The view from the desk of our current Richard Bradford McConnell studentship holder, Ben Cassell (KCL).

Thanks to @hetanshah.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @britishacademy.bsky.social, for visiting us this week!

"Developing the series of lessons, I focused on the question ‘Why were the Ancients so Significant?’, which also subliminally answers a common question asked by pupils: ‘why should I learn this? Or, why do I need to know this?’ "

💫 London Annual Open Lectures with @wmarybeard.bsky.social and a full house at King's College London! www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/02/04/a...

Annual of the British School at Athens Vol. 120 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @britschoolathens.bsky.social @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org

📢 Event reminder! 'Translation and the Magnitude of Historical Figures: Michalis Ganas and Translation' 📅 Date: Mon 9 Feb 2026 🌐 Online panel discussion 👥 Chair: David Ricks, Panel: John Stathatos, Vassilis Letsios, Joshua Barley 👉 Register here: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/trans...

Spotlight on our recent Fitch Bursar, Rossana Valente 🔬 The research of Rossana Valente (Roma Tre University) underpins her Fitch bursary project 'Circulating Sparta', which uses petrographic analysis to uncover how pottery production, exchange and connectivity evolved in Byzantine Sparta...

💫 We're delighted to announce that next year's fellows will be: 🔴Dr Estelle Strazdins - Early Career Fellow 🔵Dr Anja Slawisch - Visiting Fellow Congratulations, both! #britishschoolatathens #Fellowships

🎓 Congratulations to the participants of the first 'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece' course! #britishschoolatathens #bsacourse #postgraduatecourse #bronzeagegreece #neverstoplearning #archaeologylovers

BYZANTIUM AND BLOOMSBURY This one-day online workshop will focus on the interest of members of the Bloomsbury Group in Byzantium, especially Byzantine art. 🗓️1 April 2026 🕙10am-5pm 🔗 Info & register: www.byzantium.ac.uk/byzantium-an... 🎟️ Reduced fees for BSA members!

🎓 Calling all UK teachers! The BSA School Teacher Fellowship is open for applications! 👉 www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/fello... Deadline: 27.2.26 #TeacherFellowship #TeachingHistory #ClassicsForAll #BritishSchoolAtAthens #StateSchoolTeachers #EducationEquity

⛏️ In fieldwork & publication news, you can now catch up on the West Area of Samos Archaeological Project's findings published in the BSA Annual and currently available on Cambridge University Press' First View: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The empire in classical Greece was an idea shaped and reshaped by Athenian imperialism in the 5th century. As this seminar details, Athens laid the groundwork with the Delian League, turning an alliance into an extractive empire. Feat. Polly Low at @britschoolathens.bsky.social buff.ly/QIqW1RR

Missed out on our events last term? Don't worry! Plenty of our lectures and talks are now available on our Video Archive! ⏯ watch back now: www.bsa.ac.uk/video-archive/

📣 Event reminder! Joshua Barley, ‘Athens Tales’ Book Presentation 📅 Wed 28 Jan 2026 🕙 18:00 (EET) in-person & online 📍 BSA Upper House, Souedias 52, Athens 🌐 Info & registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/joshu...

POSTPONED: Please note that today's Fitch-Wiener seminar has been postponed due to the 'Red Code' weather alert and will take place on 25th February.

🏺Save the date! Conference: Roman Pottery in the South-Eastern Balkans - From Production to Distribution. The submission for abstracts will open in March 2026. Stay tuned! 📆 Dates: 22–23/10/2026 📍 Location: BSA 🌐 Further info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/roman...

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED - 23 January 2026 Call for Papers: "Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions" Symposium, 13-14 April 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye ℹ Check the Call for Papers at biaa.ac.uk/cfp-ottoman-...

Don't miss the deadline for our joint BIRI project via @thebiaankara.bsky.social!

BSA roadshow approaching!🚐 We are delighted that Prof Andrew Bevan (UCL) will be presenting at the BSA's Annual Open Lectures in Greece, alongside the Director's "Work of the School". Register: 🔹17/02/2026 Thessaloniki: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../annual-o... 🔸19/02/2026 Athens: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../annual-o...

📢 Event reminder! Καλή χρονιά / Happy New Year! 🎉 Join us for the first BSA event of the new year in London next week. ⏰ 18:00 (UK) / 20:00 (GR) 📍 Room 264, Senate House, London, and online via Zoom webinar 🔗 More details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/lin-f...

Archaeological Reports Vol. 71 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @hellenicsociety.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social Archaeology in Greece 2024–2025

📣 Apply for a BSA Research Award! 📣 ⏳ Most deadlines: 27 February 2026 ⚠️ Knossos fund deadlines: 31 December 2025 👉 Apply now online: www.bsa.ac.uk/research-awa... #BSAResearchAwards #OpenCall #britishschoolatathens

📣 BSA Studentships 2026–27 📣 🔍 Archaeology | History | Classics | Art History | Modern Greek & more 💷 £1,334/month + return airfare 🗓 Deadline: 27 Feb 2026 👉 Info & application: www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/stude... #BSAStudentships #OpenCall #PostgradFunding #Postdoc #HellenicStudies #FriendsOfTheBSA

We are delighted to welcome Marianna Moschoviti as the BSA Assistant Accountant. We wish Marianna well in her role and are happy to be working with her – “Καλή αρχή!” www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/12/22/w...

📚 Publication alert! Rebecca Sweetman’s new book, The Archaeology of the Cyclades in the Roman and Late Antique periods has recently been published by @cambridgeuniversitypress - congratulations Rebecca! 👉 Now available on the shelf in the BSA Library and via CUP!

Watch back 🎥 "Designing Belonging: Libraries as Inclusive and Open Public Spaces" at the National Library of Greece (SNFCC) Co-organised by the BSA, member of the Committee for the Support of Libraries ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7PW...

🎓 Centenary Bursaries | Applications Open 🇬🇧 Greek & Cypriot graduates: funding for short research/study projects in the UK in any field in which the BSA is active. ✨ £1,300/month + return airfare 👩‍🎓 Early-career researchers encouraged 📅 Deadline: 9 Jan 2026 🔗 Details: www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/bursa...

The Myrto Georgakopoulou Research Fellowship 2025–2026 Three years after the loss of Myrto Georgakopoulou, we are pleased to announce that the 2025–2026 Fellowship in her memory has been awarded to Dr Laura Alvarez. Read about Laura's research on our website: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../the-myrt...

🏦 Lorenzo Calvelli following the footsteps of Cyriac of Ancona through Athens Read more and join us for Lorenzo's Visiting Fellow Lecture next week! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/12/09/l...

📢 Last chance! Join our brilliant course: "History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games – understanding ancient ideas and communicating modern ideals" - the deadline has been extended to 14.12.25! 🌐 Info: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/hist...

📢 Event reminder! Join us next week for the online UK Friends' Lecture by Emeritus Professor Edward Harris (Durham University) on “A New Approach to the Attic Countryside: Markets in the Demes”. 📆 Tue 9 Dec 2025 ⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR) 📍 online only 🔗 www.bsa.ac.uk/.../edward-h...

📄 Call for papers: Women Archaeologists and War. 4th workshop on Women in the Archaeology of Greece, jointly organised by @efathenes.bsky.social and the BSA. 🌐 Info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/call-... 📅 Workshop: 9-10 Mar 2026 📍 Where: EFA & BSA, Athens ⏳Deadline for abstracts: 31 Dec 2025

#EFAevents It's on! December 2-4, join us for our first @lachronique.bsky.social geodata hackathon ! 👉 www.efa.gr/events/geoda...

Thanks to generous support from Katharine Hassapoyannes & David Blandford, the BSA is now inviting applications for the inaugural Hassapoyannes-Blandford Post-Doctoral Fellow in North Kynouria Studies. 🌐 www.bsa.ac.uk/.../hassapoy... 📸 Kato Meligous Kastraki church from west. Photo by R. Sweetman

📣 Event reminder! Join us for next week's next week's panel discussion hosted by the BSA in cooperation with the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. 📆 Mon 8 December 2025 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online 🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/archa...

📣 Event reminder! Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies & British School at Athens Autumn Joint Lecture by Dr Vicky Manolopoulou (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) 🗓️4 December at 4:00–5:00pm GMT 🚩Newcastle University & online 🔗Webinar registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c33a77...

📣 Opportunity Alert! The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (SPHS) and the British School at Athens (BSA) invite applications for the role of co-editor of Archaeological Reports (AR). 📄 Find out more: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/26/j... ⏳Deadline: 12.00 noon EET 31 December 2025

📣 Event reminder! Join us for next week's Upper House Seminar by our current Richard Bradford McConnell student Ben Cassell (King’s College London). 📆 Mon 1 December 2025 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online 🔗 Info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ben-c...

📺 Tune in to Crete TV on Wednesday to catch Knossos Curator Kostis Christakis on Personal Stories! Συντονιστείτε στo Κρήτη TV την Τετάρτη για να δείτε τον Κωστή Χριστάκη, Επιμελητή του Ερευνητικού Κέντρου Κνωσού, στην εκπομπή Προσωπικές Ιστορίες! 📺 ▶️ Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-X...

Still thinking about Mountains? 🗻 Check out this film featuring @archaeo-zagori.bsky.social (one of the organisers of last month's conference @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social) which documents the brilliant Boulouki project that Faidon covered in his conference paper. www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

Strengthening Collaboration Between the BSA & Charles University in Prague: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/18/s...

📣 Event reminder! Join us for next week's event by our current Artist in Residence Ilenia Cipollari (University of the Arts London). 📆 Mon 24 November 2025 ⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) 📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online 🔗 More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ileni...

🗳 Calling all BSA Supporters - you can now nominate a member of Council! 📅 Deadline: 19 December 2025 🔗 Info: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/17/n... ⚠️ Please note: Nominations may only be made by current BSA Supporters who are up to date with their subscriptions.

💫 A big BSA welcome! We're delighted to officially welcome our current Visiting Fellows, Students and Artist in Residence to the BSA for the academic year 2025-26.

📢 Vacancy on the Crete Subcommittee Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee to serve for four years from 1 April 2026. Check out our website to find out more! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/07/v... Deadline: Friday 19 December

📢 Course Alert! Discover the rich legacy of the Olympics in our one-week residential course at the British School at Athens: “History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games – understanding ancient ideas and communicating modern ideals”

Calling SAS Students: Turing Scheme Funding is available to support travel to a partner institution and work or study abroad. Partners include @bsrome.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social The Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition (OBTA) at the University of Warsaw shorturl.at/yUCPi

🎉 Congratulations to Edyta Marzec! We are delighted to share that Edyta Marzec, a long-standing member of the Fitch Laboratory team, has been awarded the Petros D. Goneos Award for the 2025–26 academic year.

New Deadline! 17 Nov 2025!