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Roderick Bailey, “Anglo-American attitudes to the protection of Jewish cultural heritage in Thessaloniki, 1943-46”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

image: German gun-emplacement at Thessaloniki with its communication trench lined with Jewish gravestones. Photographed by the British Army in November 1944. Author’s archive. Upper House Seminar Dr Roderick Bailey (University of Oxford), "Anglo-American attitudes to the protection of Jewish cultural heritage in Thessaloniki, 1943-46" Abstract: During the Second World War, more than four-fifths of Greece’s […]

Alessandra Ricci, “How did it begin?: The Institutionalization of Byzantine Studies in Turkey and Sir Steven Runciman”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Upper House Seminar Dr Alessandra Ricci (Koç University), “How did it begin?: The Institutionalization of Byzantine Studies in Turkey and Sir Steven Runciman” Abstract: It was probably sometime in 1941 or early 1942 when İzmet İnönü, the second president of the Turkish Republic, summoned the minister of national education, Hasan Ali Yücel who confirmed - […]

Georgia Flouda, “Adventures in the Archives: Reconstructing archaeology in Nazi-Occupied Crete”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

August Schörgendorfer’s photos of Villa Ariadne and the excavations at Knossos. Source: © A. Schörgendorfer’s photo album Annual Bader Archive Lecture Dr Georgia Flouda (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion), “Adventures in the Archives: Reconstructing archaeology in Nazi-Occupied Crete”   Hybrid Lecture To attend in person in Athens, please register HERE To attend online via Zoom webinar, […]

Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson, “Idealist, dualist or something else? Plotinus on the status of the sensible world”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

Michael Frede Annual Michael Frede Memorial Lecture Professor Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson (University of Oslo), “Idealist, dualist or something else? Plotinus on the status of the sensible world” Abstract: In this paper I shall discuss Plotinus’ views on causation of and in the sensible sphere—by “the sensible sphere” I mean the physical world around us. The […]

“The role of the Diaspora in Greek American relations, 1974-2024”

British School at Athens, Upper House 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

source: ekathimerini Modern Greek Studies Panel "The role of the Diaspora in Greek American relations, 1974-2024” Chaired by: Professor Eirini Karamouzi (American College of Greece/University of Sheffield), Dr Lamprini Rori (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Discussants: Professor Alexander Kitroeff (Haverford College) & Professor Constantinos Arvanitopoulos (Panteion University) Abstract: The paper will explore the diaspora […]

Maria Mina, “Sacred caves outside Crete: Daskalio Cave on Kalymnos and its connections to Minoan ritual practices”

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Daskalio Cave, Kalymnos, Photograph © Stathis Klimis Online Friends' Lecture Dr Maria Mina (University of the Aegean), “Sacred caves outside Crete: Daskalio Cave on Kalymnos and its connections to Minoan ritual practices” Abstract: We know from archaeological studies that occupied caves diachronically held prominent positions as visible landmarks or as nodal points in exchange networks […]

Reconstructing the 1936 British School at Athens (BSA) exhibition: A Workshop on the Study of Pre-World War II Archaeological Exhibitions using Archival Materials

Ashmolean Museum Beaumont Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Reconstructing the 1936 British School at Athens (BSA) exhibition: A Workshop on the Study of Pre-World War II Archaeological Exhibitions using Archival Materials Organisers: Andrew Shapland, Renée Trepagnier, Amalia Kakissis, and Charlotte Townsend With the growth of the museum studies discipline and the interest in archival and archaeological collections in museums and heritage organisations, the […]

Athens Archaeology Festival 2025

British School at Athens 52 Souedias Street, Athens, Greece

  Athens Archaeology Festival 2025 Join us on Saturday, 18th October 2025, for the Athens Archaeology Festival, a day of discovery and hands-on exploration set in the beautiful grounds of the British School at Athens. This year’s theme, "Myths & Mysteries," invites you to explore secrets of the past through interactive activities, live demonstrations, and […]

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