Directorial Handover
Welcome Prof. Rebecca Sweetman (University of St Andrews) who has arrived at the BSA as our new Director. καλή αρχή! Prof. John Bennet will leave his post as Director at the end of the month.
News
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 […]
July 20, 2022
September closure
The BSA library and the hostel will be closed 5-25 September inclusively.
The Gradual Decline and Reinvention of the SPHS Photographic Collection
Rubbish Theory, Michael Thompson’s classic 1979 study, takes a look at the dynamics of material value. It begins with the new, extends to the useful that gradually devalues over time […]
1936: Exhibition Season & The British School at Athens
There comes a time in the life of an institution when it feels the need to reflect on its past glories and fêted in the form of a series of […]
Map Annotations
While sorting through and cataloguing the rare map collection at the BSA, I noticed that a number of the maps had handwritten notations and drawn lines on them. These annotations […]
Williams Fellowship in Ceramic Petrology
The Fitch Laboratory of the British School at Athens invites applications for the post of Williams Fellow in ceramic petrology.
June 2, 2022
COVID-19 rules
Following the Greek Government’s recent revision to its legally required Covid-19 protection measures, the BSA will continue to require the use of masks in its interior spaces in the interests […]
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 […]
Magoula Hunting or The Romance of Excavation
In the summer of 2020, ‘Digital Mycenae’ went live, digitally reuniting the Mycenae excavation archives held at the Faculty of Classics Cambridge and the British School at Athens. Based on […]