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Hellenic Observatory
Anniversary
25 Years in 20 Photos
25 Years in 20 Photos
Our story so far in 20 photos!
Our History
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25 Years of HO
Professor Nicos Mouzelis was among the LSE academics who launched a campaign
to establish a Chair on Contemporary Greece, that led to the establishment of the Observatory.
Prof Elias Mossialos was also one of the LSE academics who launched a campaign
to establish the Chair that led to the establishment of the Observatory.
Professor Loukas Tsoukalis
was the first holder of the Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies (1998- 2001).
Cowdray House
hosted the Observatory's offices from its establishment until 2019.
Members of the Hellenic Observatory staff in 2003:
Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kevin Featherstone and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos.
Members of the Hellenic Observatory staff in 2006:
Kevin Featherstone, Spyros Economides, Vassilis Monastiriotis.
Ismini Demades joined the Observatory in 2007
and remained its Manager until 2019.
In 2009, the HO and its staff played the lead role in the launch of a new research unit
LSE Research on South Eastern Europe (LSEE). Photo from a LSEE 2016 Conference.
Professor Kevin Featherstone
was bestowed ‘Commander, Order of the Phoenix of the Hellenic Republic’ on 17 September 2013.
Katerina Glyniadaki received the
2015-2019 PhD scholarship from the Hellenic Observatory.
The ‘Hellenic Observatory PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus’
has been held at the School biennially since 2003. Photo from the 2015 one.
The photo exhibition ‘Imagine Greece’ was part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations.
Here: K.Featherstone; I. Demades; P. Liouta; I.Felonis; K.Bikas; A.Kemmis-Price.
A Public Lecture delivered by H.E. Prokopis Pavlopoulos -then- President of the Hellenic Republic
was also part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations.
Walking around London:
members of the HO team back in early 2019.
In summer 2019 we packed our crates,
said goodbye to Cowdray House ...
...and moved to our new offices
in the Centre Building.
A great team win! Among 50 LSE teams in the 2019 Virgin Pulse Global Fitness Challenge
the HO/LSEE team came first averaging a phenomenal 26,543 steps per day!
Celebrating Christmas
in 2019.
Serving its aim to foster cooperation, the HO assisted in the signing of the LSE Athens
Urban Age Task Force. Here: K.Featherstone, Baroness M. Shafik, K.Bakoyannis & R. Burdett.
Professor Kevin Featherstone
was bestowed 'Grand Commander, Order of the Phoenix of the Hellenic Republic on 19 April 2021.
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