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📣 Opportunity Alert!

The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (SPHS) and the British School at Athens (BSA) invite applications for the role of co-editor of Archaeological Reports (AR).

📄 Find out more: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/26/j...
⏳Deadline: 12.00 noon EET 31 December 2025
British School at Athens : Job Advertisement: Co-editor of Archaeological Reports
Co-editor of Archaeological Reports Honorarium: £500 per annum Closing Date: 12.00 noon EET 31 December 2025 The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (SPHS) and the British School at […]
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November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
📣 Event reminder!

Join us for next week's Upper House Seminar by our current Richard Bradford McConnell student Ben Cassell (King’s College London).

📆 Mon 1 December 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 Info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ben-c...
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📺 Tune in to Crete TV on Wednesday to catch Knossos Curator Kostis Christakis on Personal Stories! Συντονιστείτε στo Κρήτη TV την Τετάρτη για να δείτε τον Κωστή Χριστάκη, Επιμελητή του Ερευνητικού Κέντρου Κνωσού, στην εκπομπή Προσωπικές Ιστορίες! 📺

▶️ Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-X...
Προσωπικές Ιστορίες | Κωστής Χρηστάκης - Τετάρτη 26 Νοεμβρίου στις 21:45 - trailer
YouTube video by ΚΡΗΤΗ TV
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November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Still thinking about Mountains? 🗻

Check out this film featuring @archaeo-zagori.bsky.social (one of the organisers of last month's conference @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social) which documents the brilliant Boulouki project that Faidon covered in his conference paper.

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ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ | REAPPEARANCES
YouTube video by Boulouki
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November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📣 Event reminder!

Join us for next week's event by our current Artist in Residence Ilenia Cipollari (University of the Arts London).

📆 Mon 24 November 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ileni...
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🗳 Calling all BSA Supporters - you can now nominate a member of Council!
📅 Deadline: 19 December 2025
🔗 Info: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/17/n...
⚠️ Please note: Nominations may only be made by current BSA Supporters who are up to date with their subscriptions.
British School at Athens : Nominations to Council by Supporters – 2026
Nominations are invited for one vacancy on Council, to serve for four years from 1 April 2026. The current membership of Council can be found by visiting the Governance page […]
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November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
💫 A big BSA welcome!

We're delighted to officially welcome our current Visiting Fellows, Students and Artist in Residence to the BSA for the academic year 2025-26.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢 Vacancy on the Crete Subcommittee

Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee to serve for four years from 1 April 2026.

Check out our website to find out more! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/07/v...

Deadline: Friday 19 December
British School at Athens : Vacancy on the Crete Subcommittee
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee (https://www.bsa.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Annexe-A_ToR_Oct-2025.pdf) to serve for four years from ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢 Course Alert!

Discover the rich legacy of the Olympics in our one-week residential course at the British School at Athens: “History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games – understanding ancient ideas and communicating modern ideals”
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Calling SAS Students: Turing Scheme Funding is available to support travel to a partner institution and work or study abroad.

Partners include @bsrome.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social
The Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition (OBTA) at the University of Warsaw shorturl.at/yUCPi
The Turing Scheme
The Turing Scheme is the UK Government's global programme to provide funding for international opportunities in education and training across the world.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Edyta Marzec!

We are delighted to share that Edyta Marzec, a long-standing member of the Fitch Laboratory team, has been awarded the Petros D. Goneos Award for the 2025–26 academic year.
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New Deadline! 17 Nov 2025!
Job Vacancy

The BSA is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the support of payroll processing, daily accounting tasks and invoices. You will work closely with the BSA Accountant.

🗓️ Deadline: 10 Nov 2025

www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/10/17/j...
British School at Athens : Job Vacancy: Assistant Accountant
The British School at Athens (BSA) is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the support of payroll processing, daily accounting […]
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November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
⏰Last chance!

📅 New deadline: Mon 10 Nov 2025
📍 Course Dates: 12 January - 22 January 2026 in Greece
💡 Course Highlights: 10 days of lectures, hands-on sessions, guided museum visits in Athens, site-visits across the Peloponnese and other key Bronze Age locations

🔗 www.bsa.ac.uk/.../the-art-...
British School at Athens : The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece
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November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Check out "The Statues from the Antikythera Shipwreck, 125 Years Later" by Brian Martens, now available on the Cambridge University Press blog!

www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

#classicalstudies
#underwaterarchaeology
#antikytherashipwreck
The Statues from the Antikythera Shipwreck, 125 Years Later « Classics# « Cambridge Core Blog
In the mid-1st century BCE, a freighter laden with Greek art was sailing westward in the Mediterranean when it crashed and rapidly foundered, taking some of its crew and passengers down with it. In 19...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📢 Opportunity alert!
The BSA is seeking an organised and highly motivated recent University graduate for a full time (0.5 FTE Library and 0.5 FTE Archive), fixed term contract (6 months).
🌐 Further info on the position & application process: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../library-...
⏳ Deadline: 7 Nov 2025
British School at Athens : Library/Archive assistant – fixed term, 6 months
The British School at Athens is seeking an organised and highly motivated recent University graduate for a full time (0.5 FTE Library and 0.5 FTE Archive), fixed term contract (6 […]
www.bsa.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📢 Event reminder!

📆 Tue 4 Nov 2025
⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR)
📍 online only
🔗 For more details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../rebecca-...
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📣 Event reminder!

Professor Polly Low (Durham University), “Towards a new history of ancient Greek empire(s)”

📆 Mon 3 Nov 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/polly...
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⌛ Deadline approaching for the new BSA course on 'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'.
⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email assistant.director [at] bsa.ac.uk
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📣 Event reminder!

📆 Thu 30 Oct 2025
⏰ Friends' AGM: 17:30 (GR) Lecture: 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/angel...
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
⛏ Williams Fellow fieldwork on Syros

Our Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology, Sergios Menelaou, has recently been on a short field trip to trace and collect geological/raw material samples from northern Syros.
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Job Vacancy

The BSA is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the support of payroll processing, daily accounting tasks and invoices. You will work closely with the BSA Accountant.

🗓️ Deadline: 10 Nov 2025

www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/10/17/j...
British School at Athens : Job Vacancy: Assistant Accountant
The British School at Athens (BSA) is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the support of payroll processing, daily accounting […]
www.bsa.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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TOMORROW!
SOLD OUT but available to join online at link below. Can’t wait to talk WRITING GREECE with the wonderful @julianhoffman.bsky.social at
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Delighted to be joining @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social at the @britschoolathens.bsky.social on Oct 22nd to talk about our recent books and how Greece has changed our lives and shaped us as writers. The in-person event is sold out but can be attended online via the link.

www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Members & Readers: please note that due to the National Holiday, the BSA Library will be closed to Readers on the 27-28 October 2025 inclusive. The BSA Offices will also be closed.
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British School at Athens : 28th October 2025 Closure
Members & Readers: please note that due to the National Holiday, the BSA Library will be closed to Readers on the 27-28 October 2025 inclusive. The BSA Offices will also […]
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October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎙 BSA on the BBC!

Last night our Director Rebecca Sweetman spoke on BBC Radio 4's PM about seeing the Parthenon without its scaffolding for the first time in decades! It won't last for long, so those of you in Athens should catch it while you can.

Listen from 52:30: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM