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Mark Letteney, “Water to Aelia Capitolina: The Pools of Solomon from Hadrian to the British Mandate”, AthENIS e-seminar

Virtual Lecture

Mark Letteney (Princeton University / ASCSA), "Water to Aelia Capitolina: The Pools of Solomon from Hadrian to the British Mandate" This event is hosted by AthENIS (Athens Early-Career Network of International Scholars), the new group for postgrads and postdocs, showcasing early-career researchers’ current projects and working papers in an informal and constructive environment. Zoom lecture […]

Antonis Kotsonas, “Politics, research agendas, and the history of archaeology in Crete: an archival perspective on the exploration of ancient Lyktos (c. 1880 – 1940)”. Virtual Lecture

Virtual Lecture

Professor Antonis Kotsonas (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University / BSA Bader Archive Lecturer 2019-2020), "Politics, research agendas, and the history of archaeology in Crete: an archival perspective on the exploration of ancient Lyktos (c. 1880 – 1940)" Politics and research agendas have had a major role in shaping the […]

Nicholas Salmon, “Archives and Attribution: Reconstructing the British Museum’s excavation of Rhodes”, AthENIS e-seminar

Virtual Lecture

Dr Nicholas Salmon (BSA), "Archives and Attribution: Reconstructing the British Museum’s excavation of Rhodes" This presentation will focus on the excavation of Rhodes by British Vice Consul Alfred Biliotti and French artist Auguste Salzmann in the mid-nineteenth century, and how archives relating to this excavation can be used to retrieve the context of archaeological finds […]

Mike Edwards, “Places in the Attic Orators: a philologist and his topography”, Virtual Lecture.

British School at Athens 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Hundreds of places in Athens and Attica, and more broadly in Greece and across Europe, are referred to in the speeches of the Attic Orators, the canon of ten speechwriters and politicians from the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Among them are demes and sanctuaries, buildings and even walls. The precise location of many of […]

POSTPONED: Susan Mossman, Title TBC

Senate House (Room 349) Malet Street, London, United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.  

POSTPONED: James Petre, “The Fortifications of Byzantine and Crusader Cyprus: some thoughts on origins, forms and functions”

Senate House (Room 349) London, United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.   Friends x SPBS Annual Lecture James first studied Cypriot fortifications when pursuing a master’s under Prof. Allen ‘Castles’ Brown at KCL. He only returned to this interest for his second doctoral thesis (Cardiff University 2010), supervised by Prof. Denys Pringle, which he developed into […]

Panel Discussion: Archaeologists at the Trojan walls, meddling between myth and reality?

UCL Institute of Archaeology, Room G6 London

Archaeology is just one of the many disciplines that have approached the understanding of the site of Troy and the events in its history. In some ways, it occupies an awkward position between myth and the reality of the site. What is the role of archaeology in the modern consumption of Troy? Do archaeologists just […]

CANCELLED: Lamprini Rori, ‘The Landscape of Political Violence in Crisis-Ridden Greece’

School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Armstrong Building, NE1 7RU: Room ARMB.1.05 , United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.   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 […]

‘Moving Seaside’: Neolithic seafaring workshop – CANCELLED

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

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 […]

The Early Ottoman Peloponnese – A Study in the Light of an Annotated Editio Princeps of the TT10 – 1/14662 Ottoman Taxation Cadastre (ca. 1460 – 1463).

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

The Early Ottoman Peloponnese - A Study in the Light of an Annotated Editio 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 […]

The Work of the School in 2019

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Cast Gallery Thessaloniki, Greece

The Work of the School in 2019 by Professor John Bennet (Director, BSA) Dr Bettina Tsigarida (Director, Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella), "Νέες διαστάσεις στην έρευνα της αρχαίας ελληνικής πόλης: το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα της Ολύνθου"

George Huxley: Achaeans, Hittites, and the Tale of Troy

Senate House (Room G22-26) Malet Street, London, United Kingdom

  The lecture restates the reasons for equating the territory known to the Hittites as Ahhiyāwā with the lands of the late Bronze Age Achaean Greeks. Diplomatic relations between the two realms are examined with particular attention to the city called Wilusa by the Hittites. Finally, it is asked to what extent, if any, the […]

The Work of the School in 2019

Archaeological Society 22 Panepistimiou Street, Athens, Greece

The Work of the School in 2019 by Professor John Bennet (Director, BSA) Dr Zosia Archibald (University of Liverpool), "New Dimensions of an Ancient City: the Olynthos Project (2014-2019)"

The Work of the School in 2019

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

The Work of the School in 2019 by Professor John Bennet The Work of the Fitch Laboratory 2009-2019: Linking Britain with the Mediterranean by Dr Evangelia Kiriatzi (Fitch Laboratory Director, BSA) The Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory was founded over 45 years ago within the British School at Athens to promote the application of scientific […]

Panel discussion: Migration and Diaspora, co-organised with King’s College London

King's College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS Council Room

Moderator: Dionysios Stathakopoulos, King’s College London. Dionysios Stathakopoulos has been teaching at King's College London since 2005. He read Byzantine and Medieval History at the University of Münster and received his PhD from the University of Vienna. He is a social historian of the Byzantine world and has published widely on epidemics and famines, the practice […]

Distant seas, connected worlds: Tintagel, Britain, and Greece in Late Antiquity

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

A half-day symposium on ceramic production and maritime distribution in the Aegean and East Mediterranean, and long-distance links between Greece, the West Mediterranean and South West Britain during the 5th to 7th centuries AD.

Panel discussion: Migration and Diaspora, co-organized with King’s College London

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

Panel discussion: Migration and Diaspora, co-organized with King's College London Participants: Eirini Avramopoulou (Panteion University), "Intersecting stories of displacement and crisis:Ethnographic accounts from the island of Leros" Maria Christina Chatziioannou (National Hellenic Research Centre),"Some Theoretical Insights Regarding the Use ofHistorical Sources in Diaspora and Transnational Studies: the Greek communities of England as a case study" […]

Tokens: The Athenian Legacy to Modern World

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

Tokens: The Athenian Legacy to Modern World PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS  

M. Ganas, A Greek Ballad: Selected Poems, translated by D. Connelly and J. Barley

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

'A Greek Ballad' is the first collection in English of the renowned Greek poet Michális Ganás, translated by David Connolly and Joshua Barley and published by Yale University Press. On the evening there will be readings in Greek from the poet himself and in English from Joshua Barley, who will introduce the book. There will […]

Victoria Hislop in Conversation

Wolfson Auditorium, The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Best-selling author Victoria Hislop will be in conversation with John Kittmer (Chair, Anglo-Hellenic League) about her passion for Greece and the role that Greece plays in her writing, including her latest book Those Who Are Loved. Spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. RSVP at Kate Smith: bsa@britac.ac.uk  This event is […]

Edith Hall: 21st-Century Responses to the Homeric Iliad

Wolfson Auditorium, The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Since the turn of the 21st century there has been an unprecedented wave of creative responses to the Iliad, by prizewinning novelists and poets as well as cinema and TV producers. Professor Edith Hall (KCL) will explore the similarities and radical divergences between several of these responses, to ask why a poem with roots in […]

Lamprini Rori: ‘The Landscape of Political Violence in Crisis-Ridden Greece’

The University of Manchester, University Place, 3.214 , United Kingdom

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 […]

Robin Barber & Tony Spawforth: Instruction in an Antique Land: The First Taught Courses at the BSA, 1973-1989

Senate House (Room 349) Malet Street, London, United Kingdom

  No formal courses were taught at the BSA before 1973, the year of the first annual undergraduate programme. This was the brainchild of the then Assistant Director, Robin Barber, and helped to inspire a second, this time for UK school teachers in Ancient History, established in 1979. Both initiatives occurred under the directorship of […]

Ceramic Petrology Group Annual Meeting

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

Ceramic Petrology Group Annual Meeting

Maria Ntinou, “Firewood for the hearths. Woodlands of the Argolid from the Middle Paleolithic to the Neolithic.”

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

Dr Maria Ntinou (Center for Interdisciplinary Research & Innovation, University of Thessaloniki /LIRA Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, University of Thessaloniki), "Firewood for the hearths. Woodlands of the Argolid from the Middle Paleolithic to the Neolithic."

Katerina Galani, “British Shipping in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars: the untold story of a successful adaptation.”

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

A book discussion co-organized with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH Discussants Professor Emerita Olga Katsiardi-Hering (University of Athens) Professor Maria Fusaro (University of Exeter) Co-Ordinator Professor Gelina Harlaftis (Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH & Hellenic Open University)

A poetry and spoken word performance by Vanessa Kisuule and Pavlina Marvin

British School at Athens 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

A poetry and spoken word performance by Vanessa Kisuule and Pavlina Marvin On the occasion of the British Council’s 80th anniversary celebrations in Greece and of the UK being the Country of Honour at Public Book Awards, the British Council in collaboration with Public Bookstores, have invited Vanessa Kisuule and Pavlina Marvin to join forces […]

Matthew Skuse: The nature of cult activity at Perachora

Armstrong Building (ARMB.2.50, Building 22), Newcastle University, UK

This BSA Ambassador event was organised in collaboration with Newcastle University where Dr Matthew Skuse (St Andrews) will present 'The nature of cult activity at Perachora'. After the paper we will be heading to Pani's Café (61-65 High Bridge, NE1 6BX) for dinner. If you would like to join us, please email Joseph Skinner (Joseph.Skinner@newcastle.ac.uk) […]

Onyeka Igwe: Scenes from the BSA Archive

British Academy, Lecture Hall , United Kingdom

  Onyeka Igwe is the 2019 BSA Arts Bursary holder and returns from a residency in Athens to share her encounters with the archive. Igwe researches the colonial imagination, its knowledges and influence on the archive and then uses a methodology, critical proximity, to create moving image works that attempt to activate archive material in […]

Dancing with the Bull: Sir Arthur Evans and the palace of Knossos

The Knossos Research Centre Knossos, Greece

The excavation of Knossos, one of the most important sites of the ancient world, is inextricably linked with Sir Arthur Evans. Evans discovered the ruins of a monumental complex and the remains of a hitherto unknown civilization, formulating the prevailing view of it. Inspired by Evans’ work, artist Teresa Valavani has created a collage collection […]

A. Hobbs, Plato’s Republic, Ladybird Expert Series – 34

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

A. Hobbs, Plato’s Republic, Ladybird Expert Series – 34 Plato's Republic addresses questions of urgent concern in these troubled times.  How can we prevent democracies being subverted to tyrannies by cynical demagogues?  How can we protect truth from fake news and 'alternative facts'?  And, ultimately, why do humans form societies and what is needed for […]

Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki, “Sacrificial rituals in the Mycenaean palatial centre of Kydonia (Khania, Crete)”

Senate House (Room 349) London, United Kingdom

Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki (Hon. Secretary General, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports), "Sacrificial rituals in the Mycenaean palatial centre of Kydonia (Khania, Crete)" Kydonia, the most important ancient city in Western Crete, traditionally one of the three cities founded in Crete by Minos, occupied the Kastelli Hill in the centre of the Old Town of Khania. […]

Peter Thonemann: “An eternal memorial of goodwill towards their kinsmen”: Abdera and Teos after the Third Macedonian War

The Institute of Historical Research/NHRF 48, Vasileos Constantinou Ave., Athens, Greece

Prof. Peter Thonemann (University of Oxford): "An eternal memorial of goodwill towards their kinsmen" :Abdera and Teos after the Third Macedonian War Abstract: One of the most extraordinary ancient Greek inscriptions ever discovered was unearthed in 2017 at the excavations of the Ionian city of Teos in Asia Minor.  It records, in thrilling and moving […]

Amica silentia lunae

British School at Athens, Villa Ariadne Knossos, Greece

The Knossos Research Centre of the British School at Athens warmly invites you to attend Amica silentia lunae, the “Friendly Silence of the Moon”, an evening of music and poetry at the Villa Ariadne, at 21:00 on Sunday 18 August. Please ensure you arrive by 20:45. This free event is part of the August Full […]

Erotokritos: για μια αγάπη άδολη

British School at Athens, Villa Ariadne Knossos, Greece

The British School at Athens (Knossos Research Centre) and the Knossos Cultural Association are organising a cultural event on EROTOKRITOS, the romance composed by Vincenzo Cornaros in early 17th century Crete. The romance consists of 10,102 fifteen-syllable rhythmed verses and its central theme is the love between Erotokritos and Aretousa. It constitutes a classic example […]

Earth Water Fire, Celebrating Cretan Pottery from Antiquity to the Present

Thrapsano Crete, Greece

Earth Water Fire, Celebrating Cretan Pottery from Antiquity to the Present The Thrapsano Cultural Association is organising a series of cultural events centred on Cretan pottery, in collaboration with the British School at Athens (Knossos Research Centre) and the Centre for the Study of Modern Ceramics - G. Psaropoulos Foundation, co-organised by the Region of […]

Annual Garden Party

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

Annual Garden Party

Margaret Mountford, “Papyrology: is anything new under the sun?”

British Academy, Lecture Hall , United Kingdom

Dr Margaret Mountford (Chair, Egypt Exploration Society), "Papyrology: is anything new under the sun?" Dr Margaret Mountford will present a brief introduction to the famous Oxyrhynchus papyri, their contents, and their initial excavation. The lecture will take a closer look at a number of ancient texts that suggest people’s preoccupations have not changed much over […]