Research Papers, Articles and Translations by Dimitrios Vassiliadis

Research Papers

• “Anagarika Dharmapala – A pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India“, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2021
• «Ο Θουκυδίδης και το νησί της Θάσου – Ταξιδεύοντας στην ομίχλη του χρόνου», ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2021
• “Demetrios Galanos (1760-1833) The First Greek Indologist” Pustak Bharati Research Journal, Toronto Canada, year 2, vol. 1-2, Jan.-Jun. 2020 (ISSN 2562-6086).
• “A Survey of the Greek Indology”, International Webinar “Crossing Borders and Boundaries: Contemporary Trends in Literatures and Language Teaching in the Time of COVID-19”, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. 
• “Dimitrios Galanos (1760 – 1833) – the forerunner of Greek Indology”, INDIKA 2020
• “Mahatma Gandhi and Greece” in Global Gandhi, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, (GSDS) Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2019.
• “Greece – India” through numbers “यूनान – भारत संख्याओं के माध्यम से” Translation into Hindi. The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). 2019.
• “Spiritual Liberation in Ancient Greek and Jain Philosophies”, International Symposium on Jain History, Art and Culture, Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, 2018. 
•  “Sanskrit Studies in Greece”, International Conference on Demetrios Galanos and His Legacy: Indo-Greek scholarship 1790-2018, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, New-Delhi & Varanasi   2018.
•  A Self-Portrait of the University of Athens in Hindi “एथेंस राष्ट्रीय एवं कपोडीष्ट्रियन विश्वविद्यालय – एक आत्म चित्र” Translation into Hindi, University of Athens 2018
•  “Dr Bimrao Ramji Ambedkar”, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2016
•  “Popular Festivals in India”, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2016
•  “Sparks of Wisdom from Greece and India”, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2016
•  “Yoga without Borders,” Speech on the 1st World Yoga Day Celebration in Athens. INDIKA 2015.
•  “Lafcadio Hearn and Buddhism,” International Symposium “The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn – His Spirit from the West to the East,” Lefkada, Greece, 2014. (download proceedings pdf file)
•  “Transcending Cultural Boundaries – Dimitrios Galanos & Lafcadio Hearn,” The Korean Society Of East-West Comparative Literature, The Journal of East-West Comparative Literature Vol.29 2013.12, pages: 313-332.
•  “Η Εφαρμογή της Φιλοσοφίας του Γκάντι στην Εποχή της Κρίσης,” Εορτασμός των 144ων Γενεθλίων του Γκάντι, New York College, Αθήνα 2013.
•  “The Concept of Reincarnation in the Pythagorean & Ancient Indian Philosophies,” XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens 2013.
•  “Tagore’s Historic Visit to Greece”, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi 2013.
•  “Ινδία & Ινδοί στη Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία & Τέχνη,” ΙNΔIKA 2013.
•  “Indian Film Productions in Greece,” INDIKA 2013 (with Katerina Siomou)
•  “Pythagoras and India,”  Golden Chain of Civilization Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic up to AD 600, vol. I, part V, Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture (PHISPC), General Ed. D.P. Chattopadhayaya, ed. G.C. Pande, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, N. Delhi 2012. pp. 1-26.
•  ” Θωμάς, ο Απόστολος,” Μεγάλη Ορθόδοξη Εγκυκλοπαίδεια, Athens 2008.
•  ”Σίβα ο Διόνυσος της Ινδίας,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, 2006.
•  “Η Συνάντηση του Νεχρού με το Πεπρωμένο”, Τζαβαχαρλάλ Νεχρού: Ο Ρόλος του στις Παγκόσμιες Υποθέσεις, Ελληνο-Ινδική Εταιρεία Πολιτισμού και Ανάπτυξης. Αθήνα, 2005.
• “The Dawn of Philosophy: Comparisons in Ancient Greek and Indian Thought,”  Golden Chain of Civilization Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic up to AD 600, vol. I, part IV, Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture (PHISPC), General Ed. D.P. Chattopadhayaya, ed. G.C. Pande, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, N. Delhi 2005, pp. 948-955.
•  “Greece and India: Early Philosophical Understanding,” The Indian Historical Review, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, Special issue on the theme “India and the Graeco-Roman world”, Indian Council of Historical Research, N. Delhi, 2005.
•  “Three Centuries of Hellenic Presence in Bengal,” ΙΝDΙΚΑ, 2005.
•  “Concepts of Reincarnation amongst the Ancient Greeks,” Yavanikã, No. 8, ISGRS, Bareilly, 2005.
•  “Greeks and Buddhism: Historical Contacts in the Development of a Universal Religion,” The Eastern Buddhist, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1 & 2, Otani University, Kyoto 2004.
•  “Ο Ύμνος της Δημιουργίας  (Nasadiya Sukta, Rigveda X. 129),” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, 2004.
•  “Alejandro y los gimnosofistas Indios,” Saraswati, No. 6. Fundaciόn Purusa, Madrid, (2003).
•  “La autorealización en la tradición btahmánica,” Saraswati, No. 5, Fundaciόn Purusa, Madrid (2002).
•  “Conceptos de reencarnaciόn entre los antiguos griegos,” Saraswati, No. 4, Fundaciόn Purusa, Madrid (2001).
•  “Classical Approaches to Enlightenment and Artificial Intelligence,” Proceedings of the International  Seminar ‘Classical Studies in the New Millennium’ MJP Rohilkand University, Bareilly. 2000.
•  “Traditional Views about the Origin of Yavanas”, Yavanikã, No. 5, ISGRS, Bareilly, 1997.

Articles, Translations and Reviews

• «Ο Αυτοκράτορας Ασόκα και η επέκταση του βουδισμού στα Ελληνο-Ινδικά Βασίλεια» ΕΦ.ΣΥΝ. 25/9/2022
• “वादे वादे जायते तत्त्वबोधः – संवाद से सत्य का बोध हो रहा है“, INDIKA 2021
• “सुखपूर्वक जीने की कला एपिकुरस के अनुसार – The art of living pleasurably according to Epicurus“, INDIKA 2021
• “उतना जितना तुम कर सको” कोंस्तांतिन कवाफ़ी की एक कविता – Constantine Cavafy “As much as you can” INDIKA 2021
• “Socrates’ prayer to Pan – सुकरात की पान से प्रार्थना“, INDIKA 2021
• Mirza Ghalib’s farewell poem, INDIKA 2019. 
• Tribute to the Greek Indologist Dr. Miltiadis Spyrou. INDIKA 2019. 
• India Honored country at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (Collection of articles), NEA INDIA 2019
• “जीवन की ही जय हो – Let life alone be victorious” poem by Maithili Sharan Gupt – translation from Hindi into English and Greek, INDIKA 2019. 
• “अकाल और उसके बाद – Τhe famine and after it ” poem by Nagarjun – translation from Hindi into English and Greek, INDIKA 2019. 
• “Kazi Nazrul Islam – the national poet of Bangladesh” ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2019
• «Η Ινδική κοινότητα των Σιχ Ελλάδας» ΙΝΔΙΚΑ 2019 
• “Reflections“, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2017.
• “मोको कहाँ ढूंढे रे बन्दे, मैं तो तेरे पास में – Where are you looking for me bound man?” poem by Kabir – translation from Hindi into English and Greek, INDIKA 2017.  
•  “What the story of Satyakama Jabala teaches us,” ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2017.
• Vegetarian recipes from India, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2017.
• Tribute to Vasiliki Tampouri, ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2017.
• “Banaras Hindu University – 100 Years,” INDIKA 2016
• “तोड़ती पत्थर – She was Breaking Stones,” poem by Nirala – translation from Hindi into Greek,  INDIKA 2015.
• “Dhai Akhar Prem ka (Four Letters of Love),” INDIKA 2015.
• Tribute to Dr Theocharis Provatakis, Dimitrios Vassiliadis & Kostas Padouvas, INDIKA 2015.
• “Megasthenes the Father of Indian History,” INDIKA 2014
• “International Buddhist Conclave 2014 – Visit to the Holy Sites of Buddhism,” INDIKA 2014.
• “Masaki Noda – Pilgrim of World Art” (世界美術の巡礼：野田正明), Fukuyama, 2012.
• “Ο Οικουμενικός Γκάντι,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ 2007.
• “Time, Materialism and Historiography: Some Hellenic-Indian Parallels by A.K. Sinha,“(Book Review), Yavanika no. 8, ISGARS, Bareilly, 2005.
• “Chronicle of the Greeks in India 1750-1950 by Dione Marcos Dondi,” (Book Review), ΙΝDΙΚΑ 2005.
• “Ιστορία της Ινδικής Φιλοσοφίας  του Δημήτρη Κ. Βελισσαρόπουλου,“ (Book Review), ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, 2004.
• ” Μάχα Κούμπα Μέλα 2001″, God and Religion, No: 14, Athens 2001.
• “Ο Απόστολος Θωμάς στην Ινδία”, Πειραϊκή Εκκλησία, Νο. 93 (200), 1999 & God and Religion, No. 10, Athens 2000.
• “Η Ελλάδα θυμάται τον Γαλανό,“ Θεός και Θρησκεία, No: 14, Αθήνα 2001.
• “Twelve and One Lies by Alexander Adamopoulos,” (Book Review), At Home in India, Vol. III, No. 7, ICCR, New  Delhi, 1998 & Yavanikã, No. 6, ISGRS, Bareilly, 2000.
• “India Another Way of Life by Tzannis Tzannetakis,“(Book Review), At Home in India, Vol. III, No. 7, ICCR, New Delhi, 1998 & Yavanikã, No. 6, ISGRS, Bareilly, 2000.
• “A Greek Scholar Remembered,“ At Home in India, ICCR, N. Delhi, Vol. I, No. 5, 1996.
• “काशी-में एक-यूनानी-पंडित,” Vartikā, Vol. I, No. 2, B.H.U., Varanasi, 1996.