An event entitled Byzantine and Chinese Medicine in Dialogue: the Cases of John Zacharias and Xu Shuwei will take place on Monday 8 May 2023, at 18:30, at the "Leonidas Zervas" Amphitheatre, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Leof. 48 King Constantine Avenue. Scientific co-ordinator: Stelios Virvidakis.

The lectures will be held in English.

See the invitation

Welcome address: Demosthenes Sarigiannis (Director of the National Hellenic Research Foundation & Chairman of the Board)

Speakers:

Asaf Goldschmidt (Tel Aviv University, Department of East Asian Studies & Confucius Institute)

Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (Athens University of the Arts, Department of History and History of the University of Athens)

Professor of History and Philosophy of Science)

Discussants:

Marianna Karamanou (NKUA, School of Medicine)

Gerasimos Merianos (Hellenic Institute of Historical Research)

The action is carried out in the framework of Subproject 4: "Actions of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for synergies for the study of ancient Greek and Chinese culture" of the Operational Programme "Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning" in collaboration with the Research Project Alchemy in Byzantium of the Institute of Historical Research, National Research Foundation.