“Education in the Ionian Islands in the 19th Century” at the Ionian Academy | 02.11

“Education in the Ionian Islands in the 19th Century” – Ionian Academy | November 1-2, 2024

The Ionian University and the Bicentennial Celebration Committee for the Founding of the Ionian Academy are organizing a scholarly conference titled “Education in the Ionian Islands in the 19th Century.” This event is part of the commemorative celebrations and will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024, in the Assembly Hall of the Ionian Academy building and on Saturday, November 2, 2024, in Amphitheater 1 of the History and Archive, Library, and Museum Studies Department building.

Keynote Speeches – Day One of the Conference:

• Konstantinos Angelakos – “40 Years of the Ionian University: Milestones and People in the Development of the Institution”
  • Research Team: Konstantinos Angelakos, Charalambos Kourgiantakis, Efstathios Pouliasis, Alexandra Kavvadia.
• Eleni Angelomati – “Progress and Regression in Education in the Ionian Islands (1799-1864)”

List of Speakers

• Konstantinos Angelakos, Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Eleni Angelomati, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Ionian University
• Panos Ampelas, Lawyer-Historian
• Fotini Vaki, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Spyros Gaoutsis, Historian, Secretary of the Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Kefalonia
• Sakis Gekas, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University
• Theodora Zafeiratou, Ph.D. in History, Head of the General State Archives of Cephalonia and Ithaca
• Georgios Zoumbos, Ph.D. in History, Educator
• Panagiotis Ioannou, Associate Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
• Alexandra Kavvadia, Special Teaching Staff, Department of Archives, Library Science, and Museology, Ionian University
• Konstantinos Kardamis, Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University
• Dionysios Katerelos, Associate Professor, Department of Sound and Image Arts, Ionian University
• Panagiotis Kimourtzis, Professor, Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean
• Nikos Kokkomelis, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Charalambos Kourgiantakis, Special Teaching Staff, Department of History, Ionian University
• Nikos Kourkoumelis, Ph.D. in History
• Katerina Koutouxiadou, Ph.D. in History, Education Advisor – Ministry of Education
• Daphne Kyriaki-Manesi, Professor, Department of Archives, Library Science, and Information Systems, University of West Attica
• Efstathios Makris, Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University
• Dionysios Moschopoulos, Former Professor, Department of Archives, Library Science, and Museology, Ionian University
• Simos Bozikis, Special Teaching Staff, Department of History, Ionian University
• Mirka Palioura, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Efstathios Pouliasis, Ph.D. in History, Instructor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Panagiota Tzivara, Associate Professor, Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University

Celebration Committee – Organizing Committee

• Ilias Giarenis, Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Manolis Drakakis, Associate Professor, Department of Archives, Library Science, and Museology, Ionian University
• Sophia Laiou, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Dionysios Tsakis, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ionian University
• Elena Chamalidi, Associate Professor, Department of Sound and Image