Tokens in Late Classical and Hellenistic Athens
Dr Mairi Gkikaki (University of Warwick / The Open University of Cyprus), “Tokens in Late Classical and Hellenistic Athens” Abstract Although, symbola, the Greek term for tokens, are first attested […]
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Kouphovouno and the story of Lakonia 6000-1600 BC
BSA Friends’ Lecture Prof. Bill Cavanagh, “Kouphovouno and the story of Lakonia 6000-1600 BC” Abstract: Early farmers settled at Kouphovouno, just south of Sparta, around 5,800 BC, one part of the […]
Knossos 2025 Flythrough
A flythrough of the architectural plan for the renovated BSA Knossos Research Centre. After almost a century of activity, the BSA Knossos Research Centre needs urgent renovation and updating to […]
Historical and Contemporary Archaeology in Greece
BSA Friends’ Lecture Series Prof. Thomas Gallant (University of California, San Diego), Historical and Contemporary Archaeology in Greece Abstract: The fields of Historical Archaeology and Contemporary Archaeology are well-established globally, yet they have […]
Periodical publishing: images, texts and materiality in processes of constructing, performing and (re)claiming the nation in Cold War Greece
Dr Mary Ikoniadou (University of Central Lancashire / BSA, Early Career Fellow), “Periodical publishing: images, texts and materiality in processes of constructing, performing and (re)claiming the nation in Cold War […]
How to make a Linear B Tablet
Dr Anna P. Judson speaks about her research at the British School at Athens on how the clay tablets, used to write records in the Linear B writing system in […]
Culture Wars? Affective Polarisation and Emerging Political Cleavages in Crises-Ridden Greece
Georgios Karyotis (University of Glasgow), “Culture Wars? Affective Polarisation and Emerging Political Cleavages in Crises-Ridden Greece” Discussant: Manos Matsaganis (Polytechnic University of Milan) Research series on Modern Greek Studies organised […]
Self-sufficiency in Aristotle and others: what’s so good about Autarkeia
Professor Lesley Brown (University of Oxford), “Self-sufficiency in Aristotle and others: what’s so good about Autarkeia?” Abstract Self-sufficiency – autarkeia – is a familiar Greek cultural value, and one of […]
Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Renaissance
Dr John Sellars (Royal Holloway, University of London) The Renaissance saw the rise of a group of intellectuals, interested in a wide range of subjects, often labelled ‘Humanists’. These figures […]
Scribal Training in Mycenaean Pylos
Dr Anna Judson (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, British School at Athens) At least 30 people are known to have written administrative documents in the Mycenaean palace of Pylos immediately before its […]