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Vicky Manolopoulou, “A Landscape of Fear and Hope: Perceptions and Responses to Environmental change in Byzantine Constantinople”

Newcastle University , United Kingdom

BSA/SPBS lecture Dr Vicky Manolopoulou (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), "A Landscape of Fear and Hope: Perceptions and Responses to Environmental change in Byzantine Constantinople" How did the environment shape landscape experience in Byzantine Constantinople? This talk explores aspects of the environmental history of the city by focusing on environmental emotion; it discusses how the […]

Ben Cassell, “The Aiora and Thesmophoria: Cognitve, embodied and psychological approaches”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Votive relief with Pluto, Persephone and Demeter (4th-3rd cent. B.C.) in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens on 22 July 2018, courtesy of B. Cassell Upper House Seminar Ben Cassell (BSA/King’s College London), "The Aiora and Thesmophoria: Cognitve, embodied and psychological approaches" Abstract: Recent years have seen an increasing application of models derived from the […]

Designing Belonging: Libraries as Inclusive and Open Public Spaces

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Syggrou Avenue 364, Kallithea, Greece

The British School at Athens as a member of the Committee for the Support of Libraries (CSL) co-organizes the International Conference “Designing Belonging: Libraries as Inclusive and Open Public Spaces” which will take place on 1 and 2 December 2025 at the National Library of Greece premises at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. The detailed […]

Ilenia Cipollari, “Sounding the Archive: Fragments in Emily Penrose’s Own Voice. British School at Athens, 1887–2025”

British School at Athens 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Ilenia Cipollari performing with Musarc, photo by Yiannis Katsaris Artist Researcher in Residence event Ilenia Cipollari (BSA/University of the Arts London), "Sounding the Archive: Fragments in Emily Penrose’s Own Voice. British School at Athens, 1887–2025" Sounding the Archive is an intimate hybrid performance-lecture inspired by the travel diaries of historian Emily Penrose during her time […]

Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond

Archaeological Society 22 Panepistimiou Street, Athens, Greece

Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond Friday 21 November 2025, 19:00 Location: Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Str, 106 72 Athens, Greece This event will be recorded but will not take place as a live hybrid presentation. A video recording will be released in due course on the BSA […]

Marek Verčík, “Collapse – Transformation – Rise? Dynamics of Environmental Changes between the Balkans and the Aegean in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages”

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Wiener Laboratory 54 Souidias Street, Athens, Greece

Fitch-Wiener Seminar Dr. Marek Verčík (Institute of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague), "Collapse – Transformation – Rise? Dynamics of Environmental Changes between the Balkans and the Aegean in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages" In-person only Contact: For any enquiries, tel.: 213-000-2400 (133), Email: infoWienerLab@ascsa.edu.gr

Nicoletta Momigliano, “Mal d’Archive/Archive Fever (some reflections on Sinclair Hood’s archive at the British School at Athens)”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Sinclair Hood as BSA Director (1954-62). © BSA Visiting Fellow Lecture Professor Nicoletta Momigliano (University of Bristol), "Mal d’Archive/Archive Fever (some reflections on Sinclair Hood’s archive at the British School at Athens)" This lecture presents some reflections stemming from current research on the Royal Road excavations that were carried out by Sinclair Hood at Knossos […]

Rebecca Levitan, “The Naxos Quarry Project: New Insights on the Archaic Marble Quarries and Monuments of Naxos, Greece”

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The Portara Gate, Palatia islet, Naxos, photo: R Levitan UK Friends' lecture Dr Rebecca Levitan (King's College London), "The Naxos Quarry Project: New Insights on the Archaic Marble Quarries and Monuments of Naxos, Greece" Abstract: In the early history of marble working in the Mediterranean, few locations have been more influential than Naxos, an island […]

Polly Low, “Towards a new history of ancient Greek empire(s)”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

NHRF/ICS/BSA Lectures in Classics series Professor Polly Low (Durham University), "Towards a new history of ancient Greek empire(s)" Abstract: Can we talk of 'empire' when studying the behaviour of Greek states in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE? Does using this terminology clarify or obscure our understanding of how states and individuals behaved, and how […]

Angela Paine, “Healing Plants of Greek Myth”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Greek Friends' lecture Dr Angela Paine, "Healing Plants of Greek Myth" There are numerous references to plants used by goddesses and gods to heal or enchant, within Greek Myth, and the names of many of these plants have been incorporated into the Latin binomials that are used to identify them. The first physicians began to […]

Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

*PLEASE NOTE* the conference is now fully booked for in-person attendance. Please register to attend online via webinar. The programme is subject to change - please refer to this webpage for the most up to date version. Conference Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future This special two-day conference at the British […]

Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

In-conversation Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman Neither Julian Hoffman nor Sofka Zinovieff are originally from Greece and yet they've both devoted a large part of their careers to writing and thinking about this country. Between them, they've explored it in novels, nonfiction, short stories, podcasts and essays. One lives in […]

Copper and lead-silver production on EBA Sifnos: an archeometallurgical and archaeological approach

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Wiener Laboratory 54 Souidias Street, Athens, Greece

Join us for the first Fitch Wiener Lab Seminar Series of the academic year. Magda Giannakopoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos) will give a talk: "Copper and lead-silver production on EBA Sifnos: an archeometallurgical and archaeological approach"

Lecture and Wine-tasting

Westminster Cathedral Hall Ambrosden Avenue, London, United Kingdom

BSA Fundraising Event Lecture and Wine-tasting The Friends' Committee of the British School at Athens is pleased to share the details of the wine-tasting fundraising event taking place on Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 5.30pm, at Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QW. Please refer to the attached Information leaflet. The event cost is £76 per […]

Athens Archaeology Festival 2025

British School at Athens 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

  Athens Archaeology Festival 2025 Join us on the 18th October 2025, between 11:00 and 16:00 in the beautiful grounds of the British School at Athens for a FREE day of exploration, creativity, and hands-on learning. This year’s theme is Myths & Mysteries! Step into the past through interactive activities, live screenings, and inspiring workshops. A wide range of organisations will […]

Mosaics: an enduring imprint of materiality. Christina Nakou in conversation with Rebecca Sweetman

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Christina Nakou: creating a mosaic, courtesy of the artist In-conversation Mosaics: an enduring imprint of materiality. Christina Nakou in conversation with Rebecca Sweetman Based on the ancient technique of mosaics, the conversation between the Director of the BSA Prof Rebecca Sweetman (expert on ancient mosaics) and Visual Artist Christina Nakou approaches concepts such as making, […]

Poetry Readings: Michael Marks Awards

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Poetry Readings: Michael Marks Awards Ben Verinder (Environmental Poet of the Year 2024) and Professor Paul O’Prey (winner of the Publisher Award 2024 - Dare Gale press) The BSA is delighted to host the Michael Marks Awards and its winning poets who stay at the BSA for a week as part of the programme. This […]

David Gill, “Cleon’s Victory at Sphacteria and the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis”

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Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis, reconstruction © John Goodinson UK Friends' Lecture Professor David Gill (University of Kent), "Cleon’s Victory at Sphacteria and the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis" Cleon’s dramatic victory at Sphacteria in 425 – with its unprecedented capture of 292 Spartan hoplites – was a transformative […]

EARTH WATER FIRE – ΧΩΜΑ ΝΕΡΟ ΦΩΤΙΑ

Thrapsano Crete, Greece

EARTH WATER FIRE 2025 The Thrapsano Cultural Association, the Centre for the Study of Modern Ceramics and the British School at Athens are organizing in co-organization with the Region of Crete, with the collaboration of PLOYGOS and under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Minoa Pediada the four-day cultural festival EARTH WATER […]

British Academy Summer Showcase – Women Transcending Boundaries

British Academy 10-11 Carlton House, London, United Kingdom

Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes - at the British Academy Summer Showcase 2025 Look out for our digital history of women archaeologists, ‘Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes’, on display at The […]

Reconstructing the 1936 British School at Athens (BSA) exhibition: A Workshop on the Study of Pre-World War II Archaeological Exhibitions using Archival Materials

Ashmolean Museum Beaumont Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Reconstructing the 1936 British School at Athens (BSA) exhibition: A Workshop on the Study of Pre-World War II Archaeological Exhibitions using Archival Materials Organisers: Andrew Shapland, Renée Trepagnier, Amalia Kakissis, and Charlotte Townsend With the growth of the museum studies discipline and the interest in archival and archaeological collections in museums and heritage organisations, the […]

Maria Mina, “Sacred caves outside Crete: Daskalio Cave on Kalymnos and its connections to Minoan ritual practices”

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Daskalio Cave, Kalymnos, Photograph © Stathis Klimis Online Friends' Lecture Dr Maria Mina (University of the Aegean), “Sacred caves outside Crete: Daskalio Cave on Kalymnos and its connections to Minoan ritual practices” Abstract: We know from archaeological studies that occupied caves diachronically held prominent positions as visible landmarks or as nodal points in exchange networks […]

“The role of the Diaspora in Greek American relations, 1974-2024”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

source: ekathimerini "The role of the Diaspora in Greek American relations, 1974-2024” Chaired by: Professor Eirini Karamouzi (American College of Greece/University of Sheffield), Dr Lamprini Rori (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Discussants: Professor Alexander Kitroeff (Haverford College) & Professor Constantinos Arvanitopoulos (Panteion University) Abstract: The paper will explore the diaspora as an actor seeking […]

Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson, “Idealist, dualist or something else? Plotinus on the status of the sensible world”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Michael Frede Annual Michael Frede Memorial Lecture Professor Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson (University of Oslo), “Idealist, dualist or something else? Plotinus on the status of the sensible world” Abstract: In this paper I shall discuss Plotinus’ views on causation of and in the sensible sphere—by “the sensible sphere” I mean the physical world around us. The […]

Georgia Flouda, “Adventures in the Archives: Reconstructing archaeology in Nazi-Occupied Crete”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

August Schörgendorfer’s photos of Villa Ariadne and the excavations at Knossos. Source: © A. Schörgendorfer’s photo album Annual Bader Archive Lecture Dr Georgia Flouda (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion), “Adventures in the Archives: Reconstructing archaeology in Nazi-Occupied Crete” Abstract: This presentation explores the institutional and political context of the Wehrmacht’s Kunstschutz (‘Art Protection’), established in 1941 […]

Alessandra Ricci, “How did it begin?: The Institutionalization of Byzantine Studies in Turkey and Sir Steven Runciman”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Upper House Seminar Dr Alessandra Ricci (Koç University), “How did it begin?: The Institutionalization of Byzantine Studies in Turkey and Sir Steven Runciman” Abstract: It was probably sometime in 1941 or early 1942 when İzmet İnönü, the second president of the Turkish Republic, summoned the minister of national education, Hasan Ali Yücel who confirmed - […]

Roderick Bailey, “Anglo-American attitudes to the protection of Jewish cultural heritage in Thessaloniki, 1943-46”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

image: German gun-emplacement at Thessaloniki with its communication trench lined with Jewish gravestones. Photographed by the British Army in November 1944. Author’s archive. Upper House Seminar Dr Roderick Bailey (University of Oxford), "Anglo-American attitudes to the protection of Jewish cultural heritage in Thessaloniki, 1943-46" Abstract: During the Second World War, more than four-fifths of Greece’s […]

Elias Kolovos, “How the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi set foot on the Mani Peninsula, but left in a hurry… Ottoman imperial administration in the Greek lands and its limits”

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image: The Mani Promontory in the Southern Peloponnese. CORONELLI, Vincenzo. Description géographique et historique de la Morée ... , Paris, Nicolas Langlois, MDCLXXXVII   Online Friends' lecture Elias Kolovos (National Hellenic Research Foundation), "How the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi set foot on the Mani Peninsula, but left in a hurry... Ottoman imperial administration in the […]

Laura Nastasi, “Language Set in Stone: Graeco-Latin Bilingualism and Writing Culture in Roman Corinth”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

image: Funerary inscription for Domitia Saturnina Apollonis (Corinth 8.1.134), source: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Corinth Excavations Upper House Seminar Dr Laura Nastasi (BSA), "Language Set in Stone: Graeco-Latin Bilingualism and Writing Culture in Roman Corinth" Abstract: The commonly accepted view about Corinth in the Roman period is that the foundation of a […]

Everyday Life Under Dictatorship in Southern Europe: Intimacy, Sociality, and Loneliness

University of Edinburgh Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Old Medical School, United Kingdom

image: Hotel Formentor, Mallorca by bemhuesca, used under CC BY SA 2.0   The Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History in conjunction with The British School at Athens Everyday Life Under Dictatorship in Southern Europe: Intimacy, Sociality, and Loneliness Speakers: Prof Kate Ferris (University of St Andrews), Dr Huw Halstead (University of Edinburgh), and Dr Yannick Lengkeek (University of Birmingham) Respondent: Dr Daniel Knight (University […]

Tim Rood, “The Greek Palimpsest: Alfred Zimmern at the British School at Athens, 1909–10”

Academy of Athens Athens, Greece

  The Research Centre for Greek and Latin Literature of the Academy of Athens and the British School at Athens are delighted to announce the lecture: Professor Tim Rood (Oxford), ‘The Greek Palimpsest: Alfred Zimmern at the British School at Athens, 1909–10’. The lecture will take place at the East Hall of the Academy of […]

Publication presentation: R.L.N. Barber (ed.), “Phylakopi, Melos, 1896-99. The finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, BSA Suppl. Volume 53”

National Archaeological Museum Athens, Greece

Publication Presentation R.L.N. Barber (ed.), "Phylakopi, Melos, 1896-99. The finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, BSA Suppl. Volume 53" The National Archaeological Museum and the British School at Athens cordially invite you to the presentation of the two-volume publication R.L.N. Barber (ed.), Phylakopi, Melos, 1896-99. The finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, BSA Suppl. Volume […]

Artemis Papatheodorou, “The Ottoman laws on antiquities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Upper House Seminar Dr Artemis Papatheodorou (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), "The Ottoman laws on antiquities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" Abstract: In the long nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire promulgated not one but four regulations on antiquities: the first one in 1869, the second one in 1874, the third one in 1884 […]

Paul Halstead, “The importance of olive growing and oil exports in Archaic-Classical Athens: the contribution of ‘citizen science’”

Senate House (Room 349) London, United Kingdom

Elderly olive trees growing on the edge of an agricultural terrace, Kythera, photo: Dr Valasia Isaakidou PLEASE NOTE: new date - Mon 25th March 2025 Hybrid Friends' Lecture Professor Paul Halstead (Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield), “The importance of olive growing and oil exports in Archaic-Classical Athens: the contribution of 'citizen science'” Abstract: Scholars have […]

Lady Marina Marks, “The Uses of Oppression: The Ottoman Empire through its Greek Newspapers, 1830–1862”

Upper House Seminar Lady Marina Marks in conversation with Bruce Clark, "The Uses of Oppression: The Ottoman Empire through its Greek Newspapers, 1830–1862" Lady Marks and Bruce Clark will discuss the research for her recently published book The Uses of Oppression: The Ottoman Empire through its Greek Newspapers, 1830–1862 (Harvard University Press, 2024). Abstract: During […]

Theodora Jim, “Thinking through Greek and Chinese gods from a comparative perspective”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Artemis holding two long torches, 4th century B.C., Megara. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. NM 4540. Photo by George E. Koronaios (22 July 2018) via Wikimedia Commons, shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. Visiting Fellow Lecture Dr Theodora Jim (University of Nottingham), "Thinking through Greek and Chinese gods from a comparative perspective" Abstract: Contrary to […]

Andreas Karydas “X-Ray Vision for the Past: Exploring Antiquities and Artworks Through MA-XRF Imaging”

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Wiener Laboratory 54 Souidias Street, Athens, Greece

Presented By Fitch Laboratory, BSA and Wiener Laboratory, ASCSA Speaker(s) Dr. Andreas Karydas Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of the National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" Location ASCSA, M. H. Wiener Laboratory Seminar Room 54 Souidias st., Athens 10676 Contact For any enquiries, tel.: 213-000-2400 (133), Email: infoWienerLab@ascsa.edu.gr

Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis, “The Revival of modern Olympic Games: from Zappas to Coubertin”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Course Keynote Lecture Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis (University of Peloponnese) "The Revival of modern Olympic Games: from Zappas to Coubertin" As part of the course: History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games: understanding ancient ideas and communicating modern ideals. https://www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/history-and-philosophy-of-the-olympic-games/ Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis - University of Peloponnese, IOA Dean Member, IOC Commission for Olympic Education Vice-President, International Society […]

Annual Open Lectures 2025 – London

British Academy (London) 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, United Kingdom

Annual Open Lectures 2025 London   Please join us for the Annual Open Lectures of the British School at Athens on Tuesday 18th February 2025 at 5.30 pm  which will be held in-person only at the British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH.   credit Kostas Mantziaris The following lectures will be presented, with Professor […]

Annual Open Lectures 2025 – Athens

Archaeological Society 22 Panepistimiou Street, Athens, Greece

  Annual Open Lectures 2025 Athens   Please join us for the Annual Open Lectures of the British School at Athens on Thursday 13th February 2025 at 7 p.m. which will be held in-person only at the Archaeological Society (Lecture Hall), 22 Panepistimiou Street.     The Work of the British School at Athens in 2024 […]

Annual Open Lectures 2025 – Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Cast Gallery Thessaloniki, Greece

  Annual Open Lectures 2025 Thessaloniki   Please join us for the Annual Open Lectures of the British School at Athens on Tuesday 11th February 2025 at 7 p.m. which will be held in-person only. The lecture will take place in the Cast Gallery of the Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.     The […]

Jan Sienkiewicz, “Islands Between Palaces: The ‘Mycenaean’ Civilisation Reconsidered”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Upper House Seminar Dr Jan Sienkiewicz (University of Cambridge/British Museum/BSA), "Islands Between Palaces: The ‘Mycenaean’ Civilisation Reconsidered" Abstract: According to the dominant scholarly narrative, after the collapse of the Neopalatial civilisation, the Aegean societies underwent the so-called ‘Mycenaeanisation’, as the regional centre of cultural, economic, and political influence shifted from ‘Minoan’ Crete to the ‘Mycenaean’ […]

Pamela Armstrong, “The Two Castles of Torone”

Senate House (Room 349) London, United Kingdom

  The remains of the two castles at Torone, photo by Teddy Catling Hybrid Friends' Lecture Dr Pamela Armstrong (University of Oxford), "The Two Castles of Torone" Abstract: Torone sits on a headland at the southern tip of the Sithonia peninsula in the Chalkidiki on the north coast of Greece. From the headland it is […]

David Ricks, “Poetry between Languages: Writing and Translating Poetry in English and Greek”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Joint BSA-CHS Panel ‘Poetry between Languages: Writing and Translating Poetry in English and Greek’ This hybrid panel session, to be held on 20 January 2025 at the British School at Athens, takes as its starting point With Signs Following (Reading: Two Rivers Press 2024) the newly published poetry collection of David Ricks (Professor Emeritus, King’s […]

Nikos Daskalothanasis, “The first educational art institution in Greece: the history of the Athens School of Fine Arts”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

BSA Friends' lecture Professor Nikos Daskalothanasis (Athens School of Fine Arts), "Το πρώτο ίδρυμα καλλιτεχνικής εκπαίδευσης στην Ελλάδα: η ιστορία της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών της Αθήνας" Please note: the lecture will take place in Greek Abstract: The aim of the lecture is to reconstruct the history of the first educational artistic institution of the […]

Edward Jones, “The function and significance of inscribed accounts in Classical Athens”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Fragment of an inscribed tribute list, 425-4 BCE, image credit: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1926 Upper House Seminar Dr Edward Jones (BSA Macmillan-Rodewald Student / Oxford University) "The function and significance of inscribed accounts in Classical Athens” Abstract: In this lecture, Edward Jones explores the Classical Athenian habit of inscribing administrative […]

Islam Issa, “The Alexandrian Dream”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

image: Islam Issa gives his prize-winning address at the Runciman Award Ceremony 2024, © Julian Anderson BSA / Anglo Hellenic League lecture Professor Islam Issa (Birmingham City University), "The Alexandrian Dream" BIO Islam Issa is an award-winning author, broadcaster and curator, named by the BBC as ‘one of the UK’s most significant new thinkers’. He […]

Gordon Davies, “Filming Archaeology in Hellas: Technopolis City of Athens (and beyond)”

image: Technopolis City of Athens (June 2022), Long Run Productions, commissioned by Gordon Davies, courtesy of Technopolis City of Athens | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Online Friends Webinar Dr Gordon Davies (Cambridge Museum of Technology), "Filming Archaeology in Hellas: Technopolis City of Athens (and beyond)" ABSTACT: Experience a different side of Athens in a series […]

Dimitris Plantzos, “Greeks, Macedonians, Thracians, and a few others: Inventing the Ancestors in Southeastern Europe”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, The Parthenon (1871). New York, Metropolitan Museum Upper House Seminar Professor Dimitris Plantzos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), "Greeks, Macedonians, Thracians, and a few others: Inventing the Ancestors in Southeastern Europe" In this lecture, Dimitris Plantzos examines the complex interplay between archaeology and nationalist imagination in Southeastern Europe. Focusing on the […]

Artificial Intelligence in Libraries

Goethe-Institut Athen Omirou 14-16, Athens, Greece

International Conference of the Committee for the Support of Libraries The Organizing Committee for Library Support (OEEB) invites you to the International Conference "Artificial Intelligence in Libraries." The conference will focus on best practices for integrating Artificial Intelligence technologies into libraries, archives, and research centers, aiming to enhance the professional development of Greek librarians and […]

Half a Century of Archaeological Science in Greece: Past, Present, &, Future

British School at Athens, Library 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Join us in Celebrating 50 Years of the Fitch Laboratory at an international conference that will explore how archaeological science has contributed to our understanding of the human past in Greece, focussing on three main topics: Movement and Mobility; Everyday Life; Landscape Histories and Environment.

Byron @200: Poets, Patriots & Philhellenes

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

BSA Friends Greece event "BYRON @200: Poets, Patriots & Philhellenes" A collective reading curated by poet, playwright and literary translator, Ginger F. Zaimis, in conjunction with the British School Athens and BSA Friends that presents a selection of poets, writers & history keepers in celebration of Lord Byron and the 200th anniversary of his death. […]

From ceramic islandscapes to mobility dynamics in the Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age northeast Aegean

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Upper House Seminar Dr Sergios Menelaou (BSA Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology), "From ceramic islandscapes to mobility dynamics in the Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age northeast Aegean" Abstract: The geo-cultural region of the northeast Aegean, encompassing the Greek islands and the western Anatolian coast, is crucial to understanding the dynamics of the Late Chalcolithic and Early […]

Peter Sarris, “Writing the Reign of Justinian” SPBS Autumn Lecture

King's College London, Strand Campus Strand, London, United Kingdom

SPBS / BSA Autumn Lecture Prof. Peter Sarris (Cambridge), "Writing the Reign of Justinian" Professor Sarris, a leading authority on the study of Justinian’s reign, a pivotal period in Byzantine history. His latest book, JUSTINIAN: EMPEROR, SOLDIER, SAINT, has garnered critical acclaim and won prestigious awards, including the London Hellenic Prize. Date: Wednesday November 13th, 2024 […]

Canceled John K Davies, “Re-imagining ancient Greek landscapes”

Senate House (Room 349) London, United Kingdom

image: A Cretan landscape. Courtesy of JK Davies Professor John K Davies (Liverpool), "Re-imagining ancient Greek landscapes" PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Professor John K. Davies had to cancel his lecture. We hope to reschedule it for next year.  

From commingled bones to stories: forensic tools in archaeology

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Wiener Laboratory 54 Souidias Street, Athens, Greece

Fitch Wiener Seminar Ioanna Anastopoulou “From commingled bones to stories: forensic tools in archaeology”   In-person only, 5pm (Greece) at the Wiener Lab, American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Seeking the Divine in a Faraway Place: Western Greeks and Sanctuaries Abroad

National Hellenic Research Foundation 48, Vasileos Constantinou Ave., Athens, Greece

BSA / NHRF / ICS Autumn Lecture Professor Judith Barringer (University of Edinburgh), "Seeking the Divine in a Faraway Place: Western Greeks and Sanctuaries Abroad"   ABSTRACT Greek colonies in Magna Graecia, founded in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE, soon established their own sanctuaries, religious practices, temples, etc. in their new communities. Yet colonial […]

Timeless Connections: Linking Britain and Greece through Archaeological Science

British Academy 10-11 Carlton House, London, United Kingdom

Celebrating 50 Years, The Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for Archaeological Science We are delighted to invite you to celebrate 50 years of the Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for Archaeological Science on the 24th of October, 2024. The event will take place at the British Academy, in the Wolfson Room, from 18:30-21:00. This special […]

Linda France – Michael Marks Awards Poetry Reading

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Poetry Reading Linda France (Environmental Poet of the Year 2022-23), Michael Marks Awards The BSA is delighted to host the first of the Michael Marks Poetry Pamphlet Awards holders in residence at the BSA. Our inaugural poet in residence is Linda France, Environmental Poet of the Year 2022-23 winner, who will be with us for […]