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Paul Halstead, “The importance of olive growing and oil exports in Archaic-Classical Athens: the contribution of ‘citizen science’”

Senate House (Room 261) London, United Kingdom

Elderly olive trees growing on the edge of an agricultural terrace, Kythera, photo: Dr Valasia Isaakidou PLEASE NOTE: new date - Mon 25th March 2025 Hybrid Friends' Lecture Professor Paul Halstead (Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield), “The importance of olive growing and oil exports in Archaic-Classical Athens: the contribution of 'citizen science'” Abstract: Scholars have […]

Artemis Papatheodorou, “The Ottoman laws on antiquities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”

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

Upper House Seminar Dr Artemis Papatheodorou (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), "The Ottoman laws on antiquities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" Abstract: In the long nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire promulgated not one but four regulations on antiquities: the first one in 1869, the second one in 1874, the third one in 1884 […]

Publication presentation: R.L.N. Barber (ed.), “Phylakopi, Melos, 1896-99. The finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, BSA Suppl. Volume 53”

National Archaeological Museum Athens, Greece

Publication Presentation R.L.N. Barber (ed.), "Phylakopi, Melos, 1896-99. The finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, BSA Suppl. Volume 53" The National Archaeological Museum and the British School at Athens cordially invite you to the presentation of the two-volume publication R.L.N. Barber (ed.), Phylakopi, Melos, 1896-99. The finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, BSA Suppl. Volume […]

Everyday Life Under Dictatorship in Southern Europe

University of Edinburgh Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Old Medical School, United Kingdom

image: Hotel Formentor, Mallorca by bemhuesca, used under CC BY SA 2.0   The Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History in conjunction with The British School at Athens Everyday Life Under Dictatorship in Southern Europe Speakers: Prof Kate Ferris (University of St Andrews), Dr Huw Halstead (University of Edinburgh), and Dr Yannick Lengkeek (University of Birmingham) Respondent: Dr Daniel Knight (University of St Andrews) […]

Laura Nastasi, “Language Set in Stone: Graeco-Latin Bilingualism and Writing Culture in Roman Corinth”

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

image: Funerary inscription for Domitia Saturnina Apollonis (Corinth 8.1.134), source: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Corinth Excavations Upper House Seminar Dr Laura Nastasi (BSA), "Language Set in Stone: Graeco-Latin Bilingualism and Writing Culture in Roman Corinth" Abstract: The commonly accepted view about Corinth in the Roman period is that the foundation of a […]

Elias Kolovos, “How the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi set foot on the Mani Peninsula, but left in a hurry… Ottoman imperial administration in the Greek lands and its limits”

Online only

image: The Mani Promontory in the Southern Peloponnese. CORONELLI, Vincenzo. Description géographique et historique de la Morée ... , Paris, Nicolas Langlois, MDCLXXXVII   Online Friends' lecture Elias Kolovos (National Hellenic Research Foundation), "How the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi set foot on the Mani Peninsula, but left in a hurry... Ottoman imperial administration in the […]

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 […]

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”

“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 Lecture "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)   Hybrid lecture

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 […]