British School at Athens

Check out this profile on our Assistant Director, Giorgos! Read more about his research and time as an Early Career Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University over the past year 🌟

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to highlight the work of Georgios Mouratidis, Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025–2026. During his fellowship, Georgios investigated how athletic inscriptions and statue bases at Olympia shaped public memory, civic identity, and the political culture of the ancient Greek world.

In the guest post on our website, he reflects on his research and his experience as a CHS fellow.

Read more: https://greece.chs.harvard.edu/news/meet-georgios-mouratidis-early-career-fellow-hellenic-studies-2025-2026

⛏️ Fieldwork season ⛏️

It's already week 6 at the Keros excavations! Check out .project for more updates and recaps 🌊

BSA supporters - stay tuned for our upcoming eBulletin with a news story write up

The Keros Project is a co-operative project between the Greek Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades) and the BSA, with the close collaboration of The Cyprus Institute.

• .project Keros 2026 week 5 ⛵️

By now, the Keros Project team has powered through more than a month of hard work in one of the most challenging landscapes the Aegean Sea has to offer

We have had it all, and this week we got refreshing sea spray, dreamy dusks and the brightest of full moons

Apotheke is processing and cataloguing swiftly as new exciting finds come in daily; the field is working tirelessly to get down to those floor levels; our tech team is doing literal wonders bringing forward our vision for a paperless excavation; all while we focus on outreach and create opportunities to work with the local community

BSA / UAL: University of the Arts London Arts Research Resident Abbie Vickress has been working at KPS - Kypseli Print Studio whilst in residency at the British School at Athens, developing a series of experiments in screenprinting as well as cyanotypes made on the coast of Aegina.

Check out the video recording of Abbie's lecture "Reimagining the Narrative(s) of Contested Cultural Artefacts" - which is now available on our video archive. We thank Abbie for being such a brilliant member of the BSA community over the past two months and wish her well with her ongoing work!

https://www.bsa.ac.uk/videos/abbie-vickress-university-of-the-arts-london-reimagining-the-narratives-of-contested-cultural-artefacts/

🏦 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