School of Materialist Research - Greece: Symposia, Meetings and Events

22/06/2025

The latest by our Instructor this Fall at ICP (Integrated Credit Program) or Intensive Study Program (as it is also called) offering ECTS certificates to our participants/students, Ben Woodard. For how to apply for Ben's and the other courses, check out our CfA here (including the application form/s): https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Integrated-Credit-Program-Fall-Semester-2025 Deadline for applications: end of July 2025.

The latest by our Instructor this Fall at ICP (Integrated Credit Program) or Intensive Study Program (as it is also called) offering ECTS certificates to our participants/students, Ben Woodard. For how to apply for Ben's and the other courses, check out our CfA here (including the application form/s). Deadline for applications: end of July 2025. https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Integrated-Credit-Program-Fall-Semester-2025

03/06/2025

These panels will be livestreamed from the Physis SMR Summer School in Greece, so even if you are not a participant of the School you can follow them live, streamed from our channel of the uploads afterwards. We will update you and create Facebook events to keep you posted (the summer school is happening 24-30 August in Olympiada - once Stagira, Aristotle's hometown and birthplace - Greece)

20/05/2025

Julia Kristeva speaking at the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada, Greece last September (Summer School 2, 2024)

This is a video of a masterclass delivered at the Summer Institute in Olympiada (ancient Stageira) where the SMR mini-campus is located. The summer school to...

20/03/2025

Today at midnight EST closes the call for applications for the Physis Summer School in Greece (24-31 August, 2025). There will be no further extensions of this call. However, those who wish to participate online only will be able to apply until June 2025 (unless we have a full "zoom room" by then). Looking forward to seeing you all in Greece!

20/03/2025

From last year's summer school in School of Materialist Research - Greece: Symposia, Meetings and Events - through our substack you can access the video

19/03/2025

Tomorrow we close this call without any further extensions: there are a couple of places available for those who are able to arrange their stay off campus and there is one new opening for accommodation/food/refreshments and use of shared space at the campus

︎ Call for Applications for the Summer School PHYSIS 2025 at the SMR Campus in...

14/03/2025

In a week, the extension of the call for applications for Physis summer school ends: on March 20th, 2025; there are still open spots for those who are willing to arrange their accommodation off-campus, and there is one left opening for those who wish to stay on campus (where we do not only house you but also offer breakfast, access to kitchen and snacks and refreshments throughout the day, and beach breaks only few feet away from the main beach in Olympiada). There are also 10 more slots available for the fully integrated online participation. Here is the call and the application form there.

︎ Call for Applications for the Summer School PHYSIS 2025 at the SMR Campus in...

06/03/2025

SMR's Summer Institute for Advanced Design Practices: CfA open till April 1st, 2025.
Nature / Artifice Reimagined
Is nature artificializing? Is the artificial naturalizing? Where does design intervene?
The School of Materialist Research’s Summer Institute for Advanced Design Practices (August 3-10, 2025) brings together an international faculty of leading design practitioners and theorists to explore the unstable boundaries between the natural and artificial through critical interventions, speculative design, and materialist inquiry.
📍 Halkidiki, Olympiada, Greece—home to Aristotle’s birthplace, where nature, design, materialism, and philosophy meet.
🔹 Workshops, research labs, and collaborative studios led by faculty including:

Matthew Ward
Ruby Hoette

🔹 Feminist technoscience, AI/machine design, ecological restoration
🔹 Reworking the relations between nature, artifice, and technology
At SMR’s headquarters—just 100m from the Aegean Sea—participants will engage in critical experimentation, media practice, and conceptual design research that challenges well-worn dualisms.
📅 Deadline: April 1, 2025—Apply now!
🔗 https://forms.gle/nuBvfm6Xg6c26Nta7
👥 Hosted in collaboration with:
🏛️ .philosophicaltechnologies(Arizona State University, Center for Philosophical Technologies, USA)
🏛️ (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
🏛️ .design.polimi (Politecnico di Milano, Design Department, IT)
🏛️ (Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL)

03/03/2025

The Call for the SMR Physis Summer School 2025 is extended for 5 more spots *only for those who wish to participate by arranging their own accommodation in Olympiada* - in other words, there is no more accommodation available at the Campus Dormitory in Greece - and for 10 more who wish to attend online (it will be a fully integrated zoom experience, with none of the online participants feeling excluded). The deadline for this limited extension is March 20th, 2025. Those of you who need assistance in getting in touch with the local tour operators in Olympiada, should email us at schoolofmaterialistresearch@gmail or the local agency Travel Fan directly at [email protected]

01/03/2025

The SMR Summer Institute for Advanced Design Practiced led by for Philosophical Technologies at Arizona State University with the partner universities listed below is open for applications not only today by midnight but until Monday (so, effectively until March 3, 2025, not 1st)

Do not forget, 1 March 2025 is the deadline for applications for the Summer Institute for Advanced Design Practices: Nature/Artifice Reimagined, co-organized by SMR Summer Campus with School of Materialist Research - Greece: Symposia, Meetings and Events as well as Goldsmiths University, Politecnico di Milano, Sandberg Institute (NL) and, of course, the founding institution of SMR, Arizona State University-CPT.

25/02/2025

Full scholarships for the
Physis Summer School in Greece
We are happy to announce that we will be giving two full scholarships to students who have participated in more than one of our previous programs (the selection will be based on the motivation section of the application, and the information about your previous participation). Depending on availability of rooms, this would also include accommodation (with breakfast and snacks). However, if there are no rooms/beds available at the SMR property, you would have to arrange your own accommodation in Olympiada. Please, note that we cannot offer a reduction of price for our Greek company due to bureaucratic constraints, but we can offer one to two beds for free, to someone with the status of a guest, if available. Please, note the deadline for applications is March 1st, 2025. If you require an extension, please let us know, we will make sure you get one. Link to the application form

︎ Call for Applications for the Summer School PHYSIS 2025 at the SMR Campus in...

19/02/2025

Call for applications for PHYSIS SMR summer school 2025 closes in 10 days, if you haven't applied yet, please do so here https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Call-for-Applications-for-the-Summer-School-PHYSIS-2025