Netherlands Institute at Athens

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Nicholas Karachalis wetenschappelijk medewerker van het NIA en universitair docent, werd door journaliste Sterre Marsman geïnterviewd over de huidige ontwikkelingen en toekomstperspectieven van Athene als bestemming. Zowel het stadscentrum van Amsterdam als dat van Athene wordt steeds afhankelijker van de toeristische sector, wat negatieve sociale en milieueffecten met zich meebrengt. Goede praktijken uit andere Europese steden zouden duurzame oplossingen kunnen bieden.
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ΝΙΑ's scientific collaborator Nicholas Karachalis, Assistant Professor of the University of the Aegean was interviewed by journalist Sterre Marsman on the current development and future perspectives of Athens as a destination. Both Amsterdam and Athens' city centres become increasingly dependent on the visitor economy leading to negative social and environmental effects.

👉 Change of Library’s opening hours for the week 01-05/06/2026

Dear readers,

We wish to inform you that the Library will be closed from Monday June 1st 2026 until Friday June 05th 2026.

😊 We will be happy to welcome you again from Monday June 8th 2026.

🙏 Thank you for your kind cooperation and understanding!

🎥 Now Online: Double book presentation on Byzantine Law, by E. Papagianni (University of Athens) and D. Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven)

😊 We are very pleased to share the recording of the special presentation of two recent publications on Byzantine Law, by E. Papagianni (University of Athens) and D. Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven), which took place on Tuesday May 5th, 2026 at the NIA’s premises.

📌This event was organized in the framework of the NIA Library’s activities.

👥After the brief introductions by the NIA Director Prof. dr. Jan Paul Crielaard, and the NIA Librarian, Ms. Sotiria Nikolou, who moderated the event, the editors E. Papagianni (University of Athens) and D. Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven) presented the books:

📖A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056), Brill 2025, and

📖Byzantine Law. The Roman Law of the Eastern Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press 2026 by the author Daphne Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven). The topic of the books is focused on Byzantine Law.

🗣️In her talk Dr. Penna mentioned that she wanted to write a book on Byzantine Law, addressed to all the people wanting to know more about Byzantine Law without having any prior knowledge on this topic. Moreover, Dr. Penna underlined that she took the initiative of writing the book ‘Byzantine Law. The Roman Law of the Eastern Roman Empire’ when she delivered the first lecture in the annual series ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’, which is organized by our Institute, and thus we are very glad to have contributed to this publication!

📍Please note that the online registration of the event includes also the Q&A session.

🔗Click the link in the first comment to watch the recording.

We wish you a wonderful weekend with an update on our ficus tree. We have a newborn!

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📣 We would like to inform you that applications can now be made for the next round of our NIA-scholarship program.

➡️ Deadline for applications is 1 October 2026 (23.59 Greek time, 22.59 CET).

ℹ️ For all the necessary information on the prerequisites, please click the link in the first comment.

It was a true pleasure to collaborate in this very successful kick-off event of the joint "Democracy under Pressure" project, organized in cooperation with the Danish Institute at Athens, the Finnish Institute at Athens, The Norwegian Institute At Athens and the Swedish Institute at Athens.
Warmest thanks to our Finnish and Swedish colleagues for their wonderful hospitality, and to all speakers and participants for two days of enlightening presentations and meaningful debate.

📢 The Netherlands Institute at Athens is very pleased to invite you to the third lecture of the annual series entitled ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’ dedicated to the memory of Professor Spyros Troianos:

👉‘Re-reading Title 1 of the Eisagoge:
Law, Justice, and Constitutional Thought in Byzantium’

👤by Vasileios Alexandros Kollias
Assistant Researcher | Research Center for the History of Greek Law of the Academy of Athens,
Lawyer at the Greek Supreme Court

👥Moderator: Dr. Lydia Paparriga-Artemiades,
Research Director | Acting Director of the Research Centre for the History of Greek Law, Academy of Athens

📅Tuesday 12th May 2026,
🕕18.00
🏢 in the Library of the Netherlands Institute at Athens,
📫11, Makri str., 117 42 Athens

📍The lecture is a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute at Athens and the Research Centre for the History of Greek Law of the Academy of Athens.

🪑Limited number of seats available in-person.
💻The event will also be live streamed.
ℹ️ For more information about the registration (in-person or online) and the abstract, please click the link in the first comment.

📢 Reminder & Abstracts “RESILIENCE and RECONCILIATION: Democracy in Crisis and Repair across History”

Together with a kind reminder for the joint event “RESILIENCE and RECONCILIATION: Democracy in Crisis and Repair across History“, we herewith share the abstracts of the contributions to the three Round Tables that make up the program of this international interdisciplinary meeting on the 28th and 29th of April, which is organized in cooperation with the Nordic Institutes at Athens.

🔗 Please click the link in the first comment for the abstracts, the program, information about the speakers, and the links to register if you would like to follow the event either in person (limited seats available!) or online.

📍Logo designed by Petra Pakkanen (FIA)

Netherlands Institute at Athens
Finnish Institute at Athens
Swedish Institute at Athens
The Norwegian Institute At Athens
Danish Institute at Athens

It is our great pleasure to invite you to a lecture by

👤Dr Gert Jan van Wijngaarden
(Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam)

👉“Archaeology of Archaeology at ancient Troy? Some results from an experimental project.”

📅20 May 2026
🕕18.00
🏢at the Netherlands Institute at Athens,
📫Makri 11, 11742, Athens

😊All are welcome!
💻The event will also be streamed live
ℹ️More information (including the registration) can be found by clicking the link in the first comment.

👤Some words on the speaker:
Dr Gert Jan van Wijngaarden is Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His research interests include Mediterranean prehistory and archaeological methodology and theory. He has directed fieldwork in Greece, notably on the island of Zakynthos from 2005-2015. From 2018-2022 he carried out archaeological research at ancient Troy in Turkey in the framework of the Amsterdam Troy Project. He currently serves as Visiting Professor at the Netherlands Institute at Athens.