Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), “Issues in Epicurean philosophy of mind and science: The Epicurean notion of ‘επιβολή‘” AbstractThe surviving writings of Epicurus and his followers contain several references […]
Director of the British School at Athens, professor John Bennet presents the work and future activities of the BSA as an introduction to the BSA Scotland Seminar recorded 5 May […]
Professor Maria Mina (University of the Aegean), “Manifestation or mirage? The cultural construction of insularity in the south-east Aegean” The lecture assesses the position of islands of the south-east Aegean […]
Dr David Lewis (University of Edinburgh), “A lost cargo of slaves from the fourth century BC” Existing studies of the ancient Greek slave trade lack detailed evidence for a key […]
Professor Emerita Judith Herrin (King’s College London), “Elements of Greek in Ravenna’s culture: sixth to eighth centuries” The talk explores the influence of Greek and Greek culture in Ravenna, where […]
Dr Antonis Ellinas (University of Cyprus), “Antifascism in Greece: Actors, resources, and tactics” Discussant: Vasiliki Georgiadou (Panteion University) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School […]
Born into a bohemian family in London, the painter John Craxton (1922-2009) was a nomad who yearned to live and work in Greece. He achieved his goal from 1946 and […]
Dr Charlotte Van Regenmortel (former Macmillan-Rodewald Studentship at the British School at Athens and current Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Liverpool), “Fighting for a Great Transformation? […]
Professor Yannis Hamilakis (Brown University) & Professor Rafael Greenberg (University of Tel Aviv), “Modernity’s sacred ruins: colonialism, archaeology, and the national imagination in Greece and Israel” AbstractBased on a forthcoming […]
Dr Foteini Kalantzi (SEESOX, University of Oxford), “A ‘bare life’ in the borderlines of the Mediterranean” Discussant: Dimitris Skleparis (Newcastle University) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the […]