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February 2020
The Early Ottoman Peloponnese – A Study in the Light of an Annotated Edition Princeps of the TT10 – 1/14662 Ottoman Taxation Cadastre (ca. 1460 – 1463).
The Early Ottoman Peloponnese - A Study in the Light of an Annotated Edition Princeps of the TT10 – 1/14662 Ottoman Taxation Cadastre (ca. 1460 – 1463). In this book, Georgios C. Liakopoulos presents a unique insight into late Byzantine Peloponnese society and its economy, and how these were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, using as reference the cadastre compiled immediately after the Ottoman conquest. What makes this study imperative is the fact that no similar Byzantine document of the…
Find out more »March 2020
Anna Moles, “The impact of urbanism on human health and diet at Knossos from the Hellenistic to Late Antique periods”
Dr Anna Moles (IIHS Athens):
Find out more »‘Moving Seaside’: Neolithic seafaring workshop
This workshop will focus on seafaring in the Mediterranean of the Neolithic Period, and will stimulate discussion on the topic for featuring in an international documentary film 'Moving Stones'. We aim to discuss how throughout the Neolithic Period the seas, far from being obstacles, were major vectors of transportation and communication. All welcome. Joint workshop with French Institute for Anatolian Studies
Find out more »Mike Edwards, “Places in the Attic Orators: a philologist and his topography”
Professor Mike Edwards (University of Roehampton / BSA, Visiting Fellow), "Places in the Attic Orators: a philologist and his topography"
Find out more »Lamprini Rori: ‘The Landscape of Political Violence in Crisis-Ridden Greece’
Political extremism has been present in Greece since 1974. Despite the adoption of a counter-terrorist governmental strategy around the turn of the millennium which temporarily limited episodes of violent extremism, violence remains a serious problem. By its unprecedented magnitude and durée, the ongoing financial crisis has triggered the emergence of circumstances that promote the toleration, acceptance and use of violence. The paper focuses on different expressions of political violence in Greece from 2008 onwards, aiming to identify its repertoires and causes, the actors involved,…
Find out more »Voula Tsouna, “The techne analogy, the Argument from Benefit’ (Charm. 169c3-175a8), and its aftermath in the Republic”
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "The techne analogy, the Argument from Benefit' (Charm. 169c3-175a8), and its aftermath in the Republic" Co-organized by the BSA and the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy (Academy of Athens)
Find out more »James Petre, “The Fortifications of Byzantine and Crusader Cyprus: some thoughts on origins, forms and functions”
BSA Friends x SPBS Annual Lecture
Find out more »April 2020
Voula Tsouna, “Socrates and Critias debate the techne analogy. The Argument from Relatives’ (Charm. 167c8-169c2)”
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "Socrates and Critias debate the techne analogy. The Argument from Relatives' (Charm. 167c8-169c2)" Co-organized by the BSA and the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy (Academy of Athens)
Find out more »BSA Friends Lecture: Title TBC
Speaker: Dr Susan Mossman
Find out more »May 2020
Emily Kneebone, “Imagined landscapes in imperial Greek epic poetry”
Dr Emily Kneebone (BSA, Early Career Fellow / University of Nottingham), "Imagined landscapes in imperial Greek epic poetry"
Find out more »Carrie Sawtell, “The Worthy Ones: the use of the adjective chrestos/chreste in epitaphs across the Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.”
Dr Carrie Sawtell (BSA, Macmillan Rodewald Student / University of Oxford), "The Worthy Ones: the use of the adjective chrestos/chreste in epitaphs across the Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods"
Find out more »The Work of the School in 2019
Prof. John Bennet (Director, BSA) Dr David Lewis- Title TBC
Find out more »Antonis Kotsonas, “Politics, research agendas, and the history of archaeology in Crete: an archival perspective on the exploration of ancient Lyktos (c. 1880 – 1940)”
Professor Antonis Kotsonas (New York University), "Politics, research agendas, and the history of archaeology in Crete: an archival perspective on the exploration of ancient Lyktos (c. 1880 – 1940)"
Find out more »Charlotte Van Regenmortel, “A great transformation? Military labour and the Hellenistic economies”
Dr Charlotte Van Regenmortel (Groningen)
Find out more »Charles Brittain, “Protagorean hermeneutics.”
Professor Charles Brittain (Cornell University), "Protagorean hermeneutics"
Find out more »Tulsi Parikh, “The Material of Polythism in Archaic Greece”
Tulsi Parikh (Richard Bradford-McConnell Student / University of Cambridge), "The Material of Polythism in Archaic Greece"
Find out more »Annual Garden Party
Annual Garden Party
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