the Propylaea will take place.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-W-0oydgLw
Thursday 30 October 2025, 10:30: International Conference entitled ‘Fintech Athens 4.0 - AI in Fintech’ organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Postgraduate Programme ‘Fintech’, the Archimedes Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Department of Business Administration, the National Bank of Greece, and the Greek Fintech Hub.
Webcast link:https://www.youtube.com/live/NWVLvbDGR84?si=KRV7iIScqHB5aFA7
SEPTEMBER 2025
Monday 15 September 2025, 18:00: Event organized by the 1st Clinical Department of Orthopaedics (Attikon Hospital) under the auspices of HE the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Constantine An. Tasoulas, to mark the 120 years of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Athens.
Web link:https://youtube.com/live/xiSuKhSxdDc
JULY 2025
Wednesday 2 July 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the NKUA’s School of Medicine upon Professor of Oncology in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Chicago, USA, Leonidas Platanias.
Webcast link: www.youtube.com/watch
Thursday 10 July 2025, 11:00: Closing ceremony and awarding of certificates of attendance of the NKUA’s Summer Course for Modern Greek Studies 2024-2025.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/ESuSAOlOreE
JUNE 2025
Monday 2 June 2025, 19:00: Speech by member of the Academy of Athens Paschalis Kitromilides entitled ‘From Past to Present and Future: Historical Pathways of Early Modern Hellenism’. The event is organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in collaboration with the Municipality of Athens as part of the series of actions ‘NKUA in the City’ launched by NKUA in 2023-2024 (Thematic unit: Word and Knowledge in the City of the 21st Century).
Wednesday 11 June 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Music Studies of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy upon the distinguished composer, Ms Eleni Karaindrou.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/YHLMmz-1I3c
Thursday 12 June 2025, 19:00: Event dedicated to the translation work of Professor at the Department of French Language and Literature of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy, Maria Papadima, organized as part of ‘NKUA in the City’ under the auspices of the Embassy of Portugal to the Hellenic Republic.
Webcast link: www.youtube.com/watch
Sunday 15 June 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Medicine of the NKUA’s School of Health Sciences upon Professor of Psychology and former President of Yale University, USA, Dr Peter Salovey.
Webcast link: www.youtube.com/watch
Monday 16 June 2025, 18:00: Honorary event of the MSc in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery organized by the 1st Clinical Department of Propedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/K5ubW99kjds
Monday 23 June 2025, 19:30: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the NKUA’s School of Medicine upon the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Professor of Endocrinology Djuro Macut.
Webcast link: youtube.com/live/_SF6g3TfQnY
Tuesday 24 June 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the NKUA’s School of Medicine upon Professor of Surgery and Research Director of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Dr John Antoniou.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/ksjduyP0cgI
Thursday 26 June 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of French Language and Literature of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy upon poet, translator, child psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, Mr Thanassis Hatzopoulos.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/RpVTj_Yq4dE
Monday 30 June 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Early Childhood Education of the NKUA’s School of Education upon Lawyer, Children’s Rights Expert, and Adult Educator, Mr Georgios Moschos.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/tSDU60noa9o
MAY 2025
Friday 2 May 2025, 12:00: Concert entitled ‘Listening to Music for Everyone’ organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic actions of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens under the general title ‘NKUA in the City’. The scientific support for the concert lies with the ‘Music in the Community’ programme of the Music Cognition, Computation Community Laboratory of the Department of Music Studies of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy.
Monday 5 May 2025, 19:00: Event in honour of Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the NKUA’s School of Economics and Political Sciences, Michael Tsinisizelis.
Webcast link: www.youtube.com/watch
Wednesday 7 May 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Theology and the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies of the NKUA’s School of Theology upon His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Primate and Exarch of All Oceania.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirsSKhx_20
Monday 19 May 2025, 19:00: Event organized by the Section of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology and the Postgraduate Programme ‘Ethnomusicology and Musical Practice’ of the Department of Music Studies of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy to honour Tassia Verra, Giorgos Gevgelis, Christodoulos Zoumbas, Stathis Koukoularis, Lazaros Koulaksizis, the Xylouris family (Ourania Xylouri, wife of Nikos, Psarogiannis, and Psarantonis), and Nikos and Kostas Filippidis for their great and long-standing contribution to folk tradition.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/94DEgfwMzN8
Wednesday 21 May 2025, 10:00: Event to mark World Football Day organized by the NKUA’s School of Physical Education and Sport Science.
Webcast link; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-eZa-7jUIw
Thursday 22 May 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education of the NKUA’s School of Education upon the distinguished actor-director and creator of theatre for children, Giannis Kalatzopoulos.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPgOFvdvE8
Monday 26 May 2025, 19:00: Event in honour of the retired Members of the Teaching and Research Staff of NKUA (2024) organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Body of Emeritus Professors of the University of Athens.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/KpyW-WYp5Xg
Tuesday 27 May 2025, 09:00: Opening of the international conference of the Eugene O’Neill Society entitled ‘Mythos and Masks: Eugene O’Neill in Ancient and Modern Contexts’, organized in collaboration with the Department of English Language and Literature of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy.
Wednesday 28 May 2025, 09:00: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the international research programme ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC/WHO)’ hosted by the University Mental Health, Neurosciences, and Precision Medicine Research Institute ‘Costas Stefanis’, School of Medicine, NKUA.
Thursday 29 May 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Theology of the NKUA’s School of Theology upon Elder Metropolitan Demetrios (Kommatas) of Princes’ Islands, Primate and Exarch of All Propontis.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbrLVhLcrU
APRIL 2025
Thursday 3 April 2025, 19:00: Ceremony for the offering of an honorary volume to Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dr Stefanos Hadziyannis.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/PO9s9YOZHTM
Monday 7 April 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Departments of Economics and Business Administration of the NKUA’s School of Economics and Political Sciences upon Professor at the London School of Economics and the University of Cyprus, Member of the Academy of Athens, and Nobel laureate (2010), Sir Christopher Pissarides.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/QRQ0GhmzL2o
Tuesday 8 April 2025, 19:00: Awards ceremony for the 2023-2024 prizes for faculty members at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the categories of ‘Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to the University and Society’, ‘Outstanding University Teaching’, and ‘Excellence in Research’.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/TayeR-hC4fc
Thursday 10 April 2025, 19:00: Speech by Mayor of Athens, Dr Haris Doukas, entitled ‘Sustainability and Social Transformation in Cities’ organized in the wake of the recent (24/2/2025) Memorandum of Understanding signed between NKUA and the Municipality of Athens as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic actions of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens under the general title ‘NKUA in the City’.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/1z9CuQMMK6M
Monday 14 April 2025, 09:00: Opening of the event entitled ‘Major Conference on Innovation in the Media, Based on the EU Project IQ Media’organized by the NKUA’s Department of Communication and Media Studies.
MARCH 2025
Thursday 6 March 2025, 17:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Russian Language and Literature and Slavic Studies of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy upon Professor of Classical and Modern Greek Philology at Vilnius University, Lithuania, Dr Fatima Eloeva.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/m6qofS4J7aY
Wednesday 12 March 2025, 18:30: Concert accessible and friendly to people with dementia and their carers organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic actions under the general title ‘NKUA in the City’.
Monday 17 March 2025, 19:00: Event in honour of the three leading sound technicians, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Giannis Smirnaios, and Giannis Sygletos, organized by the Section of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology and the Section of Sound Technology of the NKUA’s Department of Music Studies.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/7UI_jl-4niI
Thursday 20 March 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the NKUA’s School of Science upon Professor of Philosophy of Science at Bielefeld University, Germany, Dr Martin Carrier.
Webcast link: https://youtube.com/live/xlXIXqURFXM
Friday 21 March 2025, 12:00: Official celebration to mark the National Anniversary of 25 March 1821 organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The ceremony will include a panegyric by Professor at the NKUA’s Department of Philology, Dr Dimitrios Aggelatos. On the same day at 11:30 the old-established laying of wreaths at the marble statues and the inside of the Propylaea will take place.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/JyBbV-PPDBE
Friday 21 March 2025, 19:00: ‘Poetry Marathon’ as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic actions of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens under the general title ‘NKUA in the City’. The event is co-organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Municipality of Athens on the occasion of World Poetry Day and will be followed by a concert.
Thursday 27 March 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of German Language and Literature of the NKUA’s School of Philosophy upon Professor Emeritus of Literature at ETH Zurich and writer, Dr Adolf Muschg.
Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvnpH7jbUhk
FEBRUARY 2025
Monday 10 February 2025, 18:00: Event on the International Greek Language Day organized by the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in memory of the late Professors of Linguistics at the NKUA’s Department of Philology, Dimitra Theofanopoulou-Kontou and Panagiotis Kontos.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/va84F_inhX4
Wednesday 12 February 2025, 13:00: Awards ceremony for the students of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens who distinguished themselves in sport.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/mO25aPCs9C0
Thursday 13 February 2025, 11:00: Welcome ceremony for the incoming Erasmus students (Spring Semester).
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/dJQ-iPVo8kc
Friday 14 February 2025, 14:00: Graduation ceremony and awarding of the ‘Juriste Européen’ Certificate to the students of the European Law School Network organized by the NKUA’s School of Law.
Tuesday 18 February 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, upon the Head of Rheumatology at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Professor Xenofon Baraliakos.
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ixJdyXMMBs
JANUARY 2025
Thursday 9 January 2025, 19:00:Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, NKUA, upon Professor of Medical Oncology at the Department of Medicine of the University of Valencia, Spain, and President of the European Society for Medical Oncology, Mr Andrés Cervantes.
Web link: www.youtube.com/watch
Monday 13 January 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, NKUA, upon Professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Head of the Department of Oncology of Lausanne University Hospital, and Director of Ludwig Cancer Research Lausanne Branch, Mr George Coukos.
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZPpyGCdV_s
Friday 17 January 2025, 19:00: Speech by philosopher and writer Stelios Ramfos as part of the series of educational actions on Literature under the general title ‘Word and Knowledge in the City of the 21st Century’ organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in collaboration with the Municipality of Athens as part of the series of actions ‘NKUA in the City’.
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_FMdv3Bwk
Monday 20 January 2025, 17:00: One-day conference entitled ‘Dance, Ancient Greek Drama, and Myth’ organized by the NKUA’s Department of Theatre Studies.
Friday 24 January 2025, 19:30: Classical song recital by Professor at the NKUA’s School of Law and tenor, Mr Panos Lazaratos, entitled ‘I Dreamed a Dream’.
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_BvAJuih6I
Tuesday 28 January 2025, 15:00: Opening ceremony of the conference entitled ‘50 Years of Democracy and the Armed Forces: What Lies Ahead?’ co-organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPv7JEsSA5k
Wednesday 29 January 2025, 19:00: Awarding ceremony conferring the title of doctor honoris causa of the Department of Communication and Media Studies, School of Economics and Political Sciences, NKUA, upon film critic and journalist, Mr Giannis Bakogiannopoulos.
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/-ZbLjpIZMDU
Thursday 30 January 2025, 13:00: Official celebration of the Feast of the Three Hierarchs and Greek Letters Day organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The ceremony will include a panegyric by Professor at the Department of Social Theology and the Study of Religion, Kirki Kefalea, entitled ‘Saint Gregory the Theologian and His Poetic Work’.
On the same day at 10:00, after the Divine Liturgy, the old-established memorial service for Founders, Donors, Benefactors, Professors, Students, and Administrative Staff of the University of Athens will be held at the Church of the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple (Kapnikarea).
Web link: https://youtube.com/live/D3BgbhtTCBY
DECEMBER 2024
Monday 2 December 2024, 19:00: Anniversary event to mark the 20 years of the Vascular Surgery Unit of Hippocratio Athens General Hospital.
Web link: www.youtube.com/watch
Tuesday 3 December 2024, 19:00: Lecture by Professor Maria Efthymiou entitled ‘Private Ownership - Communal Ownership, Or How Humanity Is Measured Historically Against Itself’, as part of the series of educational, cultural, and artistic actions of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens under the general title ‘NKUA in the City’.
Monday 9 December 2024, 19:00: Presentation of a book by Professor Emeritus of the University of Athens, Reverend Father Dimitrios Linos, entitled ‘Views’.
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwWMztFxtWY
Tuesday 10 December 2024, 18:30: Lecture entitled ‘The Contribution of Greece and the United States to Technological Developments in Space’ organized by the Mara Karetsos Center of Culture & Science Greece.
Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hEbxRcAXiQ
Thursday 12 December 2024, 18:00: Event to officially present the project entitled ‘Digital Tour of Monuments of the Religious Cultural Reserve of Athens City Historical Centre’ organized by the Holy Archdiocese of Athens.
Web link: www.youtube.com/watch
Friday 13 December 2024, 19:00: Opening ceremony of the 26th IASL Congress, Athens, entitled ‘Sports Law, New Dimension and Perspectives, AI Reforms and Sports Regulations’ organized by the Hellenic Centre of Research on Sports Law (HCRSL).
Friday 20 December 2024, 18:00: Christmas Concert at NKUA with the Department of Music Studies’ Orchestra and Mixed Choir performing Bach, Händel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Fauré, Bartók, Jenkins, Morricone, Suk, Martin, Anderson, et al., under the direction of Messrs Matthew Legakis and Pavlos Kordis.
Web link: www.youtube.com/watch