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“Material Religion” in Private Contexts:
Objects, Spaces, and Practices of Private Worship in Greece from the Classical to the Roman Era.

Works­hop­pen äger rum i hy­brid­for­mat, med fy­sisk när­va­ro på Svens­ka in­sti­tu­tet i Athen, Mit­se­on 9, och di­gi­talt via Zoom, måndagen den 16 och tisdagen den 17 mars 2026.

Den samar­ran­ge­ras av Hannah Smagh (Pennsylvania State University) och Beatriz Pañeda Murcia (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia).

Med stöd av Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

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

Works­hop­pen äger rum i hy­brid­for­mat, med fy­sisk när­va­ro på Svens­ka in­sti­tu­tet i Athen, Mit­se­on 9, och di­gi­talt via Zoom, fredagen den 20 mars 2026.

Den samar­ran­ge­ras av École française d’Athènes och Svenska institutet i Athen, med stöd av programmet ReligiS och Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.

Svenska institutet i Athen och Retracing Connections Research Programme häslar er välkomna till den femte Retracing Connections online research dialogue, med Sofia Lodén (Stockholm), Cameron Cross (Michigan) och moderatorn Adam Goldwyn (Fargo/Uppsala),

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

Tisdag 24 mars, 2026, kl. 18.00 (Athen) digitalt via Zoom.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the international Roundtable Resilience and Reconciliation: Democracy in Crisis and Repair across History, organized by the Swedish Institute at Athens in cooperation with the Netherlands Institute at Athens and the other Nordic institutes: the Finnish, the Danish and the Norwegian Institutes at Athens.

The Roundtable, consisting of two sessions, will take place on 29 April 2026 at the Swedish Institute at Athens.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 7 January 2026. 

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At the Crossroads of Greek Religion: Interactions with the Eastern Mediterranean.

Workshoppen äger rum i hy­brid­for­mat, med fy­sisk när­va­ro på Svens­ka in­sti­tu­tet i Athen, Mit­se­on 9, och di­gi­talt via Zoom, lördagen den 13 december 2025.

Den samarrangeras av Filippo Lepori (Uppsala universitet), Gunnel Ekroth (Uppsala universitet) och Svenska institutet i Athen.

We are delighted to invite you to the official Athens launch of the Digital Periegesis (periegesis.org) on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 10 to 11 am, at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9. At the launch event, the Digital Periegesis team will present the interface, demonstrate its functions, and discuss its potential for research, education, and heritage engagement.

Please confirm your participation by email to info@periegesis.org 

The Swedish and Finnish Institutes at Athens invite you to the workshop 

Pigs in Ancient Greece. From Colloquial Porkers to sacrificial swine.

The workshop takes place on Friday, October 24, 2025, in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mit­seon 9, and on­line via Zoom.

Various aspects of porcine animals will be discussed during the one day programme.

The Swedish Institute at Athens and the Departments of History and Archaeology and Philology of the University of Ioannina have the pleasure to announce the forthcoming conference From Asebeia to Atheism. Exploring the Fringes of Religiosity in the Greco-Roman World from the Archaic Period to Late Antiquity, which will take place at the Cultural Center "Dimitris Hatzis" (old Slaughterhouse) in Ioannina September 26-28, 2025. 

Organizing Committee:
Elias Koulakiotis, University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archaeology
Jenny Wallensten, Swedish Institute at Athens
Athanassia Zografou, University of Ioannina, Department of Philology

With generous support from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences).