Vasif Sahoglu (Ankara University), "New Evidence for Thera Eruption Tsunamis at Çeşme - Bağlararası in western Anatolia" Abstract 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 […]
LBA/EIA/Archaic Aegean ECR group mini conference (Zoom), hosted by the British School at Athens: ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Mortuary Data’ Co-organised by Hannah Jingwen Lee (Sheffield) and Michael Loy (BSA) This is to be the fourth in a series of meetings aimed at laying the foundations for a collaborative network of Early Career Researchers with interests […]
BSA Friends' Lecture (hybrid: in-person & online) Dr Pamela Armstrong (University of Oxford), "Lost in translation: Byzantine Lakonia & the Amyklaion" Abstract: This lecture considers the results of the British School at Athens’ survey of Lakonia, directed by Professors Joost Crouwel and Bill Cavanagh, for the Byzantine period. A presentation of the changing landscape over […]
"Political violence in Greece: continuities and new directions" 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. The panel will address current debates and newly emerging […]
Dr Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens), "Nativism in Herodes' Sophistic Attica: Rural Heroes, Hellenic Purity and the Bust of 'Sauromates'" ABSTRACT: 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 […]
BSA Friends’ Lecture (online only) Dr Chrysanthi Gallou, Dr. Jon Henderson & Professor Bill Cavanagh, "Pavlopetri – the Sunken City Explored" Abstract: Pavlopetri, off the coast of Laconia, Greece, has remains dating from at least 3,500 BC through to the Protogeometric period c.900 BC. Underwater research over the past decade, as a joint project by […]
Sophia Zoumbaki (The National Hellenic Research Foundation) and Constantine Cartalis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), "Monuments of cultural heritage threatened by climate change: A suggestion of how to read the past and protect the future" Abstract Climate change is an inevitable natural process which human communities always had to face. Nowadays this phenomenon is accelerated by […]
BSA Friends' Lecture (online only) Professor Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge), "Sparta: how odd?” Abstract: For most non-Spartan ancient Greeks the community and polity of Sparta seemed decidedly odd: very military, exceptionally if not excessively pious, unusually liberal towards its women citizens, and unique in its compulsory educational cycle that included institutionalised homosexuality/pederasty. Against them […]
Michael J. Boyd with Colin Renfrew and members of the Keros team, "The creative cultural nexus of Keros" Abstract The third millennium in Europe is marked by expanding horizons, the increasing importance of information, and by new identities forged in connectivity. In the Aegean, these changes are manifest in a series of creative social experiments […]
FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR SERIES “Single-grain optical dating: continuous progress and lingering pitfalls” Professor Zenobia Jacobs (Centre for Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Australia) Wednesday, 12th October 2022, 17:00 p.m. The seminar will take place at the Wiener Laboratory (American School of Classical Studies at Athens) For any enquiries, tel.: 213-000-2400 (133) Email: infoWienerLab@ascsa.edu.gr Masks are […]
Professor Robert Parker (University of Oxford), "Helen of Sparta (sic)" BSA Friends' Lecture (online only) Webinar registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PErVbI_fQXSXc-CjE2jaYg Tuesday 11 October 2022, 5pm (UK) / 7pm (Greece)
Dr Mairi Gkikaki (University of Warwick / The Open University of Cyprus), "Tokens in Late Classical and Hellenistic Athens" Abstract Although, symbola, the Greek term for tokens, are first attested in the Archaic Period in the context of hospitality, in Athens of the mid-fifth century BC a remarkable transition may be observed from the private […]
Natalie Haynes (Writer and Broadcaster) talking about her new book, "Stone Blind". https://nataliehaynes.com/ Abstract Medusa is one of the most recognisable figures in Greek Myth: her face has stared out at us for millennia, from Agamemnon’s shield in the Iliad to Versace’s logo now. Gorgons and gorgon heads were an enormously popular feature on ancient […]
Valasia Isaakidou (University of Oxford) 28 September 2022, 8pm (Greece)
BSA Friends' Lecture (online only) 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 great neolithic peopling of Europe. The site was occupied, on and off, over some 4,500 years. The new excavations have revealed the houses […]
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 only recently begun to gain traction in the study of the Greek world. In this illustrated talk, Thomas Gallant assesses their state-of-play by examining […]
Kleanthis Sidiropoulos - Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Amanda Kelly - University College Dublin
Speakers: Panagis Panagiotopoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Valia Aranitou (University of Crete), Aristos Doxiadis (Big Pi) Discussant: Lamprini Rori (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini […]
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 Greece" Abstract This presentation looks at the entangled relationship between periodicals, politics and ideas about the nation, with regard to Greece during the Cold War. […]
Professor Lesley Brown (University of Oxford), "Self-sufficiency in Aristotle and others: what’s so good about Autarkeia?" Abstract Self-sufficiency – autarkeia – is a familiar Greek cultural value, and one of the hallmarks of the best life according to Aristotle. But what makes a life self-sufficient? I probe his claim that the life of philosophical reflection […]
Georgios Karyotis (University of Glasgow), "Culture Wars? Affective Polarisation and Emerging Political Cleavages in Crises-Ridden Greece" Discussant: Manos Matsaganis (Polytechnic University of Milan) Research series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (National and Kapodistrian University […]
The Director of the BSA has the pleasure of inviting you to a commemorative event 'Lisa French and her work in Greece' to be held on Thursday 26 May beginning at 1900 The event will comprise short talks by the Director, Lisa's daughter, Ann French, and Dr Iphigeneia Tournavitou, followed by a reception in the BSA […]
Organisers: David Lewis (University of Edinburgh), Mirko Canevaro (University of Edinburgh), Sylvian Fachard (Université de Lausanne) Thursday, May 19: Cotsen Hall, ASCSA 19:00 Introduction (David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro & Sylvian Fachard) 19:30 Keynote: Alain Bresson (Chicago): ‘Law and Trade Organization in Hellenistic Delos’ Reception Friday, May 20, BSA Upper House Session 1 9:00-9:45 Judson Hermann […]
Dr Anna Judson (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, British School at Athens), "Scribal training in Mycenaean Pylos" Abstract At least 30 people are known to have written administrative documents in the Mycenaean palace of Pylos immediately before its destruction c.1200 BCE. These “scribes” are, however, entirely anonymous: they did not sign their texts, and so are identified […]
Dr Mo Throp (Associate Researcher Chelsea College of Arts), "Understanding Fine Art practice as Research" and W. K. Lyhne (BSA Arts Bursary Award Holder 2022), "Can the Image of the Agnus Dei be remade using Maternality?" Mo Throp will discuss how the process of the introduction of PhD programmes for Fine Art has brought particular […]
We invite you to participate in this mini conference, which will be hosted by the British School at Athens, via Zoom, on 4 May 2022. This is to be the third in a series of meetings aimed at laying the foundations for an effective future collaborative network of Early Career Researchers with interests broadly embracing the […]
Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum Dr John Sellars (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Renaissance’ Abstract The Renaissance saw the rise of a group of intellectuals, interested in a wide range of subjects, often labelled ‘Humanists’. These figures have sometimes been derided by historians of philosophy […]
Dr John Sellars (Royal Holloway, University of London), 'Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life' Abstract Pierre Hadot famously stated that in antiquity philosophy was understood primarily as a way of life. At first glance, it is far from clear that Aristotle understood philosophy in this way. If Aristotle turned out not to fit […]
BSA Scotland Seminar This event is part of the BSA Ambassadors series. Co-organised by the BSA and the Scottish Hellenic Society, University of Glasgow. The lecture by Vassiliki Kolocotroni will be preceded by a short presentation by the Director of the BSA, Prof. John Bennet, on 'The Work of the BSA - highlights and opportunities' […]
Professor Dimitris Tziovas (University of Birmingham), "Reframing Metapolitefsi: Transitions and Identity" Abstract The event aims to offer a new perspective on the period from junta to crisis based on the new book by Dimitris Tziovas, titled Greece from Junta to Crisis: modernization, transition, diversity The recent economic crisis in Greece has triggered national self-reflection and prompted a re-examination […]
Organisers: Despina Lalaki (City University of New York – CUNY), Zinovia Lialiouti (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Nikos Vafeas (University of Crete), Ioannis Koubourlis (University of Crete) Register to attend in person Register to participate on Zoom (Friday) Register to participate on Zoom (Saturday) See the conference programme here States are embedded in cultural […]
Organisers: Stefano Frullini (University of Cambridge), Evan Vance (University of California, Berkeley), Clémence Weber-Pallez (École française d’Athènes) Register to attend in person Register to participate on Zoom See the conference programme here What are we to do with Argos? The city has long been an important source of detail for debates in epichoric history - […]
Author, Journalist and Lecturer, Bruce Clark discusses his latest book with Prof. Bettany Hughes (Historian, Author and Broadcaster) and Dr John Kittmer (Former British Ambassador to Greece). In the words of the publisher, " a sweeping history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization, from Runciman Award winner Bruce Clark. Each of the book's […]
Image: Minns, E.H. 1913. Scythians and Greeks. Cambridge, p. 300. Dr Jane Rempel (University of Sheffield / BSA Visiting Fellow), '“Home to an original and distinctive form of Hellenism”: Athenian exports and Black Sea burials' Abstract In an overview of the Greek cities in the Black Sea, Stanley Burstein (2006:150) described the region as “…home to […]
Distinguished historian and BSA Chairman Prof. Roderick Beaton (KCL) discusses his latest book with Prof. John Bennet (Director, BSA), Prof. Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge), Bruce Clark (Author, Journalist and Lecturer), and Prof. Peter Frankopan (University of Oxford). In the words of the publisher, "The Greeks: A Global History is the story of a culture that […]
Professor John Bennet FSA (Director), The Work of the British School at Athens in 2021 and Dr Kostis Christakis (Knossos Curator), The Knossos Stratigraphical Museum - from Evans and Mackenzie to the present (and into the future). These lectures will be held in-person for a limited number of attendees at the Archaeological Society, Panepistimiou 22, 105 64 Athens […]
Stella Ladi (Panteion University/Queen Mary), "The Role of Experts in Crisis Management and Public Trust: Evidence from a public survey across four European countries" Abstract While experts are at the forefront of government efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, little research has been done on how expert involvement has affected levels of public trust towards […]
Help us to spread the word — and save the date! Are you an alum of the British School at Athens Undergraduate Course? This year the British School at Athens is celebrating 50 years of its Undergraduate Course 'The Archaeology and Topography of Greece', having brought over a thousand students to Greece to explore the breadth of […]
Please join us for the Annual Open Lectures of the British School at Athens on Tuesday 8 February 2022 at 5.15pm (UK) / 7.15pm (Greece) which will be held in a hybrid format from the British Academy in London. The following lectures will be presented, with Prof. Charles Tripp in the chair. PROFESSOR JOHN BENNET FSA (Director) The […]
'Translation and Inclusion vs Exclusion' A virtual panel discussion co-organised by the British School at Athens and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London, and Aiora Press. This session will address the theme of ‘translation and inclusion versus exclusion’. Following on from previous events on the topic of translation with Aiora Press, we hope in this […]
Image: Olive Tree by Mika Provata-Carlone A virtual panel discussion co-organised by the British School at Athens and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London, and Aiora Press. This session will address the theme of 'translation and inclusion versus exclusion'. Following on from previous events on the topic of translation with Aiora Press, we hope in […]
Dr Maria Pretzler (University of Swansea / BSA Visiting Fellow 2020-21), "Herodotus and the foundation of the Peloponnesian League" Please register here to participate: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rBSPQmpNRSaAtTToZAjaxA Abstract Herodotus is our main source for the political history of the Peloponnese and especially the beginnings of the Peloponnesian League. Often the Histories offer the only available information, and yet, his account […]
'An archaeological and epigraphical overview of the inscriptions of the cult centre of the city of Knossos', presented by Athanasia Kanta, Thomas G. Palaima and Massimo Perna Hosted by the BSA in the context of the 15th International Mycenological Colloquium. Please register to participate in this event: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GBeXRqVYRdOuF3f-kPgF8w Monday 20 September, 5.00pm (UK) / 7.00pm (Athens)
In Conversation with Natalie Haynes John Bennet in conversation with the renowned writer and broadcaster This is the time of year when our wider community usually comes together at our garden parties in Athens and London to reflect on the achievements of the past year and look forward to the next. To ensure we can do so […]
Iosif Kovras (University of Cyprus), ‘Who’s sorry now? Explaining (Non) Apologies in Post-Crisis Europe’ Abstract In the aftermath of the recent financial meltdown, politicians and bankers apologized for their role in the crisis in some European countries but not others. While in Ireland former prime ministers, senior ministers, state officials and bankers offered their apologies […]
Susannah Verney (University of Athens) , ‘Greek Euroscepticism after a Decade of Crises: Researching Public Opinion through Eurobarometer Surveys' Abstract The Eurobarometer surveys published biannually by the European Commission offer time data series tracking public opinion towards the European integration project over time. This paper focuses on mass attitudes in Greece during the period 2010-2020, […]
John Bintliff (University of Edinburgh) and Anthony Snodgrass (University of Cambridge): "The City of Thespiai, Central Greece: Its Precursors, Florescence And Successors, a Narrative Of 7000 Years of Community Life" Abstract The Boeotia Survey project has since 1982 completed total field surveys of five ancient urban centres in this region of Central Greece. This lecture will […]
(Image: Iliad 1.1, excerpt from British Library Add MS 8232, f.184) Professor Charles Brittain (Cornell University), "Protagorean Hermeneutics" Michael Frede Memorial Lecture, in partnership with the Department of the History & Philosophy of Science, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Abstract In this paper I argue that Protagoras’ method of poetic interpretation was not eristic. […]
Dr Alasdair Grant (University of Edinburgh), "George Finlay among the Scottish Philhellenes" Abstract This lecture places the historian and philhellene George Finlay (1799–1875) in the context of the network of Scottish philhellenes that developed during the years after 1821. This group embraced Thomas Gordon, the soldier and historian; Edward Masson, the educationalist and attorney; and, […]
Michael Llewellyn-Smith discusses his new biography of Venizelos with Roderick Beaton Abstract Eleftherios Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman, 1864-1914. Michael Llewellyn-Smith discusses his new book with Roderick Beaton. This first volume of a new biography traces its subject's career to 1914, including his family background, his political apprenticeship in Crete, his move to […]
Professor Maria Mina (University of the Aegean), "Manifestation or mirage? The cultural construction of insularity in the south-east Aegean" Abstract The lecture assesses the position of islands of the south-east Aegean in relation to diachronic prehistoric phenomena, such as colonisation, interaction, and perceived acculturation. The scope of the presentation is twofold. On one hand, it […]
Image: Boeotian cup, Credit: Huesca, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons BSA Scotland Seminar Announcing a special event co-hosted by the British School at Athens and the University of Edinburgh. Dr David Lewis (University of Edinburgh) Abstract: Existing studies of the ancient Greek slave trade lack detailed evidence for a key link in the supply chain. The geographical origins […]
Image: Gold cross in San Vitale, Ravenna. Source: Judith Herrin Abstract: This talk will explore the influence of Greek and Greek culture in Ravenna, where Latin was the language of everyday life in the sixth-eighth centuries, while Gothic and Greek left deep marks. The reconquest of the city by imperial troops in 540 brought […]
Image: Self Portrait, 1946-7, oil on canvas. Private collection. Image courtesy of Christies, copyright John Craxton Estate. Born into a bohemian family in London, the painter John Craxton (1922-2009) was a nomad who yearned to live and work in Greece. He achieved his goal from 1946 and enduring joy coloured his ensuing pictures. Long […]
Dr Antonis Ellinas (University of Cyprus), ‘Antifascism in Greece: Actors, resources, and tactics’ Discussant: Vasiliki Georgiadou (Panteion University) Research webinar series on Modern Greek Studies organised by the British School at Athens and the Greek Politics Specialist Group Organisers: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) - Hosted by the British […]
The webcast will include five speeches, and a unique opportunity for attendees to interact with four presidents of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) and the President of the Association of Greek Librarians and Information Specialists, who will be “present” at the same event to share their knowledge. -Christine Mackenzie, IFLA President 2019 […]
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "Issues in Epicurean philosophy of mind and science: The method of multiple explanations in Epicureanism" Abstract I intend to examine an original and important feature of Epicurean science, namely the method of multiple explanations. The Epicureans claim that, in certain contexts, several alternative explanatory hypotheses may be advanced which may prove […]
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "Issues in Epicurean philosophy of mind and science: The Epicurean notion of ‘επιβολή'" Abstract The surviving writings of Epicurus and his followers contain several references to epibolê - a puzzling notion that does not receive discussion in the extant Epicurean texts, even though it is known to have been debated within […]
Image: Tetradrachm, 301-295 BC, Demetrius Poliorketes - Macedonia. Source: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., via Wikimedia Commons British School at Athens North Seminar Announcing a special event co-hosted by the British School at Athens and the Medieval and Ancient Research Seminar University of Sheffield. Originally designed to bring BSA Ambassador speakers to the north of the UK, […]
