Category: Cultural Activities
Online talk: “Pain as a Vehicle of Consciousness” (Guatemala)
The aim of the talk was to discuss practical principles for living our lives based on Buddhist teachings: acknowledging pain as an instrument of learning and exploring the steps necessary […]
Volunteering as an Attitude to Life (Madrid, Spain)
New Acropolis Madrid organised a workshop on volunteering as a philosophy of life, led by Thiago Thumé from Brazil. The workshop explored the challenges we face today in having to […]
Online Talk: Goddesses in Everywoman (Guatemala)
Online talk about Jean Shinoda Bolen’s book. The focus of the event was to explore the different aspects of female psychology represented in the Greek goddesses who are a reference […]
Stoic Philosophy for Life (Guatemala)
This online talk aimed to explore the teachings of Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus and other Stoics gifted us with precious knowledge to live in a practical and simple […]
“Letters to Humanity” exhibition on the theme: “La fortaleza (Strength)” (Bilbao, Spain)
The exhibition “Letters to Humanity”, promoted by the Pío Baroja library, was inaugurated at the beginning of November and this year reaches its third edition. Leticia Darriba, alma mater of […]
Presentation: “Greek myths” (Lisbon, Portugal)
New Acropolis is organising, via Zoom, a set of conferences dedicated to Greek myths. Greek myths, with their different dramas and allegories, shaped the way we think for more than […]
Lecture: Plato’s love (Belgrade, Serbia)
Continuing with the series of lectures dedicated to great philosophers, volunteers of New Acropolis Belgrade gave an online lecture titled “Plato’s love”, in the presence of a few dozen participants. […]
Online course: “The Philosophy of the Upanishads” (Portugal)
The writer and director of New Acropolis Portugal José Carlos Fernández offers an online course entitled: The Philosophy of the Upanishads. This course is made […]
Five minutes with Plato, a contest of video clips (Peru)
Five minutes with Plato is the innovative audiovisual contest organized by the research circle Friends of Plato in the area of Promotion of Culture. The aim of this initiative was […]
European Heritage Days (La Cour Petral, France)
The French Ministry of Culture organised the annual European Heritage Days in mid-September. The former Cour Petral Abbey opened its doors for this occasion. The Cour Petral belongs to the […]
