The international symposium The University in Europe: From Plato’s Academy to the Charter of Bologna, was held in Delphi between 6 and 8 July 2012 on the occasion of the 2,400th anniversary of the founding of Plato’s Academy (388/387 BC), with the participation of 17 speakers from Greece and other European countries (Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, France, Italy).
Organizing Committee
Eleni Ahrweler, President of the Board of Directors European Cultural Centre of Delphi
Athanasios Markopoulos, Professor of Byzantine Philology, University of Athens, Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi
Christina Angelidi, Byzantine scholar
Eugenia Gerousi, Archaeologist-Head of the Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Antiquities, Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Loukia Athanasaki, Professor of Classical Philology, University of Crete
Stelios Virvidakis, Professor of Philosophy, University of Athens
Eusebi Ayensa, Historian-Philologist, Director of the Cervantes Foundation in Athens