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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 38 April 2001
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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. Members in new positions
3. Job Openings
4. Membership fees for 2001
5. EC Funding for Access to Canarian Observatory Telescopes
6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
7. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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The "Best PhD of the year award" will be in the agenda of the next
Council meeting of Hel.A.S. Please send you recommendations to the
Secretary of Hel.A.S. as soon as possible.
2. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Mr. Dimitris Stamatellos has recently moved to the Dept. of Physics
and Astronomy of the University of Wales, Cardiff (UK), for his Ph.D.
studies, after receiving his Master's degree at Rice University (USA).
3. JOB OPENINGS
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A new tenured track position at the level of "Lecturer" in the
field of "Mechanics" has opened at the Department of Physics of the
University of Athens. The application deadline is April 30, 2001.
For more information contact:
The Secretary, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens,
GR-15783 Zografos (Athens), Greece,
Tel. +30 1 7276807
A new tenured track position at the level of "Assistant Professor"
or "Lecturer" in the field of "Astrophysics" has opened at the
Department of Physics of the University of Thessaloniki. The
application deadline is May 8, 2001.
For more information contact:
The Secretary, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki,
GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece,
Tel. +30 31 998120, Fax. +30 31 998122
One (possibly two) opening(s) for postdoctoral fellowship(s) as
Resident Astronomer at THEMIS (Canary Islands), starting in June,
2001 are availble. The appointment is initially for one year, with
possibility of renewal. Candidates recently graduated, with PhD (or
equivalent) in Astronomy or Physics, are encouraged to apply. For
more details check:
http://www.themis.iac.es/
Deadline for the applications: April 15th, 2001
4. MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2001
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The annual membership fees of Hel.A.S., as set by the General
Assembly of the Society, are:
Ordinary Members : GRD 10000.-
Associate Members: GRD 10000.-
Junior Members : GRD 5000.-
Please contact the Treasurer of Hel.A.S., Dr. P. Niarchos,
(phone: +30 1 7274896, e-mail: pniarcho@cc.uoa.gr) for further
information about the status of your payment for the year 2001 and
ways of fulfilling any financial obligations you may have.
5. EC FUNDING FOR ACCESS TO CANARIAN OBSERVATORY TELESCOPES
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A very interesting opportunity for researchers from Greece, who wish
to use the telescopes at the Canary Islands (also known as European
Northern Observatory, ENO), has become available.
Under the auspices of the European Community's Access to Research
Infrastructures Program, EC funding to cover travel, accommodation,
and subsistence costs will be available to ENO observers meeting
certain criteria of eligibility. For further details refer to:
http://www.otri.iac.es/eno/
6. 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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2nd Hellenic Cosmology Workshop
National Observatory of Athens (Penteli Station)
19-20 April 2001
http://www.astro.noa.gr/~cosmo2
or contact
Ms. Ourania Koumentakou (ourania@astro.noa.gr)
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5th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Crete, 20-22 September 2001
http://astrophysics.physics.uoc.gr/conf/
or contact
Dr. J. Ventura (ventura@physics.uoc.gr)
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1st Aegean Summer School on Cosmology
Karlovassi, 21-29 September 2001
http://www.physics.ntua.gr/cosmo
or contact
Dr. S. Cotsakis (skot@aegean.gr)
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2nd Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
"Traditional Astronomy - Modern Astronomy"
Corfu, 27-28 October 2001
contact persons: Mr. A. Kotinas or Mr. S. Chondrogiannis at
kotinas@hotmail.com or astrocorfu@hotmail.com
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7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members
(200 out of 221), who can be reached electronically, by Harry
Varvoglis and Vassilis Charmandaris.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be circulated around May
1st 2001. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before April 25, 2001. All correspondence concerning the
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 it was sent is not your preferred one, please
let us know.
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