Herodotus and the foundation of the Peloponnesian League
Professor Maria Pretzler, Swansea University and BSA Visiting Fellow, presents her research on Herodotus and the foundation of the Peloponnesian League.
Virtual lectures
“A Place of very great Antiquity”
In this lecture, “A Place of very great Antiquity”: The First Western-European Encounter with the Buildings of Ancient Greece, Matthew Walker (QMUL and BSA Early Career Fellow) explores those moments […]
The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe
Distinguished historian Mark Mazower (Columbia University) discusses his new book with Roderick Beaton (KCL). In the words of the publisher, Mazower “explores the central place of the struggle in the […]
The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967-1974
This event (part of a series on Modern Greek Studies co-organised by the BSA and the Greek Politics Specialist Group), will reflect on the military regime’s reactionary, ultra-conservative, repressive and […]
Fragments from early Ottoman Zagori: resilience, adaptation, and transformation
Dr Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou (University of Sheffield) presents on Ottoman Zagori, tracing the history of Zagori from the final decades of the “Despotate” of Epirus (early 15th c.) up to the […]
Crops, Climate Change, and COPing Strategies
Professor Amy Bogaard addresses the current climate crisis and offers observations from prehistory.
An Assemblage of Linear B Administrative Documents
As part of the 15th Mycenological Colloquium, Vassilis Petrakis presents an assemblage of Linear B administrative documents.
Experiencing the Parthenon – 3D rendering
Juan de Lara uses physically-based 3D rendering to investigate sensorial experience at the Parthenon.
20 Years of Artists at the BSA
Professor Malcolm Quinn, joined by Vanessa Gardner, Eleanor Wright, and Annabel Dover, chairs a virtual discussion on artists at the BSA.