14/10/2026
ARC | calls | 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧 🇬🇧
As part of the GRis Festival 2026, the Lancaster Room at the 43LG Conference and Events Venue in hosts the interdisciplinary conference “ARC” on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵.
The “ARC” conference explores the meeting point of art, music, and health sciences, focusing on the lived experience of pregnancy and everything that accompanies it on a physical, mental, and social level. Through an interdisciplinary approach, it highlights how music, psychology, psychiatry, and midwifery converse, illuminating issues such as memory, emotion, the body, loss, motherhood, and resilience.
The event features distinguished speakers exploring these vital themes:
𝗗𝗿. 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘀 (PhD, Chartered Psychologist, Specialist Psychotherapist, Open Dialogue Practitioner & Mentor, Honorary Research Fellow in Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire) – Scientific Curator of the conference
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶 (PhD, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Scientific Director of the Women’s Health Unit at the London Centre for Public Health and Policy)
𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗜𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂 (PhD, MSc, PGCE, Mindfulness & DBT Trainer, Trauma & Crisis Specialist, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Head of Health Crisis Line, London)
𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝘂𝗶𝗺𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘀 (PhD, MBBS, MSc, MRCPsych, CCST, Consultant Psychiatrist NHS, Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London & University of St Andrews)
𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗮 (MA, Music Therapy Lambeth, London, Musicologist & Music Therapist)
In the artistic part of the conference, Νίκος Γιούσεφ/Nikos Giousef Musician, Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Electric Bass & Musical Saw Artist, presents the musical experience “The Memory of Vibration,” an experiential journey through the unique sound of the musical saw, serving as a shared space for body, memory, and emotion.
📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Lancaster Room, 43LG Conference and Events Venue, 43 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NA, United Kingdom
⏳ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🕰️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 17:00
🎫 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: Free - RSVP required
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interdisciplinary-conference-arc-tickets-1999281230981?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*cud9lx*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTA1Nzk0MTY0Ni4xNzg4MTk2NzM5*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODgxOTY3MzkkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODgxOTY3NzckajIyJGwwJGgw
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳:
Ministry of Culture, General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT), Embassy of Greece in Berlin, Embassy of Greece in London, Municipality of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Museum of History of the University of Athens, Health Crisis Line, Synergia think tank, Greek Community of Berlin
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀:
ERT, ERT3, ERT COSMOS, Voice of Greece, Hephaestus Wien Media Group, Hephaestus Wien Radio
