British School at Athens

🏦 Invitation for applications – Trustee Role on BSA Council

Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of Council of the British School at Athens to serve for four years from 1 April 2027.

Deadline for applications: Fri 10 July 2026

🔗 Information and how to apply: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/05/22/invitation-for-applications-trustee-role-on-bsa-council-2/

🌷 Please note: The BSA Offices and Library will be closed on Monday 1st June 2026 for the Greek national holiday Whit Monday (Αγίου Πνεύματος)

Welcome to the participants of the BSA Ceramic Petrology Course 2026!

The Fitch Lab is delighted to be hosting 14 participants from all over the world - pictured here during the welcome drinks - for this hands-on training course. The course provides an introduction to ceramic petrology, building upon the Laboratory’s expertise in ceramic petrology applications and its extensive reference collections of geological and ceramic thin sections. It's a special pleasure this year for the Fitch team to collaborate with Yiannis Iliopoulos (Keramos Group, Department of Geology, University of Patras) in teaching the course.

Welcome to the Turin-Toronto Philosophy group, who are working at the BSA for the next few days 👋

📣 Reminder! Applications are open for the Fitch short-term fellowships until the 5th June

🔬 Opportunity - Fitch short-term fellowships

Applications are invited from PhD students and early-career researchers for short-term research fellowships at the BSA Fitch Laboratory. The fellowships support research stays of up to 6 months during the academic year September 2026-July 2027 and projects should fall within the fields of archaeological science in which the Laboratory is active and able to host research.

🔗 full info & application procedure: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/fellowships/fitch-short-term-fellowships/
⏳ deadline: 5 June 2026

📢 Event reminder!

Join us for the last lecture of the academic year, next week's online Friends Lecture by Dr Matthew P. Evans (University College Dublin), “Carving Connections: Inscriptions and the Study of Migration, Mobility, and Networks in the Ancient Greek World". This paper asks what inscriptions can reveal about movement and networks in the ancient world. Focusing on Samos, Miletus, and Priene, it explores how epigraphy records mobility across local, regional, and long-distance scales, while also assessing the selective, formalised, and civic frameworks that shape what becomes visible.
Info & webinar registration links below.

📆 Tue 26 May 2026
⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR)
📍 Online only
🔗 More details and registration: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/matthew-p-evans-carving-connections-inscriptions-and-the-study-of-migration-mobility-and-networks-in-the-ancient-greek-world/

🏛️📚 Showcasing recent scientific, archaeological and historical scholarship in and , Cambridge's new research collection for is free to access (where not already ) until 31 May 2026.

🔗 https://cup.org/4txvYoj

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📣 Event reminder!

Join us for next week's Modern Greek Politics Group lecture which will be given by Dr Effrosyni Charitopoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) on "Type of Contact Matters: prosocial behaviour towards asylum seekers and the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece". This presentation aims to explain the following empirical puzzle: how Greeks, despite being among the most xenophobic populations in Europe, in 2015 acted in solidarity with asylum seekers. Artwork: Restricted Land, Giorgos Taxidis

We look forward to seeing many of you there! Registration links below.

📆 Mon 25 May 2026
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗 More info and registration: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/effrosyni-charitopoulou-type-of-contact-matters-prosocial-behaviour-towards-asylum-seekers-and-the-syrian-refugee-crisis-in-greece/

📣 Reminder! Check out this exciting opportunity for early career scholars at the Fitch Lab, open for application until the 12th June

🏺 Fitch Laboratory Williams Fellowship in Ceramic Petrology

The BSA's Mark and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for Archaeological Science is now inviting applications for the post of Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology from October 2026. This 3 year fellowship based in Athens is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading team of ceramic analysis experts and other archaeological scientists to pursue research on archaeological ceramics following or adding to the Fitch Laboratory’s research agenda.

🔗 full info & application procedure: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/fellowships/fitch-laboratory-williams-fellowship-in-ceramic-petrology
⏳ deadline: 12 June 2026