<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-primary" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:731.031px;overflow:visible;min-height:1px"><div class="gmail-theiaStickySidebar" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 0px 1px;vertical-align:baseline"><div id="gmail-content" class="gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="entry-content gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:24px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Dear all</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:24px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The Laboratory of Narrative Research at the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is organizing an one-day online symposium titled “Art and Literature Narratives under Lockdown” on <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday 12 December 2020, 11:30-15:00</strong>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:24px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Organizing Committee:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 30px;outline:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 35px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:square"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;vertical-align:baseline">Sophia Emmanouilidou (<a href="mailto:semma@enl.auth.gr" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,105,0);text-decoration-line:none">semma@enl.auth.gr</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;vertical-align:baseline">Theodora Patrona (<a href="mailto:tpatrona@enl.auth.gr" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,105,0);text-decoration-line:none">tpatrona@enl.auth.gr</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;vertical-align:baseline">Maria Ristani (<a href="mailto:mristani@enl.auth.gr" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,105,0);text-decoration-line:none">mristani@enl.auth.gr</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;vertical-align:baseline">Effie Yiannopoulou (<a href="mailto:yiannopo@enl.auth.gr" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inh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