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

Ida Östenberg, University of Gothenburg, will give a lecture entitled

Dulce et Decorum – to Die for the Fatherland in Ancient Greece and Rome.

The lec­ture will be given in a hybrid format on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 18h Rome, 19h Athens time, with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and online via Zoom.

The Swedish Institute at Athens invites you to the 4th Agatha, Crime Book Festival, organized by Α.Μ.Κ.Ε. Agatha and Monogram bookstore, that is going to be held during the period May, 3-25, 2023.

On behalf of the Swedish Institute at Athens, we would like to specially draw your attention to the following events:

The Swedish Institute at Athens invites you to a seminar by Ditte Kvist Johnson, University of Gothenburg, entitled

Between a rock and a hard place. Identifying statue bases from Hellenistic and Roman Athens.

The seminar takes place on Monday, May 15, 2023, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mit­seon 9, and on­line via Zoom.

Signs of the Times

The Archaeology of Late Bronze Age Kydonia/Khania

Friday, May 26 – Saturday, May 27, 2023

Location:
Lecture Hall, Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm

The Director and the staff of the Swedish Institute at Athens wish you a...

Happy Easter

Glad Påsk

Καλό Πάσχα

Marion Meyer, University of Vienna, will give a paper entitled

Death of a parthenos: the Case(s) of Aglauros.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and via Zoom link. 

Liminal Spaces in Byzantium and Beyond

Perceptions, performativity, placemaking

Thursday, April 27 – Saturday, April 29, 2023

Location:
Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9

Organizers: 
Prof. In­gela Nils­son (Up­p­sala Uni­ver­sity)
Ass. Prof. Myrto Veikou (Uni­ver­sity of Pa­tras) & Re­searcher (Up­p­sala Uni­ver­sity)
As­soc. Prof. Buket Ki­tapçı Bayrı (In­de­pen­dent Re­searcher)

Distant Deities, Central Places

Reconsidering the ”Extra-urban” Sanctuary

Thursday, April 6 – Saturday, April 8, 2023

Location:
Lecture hall of the Italian Archaeological School at Athens, Parthenonos 14

Organizers: 
Axel Frejman, Uppsala University
Christina Williamson, Groningen University
Floris van den Eijnde, Utrecht University