Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 12 - Φεβρουάριος 1999


                     HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                         ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER
            NUMBER 12                               February 1999
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 E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr        WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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 TOPICS:
 
 1. Short News
 2. IKY scholarships for 1999
 3. New Ph.D. degrees
 4. 4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
 5. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
 6. About this newsletter...
 
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 1. SHORT NEWS
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    We would like to conratulate our colleague, Panos Patsis, who has been
 awarded a fellowship of the G.G.E.T. program adressed to "greek-speaking
 scientists living abroad". Panos will soon start working at the "KEAEM"
 of the Academy of Athens.
 

 2. I.K.Y. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1999
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    The National Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.) has announced the 1999
 programme for graduate student scholarships and postdoc positions in
 Astronomy. There are 6 scholarships for graduate students. Fields: 
 "Astronomy" (1), "Astrophysics" (2), "General Theory of Relativity" (1),
 "Observational Astronomy" (1), Near Earth Environment (1). The postdoc
 position (1) is in the general field of "Astronomy and Astrophysics".
 Please note that application deadline is February 19.
 The written examinations for the graduate student scholarships will take
 place in Athens (Arsakeion School at Psychiko) on April 2-3. The 
 selection for the Post-Doc position will be undertaken by the Executive
 Committee of I.K.Y. For more information please contact I.K.Y., Lyssikratous
 14 (Makrygianni), GR-10558 Athens, 12:00-14:00. Tel. 01-3254385-9, Fax
 01-3221863.


 3. NEW Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED
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  The Hellenic Astronomical Society would like to congratulate the
 following Junior members for obtaining their Ph.D. degrees in the second
 half of 1998.
 
 - Moustakas Leonidas, Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley, USA
  (now a postdoc at Oxford University, U.K.)

 - Siopis Christos, Ph.D. University of Florida - Gainesville, USA

 - Gizani Nectaria, Victoria University of Manchester - Jodrell Bank, U.K.

 According to the constitution of Hel.A.S. all Junior members obtaining
 a Ph.D. degree become Ordinary Members in the next General Assembly of
 the Society.


 4. 4th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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    The 4th Astronomical Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society
 will take place in the island of Samos on Thursday-Saturday, 16-18
 September this year. A web page has been setup in the Society's home
 page. Please check
                http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
 The e-mail address of the Conference is
                       helasyn@astro.auth.gr
 Invited talks and 2 parallel sessions will cover most fields of Astronomy
 and Astrophysics, such as: "Dynamical Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics",
 "Solar, Planetary and Space Physics", "Stellar Astrophysics", "Our Galaxy
 and other galaxies", "High Energy Astrophysics", "Cosmology and
 Relativity", "History and Infrastructure of Astronomy in Greece". For
 further information please check the Conference's web page, which at the
 moment is under construction, but as time passes it will be enriched with
 useful information


 5. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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     The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
 months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
 organizers by e-mail for more information.

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		    NATO Advanced Study Institute on  
              ``The Neutron Star - Black Hole Connection'',
                    Elounda, Crete, June 7-18, 1999

                 http://www.mitos.com.gr/conf/n_starASI99
                             or contact 
                Dr. J. Ventura (ventura@physics.uch.gr)

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                  Large scale structure in the X-ray Universe
                      Santorini, September 20-22, 1999

		    http://www.astro.noa.gr/~santor99
			      or contact
                  Dr. M. Plionis (mplionis@astro.noa.gr)
 
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                  4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
                       Samos, 16-18 September 1999 
 
              http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html                
                Organising Committe: helasyn@astro.auth.gr
                              or contact
                 Dr. J. Seimenis (jseimen@atlas.uoa.gr)

 6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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   This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel...A.S. members,
 that can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis 
 Charmandaris.
 
   The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around March
 1st 1999. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, new 
 openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or 
 comments before February 25, 1999. All correspondence concerning this 
 Newsletter should be addressed to:
 
                        elaset@astro.auth.gr
 
   If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
 e-mail address to which this Newsletter was addressed is not your main
 address, please let us know.
 
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