As head of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, Serageldin chaired a meeting of the Board held in Athens this week. Based on the success achieved by the Center in the past five years, a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Serageldin, as Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, President of the Vardinoyannis Foundation, to continue with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina for a further five years.
Established in November 2008, the Center is hosted at the Library of Alexandria, in collaboration between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Vardinoyannis Foundation and the University of Alexandria. It is open to scholars from around the world who are keen to obtain diplomas, Masters and Doctorates in Hellenistic studies.