Department of History and Archeology

Webinar by the American School of Classical Studies on Jan. 19

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is hosting a webinar titled "Monuments for 1821: Fruitless Proposals for a Panhellenic Heroon." The event will host Dr Dora Markatou, former Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Ioannina, as guest speaker.

Lakos, academic in charge of school books, likens Macedonian heroes to jihadists

Education Minister Nikos Filis set off vibrations in Greek society when he said that the ethnic cleansing of the Pontian community could not be considered genocide. Now, Antonis Lakos, the man redesigning the Greek Ministry of Education, believes that Greeks were similar to jihadists when they acted against Jews and Bulgarians.