The Academy of Farsala continues to strengthen its international presence through its dynamic “World Friends” network, bringing together leading voices in literature, science, arts, and education from across the globe. The Academy operates with an Advisory Board of 18 members, an International Advisory Board of 57, and a Circle of Friends comprising 402 members, connecting 191 cities worldwide through its renowned Café Philo activities. Dedicated to education and cultural dialogue, the Academy offers specialized courses in primary schools, gymnasiums, and lyceums, focusing on ancient civilizations—including Egypt, Greece, Italy, Iran, India, China, Japan, Mexico, and Peru—as well as the evolution of philosophy from the Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, and Epicurus to the Stoics, Marcus Aurelius, Neoplatonism, and Renaissance thought. Through its digital platform, Academy of Farsala website, students, members, and visitors are invited to share content on archaeology, ancient theatre—highlighting Aeschylus and Sophocles—philosophy, Renaissance art, galleries, William Shakespeare, opera, Richard Wagner, poetry, and classical music.
The Academy of Farsala continues to strengthen its international presence through its dynamic “World Friends” network, bringing together leading voices in literature, science, arts, and education from across the globe. The Academy operates with an Advisory Board of 18 members, an International Advisory Board of 57, and a Circle of Friends comprising 402 members, connecting 191 cities worldwide through its renowned Café Philo activities. Dedicated to education and cultural dialogue, the Academy offers specialized courses in primary schools, gymnasiums, and lyceums, focusing on ancient civilizations—including Egypt, Greece, Italy, Iran, India, China, Japan, Mexico, and Peru—as well as the evolution of philosophy from the Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, and Epicurus to the Stoics, Marcus Aurelius, Neoplatonism, and Renaissance thought. Through its digital platform, Academy of Farsala website, students, members, and visitors are invited to share content on archaeology, ancient theatre—highlighting Aeschylus and Sophocles—philosophy, Renaissance art, galleries, William Shakespeare, opera, Richard Wagner, poetry, and classical music.
The Circle of Friends reflects a vibrant mosaic of global talent, including Ludmila Dubcovetcaia (Medical Doctor, Poet and Composer, Chisinau, Moldova), Nataša Radanović (Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia), Cinthya Maldonado (Writer and Poet, Founder of Casa Honduras Barcelona Association, Barcelona, Spain), Pramila Khadun (Author, Mont Piton, Riviere Du Rempart, Mauritius), Prof. Ruki Kočan (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Tống Thu Ngân (Ambassador of World Union of Poets – U.M.P for life, The Woodlands, Texas, USA), Bobby Bains (Poet, Writer, Chandigarh, India), Carmen Solis Torres (PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology, Médico cirujano, Al Hasa Phosphate Mine Family Clinic, Jordan; Caritas Jordan Volunteers Center; Peace Ambassador at UPF Switzerland, Peru), Mariela Olivera (United Nations Inter-Pacific Association – UNIPA, Machupicchu, Cusco, Peru), Anahis Villarroel (Poet, Lima, Peru), Agron Shele (Writer, Poet, Brussels, Belgium), Jahongir Fozilov (Poet, Fergana, Uzbekistan), Olta Totoni Frasheri (Educator, Scholar, Academic Promoter at Fuel Magazine, Tirana, Albania), Cristina Serghiescu (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca; Member of the Romanian Writers’ League; George Cosbuc Nasaud High School, Beclean, Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania), Mónica Lucía Suárez Beltrán (Poet, Cultural Manager, Teacher, Leader of Expanded Poetry Colombia, Literature Advisor, Bogotá, Colombia), Fernando Giraldo Alarcón (Psychologist, Researcher of the Muysca Ancestral Language, Audiovisual Producer, Cali, Colombia), Hillol Ray (Poet Laureate, Author and Songwriter, Environmental Engineer, Dallas, Texas, USA), Violeta Marquez (Author, Brand Ambassador, International Forum for Creativity and Humanity, Kingdom of Morocco; San Jose, California, USA), Adiela Akoo (Poet, Author, Founding Director of Quilled Ink Press, South Africa), Yongbo Ma (Poet, Translator, Nanjing, China), Shahana Chowdhury (Teacher, University of Dhaka, Sylhet, Bangladesh), Erika Rodriguez Padron (Author, Poet, Radio Presenter, Tabasco, Mexico), Arksha Yerden Kas Illa Rasm Hares Bekhit, Emiliano Pintos (Chilean Poet residing in Buenos Aires, Author of Pilgrim Verses & June Solstice), Latifa Harbaoui (Poet, Writer and Media Professional, Biskra, Algeria), Effie Politi Psoinou (Painter, Athens, Greece), Dimitra Korma Goutziana (President of the Municipal Council of Ilioupoli, Athens, Greece), Mary Ploiarchopoulou (Poet, Chairman, Past National Representative and 2025–26 International Service Organiser of Inner Wheel Greece, Athens, Greece), Annita Patsouraki (Art Historian, Athens, Greece), Fani Paparoupa (Psychologist, Athens General Hospital “Asclepius of Voula,” Athens, Greece), Aziz Mountassir (Poet, Teacher, President of the International Forum of Creativity and Humanity, Casablanca, Morocco), Turkia Loucif (Writer, Journalist, Ksar el-Boukhari, Algeria), Mišo Radovich (Author, Poet, Belgrade, Serbia), Karen Orellana (Director of the Honduran Universal Cultural Academy, Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras), Myriam Ghezaïl Ben Brahim (Medical Doctor in Rheumatology, Poet, Founder of The Writers’ Wave Poetry Group, Professeur de Français, Tunis, Tunisia), Nicoletta Capasso (Writer, State of Art, Archaeologist, Rome, Italy), and Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (PhD, Poet, Novelist, Journalist, Cairo, Egypt).
Through this expansive network, the Academy of Farsala affirms its mission to build bridges among cultures, promote philosophical inquiry, and celebrate the shared heritage of humanity across continents.
