British School at Athens
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📣 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...
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
📣 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...
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...
Our current Studentship holders are Ben Cassell, the Richard Bradford McConnell Student (King's College London) and Dr Nikki Vellidis, the Cary Student (University of Oxford), pictured here. Dr James Hua, the Macmillan-Rodewald Student (University of Oxford) will be joining us in January 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our current Studentship holders are Ben Cassell, the Richard Bradford McConnell Student (King's College London) and Dr Nikki Vellidis, the Cary Student (University of Oxford), pictured here. Dr James Hua, the Macmillan-Rodewald Student (University of Oxford) will be joining us in January 2026.
This year's Visiting Fellows are Prof. Nicoletta Momigliano (University of Bristol) and Dr Lorenzo Calvelli (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia).
The current BSA/UAL Artist in Residence is Ilenia Cipollari (Wimbledon College of Arts).
The current BSA/UAL Artist in Residence is Ilenia Cipollari (Wimbledon College of Arts).
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This year's Visiting Fellows are Prof. Nicoletta Momigliano (University of Bristol) and Dr Lorenzo Calvelli (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia).
The current BSA/UAL Artist in Residence is Ilenia Cipollari (Wimbledon College of Arts).
The current BSA/UAL Artist in Residence is Ilenia Cipollari (Wimbledon College of Arts).
📢 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”
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
📢 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”
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”
🎉 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.
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
🎉 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.
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.
If you’ve been thinking about taking part but were still finalising your application — now’s your chance! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the material culture and archaeology of Bronze Age Greece, guided by leading researchers.
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you’ve been thinking about taking part but were still finalising your application — now’s your chance! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the material culture and archaeology of Bronze Age Greece, guided by leading researchers.
📢 Event reminder!
📆 Tue 4 Nov 2025
⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR)
📍 online only
🔗 For more details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../rebecca-...
📆 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!
📆 Tue 4 Nov 2025
⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR)
📍 online only
🔗 For more details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../rebecca-...
📆 Tue 4 Nov 2025
⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR)
📍 online only
🔗 For more details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../rebecca-...
📣 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...
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
📣 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...
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...
⌛ 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-...
⏰ 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
⌛ 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-...
⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email assistant.director [at] bsa.ac.uk
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...
📣 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...
📆 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
📣 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...
📆 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...
This work is part of his ceramic analysis of pottery identified during the Kampos Survey Project on Syros Island, directed by the National Museum of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Dr Lasse Sørensen.
📸 Thanks to Sergio for sharing these beautiful photographs
📸 Thanks to Sergio for sharing these beautiful photographs
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This work is part of his ceramic analysis of pottery identified during the Kampos Survey Project on Syros Island, directed by the National Museum of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Dr Lasse Sørensen.
📸 Thanks to Sergio for sharing these beautiful photographs
📸 Thanks to Sergio for sharing these beautiful photographs
⛏ 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.
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
⛏ 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.
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.
🎙 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...
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
🎙 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...
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...
🔔 Event reminder!
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🔔 Event reminder!
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
📣 Event reminder!
Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman.
📆 Wed 22 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration (in-person attendance is sold out): www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman.
📆 Wed 22 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration (in-person attendance is sold out): www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
October 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📣 Event reminder!
Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman.
📆 Wed 22 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration (in-person attendance is sold out): www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman.
📆 Wed 22 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration (in-person attendance is sold out): www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
🔔 New fellowship opportunity! AIO Fellow at the BSA @atticinscriptions.bsky.social
🌐Further details: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/24/a...
📝Application link: apply.bsa.ac.uk/s/applicatio...
⏱ Deadline: Wednesday, 15th October 2025
🌐Further details: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/24/a...
📝Application link: apply.bsa.ac.uk/s/applicatio...
⏱ Deadline: Wednesday, 15th October 2025
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🔔 New fellowship opportunity! AIO Fellow at the BSA @atticinscriptions.bsky.social
🌐Further details: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/24/a...
📝Application link: apply.bsa.ac.uk/s/applicatio...
⏱ Deadline: Wednesday, 15th October 2025
🌐Further details: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/24/a...
📝Application link: apply.bsa.ac.uk/s/applicatio...
⏱ Deadline: Wednesday, 15th October 2025
Save the date 📅
Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond
📆 21 November 2025
📍Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Str, 106 72 Athens, Greece
❔Event time & further info to be announced
🌐 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/remem...
Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond
📆 21 November 2025
📍Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Str, 106 72 Athens, Greece
❔Event time & further info to be announced
🌐 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/remem...
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Save the date 📅
Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond
📆 21 November 2025
📍Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Str, 106 72 Athens, Greece
❔Event time & further info to be announced
🌐 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/remem...
Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond
📆 21 November 2025
📍Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Str, 106 72 Athens, Greece
❔Event time & further info to be announced
🌐 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/remem...
📣 Event reminder!
Poetry reading by Ben Verinder, Environmental Poet of the Year 2024, and Paul O’Prey, winner of the Publisher Award 2024 (Dare-Gale press).
📆 Mon 6 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 19:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/poetr...
Poetry reading by Ben Verinder, Environmental Poet of the Year 2024, and Paul O’Prey, winner of the Publisher Award 2024 (Dare-Gale press).
📆 Mon 6 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 19:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/poetr...
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 Event reminder!
Poetry reading by Ben Verinder, Environmental Poet of the Year 2024, and Paul O’Prey, winner of the Publisher Award 2024 (Dare-Gale press).
📆 Mon 6 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 19:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/poetr...
Poetry reading by Ben Verinder, Environmental Poet of the Year 2024, and Paul O’Prey, winner of the Publisher Award 2024 (Dare-Gale press).
📆 Mon 6 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 19:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/poetr...
New course alert! 🔔
'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'
⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email our Assistant Director
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...
'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'
⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email our Assistant Director
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...
September 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New course alert! 🔔
'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'
⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email our Assistant Director
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...
'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'
⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email our Assistant Director
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...
We warmly thank our partners: the village of Toumba, the municipality of Emanouil Papas and its cultural department, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres, and the Greek Ministry of Culture for their support. Also our funding bodies, York University & TETRARCHs for its commitment to data use & reuse
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We warmly thank our partners: the village of Toumba, the municipality of Emanouil Papas and its cultural department, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres, and the Greek Ministry of Culture for their support. Also our funding bodies, York University & TETRARCHs for its commitment to data use & reuse
Highlights included discovering the best-preserved Neolithic house so far at the site and a remarkably intact female figurine. Beyond archaeology in the community-based dimension: two major artistic performances led by Eloise Moody, strengthening ties between heritage and contemporary local life.
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Highlights included discovering the best-preserved Neolithic house so far at the site and a remarkably intact female figurine. Beyond archaeology in the community-based dimension: two major artistic performances led by Eloise Moody, strengthening ties between heritage and contemporary local life.
⛏️ Fieldwork 2025
This season (23 June–5 July) marked the conclusion of our excavation cycle at Toumba Serron, directed by Dimitra Malamidou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres), Nicolas Zorzin, and James Taylor (University of York) with a team of 17–18 staff, students and specialists.
This season (23 June–5 July) marked the conclusion of our excavation cycle at Toumba Serron, directed by Dimitra Malamidou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres), Nicolas Zorzin, and James Taylor (University of York) with a team of 17–18 staff, students and specialists.
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
⛏️ Fieldwork 2025
This season (23 June–5 July) marked the conclusion of our excavation cycle at Toumba Serron, directed by Dimitra Malamidou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres), Nicolas Zorzin, and James Taylor (University of York) with a team of 17–18 staff, students and specialists.
This season (23 June–5 July) marked the conclusion of our excavation cycle at Toumba Serron, directed by Dimitra Malamidou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres), Nicolas Zorzin, and James Taylor (University of York) with a team of 17–18 staff, students and specialists.
📖 Opportunity alert! 📕
The BSA invites applications for the role of Co-Editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history.
For more information, visit: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/16/v...
The BSA invites applications for the role of Co-Editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history.
For more information, visit: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/16/v...
September 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📖 Opportunity alert! 📕
The BSA invites applications for the role of Co-Editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history.
For more information, visit: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/16/v...
The BSA invites applications for the role of Co-Editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history.
For more information, visit: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/16/v...
BSA Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology, Dr. Sergios Menelaou (CHS Fellow 2024–25, right), and Assistant Director, Dr. Giorgos Mouratidis (CHS Fellow 2025–26, left), at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece for the fifth annual Research Workshop in Nafplio a few weeks ago ✨
September 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BSA Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology, Dr. Sergios Menelaou (CHS Fellow 2024–25, right), and Assistant Director, Dr. Giorgos Mouratidis (CHS Fellow 2025–26, left), at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece for the fifth annual Research Workshop in Nafplio a few weeks ago ✨
Lecture and Wine-tasting 🍷 including a lecture by Dr Emlyn Dodd (ICS), a tasting of six Greek wines led by Alix Robinson and a raffle.
📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...
📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...
September 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Lecture and Wine-tasting 🍷 including a lecture by Dr Emlyn Dodd (ICS), a tasting of six Greek wines led by Alix Robinson and a raffle.
📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...
📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...