Welcome to the Spring 2026 series of the Athens Greek Religion Seminar.

All seminars will take place at 17h (Athens) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens and online via Zoom.

The Swedish Institute at Athens and Aegeus - Society for Aegean Prehistory are pleased to present the Aegean Lectures for the first semester of 2026. All lectures will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis metro station) at 19:00.

Viktoria Räuchle, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, will give a paper entitled

Chain my Heart! Bound Eros in Graeco-Roman Art and Literature.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

The Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens and Aegeus - So­ci­ety for Aegean Pre­his­tory in­vite you to the lec­ture

Did Ioannis Kapodistrias know about the existence of a “Minoan” civilisation in Crete? Κarl Hoeck, Arthur Evans and the “construction” of the “Minoan” civilisation

by Nektarios Karadimas (Aegeus - Society for Aegean Prehistory).

Friday, January 30, 2026, at 19.00 (Athens), at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station). 

The lecture will be held in Greek. 

Eleni Fassa, Democritus University of Thrace, will give a paper entitled

From Syria to Macedonia: relocation, transformation and interaction in the cult of Atargatis.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Matthew Haysom, Newcastle University, will give a paper entitled

A Sketch in Negative Space:
Religious Materiality in Bronze Age Crete and Syria

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Warmly welcome to an engaging conversation (in swedish) with Alexandra Pascalidou.

Monday, 12 January, at 7:00 p.m., at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.

The Director & Staff of the Swedish Institute at Athens wish you a...

Merry Christmas &
a Happy New Year

Kαλά Χριστούγεννα &
Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Έτος

God Jul & Gott Nytt År