Postcards from Greece: This Afterlife
This Afterlife, poems that explore Greek mythology, classical reception, ancient and modern Greece, and the diachronic strata of the city of Athens, as well as …
Virtual lectures
A.A. Pallis, from Greek abroad to Greek in Greece
The talk will introduce the life and work of A.A. Pallis, son of the Alexander Pallis whose translation of the Gospels caused such scandal. A.A. Pallis described himself as a Ξενιτεμενος Ελληνας.
Digital News Consumption in Greece
Greece is a global outlier in digital news consumption. Trust in legacy news organizations is very low while Greeks online rely heavily on alternative sources like social media for their news. Dr Kalogeropoulos will present qualitative and quantitative data that address how Greeks navigate the digital news landscape.
New Evidence for Thera Eruption Tsunamis at Çeşme – Bağlararası in western Anatolia
Disasters, whether natural or anthropogenic, can be drivers of landscape and cultural change. The Late Bronze Age Thera eruption was one of the largest natural disasters witnessed in human history. Its impact, consequences, and timing, has dominated the discourse of ancient Mediterranean studies for nearly a century.
BSA x GPSG Research Seminar | 21 November 2022
Since the Athens riots of 2008, Greece has experienced serious episodes of violence with clear political connotations. Framed as a fight against austerity, an expression of anti-immigrant stances or an anti-establishment struggle, political violence has reached unprecedented levels.
“Nativism in Herodes’ Sophistic Attica: Rural Heroes, Hellenic Purity and the Bust of ‘Sauromates’”
That some second-century figures under the broad umbrella of Second Sophistic entertained nativist conceptions of Hellenicity is not news as such. Dio of Prusa was not only a fairly outspoken critic of the Roman rule, but saw the utility of using physiognomic readings as a tool of invective;
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 […]