John Hayes (21 April 1938 – 27 February 2024)
The British School at Athens mourns the passing of archaeologist Dr. John Hayes. Hayes was a specialist in the pottery ...
Sinclair Hood Archive Project Assistant
Welcome back, Hannah! Καλή αρχή! Hannah Gwyther, a very familiar face to many in the BSA community, joined the ...
Archaeology, philology and science: a case of productive synergy from the Cretan Late Bronze Age
John Bennett shares with us a post on one of the first projects conducted at the Fitch Laboratory, a study ...
Diana Wardle (30 December 1948 – 29 December 2023)
The British School at Athens mourns the passing of Diana Wardle, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham ...
An Overview of the BSA (2024)
Following on from the 5 films made about the BSA in 2021 by LongRun Productions, we have updated the Overview ...
The Winifred Lamb Giving Circle
Join the new Winifred Lamb Giving Circle and support the BSA! For 130 years, the BSA has worked at the ...
Marc Fitch: A Legacy of Generosity
Marc Fitch (1908-1994): Historian, philanthropist and benefactor of the British School at Athens. By Miles Stevenson, Development Executive for the ...
University of Athens, Hellenic Parliament & BSA Conference: Το 1821 στην Πρώτη Σελίδα: Η Ελληνική Επανάσταση στον Διεθνή και Εγχώριο Τύπο
The Philhellenism project goes to Parliament!! Rebecca Sweetman (BSA Director), Roderick Beaton (BSA Chair), and Michalis Sotiropoulos (1821 Fellow in ...
The ‘Mini-Lab’ project: a pursuit for funds
Hector Catling’s vision of opening a laboratory for archaeological science within the grounds of the BSA was one step closer ...
Events Programme Jan-Mar 2024
Our January – March 2024 Events Programme is now available. We hope many of you can join us for our ...
Cataloguing the 1936 Exhibition Collection
The year is 1936, and the British School at Athens is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. What better way to celebrate ...
Season’s Greetings
Season's Greetings from the BSA! Καλές Γιορτές! Please note: the BSA will be closed from Friday 22nd December to Tuesday ...
A year without Myrto: remembering a unique colleague and friend.
It has been a year since the untimely loss of Myrto Georgakopoulou, our loved staff member, collaborator, and friend. The ...
An Idea is Born: ‘The Mini-Lab’
The Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for archaeological sciences was established in 1974. Its history however, reaches further back with ...
The Countdown is on! Celebrating 50 Years of the Fitch Laboratory (1974-2024)
The Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences will mark its 50th anniversary on November 29th, 2024 ...
Looking back on a successful summer programme at Knossos
Summer 2023 was rather busy for the Knossos Research Centre. Many cultural events were held alongside the research programmes at ...
Nominations for election of one member to Council by the Supporters
Nominations are invited for one elected vacancy on the BSA's Council, to serve for four years from 1 April 2024 ...
Nominations for election of one member to Council by the Regular Members
Nominations are invited for the election of one member of Council as representative of the Regular Members ...
Events September – December 2023
Our September - December 2023 Events Brochure is now available. We hope many of you can join us for our ...
Four centuries of cooking wares at Priene (Western Turkey)
A newly published paper on a diachronic and multidisciplinary study of cooking pottery from the famous site of Priene, western ...