Each summer the BSA leads a three-week residential course for UK-based undergraduates on ‘The Archaeology and Topography of Greece’. This introduces students to the physical landscape of Greece, and explores a variety of material evidence designed to complement university teaching and to expand the range of knowledge and skills which students can then bring to bear in the final years of their degrees. The programme begins with a series of lectures and continues with tours of the major archaeological sites and museums in Athens, Attica and Central Greece, before leaving Athens for six days of travel around the Peloponnese.
The range of periods and sites covered is broad: students are introduced to archaeological sites and materials from the Neolithic to the Early Modern periods. Teaching (ca. 90 contact hours) is primarily site-based, and focuses on the application of archaeology to the study of the history, language, culture, and anthropology of Greece. It is particularly relevant to university courses on Greek Archaeology, History, and Classics, but includes also the study of later periods, notably the Byzantine world with its role in preserving the Classical tradition. Students who wish to take this course as a module should also download the ‘Course Module’ document.
The next course will take place 18 August – 6 September 2025.
There are up to 30 places offered each year to undergraduates studying at UK universities.
The course fee is £875. This includes BSA one-month membership, housing, breakfast, meals as specified in the program, required travel within Greece, museum and site fees, one-year museum pass, one-month 24h access to the BSA library. Not included are: international airfare to and from Greece and meals not included in the program. Incidental expenses are the participant’s responsibility.
Thanks to the generous, ongoing support from the Craven Committee in Oxford, the Cambridge Faculty of Classics, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the Classical Association and the Gilbert Murray Trust, a number of partial and full bursaries are available to help cover the costs of travel and maintenance. These will be assigned on the basis of both access/financial need and academic merit. Bursaries are also available to support students from groups traditionally excluded from or under-represented in academia.
Please see below for the course itinerary and advert.
Applications for the Summer 2025 will open in November 2024.
