In the context of the 17th Papaioanou Festival organized by the Municipality of Kavala, the Swedish House in Kavala hosts a dance and music performance on Monday, September 5, at 20:30.

Take part in this year’s online competition and win a free language course in Swedish, English, French, German, Polish, Czech or Italian!

To participate, visit the European Day of Languages’ online competition site. The winners will be announced at the European Day of Languages event held at Klafthmonos Square on 24 September.

Closing date for entries: Sunday 18 September 2016

BACKGROUND

A two week long trip in 2015 united 11 young archaeologists focussed on the LBA / EIA in the Northern Aegean and Southern Balkans and brought them on the traces of late prehistoric pottery from Central and Western Macedonia to Epirus, Albania, F.Y.R.O.M., Kosovo and SW Bulgaria.

PROGRAMME 2016

The Swedish Institute excavations in Ancient Kalaureia on Poros under the direction of Arto Penttinen were resumed in June in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

The 2016 season accomplished two major goals.

The first of these was the drone photography of the site, intended to produce a color image to overlay onto the 3D data gathered via the terrestrial laser scanner. Additionally, imagery of the landscape surrounding the settlement was collected, expanding the 3D model.

Rom och Athen har länge utövat ett dominerande inflytande på västerländska världsbilder. De två städerna anses ofta vara västerlandets vagga, katalysatorer av konst, filosofi och civilisation, tidlösa representanter för såväl demokrati som imperium. Samtidigt är både Rom och Athen huvudstäder i två relativt sett unga nationer med en turbulent modern historia. Vilken roll spelar uppfattningar av antiken i dessa moderna sammanhang? Denna tvärvetenskapliga kurs jämför Rom med Athen och möter på så vis det antika arvet och det ”klassiska” i samtiden…

In April news of sensational findings in Phaleron Delta, where a new opera house and a national library are being constructed by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, hit newspapers and TV channels both in Greece and abroad. Mass graves containing the bodies of more than 80 executed, mostly young males were found, and there is some likelihood that the victims are those who supported the coup attempt of Cylon in the 630s BC.

During nine intensive days in June, the Institute welcomed four teachers of classical languages. As part of a program sponsored by the Association of Swedish Classicists and the Institute we visited the sites of Athens and made longer excursions to  Delphi, Kalaureia in the Saronic Gulf and various landmarks in the Argolid. We thank the participants Lena Tegström, Kent Fredholm, Carina Nylén and Nicole de Jong, as well as the Association of Classicist for a stimulating exchange.