Speech by Mrs. Anas Dialla, Associate Professor of Modern and Modern European History and Chair of the Department of Art Theory and History of the School of Fine Arts

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from 18:00 - 21:00, in room 108, of the Central Building of the University of Piraeus (Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, Piraeus), we invite you to the lecture of Ms. Antas Dialla, Associate Professor of European History of Newer and Modern Times and President of the Department of Theory and History of Art of ASKT, with the theme "1821 in the digital age", which will take place in the context of the "Digital Culture" direction, of the "Advanced Informatics Systems" Program, of the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus.

The lecture will present the large collaborative research project being developed by the Humanities Research Center and entitled "The Greek Revolution of 1821: Digital Archive". The problem is included in the field of the so-called Digital Humanities which are now starting to develop in our country and which face new challenges in the academic and public sphere. A central question is the challenges of the digital condition in the 21st century, especially those related to the issues of new ways and means of producing and circulating knowledge, as well as access to it.

Dr. Ada (Antonia) Dialla is Associate Professor of European History at the Department of Theory and History of Art of the School of Fine Arts and since March 2017 President of the same Department. He also teaches in the postgraduate program "Visual Arts" of the Visual Arts Department of ASKT as well as in the postgraduate program of the Department of Art Theory and Criticism. He also teaches European at the Hellenic Open University. In the past he has taught history of Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia during the 19th century at the Universities of Crete and Thessaly. From 2004 to 2009 she was director of the Historical Archive of the University of Athens. Her research interests focus on the History of Russia and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries (with an emphasis on transnational history, Empire and Nationalism), the history of Humanitarian Interventions and Humanitarianism in the 19th century, and the History of Historiography.

02 Jun 2018