In a time when we cannot meet face to face, we want to celebrate fruitful meetings of the past. Therefore we offer our conference proceeding for only 199 SEK / 19 € each.

Welcome to the Spring 2021 series of Athens Greek Religion Seminars.

All seminars will take place at 17h (Athens time) via Zoom until further notice.

The Swedish Institute at Athens is pleased to invite you to the international conference

Apotropaia and Phylakteriα Confronting Evil in Ancient Greece

June 23-25 , 2021

Axel Frejman, Uppsala University, will give a talk entitled A Broader View: Understanding Activities Outside the Temenos of Rural Sanctuaries.

The seminar takes place Tuesday February 9, 2021, 17.00 (Athens time) via Zoom link. 

To participate, please contact katerina.gabierakis@sia.gr (registration is obligatory).

Warmly welcome!

Colleen Kron, Ohio State University/Stockholm University, will give a talk entitled “Children in the thiasos?” Evidence for the Initiation of Children into Orphic-Bacchic Mystery Cults.

The seminar takes place Tuesday January 19, 2021, 17.00 (Athens time) via Zoom link. 

To participate, please contact katerina.gabierakis@sia.gr (registration is obligatory).

Warmly welcome!

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

God Jul och Gott Nytt År

Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year

Kαλά Χριστούγεννα
και
Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Έτος

We are happy to announce that we continue our collaboration with the jazz departments of Music Studies at Ionian University and Fridhems Folkhögskola, organizing a digital jazz concert and two workshops for their students on Friday, December 18.

Participating musicians:
Andreas Hourdakis - Guitar
Orfeas Wärdig Tsoukalas - Saxophone
Magnus Bergström - Contrabass
Johan Birgenius - Drums

The recording of the joint Annual Open Meeting of the Swedish, Finish, Norwegian and Danish Institutes at Athens is now available on the YouTube channel of the Nordic Library at Athens.

Attached files: Video link