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

Beyond the surface: Technology and alteration of vitreous materials in the LBA Aegean

by Artemios Oikonomou (Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens).

Friday, May 8, 2026, at 19.00 (Athens), at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station). 

The lecture will be held in English. 

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.

Warmly welcome to a presentation of the volume Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations of Women in Fictional Epistolography by Prof. Vassilios Vertoudakis & Dr Marianna Thoma, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in dialogue with the author Dr Antonios Pontoropoulos (Affiliated researcher, Swedish Institute in Rome/Uppsala University).

The event will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 19h (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 in­vites you to a lecture by Dr Christopher Nuttall, Swedish Institute at Athens, entitled

Beyond the Major Islands. The Little Islandscapes of the Saronic Project 2024-2025.

The lec­ture takes place on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 19.00 (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

Domestic structure and kinship relations through an archaeological approach: The case of the Strong Building and the Minoan settlement of Kato Zakros

by Maria Kyritsi (Dr of Archaeology).

Friday, March 6, 2026, at 19.00 (Athens), at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station). 

The lecture will be held in English. 

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

Threads of Prestige. The textiles from the Grave Circles of Mycenae

by Stella Spantidaki (ARTEX Centre – Hellenic Centre for Research and Conservation of Archaeological Textiles).

Friday, February 20, 2026, at 19.00 (Athens), at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station). 

The lecture will be held in English. 

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. 

The Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome welcome you to the next lecture in the series Bridges.

Cecilie Brøns, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen), will give a paper entitled

The Scent of Graeco-Roman Sculpture.

The lecture takes place on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 19h Athens time (18h Rome) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and online via Zoom.