We celebrated this year’s European Day of Languages at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Cente.
The Swedish Institute and the Swedish School at Athens participated in the Multilingual Festival for the celebration of the European Day of Languages, that was held on the Ground Floor of the National Library of Greece, at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Cente, Athens, Saturday 23 September 2017, 10.00 to 15.00.
Opening keynote lectures by Philippe Borgeaud and Angelos Chaniotis.
Attached file: Information about the conference, Poster, Programme
For any questions about this conference, please contact the organizers:
Stavros Perentidis perentid[at]otenet.gr
Maria Patera, maria.patera1[at]gmail.com
In the autumn of 2017, the Swedish Institute at Athens, in collaboration with Uppsala University and Stockholm University, will organize an advanced level course about the concept of democracy. Democratic governance is something that is usually taken for granted in the Western world, but what does “democracy” really mean? What counted as democracy yesterday, what is democracy today, and how will we understand it tomorrow?
Welcome to the Autumn 2017 series of Athens Greek Religion Seminars.
The third season of work at the fortified settlement of Malthi in Messenia started on June 5th. Excavation will be carried out for the coming four weeks. The overarching aim is to establish a chronological sequence for the settlement’s architecture and pottery. Preliminary results suggest that the settlement was occupied from Middle Helladic II to Late Helladic IIB/IIIA1 Early, but that most of the architecture visible today, including the impressive fortification, was erected in Late Helladic I.
The workshop Going Against the Flow focuses on the use of wells and cisterns, how these installations functioned and were used in ancient Greece, as well as how they can be better integrated into our understanding of the ancient water supply.
The Swedish Institute at Athens has invited the jazz band Andreas Hourdakis Trio to perform at the:
Furthermore, the Andreas Hourdakis Trio will give a master class and a concert for the students of the department of Music Studies at Ionian University
The Swedish Institute at Athens and Nafplion Archaeological Museum are celebrating the European Night of Museums 2017, featuring George Tossikian (http://tossikian.webs.com/).
Download file: Poster