Through the organisation of conferences, research seminars and public lectures, the Hellenic Observatory addresses a range of topics of interest to academic, financial and industrial institutions, policy-makers and the media. Its series of events help achieve one of its core missions, to encourage social dialogue and inform the academic and policy debates on contemporary policy issues for Greece and Southeast Europe.
Normally, the Hellenic Observatory concentrates on the following types of events:
Public Lectures
Policy & Research Seminars
Conferences & Symposia
HO PhD Symposia
Panel Discussions
Workshops & Forums
Spring Term 2016
Date: Thursday 17 May 2016
Interpreting the past, present and future of Cyprus
One-day Conference organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the University of Cyprus.
Venue: University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Date: Monday 7 March - Friday 18 March 2016
Imagine Greece
A photographic exhibition on Greece showcasing images of the country and its people. Organised by the Hellenic Observatory, LSE Arts and Photoglobe Seminars to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Hellenic Observatory.
Venue: LSE Atrium Gallery
Date: Thursday 17 March 2016
BOOK LAUNCH: A Financial Crisis Manual - Reflections on the Road Ahead
Speakers: Platon MONOKROUSSOS, Eurobank Ergasias S.A; Kostas NIKOLOPOULOS, Bangor University; Dimitris THOMAKOS, University of Peloponnese
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Head of European Institute
Discussant: Professor Dimitri Vayanos, Head of the Department of Finance, LSE
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE campus
Date: Tuesday 8 March 2016
Experiments with austerity and anti-poverty policies in Greece
Speaker: Vassilis ARAPOGLOU, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,University of Crete; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.
Date: Tuesday 1 March 2016
BOOK LAUNCH: Who's to blame for Greece? Austerity in Charge of Saving a Broken Economy
Speaker: Theodore PELAGIDIS, NR Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, USA, Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus; Michael MITSOPOULOS, PhD Boston University, Coordinator of Research and Analysis, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
For more information on the book please visit the Palgrave website.
Date: Tuesday 23 February 2016
Still Europeanized?: Greek Foreign Policy During the Eurozone Crisis
Speaker: Angelos CHRYSSOGELOS, National Bank of Greece Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House
Date: Wednesday 10 February 2016
PUBLIC LECTURE: Cyprus and New Security Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean
Speaker: Euripides L. EVRIVIADES, High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus to the UK
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Date: Tuesday 9 February 2016
The Agent-Structure Issue in Foreign Policy Analysis: The “Macedonian” issue
Speaker: Georgios EVANGELOPOULOS, Scientific Advisor to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of International Relations (IDIS) at Panteion University of Athens
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House
Date: Thursday 28 January 2016
PUBLIC LECTURE: Lessons from the Greek Crisis
Speaker: Professor Louka KATSELI, Chair, National Bank of Greece and Hellenic Banking Association and Professor, University of Athens, Department of Economics
Organised by the Hellenic Observatory, LSE and the Hellenic Bankers Association, UK
Date: Tuesday 26 January 2016
Young Greeks and Democracy: social representations and imaginaries and the impact of the crisis
Speaker: Thalia MAGIOGLOU, Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE and Centre Edgar Morin/IIAC, EHESS, Paris France
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House
Date: Monday 18 January 2016
Seminar: From migration crisis to refugee crisis in Europe: Securitization priorities vs Integration policies?
Speaker: Apostolos G. PAPADOPOULOS, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece and Visiting Research Fellow, Regent’s Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent's University, London
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE
Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.
Date: Tuesday 12 January 2016
How do Greek Foreign Elites perceive Turkey: findings from an empirical research project
Speaker: Dimitrios TRIANTAPHYLLOU, Director of the Center for International and European Studies (CIES); Chair of the Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House
Hellenic Observatory Policy & Research Seminars.
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.