Τhe launching ceremony for the Centre of Ancient Greek and Chinese Civilizations (Greek acronym: K.EL.KI.P.) which will take place on Monday, February 20th, 2023 between 15:00 and 15:45 at the Great Hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (main building, 30 Panepistimiou st).
The launching ceremony will be followed by the 1st working meeting of Greek and Chinese academics which will be held between 16:15 and 18:30 (see programme here).
For the invitation click here.
The announcement on the website of events of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens
The congratulatory letter from the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping
The chinese press on the opening ceremony
Articles in the english-speaking press:
China Daily 22/2/2023 Xi lauds Sino-Greek civilization center
CGTN 21/2/2023 Xi-congratulates-Chinese-Greek-Ancient-Civilizations-Center
DG Today 3/3/2023 Cultural center to boost exchanges and mutual understanding
South China 3/3/2023 Center for Mutual Learning of Civilizations between China and Greece: President Xi Jinping wrote back to encourage us to build a bridge of cultural exchanges (in chinese)
Global Times 9/3/2023 Letters from Xi
Social media coverage of the opening ceremony:
Twitter https://twitter.com/thisisGBA/status/1631612132545658884?s=20
Facebook https://fb.watch/j1BK14WUcj/
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvS90H8zgo