The Athens-Greece Society was chartered in 1997.
The Athens-Greece Society was chartered in 1997 and it was the first society to be formed outside the American continent.
30/01/2025
Are you an ancient warfare/military studies researcher? The Society of Ancient Military Historians would like to hear from you! Please feel free to fill in the attached form. Thank you!
Society for Ancient Military Scholars List Complete the form below to be listed on the SAMH Scholars list.
28/01/2025
Are you a prospective graduate student preparing for your first interview? Congratulations! What’s next?
Next Monday, February 3, at 7:30pm ET, the First-Generation, Low-Income Federation (FGLIF) is hosting a webinar on what to expect during the graduate school interview process and how to evaluate if a program is a good fit for you. Panelists will provide tips on preparing for interviews, including questions you should (and shouldn't) ask.
Register for the webinar: https://buff.ly/4hu0gCy
You can also submit questions in advance: https://buff.ly/3CtwXkH
11/11/2024
For those interested in ancient warfare.
The Society of Ancient Military Historians The official website of the Society of Ancient Military Historians.
28/07/2022
Member Spotlight: Gavin McGuire
Check out our July Member Spotlight on Gavin McGuire! A member of the Athens (Greece) Society and a talented photographer, you may recognize Gavin’s name from our annual Photo Contest - he is a regular participant and has won several categories in recent years. Gavin is also the photographer at the Sissi Archaeological Project in Crete.
Meet Gavin: https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-gavin-mcguire/
(Image: Gavin McGuire's winning photo from the 2021 Photo Contest in the Excavation category)
14/06/2022
New research drawing on both genetic sequencing and ancient art indicates that saffron was first domesticated in Bronze Age Greece, where the earliest depictions of the plant date to about 1600 B.C.
archaeology.org/issues/474-2207/digs/10613-digs-greece-saffron-domestication
(Bridgeman Images)
Call for Papers: International Ancient Warfare Conference 2022 - June 23-24
Announcing an annual hybrid conference where all researchers on ancient warfare from around
the world can get together in the same conference setting to share research and ideas.
This conference is the new annual reimagining of the prior International Ancient Warfare
Conference (IAWC) series of conferences held previously in Wales and Gothenburg and run by
Geoff Lee. The proceedings for the first of these came out in 2015: G. Lee, H. Whittaker, & G.
Wrightson eds. Ancient Warfare: Introducing Current Research (International Ancient Warfare
Conference vol. 1). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015.
The organisers intend to publish proceedings of this conference as an ongoing book series.
Papers on any aspect, era or global location of Ancient Warfare and any relevant discipline are
sought to facilitate a multi-disciplinary discussion.
The conference is aimed equally at postgraduate students, early career researchers and
established academics.
Participants once approved, would submit a pre-recorded video of under 20 minutes of their
presentation (with or without slides) and could then choose to join the conference on Zoom for
10 minutes of questions and discussion afterwards. This will mitigate for any failure in
technology or internet connection. Participants gathered in a location can present live over zoom.
International papers will present between 7am-12pm US Central time and US scholars will
present 12pm-5pm Central, with another international section from 5-9pm Central if applicable.
Scholars in all time zones will have a chance to present and answer live questions on Zoom.
An in person component will see scholars gather in a room to watch zoom or prerecorded videos
and join in zoom question periods together.
The current hosts are in the US Midwest but encourage other scholars to coordinate similar
gatherings in other locations around the world as a part of the same conference.
This conference will be environmentally friendly and cheaper since no one has to fly
internationally to attend while still preserving the excitement of gathering in person.
Send an abstract of 300 words and a brief bio to Graham Wrightson
([email protected]) BEFORE March 31st 2022.
02/02/2022
Life outside a citadel Life outside a citadel: reconstructing the Lower Town of Late Bronze Age Mycenae
25/01/2022
In Memoriam: Martha Sharp Joukowsky
It is with the deepest sadness that we share the news of former AIA President Martha Sharp Joukowsky's passing. She was a generous benefactor to the AIA, and will be missed.
https://www.archaeological.org/in-memoriam-martha-sharp-joukowsky
08/01/2022
As part of our exciting new exhibition “Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens” we will be hosting a series of five lectures on ancient horsemanship by scholars affiliated with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. All of the talks will be held on Thursdays in Cotsen Hall at 7pm Greece/12pm EST and will be live streamed on the School’s website, Facebook, and Youtube channel. The lectures will also be available through Zoom, where participants may submit questions to the speakers. To register, please visit https://bit.ly/3t5jxUY.
We’ll come out of the gate with Dr. Glenn Bugh (Virginia Tech)’s lecture "Reflections on the Athenian Cavalry" on February 10th.
On February 17th, Dr. Judy Barringer (University of Edinburgh) will deliver her talk "Aristocrats and Horses: Aspirational Living in Archaic and Classical Athens."
Rounding out the month, Dr. Carolyn Willekes (Mount Royal University) will lecture on "History on Horseback: An Equestrian Perspective of the Ancient World" on February 24th.
To kick off March, Dr. Carol Mattusch (George Mason University) will speak about "Περὶ Ἱππικῆς: Xenophon’s On Horsemanship and Today’s Horse World" on the 3rd.
Finally, Dr. Mary Ann Eaverly (University of Florida)’s talk "Athena’s Horsemen: Equestrian Dedications from the Athenian Acropolis" on March 10th will close out the series.
The Hippos exhibition will have special hours of 16:00 to 22:00 on Thursdays, so if you’re in Athens be sure to visit before or after attending the lectures.
We look forward to seeing you in person and online for these fascinating discussions and hope you can join us on January 20th for the Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens Exhibition Opening featuring Dr. Neils and Dr. Iozzo!
05/01/2022
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming exhibition "Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens" curated by American School of Classical Studies at Athens Director Dr. Jenifer Neils and hosted in the Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library. The exhibition presents the scientific analysis of a well-preserved ancient horse skeleton from the Phaleron Cemetery for the first time and contextualizes it by exploring portrayals of horses across ancient Greek works of art.
Save the date for the inauguration of the exhibition on January 20th at 7PM where Dr. Mario Iozzo, Director of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence, will present the Medici Bronze Horse Head, exhibited in Greece for the first time.
During the exhibition, we will be hosting a series of five hybrid lectures on ancient horsemanship by scholars affiliated with the American School (Glenn Bugh, Judith Barringer, Carolyn Willekes, Carol Mattusch, and Mary Ann Eaverly).
For younger visitors, the exhibit includes special labels and a children’s book written by the Director herself. Ancillary programs will involve weekly visits by school children conducted by our Steinmetz Family Foundation Museum Fellow, Eleni Gizas.
Opening hours for the public will be Wednesday through Sunday from 12:00 to 18:00, with special hours of 16:00 to 22:00 on Thursdays.
For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/3mXVEdU.
28/01/2021
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9401-210127-greece-tomb-statues
Ancient Tomb Sculptures Uncovered in Greece - Archaeology Magazine ATHENS, GREECE—The Greek City Times reports that excavations ahead of construction work near the Athens International Airport uncovered pieces of an ancient white marble sculpture of two women. The two main fragments, found facing each other, are thought to have been part of a burial monument. One...
05/01/2021
Formatting Bronze Age Tablets - Archaeology Magazine Although they were only meant to be kept for a year or so, administrative documents recording the people and goods controlled by the palaces of Late Bronze Age Greece (ca. 1400–1200 B.C.) show signs of having been carefully edited to present information in a clear, orderly fashion. The documents, ...
