Events Calendar – British School at Athens

*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 School at Athens aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece. It explores how that heritage can best be protected for the future, in the context of the current rapid expansion of mountain tourism and development in Greece. How can we activate the huge untapped potential for expanded engagement with history, heritage, and conservation in the mountain landscapes of Greece? How can we ensure a sustainable approach to environmental and cultural preservation?

We define heritage in the broadest possible sense, to include archaeological, botanical, and cultural heritage, encompassing not only physical sites and material culture, but also stories and images of mountain life, from antiquity to the 21^st century. The conference brings together academics, writers, botanists, conservationists, policy makers, mountain tourism professionals, and local community representatives to share their distinctive perspectives. We also aim to take a comparative approach, joining up the challenges faced by Greek mountain communities and organisations with similar challenges from other mountain regions around the world.

Generously funded by the University of St Andrews Impact and Innovation Fund, in association with the St Andrews Mountains of Greece project, with additional support from the Society for Classical Studies “Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities” Initiative and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.

Poster image: composite of Olympos (above) and Erymanthos (below), photographs provided by Jason König, designed by the BSA.

Organisers:

Prof Jason König (University of St Andrews),

Maria Christodoulou (The Greek Herbalist),

Dr Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou (Barcelona Supercomputing Center),

Prof Rebecca Sweetman (British School at Athens)

Programme

Registration:

To attend online or in-person, please register using the links in the programme. For capacity and security reasons, it is strictly necessary to register for in person participation.

Hybrid conference online and in-person. Please note: the conference will not be recorded.