Our Team
The Advisory board

Dimitris Plantzos

Stelios Virvidakis

Giorgos Vavouranakis

Alan M.Stahl

Gabriel Sakellaridis

Michael Herzfeld

Thilo Rheren

Heinrich Hall

John Economides

Aineias Kapouranis

Yue Wu

Dimitris Plantzos
Professor of Classical Archaeology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Specialisation
Greek art and archaeology, archaeological theory, and contemporary and modern receptions of Classical culture

Stelios Virvidakis
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is the initiator, first President, and current Secretary of the Steering Committee of the KELKIP (Center for Ancient Greek and Chinese Civilizations).
He has delivered numerous lectures and intensive courses at leading Chinese universities, including Southwest University in Chongqing, Wuhan University, Peking University, Nanjing University and Fudan University.
Specialisation
Epistemology, moral philosophy, and comparative Sino-Hellenic ethics and philosophy

Giorgos Vavouranakis
Associate Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Specialisation
Aegean Prehistory, Archaeological theory and history of the discipline, Public archaeology, Sino-Hellenic Comparative Archaeology

Alan M.Stahl
Curator of Numismatics and Lecturer in the Departments of Art and Archaeology, Classics, and History at Princeton University.
Specialisation
Numismatics, Medieval History

Michael Herzfeld
Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University’s Department of Anthropology.
Specialisation
Social anthropology, focusing on cultural heritage, nationalism, and social identity, particularly in Greece, Italy, and Thailand.

Heinrich Hall
Former assistant director at the Irish Institute at Athens
Specialisation
Communicating Greek culture with more than 20 years of experience

Gabriel Sakellaridis
A Greek economist and politician of Syriza. He served as the deputy minister to the prime minister and government spokesperson in Alexis Tsipras’s cabinet.
Specialisation
Political science and economy, technology, green transitions

John Economides
Economides Lawyer-Partner at Aristides Economides & Co
Specialisation
Maritime Law, Finance Law, Tort Law, Media & Information. Market and Regulation Theory of Philosophy, Philosophy of Law

Thilo Rehren
Professor for Archaeological Sciences and Director of the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center at the Cyprus Institute
Specialisation
Ancient techniques

Aineias Kapouranis
He holds a PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Athens, focusing on votive reliefs dedicated to gods and heroes from various regions of the Peloponnese, studied diachronically from the Archaic to the Roman period.
Specialisation
Ancient Greek sculpture, particularly across these periods. His current research project involves the comprehensive collection and study of reliefs dedicated to the Dioskouroi from the Peloponnese and its colonies

Yue Wu
Dr. Yue Wu is an Athens-based expert in cross-cultural communication and historical-political analysis between Greece and China, with an interdisciplinary background in history, journalism, and media. She is also a regular contributor to Greek media and Chinese outlets on Greek affairs.
Specialisation
China-Greece relations include public diplomacy, political perceptions, cultural exchange; media analysis.

Richard Stoneman
In Memoriam of Prof.Richard Stoneman (1951-2025)
Honorary fellow at the University of Exeter, classics editor for Routledge for 30 years.
Specialisation
The continuity of the Greek world and Greek tradition, Alexander the Great, in later legend.