The workshop Digitizing the cultural heritage was held at the Swedish institute at Athens on Wednesday 16th March 2016 presenting the results of a three year infrastructural project aimed at inventorying and digitizing material from Swedish archaeological fieldwork in Greece, as well as the digitization project by the National Archive of Monuments at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Program

9.00-9.30      Background – the Swedish field projects in Greece, Arto Penttinen

9.30-10.00    The infrastructural project at SIA, Anne Ingvarsson-Sundström

10.00-10.30  Coffee break

10.30-11.30  Developing the PRAGMATA database, Hans Liss

11.30-12.00  Digitizing the Asine collection in Uppsala, Gullög Nordquist

12.00-13.00  Lunch break

13.00-14.00  The National Archive of Monuments: the digital facet of Greek cultural heritage, Dr. Alexandra Alexandri, Directorate for the Administration of the National Archive of Monuments, the Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods, Hellenic Ministry of Culture

14.00-          Discussions on topics raised by the presentations above Moderator: Michael Lindblom

16.00           Reception at the Swedish Institute at Athens

The workshop that was held on 3 March 2016, brought together NGOs and voluntary organizations us­ing arts and artistic creativity as a working method to support and help immigrants, refugees and other minority groups with their inte­gration, learning, mental and social change.

The Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attika, Pireus and Islands, has invited the Swedish Institute’s director, Arto Penttinen, and assistant director, Jenny Wallensten  to give a lecture about the sanctuary of Poseidon on Poros.

The lecture will take Place at the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus on Wednesday 17th of February, at 7 p.m.

Attached file: Invitation

The Swedish Institute at Athens and Aegeus-Society for Aegean Prehistory are very pleased to announce the Aegean lectures for spring 2016.

Welcome to the Spring 2016 series of Athens Greek Religion Seminars.

This programme investigates whether we can identify continuity of cult between different periods of Greek antiquity. What did Herakles have in common with St Michael, if anything? Why were certain ancient temples transformed into churches while others were destroyed? In certain places we seem to be able to identify long-term use for religious purposes, but does this mean continuous ritual activity or should we assume intermittent breaks with subsequent revivals of religious use?

On Saturday the 28th of November, 2015, the Friends’ Associations of the Swedish Institutes at Athens, Rome and Istanbul organized an event at the Institute of Italian Culture in Stockholm in order to highlight the importance of continuous state funding for the institutes.

Among the speakers was the Swedish Minister for Higher Education, Helene Hellmark Knutsson. The Swedish Institute at Athens was represented by its director, Arto Penttinen, and assistant director, Jenny Wallensten.

The Swedish Institute’s director, Arto Penttinen, with the Swedish Minister for Higher Education, Helene Hellmark Knutsson. Photo by Susanne Berndt Ersöz

TJÄNST SOM DIREKTÖR FÖR SVENSKA INSTITUTET I ATHEN

Styrelsen för Svenska institutet i Athen ledigförklarar härmed tjänsten som direktör för Institutet för en tid av tre år att tillträdas den 1 januari 2017. Förordnandet kan förlängas med tre år. Tjänstgöringen, som är reglerad av en särskild instruktion, är förlagd till Athen. I tjänsten ingår undervisning, administration och forskning. Lön efter överenskommelse.