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1. 29Oct

   20th TEXNH lecture · Lecture

   In the footsteps of the Mycenean tekton. Reconstructing the facade of the Treasury of Atreus

   Maria Kontaki & Kostas Paschalidis (Hellenic National Archaeological Museum); discussant Ann Brysbaert (KU Leuven)

   Thursday 29 October 2026, 18:00 · NIA, Makri 11 · in person and online · English · open to the public

   ForVisitors in AthensResearchersStudents

   
2. 12Nov

   International conference · 12–14 November 2026

   A Towering Hinterland. The case of Medieval Chalkida

   Hinterland of Medieval Chalkida Project (Leiden University, Prof. Joanita Vroom)

   NIA, Athens (12–13 Nov) and Conference Centre, Chalkida (14 Nov) · in person and online · English · open to the public

   ForResearchersVisitors in Athens

   
3. 3Dec

   Book presentation · Publications of the NIA

   Nature and Human Nature in Ancient Greece (Publications of the NIA, vol. X)

   With the editors

   Thursday 3 December 2026, 19:00 · NIA, Makri 11 · in person · English · open to the public

   ForVisitors in AthensFriends & partners

   
4. 18Jan

   14th Winter School · Course · 18–29 January 2027

   Intensive Winter School “Migration in the Margins of Europe”

   Athens · English · for students at Dutch universities

   Deadline 15 Nov 2026Applications close 15 November 2026.

   ForStudents

   

Nothing coming up for this group yet. The past items below may still interest you.

Past and archive 12

2026 11 items

1. 12 OctMon

   Lecture · Recording

   The real age of the Greek alphabet. Rethinking the transmission of alphabetic writing from ‘East’ to ‘West’

   Willemijn Waal (Leiden University)

   ForResearchersVisitors in Athens

   Watch the recording

2. 25 SepFri

   Lecture

   Archaeology of Repetition — Politics of Automation

   Tuna Kalaycı (Leiden University) & Masoumeh Mansouri (University of Birmingham)

   ForResearchers

3. 8 SepTue

   News · Now online

   Video of the evening in commemoration of Lucy van Schelle and Sophia Topali-van Schelle: “Hanged”. An appalling war crime and its memory (1944–2026)

   Prof. em. Riki van Boeschoten

   ForVisitors in AthensFriends & partners

   Watch the video

4. 28 AugFri

   Screening

   Athenian premiere of the short film “The Little Shepherd” (Anneke Dekker, 2026)

   ForVisitors in Athens

5. 1 AugSat

   Notice

   Summer holidays 2026

   ForResearchersStudents

6. 16 JulThu

   Byzantine Talks NIA · Lecture · Recording

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

   Vasileios Kollias (Academy of Athens)

   ForResearchers

   Watch the recording

7. 3 JunWed

   News · Video

   Visit of the National Documentation Centre to the NIA Library

   ForResearchers

   Watch the video

8. 20 MayWed

   Lecture · Recording

   Archaeology of Archaeology at ancient Troy? Some results from an experimental project

   Gert Jan van Wijngaarden (University of Amsterdam, visiting professor at the NIA)

   ForResearchersStudents

   Watch the recording

9. 18 MarWed

   19th TEXNH lecture · Lecture · Recording

   Interaction among master artisans in Early Mycenaean times

   Nikolas Papadimitriou (Canellopoulos Museum) et al.

   ForResearchersVisitors in Athens

   Watch the recording

10. 13 JanTue

    News · Publication

    Now available: “Nature and Human Nature in Ancient Greece”, volume X of Publications of the NIA

    ForResearchersFriends & partners

11. 8 JanThu

    News

    Jan Paul Crielaard new director of the NIA as of 1 March 2026

    ForFriends & partnersResearchersVisitors in Athens

2012 from the 2008–2019 archive

1. 2012Archive

   Lecture · Archive

   A lecture from the 2008–2019 archive: title, speaker and abstract as they were announced

   ForResearchers

   Programme (PDF)