Category: Cultural Activities
The Meaning of Halloween (Kyoto, Japan)
Even though nowadays Halloween might be only seen as a fun costume day an opportunity for trick or treating, as philosophers, we always try to go back to the origins […]
Lecture on King Arthur (Prague, Czech Republic)
New Acropolis, with endorsement of the major of the city part Prague, organized a lecture in a local park. The lecture was focused on Arthurian legends, but the visitors could […]
Talk series “The secrets of music” (Montevideo, Uruguay)
In these talks we discuss the history of music from the Middle Ages to the present day. We explore how cultural changes, in particular the vision of human beings and […]
Online seminar: Symbolism of fairy tales: Siegfried (Belgrano, Argentina)
New Acropolis presented the online seminar: “Symbolism of fairy tales: Siegfried”. Professor Gonzalo García spoke about the fairy tale of the Nordic and Germanic traditions: Sigfrido, Sigurd o Siegfried. During […]
Lecture series on Japan with Iaido demos (Montevideo, Uruguay)
We carried out a series of lectures on the history of samurai culture in Japan, whereby we explored ethical aspects such as the samurai code, and historical aspects allowing us […]
“Animals: The symbols of our life” (Madrid, Spain)
New Acropolis Madrid, in collaboration with Espacio Victoria held the lecture and workshop: “Animals: the symbols of our life”. We talked about animals as examples of virtues, about what they […]
Online Talk: “Epictetus and his Manual for Living”(Balvanera, Argentina)
The Balvanera branch presented the lecture “Epictetus and his Manual for Living”, as part of the series “Great Figures of History”. The speaker Eva Garda explained the basis of Stoic […]
Virtual Talk “Miguel Ángel Asturias and his Poetry” (Cobán, Guatemala)
In commemoration of the Birthday Anniversary of Miguel Ángel Asturias, Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest representatives of Guatemalan literature, our Cobán Center held the virtual talk […]
Online seminar: “Greek Mythology. Apollo and Artemis” (Belgrano, Argentina)
New Acropolis offered the online seminar: “Greek Mythology. Apollo and Artemis”. Professor Gonzalo Garcia spoke about the Greek Myth related to Apollo and Artemis. Myths have been since ancient times […]
Tea Ceremony (Osaka, Japan)
In the spirit of bringing back the philosophical meaning of Japanese traditions, New Acropolis Osaka hosted a Tea Ceremony Event. After a brief lecture about the history, principles and purpose […]
