Finnish Institute at Athens

"Ancient Greek Theatre performance at the Finnish Institute at Athens" -video on nyt julkaistu instituutin Youtube-kanavalle! Toukokuussa 2025 Théâtre Démodocos -teatteriryhmä herätti antiikin kreikkalaisen draaman henkiin ja esitti katkelmia muun muassa Homerokselta ja Sofokleelta.

Linkki videoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7a2gnWMf8

"Ancient Greek Theatre performance at the Finnish Institute at Athens" video has now been uploaded to the institute's Youtube channel! In May 2025 Théâtre Démodocos group brought ancient Greek drama alive and performed pieces from Homer to Sophocles.

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7a2gnWMf8

Viime viikolla järjestettiin Suomen Ateenan-instituutin vuosijuhlat, johon saimme suuren yleisön. Vuosijuhlan virallinen osuus järjestettiin Ionic Centerin tiloissa ja vastaanotto pidettiin instituutin puutarhassa. Tilaisuudessa johtaja Petra Pakkanen raportoi vuoden 2025 toiminnasta ja professori Yannis Hamilakis piti vuosijuhlaluennon. Lämmin kiitos kaikille osallistujille! 💐

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The institute's Annual Open Meeting was held last week, which attracted a lot of participants. The official part of the evening was held at the Ionic Center, after which the evening continued with a reception in the Institute's garden. Director Petra Pakkanen gave an account of the Institute's activities in 2025 which was followed by Professor Yannis Hamilakis' annual lecture. A warm thank you to all the participants! 💐

📚An International Roundtable 'Resilience and Reconciliation – Democracy in Crises and Repair across History' was held last week at the Finnish and Swedish Institutes at Athens. The event was organized together with the Danish, Netherlands, Norwegian and Swedish Institutes at Athens.

Warm thank you to the organizers and participants!

Tervetuloa Suomen Ateenan-instituutin vuosijuhlaan 21.5.2026!

Vuosijuhla järjestetään torstaina 21. toukokuuta, kello 19 Ionic Centerin tiloissa osoitteessa Lisiou 11, Plaka, Ateena 105 56.

Johtaja Petra Pakkanen raportoi vuoden 2025 toiminnasta, ja professori Yannis Hamilakis (Brown University) pitää vuosijuhlaluennon ”Making the Acropolis in Modernity: Monumental Racecraft and its Potential Undoing”. Tilaisuutta seuraa vastaanotto.

Tervetuloa!

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The Finnish Institute at Athens invites you to the Annual Open Meeting on Thursday May 21st, at 7 pm. The event will be held on the premises of the Ionic Center at Lisiou 11, Plaka, Athens 105 56.

Director Petra Pakkanen will give the account of the activities of the Institute in 2025 and Professor Yannis Hamilakis (Brown University) will give the annual lecture with the title ”Making the Acropolis in Modernity: Monumental Racecraft and its Potential Undoing”. A reception will follow the meeting.

Warm welcome!

Design: Annika Haapaniemi

The Finnish Institute at Athens has the pleasure of inviting you to an International Roundtable ‘Resilience and Reconciliation – Democracy in Crises and Repair across History‘ at the Finnish and Swedish Institutes at Athens, 28 and 29 April 2026. The event is organized together with the Danish Institute at Athens, Netherlands Institute at Athens, The Norwegian Institute At Athens and Swedish Institute at Athens under the institutes' joint umbrella programme Democracy on the Pressure.

🖥️ The event is in hybrid format. Please register via the following links:

Apr 28, 2026 03:00 PM Athens: https://www.sia.gr/en/events.php?eid=564

Apr 29, 2026 09:30 AM Athens: https://www.sia.gr/en/events.php?eid=565

Suomen Ateenan-Instituutti haluaa toivottaa kaikille ihanaa pääsiäistä! Instituutti on pääsiäistauolla 9.–15.4.2026. 🐣

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Finnish Institute at Athens wishes everyone lovely Easter! The institute is on Easter break from April 9th to April 15th 2026. 🐣

📚 On Monday a book launch took place at the Finnish Institute at Athens. Two books were presented at the event. ‘Under the tall Venetian houses’ Finnish travellers in Corfu and the translation of W***y Kyrklund’s book Aigaion both by Maria Martzoukou. Kyrklund’s book Aigaion was originally published in Swedish in 1957. Dr. Björn Forsén (University of Helsinki), Maria Martzoukou (translator), Vassilis Sabatakakis (Lund University) and Dimitris Bacharas (Asini Publications) gave speeches at the book launch. The event was organized by Finnish Institute at Athens, Swedish Institute at Athens, Corfu Studies Society and Asini Publications.

“Questions Arising from the Aristotelian Zoology” -työpaja järjestettiin Instituutilla 23.-24.3. Tapahtuma kokosi yhteen kansainvälisen ryhmän filosofeja ja klassillisia filologeja. Ohjelmaan kuului esityksiä Aristoteleen eläintieteestä sekä käynnissä olevasta neljän Aristoteleen eläintieteellisen tutkielman suomennostyöstä. Tutkimusryhmän jäsenet tekivät myös ekskursion Lesboksen saarelle työpajan teemoihin liittyen sekä vierailivat Ateenassa Aristoteleen Lykeionissa ja Platonin Akatemiassa instituutin tutkijalehtori Lassi Jakolan opastamana.

Kiitämme Koneen säätiötä sekä työpajan järjestäjiä ja osallistujia!

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'Questions Arising from the Aristotelian Zoology' workshop was held at the Institute on March 23–24. The event brought together an international group of philosophers and classical philologists. The programme included presentations on Aristotle’s zoological thought and ongoing translation of the four foundational zoological treatises into Finnish. Members of the research project also did an excursion to the island of Le**os related to the workshop and visited Aristotle’s Lyceum and Plato’s Academy in Athens guided by the Institute’s assistant director Lassi Jakola.

We would like to thank the Kone Foundation as well as the organizers and participants!

🏺Hae syksyn 2026 antiikin Kreikan johdantokurssille! Katso lisätietoa ja hakuohjeet nettisivuiltamme. https://finninstitute.gr/hae-antiikin-kreikan-johdantokurssille-4/

Hakuaikaa on torstaihin 30.4.2026 klo 23:59 asti.

Βιβλιοπαρουσίαση📚
Το Φινλανδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών, το Σουηδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών, η Εταιρεία Κερκυραϊκών Σπουδών-Μουσείο Σολωμού και οι εκδόσεις Ασίνη σας προσκαλούν στην παρουσίαση των βιβλίων Αιγαίον, του φινλανδοσουηδού συγγραφέα W***y Kyrklund και ”Κάτω από τα ψηλά βενετσιάνικα σπίτια” Φινλανδοί περιηγητές στην Κέρκυρα της Μαρίας Μαρτζούκου.

Δευτέρα 30 Μαρτίου 2026, ώρα 18.30
Φινλανδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών, Ζήτρου 16, Μακρυγιάννη

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Book launch📚
The Finnish Institute at Athens, the Swedish Institute at Athens, the Corfu Studies Society-Solomos Museum, and Asini Publications invite you to the presentation of the books Aigaion, by the Finnish-Swedish author W***y Kyrklund and ‘Under the tall Venetian houses’ Finnish travellers in Corfu by Maria Martzoukou.

Monday, March 30, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
The event will be held in Greek at Finnish Institute at Athens.