On the 30^th of May 2024 Prof Ioannis Liritzis of AMEU participated in the defense of PhD thesis of his student Alex Westra at Henan University, Dept. of History and Culture, Minglun Old Campus. Prof. Liritzis was co-supervisor external (as AMEU) and local supervisor was the world known prehistoric archaeology Prof Wang Wei (Henan University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). A committee of five (internal and external) members examined the thesis and that was the 2^nd stage of Ph.D submission.

Alex Westra has passed and he will be working as post doc at Henan Univ. Alex is a new member of International consortium of ADAH Net at AMEU. His PhD thesis entitled: CRITICAL COMPARATIVE STUDY IN ARCHAEOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF THE SHANG DYNASTY AND MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION (1300-1050 BC).

Some papers on comparative archaeology have already been co-published with Prof Liritzis and Dr Westra and it is envisaged that a dynamic progress on the subject shall be emerged in collaboration between AMEU and Henan  University with student involvement.