Book launch: Aigaion by Willy Kyrklund and ‘Under the tall Venetian houses’ Finnish travellers in Corfu by Maria Martzoukou

Published: 2026-03-17

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The Finnish Institute at Athens, the Swedish Institute at Athens, the Corfu Studies Society-Solomos Museum, and Asini Publications invite you to the presentation of the books Aigaion, by the Finnish-Swedish author Willy Kyrklund and ‘Under the tall Venetian houses’ Finnish travellers in Corfu by Maria Martzoukou.

Speakers of the event: Dr. Björn Forsén (University of Helsinki), Maria Martzoukou (translator), Vasilis Sabatakakis (Lund University) and Dimitris Bacharas (Asini Publications). The event is in Greek.

Monday, March 30, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., at the Finnish Institute at Athens, Zitrou 16, Makrygianni.

Retracing Connections online research dialogue

Floire et Blancheflor across languages and culture: on a travelling tale from Persia to Iceland

Published: 2026-03-13

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The Swedish Institute at Athens and the Retracing Connections Research Programme invite you to the fifth Retracing Connections online research dialogue. Join us with Sofia Lodén (Stockholm), Cameron Cross (Michigan), and moderator Adam Goldwyn (Fargo/Uppsala) for an online discussion on

Floire et Blancheflor across languages and culture: on a travelling tale from Persia to Iceland.

The Dialogue takes place online via Zoom on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 18.00 (Athens).

Contemporary Polytheisms in Europe: Reflections on the Possibilities and Limitations of a Comparative Approach

International Workshop

Published: 2026-03-05

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All welcome to the workshop 

Contemporary Polytheisms in Europe: Reflections on the Possibilities and Limitations of a Comparative Approach.

The workshop takes place on Friday, March 20, 2026, in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mit­seon 9, and on­line via Zoom.

Organised by the École française d’Athènes and the Swedish Institute at Athens, with the support of the Programme ReligiS and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

Annual Meeting 2026

Friday, March 27, 2026, at 7 p.m.

Published: 2026-03-03

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The Swedish Institute at Athens invites you to attend its Annual Meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 7 p.m., at the auditorium "Dimitrios Pantermalis" of the Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15. 

Aegean Lecture

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

Published: 2026-03-02

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Aerial photo of the Strong Building, from the SE.

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. 

Athens Greek Religion Seminar

Ιphigeneia Leventi: ”Divine Names versus Divine Identities on Classical Votive Reliefs”

Published: 2026-02-26

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Ιphigeneia Leventi, University of Thessaly, will give a paper entitled

Divine Names versus Divine Identities on Classical Votive Reliefs.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, March 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. 

Small Scholarship Spring Term 2027 at the Swedish Institute at Athens

Published: 2026-02-25

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Styrelsen för Svenska institutet i Athen ledigförklarar härmed ett mindre forskningsstipendium för vårterminen 2027. Stipendiet är avsett för dem som ägnar sig åt vetenskapligt och självständigt studium av ämnen med koppling till Institutets verksamhet och vilkas forskning förutsätter vistelse i Grekland. Studenter och forskare vid svenska universitet samt svenska studenter och forskare knutna till utländska universitet kan söka. Visst företräde ges för sökande från Antikens kultur och samhällsliv, men slutgiltig bedömning sker beroende på ansökningarnas kvalitet och relevans.

Scholarship Spring Term 2027 at the Swedish Institute at Athens

Published: 2026-02-25

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Styrelsen för Svenska institutet i Athen ledigförklarar härmed Institutets stora forskningsstipendium för vårterminen 2027. Stipendiet är avsett för dem som ägnar sig åt vetenskapligt och självständigt studium av ämnen med koppling till Institutets verksamhet som förutsätter vistelse i Grekland. Studenter och forskare vid svenska universitet samt svenska studenter och forskare knutna till utländska universitet kan söka. Visst företräde ges för sökande från Antikens kultur och samhällsliv, men bedömning sker beroende på ansökningarnas kvalitet och relevans.

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