British School at Athens
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SAVE THE DATE! AAF is back for its second year on Saturday 17th October 2026, World Archaeology Day, at @britschoolathens.bsky.social Hands-on activities, interactive experiences, and exciting discoveries for all ages. 🏺🏛️ www.athensarchaeologyfestival.org #archaeology #whatsonathens #aaf2026
The Byzantine Course wrapped up two weeks ago and our amazing course leaders Rossana Valente and Flavia Vanni shared a few pictures that sums up the educational and engaging week the students enjoyed 😊
On the 23rd June 2026, amidst a ferocious heatwave, BSA supporters and special guests gathered in London for our annual supporter event, this year as an exhibition and series of short talks on Women Philhellenes and their impact on society. Become a supporter here: www.bsa.ac.uk/join-us-2/be...
Earth, Water, Fire Festival - starting this Thursday in Thrapsano, Crete! Full programme: potterymuseum.gr/wp-content/u...
@atticinscriptions.bsky.social publishes Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 4.7, a volume by Peter Liddel and Polly Low. The new volume is available for free here: www.atticinscriptions.com/papers/aiuk-47
✨ Welcome, Olivia - Καλή αρχή! Olivia Wilson-Zarganis has joined the BSA as the new Public Engagement and Events Officer. Read more here: www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/06/17/w...
British School at Athens : Welcome to our Public Engagement and Events Officer
We are delighted to welcome Olivia Wilson-Zarganis as the new Public Engagement and Events Officer. Olivia writes: I am very happy to be joining the British School at Athens as […]
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25 funded opportunities for UK-based artists – week-long Artist Venturing Labs in Crete. These labs will be in collaboration with BSA researchers. ⏳ Deadline: 29 June 11.59pm BST 🔗Find out more here: photoworks.org.uk/opportunitie... @photoworks-uk.bsky.social
Artist Venturing Labs - Open Call - Photoworks
We invite UK-based artists to apply for one of 25 fully funded places on week-long Artist Venturing Labs (AVL) in Crete.
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Check out this profile on our Assistant Director, Giorgos! Read more about his research and time as an Early Career Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University over the past year 🌟 greece.chs.harvard.edu/news/meet-ge...
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🚨 Dream job for ceramic specialists? 🚨 Final call for the Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology 2026-29! 📍 Athens, Greece 📅 Start: Oct 2026 ⏳ Apply by 12 June 2026 🔗 More info & apply: www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/fello...
BSA / UAL: University of the Arts London Arts Research Resident Abbie Vickress has been working at Kypseli Print Studio whilst in residency at the British School at Athens, developing a series of experiments in screen printing as well as cyanotypes made on the coast of Aegina.
New podcast! Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou talks about his work as a landscape archaeologist in Zagori. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/23/u...
Under the Forest
Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou talks about his work as a landscape archaeologist in Zagori.
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New podcast! Julian Hoffman talks about his book Lifelines, and about his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/16/l...
Lifelines
Julian Hoffman talks about his book Lifelines, and about his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river.
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New podcast! Socrates Koursoumis talks about doing mountain archaeology in Greece, and about the ancient boundary stones on the summit ridge of Mount Taygetos. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/25/b...
Boundary stones
Socrates Koursoumis talks about his archaeological research on Mount Taygetos.
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New podcast! Molly Greene from Princeton University talks about her research on the mountain regions of northern Greece in the Ottoman period. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/18/h...
History of the Pindus
Molly Greene talks about her research on the history of the Pindus mountains in Ottoman Greece.
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We're excited to announce the first of our Mountains of Greece episodes in the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast series. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/11/p...
Paths of Greece
Jason König interviews Fivos Tsaravopoulos on his work developing new trail networks in Greece.
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🗻 Still dreaming of Mountains of Greece? Catch up on the @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social podcast now! Further to the great success of the conference "Mountains of Greece" held at the BSA in October 2025, we are delighted to share the new podcast with you here 🗻
British School at Athens : Mountains of Greece podcast
Further to the great success of the conference Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future held at the BSA in October 2025, we are delighted […]
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🏦 Invitation for applications – Trustee Role on BSA Council Deadline for applications: Fri 10 July 2026 🔗 Information and how to apply: www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/05/22/i...
British School at Athens : Invitation for applications – Trustee Role on BSA Council
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of Council of the British School at Athens to serve for four years from 1 April 2027. The BSA aims […]
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Welcome to the participants of the BSA Ceramic Petrology Course 2026! The Fitch Lab is delighted to be hosting 14 participants from all over the world - pictured here during the welcome drinks - for this hands-on training course. #britishschoolatathens #fitchlab #ceramicpetrology #bsacourse
📣 Reminder! Applications are open for the Fitch short-term fellowships until the 5th June #ApplyNow #openforapplications #britishschoolatathens #fitchlaboratory
British School at Athens@britschoolathens.bsky.social · 4mo ago🔬 Opportunity - Fitch short-term fellowships 🔗 full info & application procedure: www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/fello... ⏳ deadline: 5 June 2026
📢 Event reminder! Dr Matthew P. Evans (UCD), “Carving Connections: Inscriptions and the Study of Migration, Mobility, and Networks in the Ancient Greek World" 📆 Tue 26 March 2026 ⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR) 📍 Online only 🔗 More details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/matth...
📣 Event reminder! Dr Effrosyni Charitopoulou "Type of Contact Matters: prosocial behaviour towards asylum seekers and the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece" 📆 Mon 25 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online 🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/effro...
📣 Reminder! Check out this exciting opportunity for early career scholars at the Fitch Lab, open for application until the 12th June
British School at Athens@britschoolathens.bsky.social · 4mo ago🏺 Vacancy - Fitch Laboratory Williams Fellowship in Ceramic Petrology 🔗 full info & application procedure: www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/fello... ⏳ deadline: 12 June 2026
📣 Event reminder! Join us today for the BSA Annual Frede Memorial Lecture which will be given by Professor Hendrik Lorenz (Princeton University). 📆 Mon 18 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online 🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/hendr...
Congratulations to Gonda van Steen, Koraes Professor at King's College London and member of the BSA Committee for Society, Arts and Letters, who is now a Greek citizen! Read more about her research and work with Nostos for Greek-Born Adoptees: www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/soc...
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🔬Next week: Fitch-Wiener Labs seminar🔬 Dr. Anna Lagia (Department of Archaeology, Ghent University), “The Other Side of the Athenian Democracy: Laurion Through the Prism of Bioarchaeology” 📅May 13th at 17:00, in-person only 📍 Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory 🔗 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/anna-...
📣 Event reminder! Annual Bader Archive Lecture: Ann French (Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester [retired]), “Embroideries and Archives: A Research Journey” 📆 Mon 11 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 BSA Upper House & online 🔗 info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ann-f...
A warm welcome to our Artist Researcher in Residence Abbie, Fitch Bursary holder Anna-Maria and AIO Fellow Claudio who are all currently working at the BSA! www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/05/04/w...
British School at Athens : Welcome to the BSA Artist Researcher in Residence, Fitch Bursary holder and AIO Fellow
We are delighted to give a warm welcome to our Artist Researcher in Residence, Fitch Bursary holder and AIO Fellow who are all currently working at the BSA this month. […]
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Please note: The BSA Library & Offices will be closed on 1 May 2026 (Labor day) and on Thursday 7 May (due to exceptional circumstances) 🔗 www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/04/29/1...
British School at Athens : 1 & 7 May 2026 Closure
Please note: The BSA Library & Offices will be closed on 1 May 2026 (Labor day) and all day on Thursday 7 May (due to exceptional circumstances). Thank you for […]
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📣 Event reminder! UAL Research Resident Artist Abbie Vickress "Reimagining the Narrative(s) of Contested Cultural Artefacts" 📆 Mon 4 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online 🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/abbie...
