Author: Iro

Oxford Alumna, Prehistoric Archaeologist, English Teacher (QTS, GTCS), Greek Teacher, MoMA & Coursera Mentor & Mentor Guide, Translator for Global Translator Community, Moderator & Founding member of the “Mu.SA (MOOC) Network, Bookworm, Psychology Enthusiast, Interested in Politics & Philosophy, Portraitist, Art Lover, Traveler since I was a forty-day old baby, Learner, Gypsy Soul, Chocoholic “Το χαμόγελο του παιδιού – The Smile of the Child” supporter, Ελπίδα Σύλλογος Φίλων Παιδιών με καρκίνο «ΕΛΠΙΔΑ» - ELPIDA (HOPE) Friends’ Association of Children with cancer supporter, “Little Princess Trust” supporter

What Trees Teach Us About Belonging and Life

“When we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy.” I woke up this morning to discover a tiny birch tree rising amidst my city quasi-garden, having overcome unthinkable odds to float its seed over heaps of concrete and... Continue Reading →

April 27, 2020 0

Μια Περιήγηση Στην Εμβληματική Έκθεση «Κυκλαδική Κοινωνία. 5000 Χρόνια Πριν» Που Διοργάνωσε Το Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης Το 2016

ΕΞΕΡΕΥΝΗΣΤΕ ONLINE ΤΗΝ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΣΤΑ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΚΛΑΔΩΝ ΠΡΙΝ ΑΠΟ 5000 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΑΠΟ ΜΙΑ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ Online περιήγηση στην εμβληματική έκθεση «Κυκλαδική Κοινωνία. 5000 χρόνια πριν» που διοργάνωσε το Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης το 2016 υπό την επιμέλεια του Διευθυντή του, Καθηγητή Νικόλαου Σταμπολίδη, έχουν πλέον τη δυνατότητα να πραγματοποιήσουν οι επισκέπτες του cycladic.gr. Η έκθεση, που πραγματοποιήθηκε για τη συμπλήρωση 30 χρόνων... Continue Reading →

April 26, 2020 0

Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks and Christians of Turkey 1913 – 1923

The documentary chronicles the genocide of the Greeks, and other indigenous Christians, at the hands of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks. Nearly a million Greeks were killed, while millions more were uprooted from their ancestral homelands in Asia Minor (Turkey), Pontos, and Eastern Thrace as part of the Turks’ campaign of ethnic cleansing of its... Continue Reading →

April 25, 2020 0

J.S. Ondara

Το πρώτο album του J.S. Ondara "Tales of America" (Φεβρουάριο 2019) σημείωσε μεγάλη επιτυχία που οδήγησε και στην deluxe edition: ''Tales of America: The Second Coming'' τον Σεπτέμβριο του ίδιου έτους με πέντε επιπλέον κομμάτια. Η ζωή του μοιάζει σαν αυτές που παρακολουθούμε στις κινηματογραφικές ταινίες: Γεννήθηκε στο Ναϊρόμπι της Κένυας το 1992. Η οικογένειά... Continue Reading →

April 25, 2020 0

The Scientific Advances We Need To Stop COVID-19

Pandemic I: The First Modern Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic pits all of humanity against the virus. The damage to health, wealth, and well-being has already been enormous. This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side. Everyone can work together to learn about the disease and develop tools... Continue Reading →

April 24, 2020 0

Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means

“The emotionally intelligent person knows that they will only ever be mentally healthy in a few areas and at certain moments, but is committed to fathoming their inadequacies and warning others of them in good time, with apology and charm.” “Maturity is the ability to live fully and equally in multiple contexts,” poet and philosopher... Continue Reading →

April 23, 2020 0

Old Book Illustrations: An Online Database Lets You Download Thousands of Illustrations from the 19th & 20th Centuries

The Golden Age of Illustration is typically dated between 1880 and the early decades of the 20th century. This was “a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration,” writes Artcyclopedia; the time of artists like John Tenniel, Beatrix Potter (below), Arthur Rackham, and Aubrey Beardsley. Some of the most prominent illustrators, such as Beardsley and... Continue Reading →

April 22, 2020 0

Καντάτα

Σχέδια που εγκαταλείπουμε, αποφάσεις που φοβηθήκαμε να πάρουμεπροσδοκίες των άλλων από μας που τις τροφοδοτήσαμεκι ας ξέραμε τι επικίνδυνο ήταν. Δικές μας απαιτήσεις απ' τους άλλους,ενώ μαντεύαμε κι εκείνων τη μικρότητα, και τη δική μας υστεροβουλία.Άνθρωποι που συναντήσαμε μια νύχτα, μα που το βλέμμα τους όρισε πια για πάντα τη ζωή μας. Λόγια που τα... Continue Reading →

April 21, 2020 0

Scientific Pioneer June Almeida is Finally Being Acknowledged For Virology Breakthroughs She Made a Half Century Ago.

She discovered coronaviruses decades ago—but got little recognition Scientist June Almeida operates an electron microscope in 1963 at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, Canada. One year later, Almeida would become the first person to see a coronavirus using microscope techniques she developed. WHEN JUNE ALMEIDA peered into her electron microscope in 1964, she saw a... Continue Reading →

April 20, 2020 0

The Greek Easter Translated

The Bluffer’s Guide to Pascha: Greek Easter Translated Pass yourself off as a local at Easter by learning the key customs, traditional dishes and how to say them all. Where the technicolor, somewhat debauched Carnival ends, the 40-day religious fast, or nisteia begins. When strictly observed, the basically vegan diet forbids the consumption of olive oil on Wednesdays and Fridays... Continue Reading →

April 19, 2020 0