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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 62 April 2003
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. The 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
2. Short News
3. Revised version of the statures of Hel.A.S.
4. Members in new positions
5. Job opening
6. Job market during JENAM2003
7. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
8. About this newsletter...
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1. THE 6th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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The following speakers have been suggested by the SOC of the 6th
Hel.A.S. conference as Hel.A.S. invited speakers :
- E.N. Parker (Univ. of Chicago, USA)
- Willem Baan (Dwingeloo, the Netherlands)
- P. Grosbol (ESO, Germany)
The 8th topic of the 6th Hel.A.S. conference at the NOA has been
widened to "History and Teaching of Astronomy", instead of the
announced "History of Astronomy". Hence, contributed papers on the
subject of the Teaching of Astronomy can be sent to the conveners of
this session.
2. SHORT NEWS
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The Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National
Observatory of Athens is happy to announce the publication of an
astronomical on-line journal. The journal, called "KOSMIKES
DIADROMES", is published only in Greek and it is addressed to the
general Greek public. The web site of the journal is:
http://www.astro.noa.gr/journal
The second announcement of the 12th Meeting of the European
Astronomical Society (JENAM2003), to be held in Budapest, Hungary on
August 25 2003 is available in the web page of the meeting:
http://www.konkoly.hu/jenam03/
3. REVISED VERSION OF THE STATURES OF Hel.A.S.
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As most of us know, the statures of the Hellenic Astronomical
Society were presented in their final version to the participants of
the 1st Hellenic Astronomical Conference, which was held in Athens in
September 1992. A number of amendments to this Constitution were
approved during the 18th General Assembly of the Hellenic
Astronomical Society, which took place in Athens on June 18, 2002.
These amendments are described in Section 3 of the electronic
newsletter #53. The new revised form of the Constitution is now
available at the web server of Hel.A.S at :
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/constitution.html
4. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Dr. Kostas Tziotziou recently moved from the Institute for Space
Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of
Athens to a postdoc position under the European program ESMN2 at the
Sterrekunding Instituut of the University of Utrecht in Utrecht (The
Netherlands).
Dr. Nectaria Gizani recently moved from the Astronomical
Observatory of Lisbon to a new postdoc position at the Institute of
Astronomy and Astrophysics at the National Observatory of Athens.
5. JOB OPENING
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A new tenure-track position at the level of "Assistant Professor"
in the field of "Observational Astrophysics" has opened in the
Department of Physics of the University of Crete. The deadline
for applications is May 21st, 2003 For more information you may contact
the secretary of the Department (Andriani Koutentaki 2810-394004)
or Nikos Kylafis (kylafis@physics.uoc.gr).
6. JOB MARKET SESSION AT JENAM2003
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This year, for the first time, a Job Market session for young
astronomers will be held at the Joint European and National
Astronomical Meeting (JENAM) at Budapest on 25-30 August 2003. A wide
range of job opportunities will be on display, and informal
interviews between job seekers and potential employers will be
possible during the meeting. In addition, an open session will be
held in which employers will be able to present their employment
programmes to the astronomical community.
Young astronomers - students and post-docs - are therefore
especially encouraged to attend this JENAM, in order to take
advantage of this special opportunity to explore the wide range of
career possibilities open to them.
More information about this Job Market will be posted on the JENAM
web site (http://www.konkoly.hu/jenam03/) and the on web site of the
European Astronomical Society (http://www2.iap.fr/eas/index.html).
7. 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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International Conference on
Multi-Wavelength Cosmology
Myconos Island, 16-20 June 2003
http://www.astro.noa.gr/~my03/
or contact:
Dr. M. Plionis (my03@astro.noa.gr)
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International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics
``Complex Plasmas in the New Millennium''
Santorini Island, 8-12 September 2003
Pre-registration at http://itcpp.conferences.gr
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6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Athens, 15-17 September 2003
More information at:
http://www.astro.noa.gr/Hel.A.S.2003
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3rd Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
"Astronomy from ancient times to the future"
Paliouri, Chalkidiki 17-19 October 2003
More information at:
http://www.ofa.gr/synedrio/
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8. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 219, out of the 237, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around May 1st
2003. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before April 25, 2003. 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
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