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

Did Ioannis Kapodistrias know about the existence of a “Minoan” civilisation in Crete? Κarl Hoeck, Arthur Evans and the “construction” of the “Minoan” civilisation

by Nektarios Karadimas (Aegeus - Society for Aegean Prehistory).

Friday, January 30, 2026, at 19.00 (Athens), at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station). 

The lecture will be held in Greek. 

Welcome to the Spring 2026 series of the Athens Greek Religion Seminar.

All seminars will take place at 17h (Athens) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens and online via Zoom.

The Swedish Institute at Athens and Aegeus - Society for Aegean Prehistory are pleased to present the Aegean Lectures for the first semester of 2026. All lectures will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9, Acropolis metro station) at 19:00.

Matthew Haysom, Newcastle University, will give a paper entitled

A Sketch in Negative Space:
Religious Materiality in Bronze Age Crete and Syria

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Warmly welcome to an engaging conversation (in swedish) with Alexandra Pascalidou.

Monday, 12 January, at 7:00 p.m., at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.

The Director & Staff of the Swedish Institute at Athens wish you a...

Merry Christmas &
a Happy New Year

Kαλά Χριστούγεννα &
Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Έτος

God Jul & Gott Nytt År

Sophia Nomicos, Universität Münster, will give a paper entitled

The Mountain and the Divine: Mount Taygetos as a central sacred landscape in the southern Peloponnese.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

The Nordic Library at Athens celebrates 30 years of activities. We are delighted to invite you to join us for the jubilee events on 4–5 December 2025.

The celebrations will begin on Thursday, December 4, with a ceremony at the Nordic Library at Athens, followed by an exhibition. On Friday, December 5, the Danish Institute at Athens will host a Colloquium marking the Library’s 30th anniversary, entitled “The Future of Research Libraries in a Digital World.”