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On Sunday, October 26, Despoina Tsiafaki, director of Research and Head of the Department of Culture and Creative Industries, will participate with the presentation “Clay among Gold and Silver: The Role of Attic Pottery in Thracian Prestige Economies (6th–4th c. … Continue reading →

For the second consecutive year, on Friday 26 September, the Department of Culture and Creative Industries participated in the Mediterranean Researcher’s Night, at the Athena Research Center building, in Xanthi. The members of the department presented the ECHOES and DATAPOT … Continue reading →

The kick-off meeting of the THRACE-CONNECT project was held on 12/6/2025, with the participation of the members of the ATHENA RC team (Despoina Tsiafaki, Vassilis Evangelidis, Yiannis Mourthos, Melpomeni Karta, Kostas Stavroglou, Maria Topalidou), in the ILSP department of Xanthi. … Continue reading →

On May 5, 2025, members of Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki’s team, Ioannis Mourthos and Meliana Karta, visited the 2nd Senior High School of Xanthi and presented the project “Echoes” (https://echoesproject.gr/), its historical significance for the city of Xanthi, as well as … Continue reading →

As part of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s “New Archaeology of Ancient Thrace” lecture series on April 28, 2025, Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki gave a lecture entitled “The Archaeological Heritage of Aegean Thrace”. For more information, follow the link: https://www.getty.edu/calendar/archaeology-ancient-thrace/