All welcome to the workshop 

To Embrace and to Reject: Cultural Memories in Roman Macedonia (ca. 1st Century BC – 3rd Century AD).

The workshop takes place on Thursday, 21 and Friday, 22 November, 2024, in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mit­seon 9, and on­line via Zoom.

It is co-organized by Georgia Galani (Swedish Institute at Athens) and Panagiotis Tselekas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).

Föreningen Svenska Atheninstitutets Vänner utlyser härmed ett stipendium om 10 000 kronor.

Stipendiet erbjuder studenter på grundnivå och avancerad nivå i ämne med koppling till det antika eller moderna Grekland möjlighet att besöka Grekland i syfte att förkovra sig, samt bredda eller fördjupa sina studier. Stipendiet är i första hand avsett att användas för resa till och uppehälle i Grekland under en tidsperiod om minst en vecka.

Welcome to the Autumn 2024 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 the Finnish Institute at Athens are very pleased to invite you to an evening presenting the poetry of and paying tribute to the Swedish-speaking Finn Edith Södergran.

Wednesday 6 November 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9)

Welcome to the release of the children’s book about the Piraeus lion, a copy of whose statue stands in the entrance hall of the Historical Museum in Stockholm.

Listen to the author Erik Magntorn read from the book and paint together with the illustrator Martine Castoriano.

Saturday, October 26, 2024, 12.15 – 13.15

Prof. Edward M. Harris, Durham University & University of Edinburgh, will give a paper entitled

Suppliants, Law and Religion: The Traditions about Cylon’s Attempt at Tyranny.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and online via Zoom. 

The Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome welcome you to the next lecture in the series Bridges.

Jan Stubbe Østergaard will give a paper entitled

The recent history of research on the polychromy of Greek and Roman sculpture: The Copenhagen angle.

The lecture takes place on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 19h Athens time (18h Rome) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute in Rome, Via Omero 14, and via Zoom link.

The Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens in­vites you to the lec­ture

Heracles in Roman Macedonia: Abolished Symbol or Forgotten Memory?

by Georgia Galani (Swedish Institute at Athens).

Friday, October 11, 2024, at 19.00 (Athens), at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9.