Culture

January 14, 2016

Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive

Hala Halim, Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive. New York: Fordham University Press, 2013. [This review was originally published in the most recent issue of Arab Studies Journal.] Hala Halim’s […]
January 12, 2016

National Archaeological Museum celebrates 150 years of its foundation

The National Archaeological Museum is celebrating 150 years of its foundation. The anniversary is on 3 October 2016 but various and interesting exhibitions will be held, however, […]
January 11, 2016

Five Greek geoparks in UNESCO list

During the 38th session of UNESCO’s General Conference (Nov 3-18), the 195 Member States unanimously agreed to ratify the creation of the ‘UNESCO Global Geoparks’. This […]
December 19, 2015

“Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin”

The Resolution on “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin” was unanimously adopted yesterday by the Plenary of the UN General Assembly, […]