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 than an exhibition in London, displaying photographs, artwork, and physical […]
All posts by: Amalia Kakissis
Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Towards at Global History
The international conference will take place at the premises of the National Library of Greece in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (SNFCC), 15 – 17 March 2023. For […]
February 20, 2023
The British School at Athens Pantheon: A Lego Classicists Exhibition
We are thrilled to launch The British School at Athens Pantheon: A Lego Classicists Exhibition, curated by Liam D. Jensen in the first BSA Virtual Artist Residency, as part of […]
January 27, 2023
Conference Registration Now Open!
We are happy to annouce that registration for our upcoming international conference is NOW OPEN! For more details see our conference page
Myrto Georgakopoulou (1976-2022)
It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we note the untimely passing of our dear colleague, valued collaborator and beloved friend, Myrto Georgakopoulou, on December 15, 2022.
Ad Familiares: Christopher Stray’s correspondence with Patrick Leigh Fermor
Chris Stray is known to all Classicists as someone who poses the pertinent questions. In 1988, while staying at the BSA and studying […]
Floating colours
George Finlay’s collection of books spans from the 1790s to 1870s, a period when marbled paper flourished and when many new techniques were introduced by marbling firms keen to outdo […]
Archiving Women in Archaeology: Helen Thomas Waterhouse
Personal papers of scholars associated with the British School at Athens represent an important part of the Archive. As well as expertise in individuals’ fields, such archives provide a glimpse […]
Creating order: first steps in the archival arrangement of the Mervyn R. Popham Personal Papers
Hello! I’m Kate Wilson, a MARM (Masters of Archives and Records Management) student from the University of Liverpool. In January this year, I came over to the British School at […]
First Adventures in Revolutionary Greece: Fiction or reality, and does it matter?
In my previous Archive Story, Philhellenism redux- Finlay rises, I sought to shed some light on how George Finlay, and some others like him, decided to join the Greek revolution. […]