1st Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs

On the occasion of the centenary of Thessaloniki’s free existence (1912-2012), the Municipality of Thessaloniki, in cooperation with Navarino Network and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, organizes the first “Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs” between September 28 and 30, 2012, at “Olympion” in Aristotelous Square. The aim of this initiative is to support the international perspectives of Thessaloniki and to establish the Symposium as an annual meeting of experts on important international developments.

This year’s Symposium will revolve around three broad thematic axes:

1. Friday 28/9/2012, 17:00-21:00	“The Rise (and fall and rise) of China”
	With Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University, and author of the book “The Search for Modern China”. Read his short cv in English
2. Saturday 29/9/2012, 11:00-15:00	“Islam and the Arab Spring”
	With James Piscatori, Professor of International Relations at Durham University, expert on Islam and Islamic political movements. Read his short cv in English
3. Sunday 30/9/2012, 11:00-15:00	“The Decline of the West and Europe? “
	With Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), with the participation of European experts through video. Read his short cv in English