Talks & Thoughts

The adventure of human curiosity: Travelling from antiquity to modern recreation

The Athens Dialogues

Dates

Tickets

Free admission

Venue

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Friday
Time
10:00
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

Entrance to all the events in the “Talks and Thoughts” Cycle is free and on a first come, first served basis.
The distribution of entrance tickets begins one (1) hour before each event.

Language

Simultaneous translation is provided in the case of speakers using a language other than Greek.

Introduction

Prominent scientists from around the world as well as from Greece will participate in this event.

Discovering the unknown, concern about survival but also war, colonization and commerce became the driving force for the need to travel throughout the course of human history. Traveling fulfills one of the most profound human needs for mobility, discovery and ultimately evolution.

The Roman road system was developed in order to achieve better communication within the empire but at the same time marked a revolution in the form of travel and movement. These routes were preserved throughout Late Antiquity and in some cases became part of the pilgrimage routes of the Middle Ages.

Travel continued to evolve along with the technological and cultural innovations and it drastically affects related developments. Financial and cultural welfare of contemporary man created the sense of travel for recreation and as a consequence the industry of tourism.

The purpose of the colloquium is to explore the human need for adventure as expressed in antiquity through the texts of Pausanias, the pilgrimage travel of the Middle Ages, travel in the age of Romanticism, to the modern form of travel for pleasure.

Credits

Speaker
Petros Themelis, Professor of Classical Archeology, University of Crete
Speaker
Richard Stoneman, Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Exeter
Speaker
Antigoni Zournatzi, Historian, Archeologist, Senior Researcher of the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Speaker
Gary Vikan, Former Director of the Walters Art Museum
Speaker
Veronica Della Dora, Senior Lecturer in Geographies of Knowledge, Bristol University
Speaker
George Tolias, Director of research at the Institute for Historical Research / NHRF
Speaker
Alexandre Farnoux, Director of the French Archaeological School in Athens
Speaker
Maria Kostaridou, Historian, Researcher and professor of English Literature
Speaker
Ioli Vingopoulou, Researcher Institute for Neohellenic Research/ NHRF
Speaker
John Walton, Research Professor, Ikerbasque Foundation, University of Bilbao
Speaker
Magia Tsokli, Journalist, Co-creator of a Travelling TV programme called “Travelling with Magia Tsokli”
Speaker
Ismini Morou, Executive in the travel industry, Coordinator of the tourist services DIMAR