Prof. Konstantinos Niarchos
Professor Konstantinos Niarchos was born in Arfara, Messenia, where he completed his secondary education. He was admitted to the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens. He also studied European and Traditional Byzantine Music at the Athens Conservatoire.
He pursued postgraduate studies in Byzantine Philosophy and Culture at the University of London (King’s College London) and later received, with distinction, his doctorate in Ancient Greek Philosophy from the University of Oxford.
He served as a Lecturer in Philosophy and Classical Philology at St Peter’s College, University of Oxford, and at St Clare’s College, University of London. He was Professor of Ancient Greek Philosophy at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens and Visiting Professor of Ancient Greek Philosophy at the People’s University of Athens.
He is President and Professor of the University Seminars in Philosophy of the Municipality of Athens.He is also President of the International Scientific Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Director of the annual philosophical review of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Socrates. Furthermore, he serves as President of the International Philosophical Conferences held in Athens and elsewhere under the auspices of the International Scientific Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy and the International Centre for the Philosophy of History and Culture.
He has published books and monographs, as well as research articles on philosophical subjects in international and Greek philosophical journals.