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

Vikings in the Mediterranean

November 27-30, 2019

Stefano Caneva, Università degli Studi di Padova / FNRS Université de Liège, will give a talk entitled Isotheos between Alexander and Augustus: From ritual equation to conceptual hierarchy

Tuesday November 12, 2019, at 15.00, at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.

Welcome!

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

The “new” clothes of the Hero. New results from the on-going study of the textiles from Lefkandi (lecture in Greek)

by Stella Spantidaki & Christina Margariti

Friday, 8 November, 2019, at 19.00, at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station)

Sync Curatorial Fellowship and the Nordic Association’s Curatorial Residency in Stockholm (CRIS) invites you for a drink and a conversation with curators Marita Muukkonen, Jonatan Habib Engqvist and artist Georges Salameh, coordinated by sync’s second edition Fellow, Power Ekroth, at the Swedish Institute at Athens on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.

Swedish Institute at Athens,
6 Mitseon Street, Athens
Doors open at 19:00. Conversation starts at 19:30.

The refreshments served are designed by the collective ‘Greece is for Lovers.’

The conversation will be conducted in English.

Panagiotis Iossif, Belgian School at Athens/
Radboud University Nijmegen, will give a talk entitled Chremata and Symbola. How to consider divine attributes on royal heads: A numismatic perspective

Wednesday December 4, 2019, at 15.00, at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.

Welcome!

Attached files: Seminar flyer, Abstract

For any questions about this or coming seminars, please contact the organizer Jenny Wallensten (jenny.wallensten[at]sia[dot]gr)

The Swedish Institute at Athens invites you to attend the Gustav Karlsson Biannual Lecture on Byzantine Civilization

From Ancient Models to Byzantine Literature: Studying Classics in Byzantium by Baujke van den Berg, Central European University (Budapest)

Friday November 1, 2019, at 19.00 at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.

The Water Series will continue on Tuesday, October 29,  19.00, at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9) with the lecture Exploring the operation of Athensʼ Hadrianic aqueduct by P. Defteraios, N. Mamassis, G. Sachinis and E. Nestoridou.

Welcome!

Stavros Oikonomidis, Arcadia University & Nelli Skoumi, Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology, will give a talk entitled Clay hands from the Cave of the Nymph Coroneia, in Boeotia. Gestures, rituals and the dynamics of symbolism of the hand

Tuesday October 15, 2019, at 15.00, at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.