Hotel cancellations

For those who for some reason will not be able to participate to the conference, please, take care to cancel your reservation directly to the hotel as soon as possible and within the due dates (i.e. 24 hours before their arrival at the latest) in order to get back their deposit.

Kosher food

The EABS has taken care that there will be kosher food as well as pre- and post-fast food for our Jewish participants who are observing the the 9th of Av fast. 

However, it should be noted that the EABS arrangement with the hotel regarding kosher meals is valid only for the days of the conference.  

The possibility of making use of the hotel shuttle bus

For those who have booked a room at Porto Palace Hotel there is the possibility to travel from the airport to the hotel by the hotel shuttle bus. Since, however, the bus can carry only 13 people each time and all of you are arriving on different dates and at different times, please send an email to me (etsala@past.auth.gr) till Saturday, 30th July  so that the hotel will organize as many trips from the airport to the hotel as possible. Please note in your mail date and time of arrival. Further instructions will be posted in the next days. 

There is also the possibilty of using the public transport means or taxi (the strike of the taxi drivers will presumably over by then, for those who want to make use of a taxi).

How to Reach the Byzantine Museum from the Hotel or the Airport

From the Hotel
(a) By bus. From Bus Station Sfageia to Strategion Bus Station: Bus Nr. 31 (Direction Voulgari). You have to walk approx. 200 meters. The Museum of the Byzantine Culture stands opposite to the Archaeological Museum. The Meeting Hall is behind the Museum (very soon I will upload a map from the bus station to the Museum's Conference Hall)
The fare will cost 0.80 euro and if you buy it on the bus 0.90 euro.
(b) By taxi. The trip will cost ca. 8-10 euros.

From the Airport
(a) By bus.
From Airport Arrivals to IKEA End Station: Bus Nr. 79 (Direction IKEA)
From IKEA Station to Museum of Byzantine Culture Bus Stop: Bus Nr. 8 (Direction KTEL)
The fare will cost 0.90 euro and if you buy it on the bus 1.00 euro.

(b) By taxi
The trip will cost ca. 15 euros.

How to Reach the Hotel from Other Arrival Points

(1) From the New Railway Station (for those travelling to Thessaloniki by train)
(a) by bus: From the Railway Station to Sfageia Bus Stop: Bus Nr. 40, or 40K or 40A (Bus direction Kalochori)
The fare will cost 0.80 euro (and if you buy it on the bus 0.90 euro)
(b) by taxi. The trip will cost ca. 5-6 euros

(2) From the Central Bus Station MAKEDONIA
(a) By bus: From the Central Bus Station to Sfageia Bus Stop: Bus Nr. 31 (Bus Direction Voulgari)
The fare will cost 0.80 euro (and if you buy it on the bus 0.90 euro)
(b) By taxi. The trip will cost ca. 5 euros

How to reach the Hotel from the Airport

For those arriving at the Makedonia Airport of Thessaloniki there are two options for travelling to the hotel:

(a) By bus

• (Bus Stop Airport-Arrivals) - to IKEA (end station): Bus Nr 79
• From IKEA station to Voulgari station: Bus Nr. 2 (Direction to New Railway Station)
• From Voulgari station to Sfagia (Porto Palace) Station : Bus Nr. 31 (Direction to KTEL)

You will need two tickets: 0.80 euro (and if you buy it on the bus 0.90 euro) for the trip from Airport to IKEA and one ticket 0.90 euros (and if you buy it on the bus 1.00 euro) for the next two routes. Don't forget to validate your ticket when you enter the bus. You must also validate the second ticket twice, once on each bus (Nr. 2 and Nr. 31).

(b) By taxi
The ride will cost 22-25 euros. (A good idea is if you could share the fare with friends who are arriving at the same time)

The Conference Special Events

Monday Evening, The Opening Event

The opening event will take place in the Conference Hall of the Museum of Byzantine Culture, 2 Stratou Avenue, Thessaloniki 546 40, Greece.

An Ode to Salonica: Historical and Poetic Perspectives

A lecture by Prof. Renee Levine Melammed (Dean of the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem).

Professor Levine Melammed is completing a book (An Ode to Salonika: The Ladino Verses of Bouena Sarfatty, IUP, 2012) on the history of the Salonikan Jewish community in the twentieth century based on Ladino poetry; poetess Bouena Sarfatty, a poetess and a member of the Jewish community in Salonika, composed two collections of coplas describing life prior to WWII and the repercussions of the Nazi invasion.

Professor Levine Melammed’s talk will describe the culture and vitality of the "Jerusalem of the Balkans" and its destruction.

A musical interval led by the Byzantine Choir of Thessaloniki

The presidential lecture:

Can the Bible be Translated? Bible Translations as Culture Artefacts

Prof. Jorunn Økland, President of the European Association of Biblical Studiesand Director of the Centre for Gender Research

Students'  Prizes

Tuesday Evening

A lecture by Dr. Miltiadis Konstantinou

The Greek Bible Translation Projects of the Greek Biblical Society

Dr. Miltiadis Konstantinou is Prof. of the OT, Faculty of Theology AUTH, and the chairman of the Committee On Translation Policy of the UBS Global Board

The lecture will take place at 18:00-19:00 in room I

In the lecture the major project of translating the Bible into modern Greek will be presented as well as various other aspects of the work of the Greek Biblical Society (e.g. the translation of the Bible readings for a liturgical context, the publication of a commentary series that will accompany and supplement the Bible translation etc.)

The Students' meeting will take place at 19:00-20:00 in Room Dock Six

Wednesday Evening

The General meeting of EABS members will take place at 18:00-19:00 in Crystal Hall

The EABS Meeting Programme

The Programme as well the Abstracts of the papers that are going to be read are already online. In order to read the programme, please click here. The abstracts can be read here.