The Arts and Humanities Research Division (AHRD) of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) is organizing A Panel on Monasteries in the 21th Century, 3-6 January 2017, Athens, Greece as part of the 4th Annual International Conference on Humanities & Arts in a Global World. In the past, the five research units of AHRD have organized more than 50 annual international conferences on history, philosophy, literature, linguistics, languages, as well as the visual and performing arts.This panel offers an opportunity for cross disciplinary presentations on all aspects of humanities, religion, monasticism, architecture, history, languages and related disciplines.Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to selected Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi.