Category: Culture
Reading Groups (Athens and Rethumno, Greece)
Reading Groups Athens Every month, at the Athens branch, the Reading Group “Ankor” meets, an initiative by New Acropolis aimed at strengthening philosophical thinking and meaningful exploration through literature. We […]
Public lecture – Elisabeth Lukas ( Bratislava, Slovakia)
“A person can transform not only some material, but also himself into another form.” Elisabeth Lukas Contemporary Austrian psychologist Elisabeth Lukas follows the work of her teacher, neurologist and philosopher […]
Martin Luther King Jr.: Poetry Night (Boston, USA)
Thank you to the Little Crepe Cafe in Cambridge for a lovely night filled with heartfelt poetry, delicious crepes, and a powerful call to action in continuing MLK’s work to […]
Reading workshop: ‘Looking for Sophia’ (Córdoba, Argentina)
During the second half of 2024, New Acropolis Cordoba held reading workshops dedicated to exploring two great works of the philosophical and literary tradition: Plato’s The Banquet and Apuleius’ The […]
Fun Saturdays: My Favourite Story (Barranquilla, Colombia)
Every Saturday at the Barranquilla branch of New Acropolis, a philosophy workshop for children called ‘Divertisábados’ (Fun Saturdays) is held. In one of the sessions the participants chose their favourite […]
Rabindranath Tagore (Bratislava, Slovakia)
New Acropolis Slovakia organised a lecture about the great philosopher and poet Rabindranath Tagore. He began writing poems at the age of eight, published his first articles at the age […]
First Arts Academy at the Cour Petral (France)
New Acropolis France held its first Academy of the Arts on March. An entire weekend dedicated to the living arts: singing, music, theater, dance, eloquence, poetry, etc., in the former […]
Lecture: from diversity to unity (Yokohama, Japan)
Lecture: The truth derived from confusion – from diversity to unity”! In the dialogue with the participants, there were some points that resonated with the content of the lecture, making […]
Stolen Focus Workshop (Boston)
Our guest instructor brought key takeaways from Johann Hari’s book Stolen Focus, where we learned how to consciously direct our focus, foster deeper connections, and nurture greater mental well-being.
Book Club: Isabel Allende, first session of La Casa de los Espíritus (Guatemala, Guatemala)
At the Centro Histórico venue, we kicked off this year with the book ‘La Casa de los Espíritus’ by Isabel Allende. We learned a little about the trajectory of this […]
