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SUMMARY:James Hua\, "Population Expulsions and Refugee Crises in the Archaic-Hellenistic Greek world: ubiquity\, strategies\, and exiles’ agency"
DESCRIPTION:Upper House Seminar\nJames Hua (BSA Macmillan-Rodewald Student/ University of Oxford)\, “Population Expulsions and Refugee Crises in the Archaic-Hellenistic Greek world: ubiquity\, strategies\, and exiles’ agency”\nAbstract: Population expulsions and the refugee crises which followed were a remarkably frequent phenomenon in the ancient Greek world. This talk outlines the phenomenon and argues for the deep impact of mass refugees on the politics\, history\, and society of the Greek-speaking Mediterranean between c.650-315 BCE. Problematic though the ancient literary-historical sources on this topic are\, they are supplemented by a wide range of more ‘emic’ evidence produced by the refugees themselves\, which give us fascinating insights into their self-identities\, experiences\, and networks during and after exile. After detailing the synoptic view of all cases of mass exile and their various forms across regions\, the talk will turn to the evidence produced by or involving uprooted populations and reconstruct their identities and political networks. While many exiles are lost to these community-destroying events\, others survive and forge a complex set of ties and networks with other communities\, including through a new type of discourse. Using epigraphic and numismatic evidence especially from Boiotia\, Attica\, and Makedonia\, this talk traces the significant financial benefits and political networks which these exiles gained\, and reappraises the resistance and agency they exhibited in a world defined by exile – and one which would loom larger in the Hellenistic world. \nBio: James is the current Macmillan-Rodewald Postdoctoral Student at the BSA. He completed his BA in Classics in Durham\, and MPhil and DPhil in Ancient Greek History at Oxford. His thesis focused on population expulsions and refugee crises in the Archaic-Classical Greek world\, and his project at the BSA extends his focus diachronically into the Hellenistic world\, investigating the developments\, continuities\, and a broader outlook on contemporary mobility. James also works extensively with Greek epigraphy\, acting as an Assistant Editor for SEG\, with numismatics through various papers and the Oxford University Numismatics Society\, and participates in various archaeological projects in Greece. He is also working on turning his thesis into a monograph\, on part of which he will be presenting tonight. Finally\, James also strongly believes in the importance of drawing on more recent diachronic refugee crises into his study\, especially between Greece and Turkiye in 1922 onwards and more contemporary ones\, and he thinks frequently with modern parallels and refugee studies. \nHybrid lecture \nPlease note: this event will not be recorded \nTo attend in person in Athens\, please register here \nTo attend online via webinar\, please register here \nimages: Expulsion of a civilian population (women\, children\, elderly) in Babylonia by Tiglath-pileser III (728 BCE\, Nimrud). / Caryatids\, Erectheion\, Athens (421-406 BCE).
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/james-hua-population-expulsions-and-refugee-crises-in-the-archaic-hellenistic-greek-world-ubiquity-strategies-and-exiles-agency/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Upper House Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260422T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260422T190000
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SUMMARY:George Batzanopoulos\, "John Craxton: Painting the Land of the Apollonian and the Dionysian"
DESCRIPTION:BSA Friends Greece lecture\nGeorge Batzanopoulos (John Craxton Estate)\, “John Craxton: Painting the Land of the Apollonian and the Dionysian”\nAbstract: This lecture presents the main findings of George Batzanopoulos’ undergraduate dissertation\, John Craxton: Painting the Land of the Apollonian and the Dionysian\, completed at The Courtauld Institute of Art. The research examines how the British painter John Craxton interpreted Greece through a visual language of contrasts\, focusing on the interplay between light and darkness and between linearity and angularity in his paintings. These visual oppositions are interpreted through the Nietzschean schema of the Apollonian and the Dionysian in order to articulate Craxton’s portrayal of Hellenicity. Drawing on close visual analysis of key works from Craxton’s Greek period\, the talk explores how the artist translated the Greek landscape\, climate\, and everyday life into a pictorial system of polarities. Particular attention is given to the role of light\, line\, and colour in shaping Craxton’s vision of Greece\, as well as to how his position as an English ‘outsider’ allowed him to perceive Hellenicity as a dynamic balance between order and spontaneity. The lecture will also reflect on new perspectives that emerged from archival research and discussions with figures closely connected to the artist\, offering fresh insights into Craxton’s artistic identity and his enduring relationship with Greece. \nThe lecture will be introduced by Ian Collins. \nBio: George Batzanopoulos is an art historian\, specialising in twentieth-century Greek and European painting. He recently completed his BA in History of Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art\, where his dissertation\, John Craxton: Painting the Land of the Apollonian and the Dionysian\, — the first academic paper on the artist — examined Craxton’s portrayal of Hellenicity and illuminated uncovered aspects of his oeuvre. Batzanopoulos currently works as an assistant curator at the Athens War Museum and as an archivist at the John Craxton Estate. \nimage: John Craxton\, Two Figures and Setting Sun\, 1952– 67\, oil on canvas\, 122 × 244 cm\, Private Collection. © DACS/ John Craxton Estate. All rights reserved. \nHybrid \nTo attend in person in Athens\, please register here \nTo attend online via webinar\, please register here
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/george-batzanopoulos-john-craxton-painting-the-land-of-the-apollonian-and-the-dionysian/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:BSA Friends event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260504T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260504T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T190930
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SUMMARY:Abbie Vickress\, "Reimagining the Narrative(s) of Contested Cultural Artefacts"
DESCRIPTION:Artist in residence event\nAbbie Vickress (University of the Arts London)\, “Reimagining the Narrative(s) of Contested Cultural Artefacts”\nAbstract: UAL Research Resident Artist Abbie Vickress will talk about the residency and the ways that this experience has evolved her PhD research on how graphic design influences the interpretation of contested cultural artefacts in museums and archives. She will discuss how design elements frame and shape visitor perception of artefacts and the political narratives surrounding them\, and the possible roles of pluralism and knowledge agency within historical institutions. \nBio: Abbie Vickress is a graphic designer\, researcher and facilitator exploring knowledge generation and distribution in public engagement and cultural spaces. This critical approach manifests through printed and interactive design\, exhibition design\, curation\, writing and facilitation of workshops and events. She is currently undertaking a Technē AHRC funded PhD in Pluralist Exhibition Design Methods: Anti-colonial graphic design in ethnographic museums with Afterall\, a Central Saint Martins\, University of the Arts London research centre exploring the value of contemporary art and its relation to wider society. Abbie teaches and guest lectures widely at HE undergraduate and postgraduate level\, and with museum learning departments. \nimage: cover of Graphic Pause courtesy of Abbie Vickress \nHybrid event
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/abbie-vickress-reimagining-the-narratives-of-contested-cultural-artefacts/
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence event
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SUMMARY:Ann French\, "Embroideries and Archives: A Research Journey"
DESCRIPTION:Annual Bader Archive Lecture\nAnn French (Whitworth Art Gallery\, University of Manchester [retired])\, “Embroideries and Archives: A Research Journey”\nAbstract: In the early twentieth century\, a group of BSA students put together significant collections of Greek domestic embroidery.   Many of which are now in museum collections across the UK\, in particular the V&A and National Museums Liverpool.  The primary collectors were R M Dawkins and A J B Wace.  As the granddaughter of Wace and as a textile conservator\, Ann has been researching how these collections were compiled\, studied\, exhibited and promoted by them and their colleagues and friends. She has made extensive use of archives in UK museums and collections\, family archives\, those of the BSA and of the Benaki Museum.  In particular\, she has been cataloguing and improving the storage of the archives left to National Museums Liverpool by A J B Wace. The Bader Lecture will cover her findings and how she has been able to make connections amongst institutions via archival material\, especially original photographs and surviving labelling systems. \nBio: Ann French worked in the field of Textile Conservation for over forty years for a variety of institutions\, including the Victoria and Albert Museum\, Glasgow Museums and finally at the Whitworth Art Gallery\, the University of Manchester. Just retired\, she was responsible for all textile-based material in its collections encompassing post-Pharaonic textiles from Egypt to contemporary art textiles.  She also combined this role with that of Collection Care Manager involving personnel management\, collections management\, and the delivery of exhibitions and loans. In addition\, Ann has taught conservation and collection care for the universities of Manchester\, Glasgow & East Anglia and has contributed to conservation’s professional body\, ICON\, as chair of the Textiles Group\, a member of the managing committee and of the accreditation committee. Her personal research project since 2002 involves the collections and collecting of Greek domestic embroidery now in UK Museums – the subject of the Bader Archive Lecture 2026. \nHybrid lecture \nphotographs: Michael Pollard. ©Ann French
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ann-french-embroideries-and-archives-a-research-journey/
CATEGORIES:Archive Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260518T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T190930
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SUMMARY:Hendrik Lorenz\, "Aristotle on defining souls"
DESCRIPTION:Annual Michael Frede Memorial Lecture\nProfessor Hendrik Lorenz (Princeton University)\, “Aristotle on defining souls”\nAbstract: I argue that De Anima 2.2-3 dramatically changes the picture about the definability of the soul that emerged in the first chapter of that book. The upshot of that change is that the soul as such is not definable\, although a general explication of the term ‘soul’ can be\, and has been\, provided. The best such explication is that the soul is the first fulfillment of a natural body that is instrumental. This cannot be a definition because there is no single nature by having which souls are souls. On a more positive note\, Aristotle does think\, at least in De Anima 2.2-3\, that there are specifiable natures of plant soul\, beast soul\, and human soul\, so that definitions of these three kinds of soul can be provided. Employing resources from De Anima 2.1-3\, I present the three definitions that Aristotle seems to have in mind. Along the way\, I bolster the case for thinking that the general account of the soul that is presented in De Anima 2.1 is not meant to be a definition at all. \nBio: Hendrik Lorenz was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and works at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous publications on Plato\, Aristotle and other ancient Greek and Roman philosophers\, as well as on topics in medieval and early modern philosophy. \nHybrid lecture \nphoto: Michael Frede \n 
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/hendrik-lorenz-aristotle-on-defining-souls/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260525T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260525T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T190930
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T132225Z
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SUMMARY:Effrosyni Charitopoulou\, "Type of Contact Matters: prosocial behaviour towards asylum seekers and the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece"
DESCRIPTION:Greek Politics Specialist Group\nDr Effrosyni Charitopoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)\, “Type of Contact Matters: prosocial behaviour towards asylum seekers and the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece”\nAbstract: Why do ingroup members help outgroup strangers? Focusing on the case of Greece in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis\, I study behavioral motivations of host community members who offered assistance to asylum seekers. Drawing on an in-depth consideration of behavioral patterns and their variation\, I assert that the type of intergroup contact significantly influences prosocial actions. The situational dynamics emerging as a function of the distance that separated host community members from asylum seekers when they came into contact determined the actions of the former\, who\, often even overrode their personal predispositions. More specifically\, the ability to discern individuals\, rather than groups\, as well as the degree of emergency asylum seekers were facing at the time of contact led to dissimilar behavioral outcomes even among the same individuals. On this basis\, I hint at the importance of not only quantifying intergroup contact\, but also of qualitatively assessing it\, when examining its role in intergroup relations. To develop this argument\, I employ an extreme case methodology and draw on 37 in-depth interviews and broader ethnographic insights. \nBio: Effrosyni Charitopoulou is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her research interests lie in the field of political sociology. Specifically\, she investigates dynamics that define intergroup relations\, with a particular focus on local and migrant populations. She mostly uses ethnographic methods\, but also employes quantitative research techniques.\nShe completed her doctoral dissertation at the University of Oxford (Nuffield College)\, with scholarships from the A.G. Leventis Foundation\, the Onassis Foundation\, and Nuffield College University of Oxford. Prior joining NKUA\, she held research positions at the University of Oxford\, Collegio Carlo Alberto\, the European University Institute and Princeton University. \nHybrid lecture. Please note: this lecture will not be recorded \nimage: artwork Restricted Land\, Giorgos Taxidis
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/effrosyni-charitopoulou-type-of-contact-matters-prosocial-behaviour-towards-asylum-seekers-and-the-syrian-refugee-crisis-in-greece/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Greek Politics Specialist Group lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T190930
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SUMMARY:Matthew P. Evans\, "Carving Connections: Inscriptions and the Study of Migration\, Mobility\, and Networks in the Ancient Greek World"
DESCRIPTION:Friends Online Lecture\nMatthew P. Evans\, “Carving Connections: Inscriptions and the Study of Migration\, Mobility\, and Networks in the Ancient Greek World”\nOnline only \nimage: Provisional map showing the various connections recorded in the epigraphic corpora of Miletus\, Priene and Samos. ©M. P. Evans\, 2026.
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/matthew-p-evans-carving-connections-inscriptions-and-the-study-of-migration-mobility-and-networks-in-the-ancient-greek-world/
LOCATION:Online only
CATEGORIES:BSA Friends' Lecture
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SUMMARY:Roman Pottery in the South-Eastern Balkans: From Production to Distribution
DESCRIPTION:Conference\nRoman Pottery in the South-Eastern Balkans: From Production to Distribution\n\nThis conference focuses on local pottery production during the Roman period in the southern and south-eastern regions of the Balkan Peninsula\, within the Roman provinces of Thrace\, Moesia Inferior\, Dacia\, and Macedonia. The chronological framework of the conference spans the Late Republic to the Imperial period.\n\n\n \n\n\nThe main topics are:\n\n\n\nTypology and chronology of various regional pottery groups\nProduction centres and their organization\nTechnological aspects of ceramic production\nPottery function and utilization\nPatterns and mechanisms of distribution\nEconomic\, social\, and cultural significance of pottery production and consumption\nThe application of scientific analyses to address any of the above issues\n\n\n \nThe submission for abstracts will open in March 2026. Stay tuned for further information. \n\n\n\nSave the Date and info
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/roman-pottery-in-the-south-eastern-balkans-from-production-to-distribution/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Conference
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