Check out the blog post written by our intern, Nicole Kulova—a student from York University—about her experience working abroad this summer at the CIG! Blog: www.cig-icg.gr/from-my-time... #greece #intern #travel #yorkuniversity #canada

The CIG's Summer School offered a group of students from the Université de Montréal an opportunity to immerse themselves in Greek Classical art. View their sketches in the latest summer school blog, available here: FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/greece-th... EN: www.cig-icg.gr/greece-throu... #greece #art

The Agora Museum occupies the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, built 150 BCE as a royal gift and commercial centre. Burned in 267 CE, it was rebuilt in 1953–56 to house finds from the Agora excavations. Entry is included with the Agora ticket. #Athens #History

An advantage of interning at the CIG is the opportunity to explore more of Europe while based in Athens. In June, our intern Nicole visited Vienna, where she toured the UN headquarters, sampled local delicacies, and explored the city's history, art, and architecture. #intern #travel #vienna

The anglophone Summer School, taking place throughout Attica and the Peloponnese from May 17 to June 6, has concluded, with our students sharing their experiences on our blog. Blog: www.cig-icg.gr/the-anglopho...

Today, the Roman Pantheon remains an active Catholic church, an important pilgrimage site, one of Rome’s most visited landmarks, and the burial place of the Renaissance master Raphael and several Italian monarchs. #italy #rome #pantheon #history #travel

CIG’s first bilingual Cyclades & Crete Summer School recently concluded, with francophone and anglophone students taught in their own language. Read their experiences on our blog. EN: www.cig-icg.gr/the-discover... FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/the-disco... #AncientGreece #Archaeology #StudyAbroad

The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens was established in 1914 for the preservation of Greece’s Byzantine and Post-Byzantine heritage. Today, it houses over 25,000 artifacts spanning from the 3rd century AD to the 20th century AD. #christianity #greece #athens #history #museum

The memories of thousands of souls entombed in marble. The First Cemetery of Athens, founded in 1838, commemorates the deaths of many revolutionary heroes, prime ministers, benefactors, creatives, and Nobel laureates, as well as the birth of the Greek state. #greece #athens #history #culture

Our francophone Summer School recently concluded, and students reflected on their exploration of the Peloponnese. Read in our website: FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/on-the-ro... EN: www.cig-icg.gr/on-the-road-... #CanadianInstituteInGreece #summerschool #archaeology #ancientgreece #studyabroad

The remnants of Athens' civic heart, 2,500 years later. The Agora served as the city-state's principal civic stage for council business, law, record-keeping, cult, commemoration, exchange, public performance, festival procession, and socializing. #athens #aesthetic #greece #travel #scenery

In collaboration with the Canadian Institute in Greece, Metaixmio Publications invites you to meet Canadian writer Éric Chacour on the occasion of the Greek translation of his novel "What I Know About You". INFO: www.metaixmio.gr/el/event/sunadhsh-kai-gnorimia-me-ton-kanado-sugrafea-Éric-Chacour

Since 2022, CIG’s 3-week Summer Schools have brought Canadian students face to face with Greece’s archaeological heritage. Our first bilingual Cyclades & Crete program just wrapped—read their reflections: EN: www.cig-icg.gr/exploring-th... FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/exploring...

Exploring the Ancient Aegean: The 2026 Cyclades and Crete Summer School

The 2026 Cyclades and Crete CIG Summer School has officially begun. From May 10th to May 29th, students are travelling across Athens, the Cycladic islands, and Crete to study Greek history from the...

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On the southern slope of the Acropolis stands one of Athens’ great performance landscapes, housing the Theatre of Dionysus and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. #acropolis #athens #theatre #archaeology #history

Originally founded in 1865 on the site of the Acropolis for the conservation of antiquities from the hill, the Acropolis Museum houses artifacts from the Acropolis’ sanctuaries, temples, and slopes. #acropolismuseum #athens #archaeology #acropolis #culturalheritage

Since 2022, the CIG has been running SUMMER SCHOOLS for Canadian students. The francophone Summer School taking place throughout Attica and the Peloponnese recently concluded with students sharing their experience on our blog. FR: www.cig-icg.gr/fr/athens-an... EN: www.cig-icg.gr/athens-an-op...

After ascending the Acropolis and circling the Parthenon, one is met with the marble figures of the Erechtheion‘s five remaining Caryatids (or Korai). These are not the original Caryatids, as those are housed in the Acropolis Museum. However, they hold the same symbolic weight. #athens #Erechtheion

As the 2025-2026 Neda and Franz Leipen Fellowship comes to a close, Eric Del Fabbro reflects on his year of research, writing, travel, and community at the Canadian Institute in Greece. Read about Eric's sojourn in Greece here: www.cig-icg.gr/a-fond-farew...

A fond farewell: Looking back at my time at the Canadian Institute

Looking back on my year as the Neda and Franz Leipen Fellow at the Canadian Institute in Greece, I am incredibly grateful for all the opportunities and experiences I’ve had. My main focus this academ...

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REMINDER: Dr. Henk Stam’s lecture “Photographs from the Field” and the opening of “Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece” take place tomorrow at 7 PM at CIG’s Nick Mirkopoulos Centre, Orminiou 3A, Athens. More info: www.cig-icg.gr/event/lectur... #Athens #Greece #lecture #photography

The Parthenon, dedicated to Athena, at the Acropolis, has miraculously withstood time for almost 2,500 years; its Doric architecture has survived multiple conflicts that resulted in it being blown up, looted, and reconstructed into different religious temples. #athens #parthenon #history #greece

UPCOMING LECTURE & EXHIBITION: Please join us at 7 pm on June 11 for Dr. Henk Stam’s lecture, “Photographs from the Field” and the opening of a photo exhibition, “Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece”. Click the link for more info: www.cig-icg.gr/event/lectur...

Lecture & Photo Exhibition Opening

Dr. Henk Stam, “Photographs from the Field” “Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece” The exhibition Unexpected Encounters: Roadside Shrines in Greece features Dr. Henk Stam’s photogra...

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To honour those who fought for Greece’s freedom, the Greek State established the History of War Museum in 1975, which today has several branches and Annexes throughout Greece. #greece #athens #history #war #museum

The Lyceum—unearthed in 1996—was a place of philosophical discussion for Protagoras, Socrates, and Aristotle. It and the nearby Ilissos river are the setting for Plato’s dialogues on friendship (“Lysis”) and ascensive manic love (“Phaedrus”). #archaeology #athens #greece #philosophy #Aristotle

Constructed in 570 BC, destroyed in a 510 BC fire, and rebuilt between 500 and 490 BC, the Temple of Athena Aphaia on the island of Aegina stands in worship to the goddesses of the temple's namesake. #aegina #greece #archaeology #mythology #apxaiolovia

Beginning in 1878 as a small collection exhibited at the University of Athens, the National Gallery of Greece houses 20,000 works of art, showcasing the transformations in Greek and European art (and, currently, the Russian avant-garde) from medieval iconography to contemporary abstraction. #art

Join us on May 27, 19:00, for the Institute's 50th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition, "The Canadian Institute, 1976-2026". Info: www.cig-icg.gr/event/annual... Live-stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGj4... You must RSVP to info@cig-icg.gr #archaeology #classics #greece #canada

50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Institute

The director / Le directeur / Ο διευθυντής, Prof. Jacques Perreault cordially invites you to the / a le plaisir de vous inviter aux / έχει την χαρά να σας προσκαλέσει στον 50th Anniversary Celeb...

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The Panathenaic Stadium preserves nearly 2500 years of Athenian history. During the Panathenaia, Athenians honored Athena here with races, boxing, and the pentathlon, awarding victors sacred olive oil tied to Athena’s mythic contest with Poseidon. #sports #archaeology #greece #athens #history

Did you know Aegina once rivalled Athens as a trading centre before Athens conquered it in 459/458 BCE? Today, Aegina’s Temple of Apollo stands as a lone column visible from its port—a trace of the hill’s prehistoric, Classical, and Byzantine lives. #Aegina #Archaeology #Greece #History #Myth

The CIG invites you to join us for a co-sponsored workshop, "From Pleistocene to Anthropocene: The Challenges of Representing Long-Term History" on Friday, 22 May, from 09.00 to 17.30 at the Danish Institute at Athens. Program: www.cig-icg.gr/event/intern... #athens #workshop #greece #archaeology

International Workshop, “From the Pleistocene to Anthropocene: Navigating The Challenges of Representing Long-Term History”

PROGRAM 09:00 – 09:15 Opening Remarks (Carter & Crewson)09:15 – 12:15 Panel 1 – Theorizing & Representing Deep-Time (Chair: Tristan Carter)09:15 – 09:45 – Ian Hodder: ‘'What goes around comes aroun...

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Many of Greece’s most defining transformations, exhibited at the Museum of Modern Greek Culture, have taken place within the last 200 years. The preservation and interpretation of the sites studied at the CIG have been shaped by this history! #history #greece #athens #culture