The Swedish Institute at Athens has the pleasure of inviting you to the presentation of the book

The Sanctuary of Ayia Irini Reconsidered. A Quest for Gods and Territories,

that takes place on Friday, November 14, 2025, at 19.00, in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and online via Zoom.

Jois us with Prof. Nota Kourou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Prof. Giorgos Vavouranakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Dr Anna Lekka, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, in dialogue with the author Dr Giorgos Bourogiannis.

Silvia Negro, Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, will give a paper entitled

The Cult of Apollo Zoster at Halai Aixonides in the 5th and 4th Centuries BC. 

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 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 the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul welcome you to the 2025 Gustav Karlsson Lecture on Byzantine Culture and Literature.

Dr. Emir Alışık, Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), will give a paper entitled 

Once and Future Ruins
Constantinopolitan Afterlives in the Fifteenth-Century Italian Imagination.

The lecture takes place on Friday, November 21, 2025, at 18:00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, Istiklal Caddesi 247, and on­line via Zoom. 

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.

Möjlighet till fältarbete i Pergamos, en arkaisk till senromersk befäst plats nära Kavalla i norra Grekland den 14 juni till 5 juli 2026. Upp till fyra platser erbjuds och projektet står för resor, boende och traktamente. Deadline för ansökan är 15 december.

För frågor kontakta patrik.klingborg@antiken.uu.se