at December at BRITISH SCHOOL ATHENS an institute for advanced research 2020

From the Director

I begin by wishing everyone a Merry It is worth returning to that figure of Christmas and — more sincerely than viewers for our virtual events. Not only ever before — a happy, safe and healthy is it considerably larger than we would New Year with our eighth newsletter! expect for attendees in person, but it Looking back on my introduction has also brought with it many requests to the previous one, I cannot help to join our mailing list, thus securing experiencing a certain feeling of déjà engagement by much larger numbers. vu: Greece and the UK are both in some It has convinced us that, even when in- form of lockdown as the second wave person events are once again possible, of the Covid-19 pandemic rages. we will continue to offer them in It would be too easy, however, to parallel virtually. We are committed surrender to depression and Covid- The Director introducing one of the ‘Homeric to making our events accessible fatigue. Vaccines have been found World’ videos to all, even though we sometimes effective, and the first vaccinations request donations. This reminds us have already been administered in that development, a function that the UK. There is a good chance that our digital offerings through the Digital has become central to the BSA over we may never have to endure another Collections platform, accompanied by a the past three to four years, is not winter like this. The contents of this series of blog posts. The Knossos 2025 only about raising money; it is also newsletter, looking back over the BSA’s Project has not remained static: the plans about building engagement. Nor is it a activities in Summer and Autumn, also have cleared their penultimate hurdle, separate activity, sitting alongside our offer much to celebrate. We presented with only local planning permission to other activities; rather it runs through a rich and varied set of lectures, go, and, thanks to a number of generous all we do like the letters in a stick of seminars, panels and workshops. These donations and pledges, we are now over rock. We are all seeking to engage virtual events have received almost £400,000 towards our goal of £2m. new ‘stakeholders’ — researchers and 4,000 unique live views from every Not everything has been positive, of students, as well as research funders continent bar Antarctica. (Most are course. Logistical and safety concerns and donors, all of whom are enthused still available to view in our Video led us to postpone our programme by our shared passion for the study of Archive.) Our supporters demonstrated of archaeological fieldwork over the Greece in all time periods and across (and continue to demonstrate) their summer; similarly all of our courses. all disciplines. great generosity, helping us to weather More recently, the restrictions currently As we move positively, but the financial challenges presented by in force required us once again to close unpredictably, towards the ‘new the pandemic; we are extremely grateful our Library to Readers and non-resident normality’, we trust that we can count for this support. Our two postdoctoral Members. How soon we can reopen on your continued support that we ‘students’ both arrived as planned will depend on whether there is a post- value so much. at the start of the academic year, as holiday resurgence of cases and how As always, please feed back reactions did our two-year Marie Skłodowska quickly vaccination can become effective and suggestions to [email protected]. Curie Fellow and our Library Research across the population … and, of course, Assistant. We have continued to enrich on restrictions being lifted. John Bennet

Calling all participants in the BSA Summer Course!

The BSA Undergraduate Course — first offered in 1973 — will soon be celebrating its 50th anniversary. We are thrilled to be marking this important milestone in the BSA’s history with a specially commissioned coffee-table book of memories and photographs from those who have led and attended the course over the past half-century. The collection will celebrate the often formative and unforgettable stories of the course.

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BSA Fieldwork 2020

Archaeology remains an important aspect of the BSA’s activities, but, in common with many other organisations, the BSA found the intricate logistics of assembling teams in the field to carry out fieldwork too risky in the summer of 2020. The timing of the pandemic was, in one sense, opportune, in that we had only planned to operate two field projects in 2020: an excavation and underwater survey at the eastern edge of the site of Palaikastro in east Crete and an archaeological survey on the island of Chios. These projects will roll forward to 2021, when, assuming permits are granted, they will join new excavation projects at Toumba Serron, Kato Choria on Naxos and Karphi in east- central Crete, as well as another survey project in western Samos. More on those projects in a year’s time, all being well. Other projects had already progressed to study mode: Olynthos, Koutroulou Magoula, Keros-Naxos Seaways and Locations of BSA Study 2020 and planned fieldwork in 2021 Knossos Gypsades. While study may seem less exciting than active fieldwork, it is place, Todd Whitelaw (UCL) worked on television documentaries. The first, The the most crucial stage of any project in refining the chronology of the Final and Enigma of Keros, produced by the Greek turning raw fieldwork data into a coherent Post-Palatial phases on the site (Late national TV channel ERT premiered in format suitable for dissemination to a Minoan II–III). On another island, Euboea, Greece on 20 July. It was narrated by wider audience, academic and otherwise. the Lefkandi project had a short season Andriana Paraskevopoulou, who joined While the Olynthos, Gypsades, KULP and both in its own storeroom in Lefkandi the project in the field in its final season Kenchreai teams were unable to carry out and in the Eretria Museum. A highlight of in 2018. The second, Keros — the Mystery study in Greece, the Keros-Naxos Seaways, the season was a visit by the Minister of of the Broken Idols, previewed in London Koutroulou Magoula, Lefkandi, Mycenae Culture and Sports, Dr Lina Mendoni, to in March just before lockdown, a co- and Palaikastro projects all carried out the new Museum of Chalkida and the site production of National Geographic and some study towards publication. Where of Toumba, where she was guided by the Cosmote TV, received its first broadcast in study in situ was not possible, teams director of the Lefkandi project, Prof. Irene Greece on 5 October. At a press premiere, communicated — as we have all learnt to Lemos (Oxford). members of the project team, and the do — by teleconferencing, thus keeping Lefkandi was not the only site to film’s on-screen narrator, Dr Kostas up momentum towards publication. receive a distinguished visitor: in August Paschalidis (National Archaeological Although no fieldwork took place, that the President of the Hellenic Republic, Museum), were interviewed. Colin does not mean that communication with HE Katerina Sakellaropoulou, visited Renfrew joined by Zoom link! Despite colleagues in the Ministry of Culture and Keros and Dhaskalio, accompanied by Dr these distractions — and the pandemic — Sports was non-existent, and the BSA Michael Boyd (Cambridge), co-director the project undertook some study and expresses its gratitude for their support of the Keros-Naxos Seaways project. The should submit its publication, albeit on a and collaboration in very trying times: President also took in the new exhibition revised schedule, in 2022 or 2023. to Mr Georgios Didaskalou, Secretary on the island of Kouphonisi — Impressions, General of the Ministry, Dr Polyxeni Adam- which includes some material excavated Veleni, Director General of Antiquities, on Keros. The project was otherwise and Dr Elena Kountouri, Director of much in the news, the subject of two Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, as well as numerous others in the Ministry, and those in charge of the Ephorates of Antiquities in which our fieldwork and study take place. We also recognise the generous financial support from a wide range of bodies and private individuals that sustains our projects in the field. In eastern Crete, study of material from the 1986–2003 excavations at Palaikastro focused on Buildings 5 and Above: Countdown to the press premiere 7, including examination of the charcoal Right: The President of the Hellenic Republic and archaeobotanical remains. In central (foreground centre) and her party on Crete, although no in situ study took Kouphonisi, August 2020

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Left: In the Cosmote TV studio: (L–R) Kostas Paschalidis, Evi Margariti, Michael Boyd and the Presenter, Christos Vassilopoulos

Above: Koutroulou Magoula: the inhumation burial in Trench Ξ15, excavated in 2018

preserved inhumation burial excavated in 2018 in Trench Ξ15, and assumed Right: Colin Renfrew joins to be medieval in date (see December Cosmote TV presenter 2018 newsletter), produced a date of Christos Vassilopoulos 6371–6070 Cal BC, the earliest on the during the press site, making this an extremely unusual conference via Zoom find for this period. Among other tasks, the team is working towards publication of a workshop on the site held at the BSA in 2019. There will be further reports on research In addition to some study in Greece, of AMS dating determinations. These not and other activities of the Fitch Laboratory the Koutroulou-Magoula Archaeology only confirmed a date for the kilns, whose and the Knossos Research Centre in the and Archaeological Ethnography Project existence was confirmed in the 2019 June 2021 newsletter. Further information made progress in entering and updating season, at the transition between Early on all BSA projects (and many others) field data. As proof of the importance of and Middle Neolithic (6215–5920 Cal continue to appear in Archaeology in post-processing to the archaeological BC), but also delivered a huge surprise. Greece Online (http://chronique.efa.gr) process, the project received the results Direct sampling on the tibia of the well- and Archaeological Reports.

and Catherine Perlès (CNRS), and a panel / University of Cincinnati), the Assistant Going global of discussants from Greece and Turkey. Director presented an overview of Seminars were recorded, and edited geospatial and digital work currently A silver lining that has emerged in highlights will be available through the being conducted at the Palace of the Zoom era is that it is now easier IFEA soon. Nestor, Messenia. The event was well than ever to host and participate Zoom can even take us further than attended, and we thank the organisers in international conferences and is usually practical for us to travel for for the opportunity to participate. workshops. Furthermore, as the short conferences or outreach events. We are also very proud to report that BSA moves forward with its ‘Green On 18 November as part of ‘GIS Day’ our early-career researcher seminar Agenda’, it is also encouraging that — an international celebration of group run jointly with the American this work can be conducted without Geographic Information Systems and School ‘AthENIS’ (Athens Early-career air travel. their application in research and industry Network of International Scholars) In August we were able to revive — we participated in the 3C community will run virtually in 2021, allowing an event originally scheduled celebration of GIS co-organised by Case students and postdocs currently (auspiciously) for Friday 13 March, Western University, Ohio State University, based in the UK to join in. To receive just at the point the first international and the University of Cincinnati. Along updates via our AthENIS mailing list, travel restrictions were introduced in with Jack Davis and Shari Stocker (ASCSA please contact the Assistant Director. Greece. Co-organised with the Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes and as part of the Grant Scheme for the Screenshot of the EU-Turkey Intercultural Dialogue ‘Moving Seaside’ Programme (ICD), the workshop workshop: Barbara ‘Moving Seaside’ focused on Horejs, Nikos seafaring in the Mediterranean of the Efstratiou, Hülya Mete, Kumru Neolithic period. Two international Arapgirlioğlu, virtual workshop sessions took Michael Loy and place, connecting in cyberspace our Néhémie Strupler speakers Nikos Efstratiou (Aristotle (clockwise from University of Thessaloniki), Barbara top L) Horejs (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

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BSA Arts Bursary Holder 2019–20

“Arriving in Athens in the middle of the between post-colonial nationalism and of well-kept diaries, photographs, pandemic’s first wave — when no one else ‘development’ in the case of Pakistan correspondence and personal notes in Europe seemed to be able to move — is exemplified through Doxiadis’ very — transcribed from dictaphone­ was a surreal experience. At the end of important role as the master planner of recordings — give us another picture May 2020, one month later than planned, its capital, Islamabad, often touted as his of Pakistan, its dreams and actualisations I arrived to a hastily arranged sublet in Gizi greatest project, an exemplar of his dream of modernity. to quarantine for two weeks. It was agreed of a world-class ‘dynapolis’. One of the “I am planning with friend and artist- that it would be better not to stay at the biggest reasons for moving the Pakistani researcher Shahana Rajani, based in BSA like previous Arts Bursary Holders capital to Islamabad from Karachi in Karachi, to develop an audio-visual work because of any lockdown risks. The 1967 was given as the continual influx of around Doxiadis’ townships on the city’s first two weeks of my “residency”, then, refugees into the latter, which intensified fringes (most notably Korangi, originally entailed being stuck inside reading about existing ‘problems’ and created new built to house Partition refugees). My a Greek urban planner who was the focus ones for a place that could no longer be goal is not to compare and contrast of my residency. My research interests conceived as a modern capital city. Doxiadis’ original vision to the broadly concern the 1947 Partition of “In the case of Pakistan, the effects of contemporary state of things in Pakistan British India and its sonic archival legacies. Partition, particularly on refugees and — positing a false dichotomy between But I came to Athens to learn more about their descendants, continue to this day. ‘success’ or ‘failure’ — but rather, I am this figure, Constantinos A. Doxiadis — The Constantinos A. Doxiadis Archives interested more in a story where an and I was not disappointed. in Athens, which I visited as soon as I ambitious Greek man somehow made “Pakistan was not born a developing could, made me realise that the country’s Pakistan a poster child for global nation — it became a developing nation history often can only be gleaned from development, a mass experiment that through its encounter with experts first-hand records kept elsewhere (if they didn’t just involve buildings, roads, and and funding bodies, new international exist at all, given the British destruction universities, but people — from all over alliances and policy practices that and concealment of documents during the sub­continent — who not only had to facilitated a certain new way of and after decolonisation). The Doxiadis live in a new country, but ‘belong’ to it too.” making sense of the world. The tension archives were a treasure trove. Reams Syma Tariq (UAL)

Left: Screenshot of Syma delivering her Arts Bursary talk in November

Right: A view of Doxiadis’ office on the slopes of Lykavittos, now a luxury apartment block One Athens

Resources for school teachers Since our last update, we have been working hard to develop further resources for UK schools teaching Classical Civilisation. We have focused in particular on the topic ‘The Homeric World’ (drawing on the rich Mycenae Collection housed in our BSA Archive) and have produced four short videos on the topic, presented by John Bennet and Michael Loy, and co-written with Corinna Keefe (‘An Introduction to Mycenae’, ‘The Tomb of Clytemnestra’, ‘An Introduction to Tiryns’, ‘Death and Burial at Mycenae and Tiryns’). A full set of our resources for schools can be found hosted by our friends and collaborators at The Classics Library and Warwick Classics Network. Many thanks also to ACE (Advocating Classics Education) and Classics for All Leicester for supporting and advising on the production of our schools resources.

Left: Screenshot from a ‘Homeric World’ video making use of early images of Mycenae in the BSA SPHS image collection

Right: The Assistant Director narrating one of the ‘Homeric World’ videos

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Self-catering during lockdown

When Greece went into lockdown in early November, residents at the BSA formed a social bubble and periodically organised and prepared meals together that were eaten outside.

Pictured are (L–R): Matthew Evans, doctoral student (Warwick), Charlotte Ellery, visiting undergraduate (KCL), Matteo Randazzo, Macmillan-Rodewald Student (Edinburgh), Emily Sherriff, Library Research Assistant (Oxford), Rossana Valente, Richard Bradford McConnell Student (Edinburgh) and Anna Judson, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow (Cambridge)

Training the Next Generation — BSA Courses 2020

Assistant Director Michael Loy reflects on ended with a lively panel discussion led teaching and learning in an era of social by Michael Loy and Anastasia Vassiliou distancing: on ‘Field archaeology in Greece’. Nothing can replace the experience of coming to “Although it looked very different to Athens and seeing archaeological sites our ‘usual’ summer course, it was great and museums up-close, but we hope that that this year we could still offer high- our virtual programme has whetted our quality tuition on the Archaeology and students’ appetites and imparted some Topography of Greece to 30 under­ of the energy that is so characteristic of graduate students. On 24 August we the BSA Undergraduate Course. hosted a one-day virtual seminar on the “Even if group teaching is harder to same theme, delivered via Zoom, giving conduct at the moment, we continue to students a small ‘taster’ of what they will offer mentorship, training, and world- see ‘on the ground’ when it is safe for class resources to individual visiting them to gather as a group in Athens. students and early career researchers. “After a brief overview of Greek history To that end, we are pleased to announce from the Palaeolithic to the Early Modern that we have made funding available period, lectures were given by Michael for three new scholarships, offering Loy, John Bennet and Bela Dimova return travel and accommodation for (A.G. Leventis Fellow) on the respective short research trips to Greece. Separate topics of ‘GIS modelling for the economy scholarships are offered to doctoral of archaic Greece’, ‘Antiquity and the students, pre-doctoral students, and to Above: A recent practice session with the BSA’s UAV (aka ‘drone’) creation of the Greek nation state’, and artists: more information is available on ‘The North Aegean’. Virtual tours were our website, and applications should Below: Screenshots from the one-day virtual offered both of the BSA premises and of reach the Assistant Director by 26 seminar for Summer Course applicants: the Director talks about the formation of the Greek the BSA digital resources, before the day February 2021.” nation state and Michael Loy and Anastasia Vassiliou (top L) lead a virtual panel discussion

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The Quarantine Art Exhibition (QAE) at the BSA

Charlotte Ellery, Kathryn Robb (KCL), and Flora Outram (St Andrews) describe their lockdown initiative, realised in person at the BSA in September:

“One year after saying goodbye in Athens Airport, three students from the 2019 Undergraduate Summer Course returned to the BSA with a project of their own, in vastly different circumstances. “During the first stage of lockdown, a group of student volunteers from universities across the UK came together to realise the ‘Quarantine Art Exhibition’ (QAE), a project which aimed to host an Above: The Director and the Deputy Honorary Treasurer, on a flying visit to the BSA, enjoy the online exhibition of artworks created artworks, suitably masked during the Covid-19 pandemic. Early in the promotional stages of the project, Left: Charlotte Ellery in front of the QAE the three of us contacted Dr Michael exhibition Loy to make use of the BSA network. The Assistant Director was, as ever, “Over two weeks, we became very distancing restrictions, we were pleased exceedingly helpful, and within a few familiar with a number of Athenian to welcome to our first QAE event the weeks we had confirmed dates for a hardware stores and Kolonaki coffee Deputy Honorary Treasurer of the BSA small exhibition in the gardens of the shops, learnt first-hand what humidity and the British Ambassador to Greece. BSA. This would serve to provide our does to printed artworks, and witnessed Both the Director and Assistant Director project with greater exposure and, rather the strong link between Classics and served as invaluable helpers during the felicitously, demanded that we return to the arts. In fact, a significant portion of entire process, and over the course of the the very place that brought the three of our exhibition was devoted to works two weeks the artworks were enjoyed at us together in the first place. produced by BSA alumni and members. leisure by many members and friends of We were also given the opportunity to the BSA. select two items from the BSA Archive: “It was a privilege to be involved in the an early photograph of the Lion Gate BSA’s return to social activity after so many and a delicate watercolour of small months of isolation, and an invaluable finds at Mycenae complemented our boost for QAE. Please keep up to date with exhibit. While attendance was limited our project as it progresses by visiting by a semi-tropical storm and social- www.quarantineartexhibition.com.”

Clockwise from top L: ‘Humane’ by Emily Harman, ‘Watercolour of the Acropolis’ by Dr Carol Bell, BSA Chair, ‘Zerkalo (Mirror)’ by Oliver McKenzie, ‘Sleeping Giant’ by Charlotte Ellery, ‘Love Conquers All’ by Eric Amoakwa-Boadu

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BSA Museum / Study Collection

Getting back to (new-) normal: the BSA Collections Digitisation Project

Assistant Director Michael Loy describes the BSA’s initiative to use pandemic- enforced ‘downtime’ to good effect:

“Any usual academic year at the BSA has a predictable rhythm and structure to it. The Upper House seminars in autumn and spring, the courses in spring, field Break time: (L to R) Antonis projects in the summer. The BSA runs Chaliakopoulos, Katerina almost like clockwork, and one just has Argyraki, Anastasia to remember to do the right thing at the Vassiliou and Esther Laver right time. What the last nine months has shown us is that nothing is predictable any more. We are currently in Lockdown unexpectedly as they come. This is what derailed by the pandemic, and another 2.0, and at the time of writing there is we did this summer. Unable to conduct student who had won a scholarship for no indication when Greece will ‘open safely our usual summer programme for travel from her home university. up’ again. One can become dizzy trying undergraduate students, we used those “We offer our most sincere thanks to war-game every possible scenario, three weeks usually allocated for teaching to the whole team: Katerina Argyraki, and planning ahead actually becomes to turn attention to another cornerstone Antonis Chaliakopoulos, Salvatore a somewhat academic exercise when — of the BSA: our collections. D’Errico, Deborah Harlan, Eleni Krikona, let alone next month — no one knows “For three weeks in August and Christina Koureta, Esther Laver, Kathryn what next week will look like. The normal September, we brought together a small Robb and Anastasia Vassiliou. Along with BSA calendar has gone, and the ‘new team working intensively through the Deborah Harlan, both Matthew Evans normal’ is here. documentation and digitisation of our and Emily Sheriff (current residents of “What does that ‘new normal’ look like Museum Study Collection. Parts of this the BSA) have helped to post-process for us? We remain as busy as ever, even collection have been published in the project data throughout the autumn. if on a slightly different programme. The Annual of the British School at Athens, but “We are delighted to report that experience of recent months has shown our aim this summer was to complete the thanks to the hard work and efforts that periods of lockdown oscillate with long-overdue inventory with a view to of the ‘Collections Digitisation Project’ ‘calmer’ times. The key now is to seize making this publicly available as soon as (amounting to some 60GB of high quality those windows of opportunity — as possible on ‘BSA Digital Collections’. The digital data, 2680 database records and team comprised mainly local volunteers, 1495 photographs), the Museum Study all spaced at workstations throughout Collection inventory is now complete and the premises. We were also very happy fully accessible on our BSA intranet — a to welcome two students whose plans real milestone in the BSA’s history. Please for Erasmus+ traineeships had been stay tuned for more developments.”

Volunteer opportunities in the Museum Study Collection

We are always glad to receive enquiries from students who would like to volunteer with us. Applicants for volunteer positions should send a CV and letter of recommendation to the Assistant Director; all applications are read by two assessors, and are reviewed four times throughout the year (September, December, March, June). We also welcome enquires from students who would like to undertake an Erasmus+ traineeship or similar with us. We are actively looking to develop our internship programme with further paid opportunities and scholarships. Watch this space. Salvatore D’Errico taking record photographs

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The BSA’s Development Programme

The BSA’s gratitude to its supporters, collaborators, and our broader community in the UK, Greece, and beyond, is a sentiment that we Right: Prof. continually echo as our development Paul Cartledge programme has grown in recent years. presenting his Much of the programme, and the BSA’s lecture on Thebes wider activities, would simply not be possible without your generous support. And it is through your support that we have been able to face the challenges of 2020 and emerge strengthened, especially in our expanded digital outreach and programming. First and foremost, we would like to reiterate our deepest thanks to those who contributed to the Call for Donations Left: Screenshot from over the summer, which raised over the panel discussion £30,000 including Gift Aid. The donations ‘Beyond Words’: from our friends worldwide enabled us David Ricks, Karen to reinstate much of the expenditure Emmerich, Lambrini that was due to be paused because of Kouzeli and Joshua Barley (clockwise the pandemic. This included allocations from top L) to the Library (for new acquisitions), the Archive (for a digital research project), and to our Athens and Knossos premises (for essential repairs and maintenance). We are delighted to have been able to discussion on the topic of ‘Beyond words: on Twitter and Facebook in the final 21 offer our facilities throughout much of history and translation in modern Greek weeks of 2020 and the whole series is 2020, while adhering to government fiction’ involving David Ricks (KCL), Karen available to enjoy on our Video Archive. restrictions and guidelines. Needless to Emmerich (Princeton), Lambrini Kouzeli Other podcast series are in the pipelines say that our annual Athens and London (journalist and translator), and Joshua for next year. In the meantime, two dates Garden Parties were missed, but we are Barley (translator) and organised in for your diaries are 15 and 22 February hopeful these events will return once collaboration with the Centre for Hellenic when the BSA and the CHS host a diptych ‘normal service’ can be resumed. Studies (CHS) at King’s College London of virtual panel discussions entitled In the continuing absence of in-person and Aiora Press. Roderick Beaton’s recent ‘1821: The Migration of Revolutionary events, we hope that our Virtual Lecture lecture ‘From the Europe of empires to Ideas’ involving participants from Greece series has been keeping you engaged the Europe of nation-states: The Greek and the UK. On 27 April, Ian Collins, the and feeling involved with our activities. Revolution of 1821 in international biographer of the painter John Craxton, We were thrilled to host a Virtual Summer context’ provided a taster of events will be giving us a first peek at his new Lecture by Michael Scott, whose engaging to come in 2021 in celebration of the book in a lecture titled ‘John Craxton: a talk on ‘The view from the Aegean: Greek bicentenary of the Greek Revolution life in Greece’. Finally, our Ambassador perspectives on a global ancient world’ (more details at 21in21.co.uk). series — comprising events hosted with was enjoyed by a truly global audience. In keeping with the theme of 1821– universities across the UK — continues in As was Paul Cartledge’s presentation on 2021, we were delighted to invite 21 virtual format with a BSA North Lecture ‘Thebes: the (nearly) lost city of Ancient translators, authors, and academics on 24 March and a BSA Scotland Lecture Greece’ drawing on his new book on the to read their favourite modern Greek on 12 May 2021. city’s deep history. More recently, we poems for our podcast series 21 poems The BSA’s plans to redevelop the Knossos were delighted to host a virtual panel into 21. A new poem has been published Research Centre, providing world-class

Left: Roderick Beaton and the Director during Q&A after his lecture; Above: Screenshot of #21poemsinto21: Victoria Hislop reads Cavafy

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Scenes from the Virtual Tour: ‘Welcome to the BSA!’ (BSA Secretary Vicki Tzavara); In the Laboratory (Laboratory Administrator / Analytical Assistant Zoe Zgouleta) facilities for international researchers and or Director’s Circle (at least £1,001 offering a focus for events, have been p.a.). The donations received from our signposted here in previous newsletters. supporters are invaluable as we seek Penny Wilson’s parting We are pleased to say that we are now to diversify the BSA’s income streams pebble only awaiting local planning permission beyond the core grant received through to rebuild the Knossos Stratigraphical the British Academy. An exclusive event Musuem and have so far raised over for our upper-tier supporters on 26 £400,000 towards the £2m target of October comprised a Virtual Tour of the the campaign, further details of which BSA premises in Athens and Knossos can now be found on a dedicated BSA followed by a live Q&A session with BSA webpage https://www.bsa.ac.uk/join- Heads of Section. Other virtual initiatives us-2/knossos-2025-project/. We remain are planned for next year. If you are not grateful to our dedicated partners in the already a supporter, you can become one project, including its Patron the best- by visiting the ‘Become a Supporter’ page selling author Victoria Hislop, as we on our website (https://www.bsa.ac.uk/ continue our mission to make our plans joinus-2/become-a-supporter). Please a reality. We will keep you updated as the note that membership in all supporter project progresses. levels renews annually on 1 January. As 2020 draws to a close, we very We are immensely grateful to all much hope that you were able to join those who support the BSA at this In our last newsletter, we marked us on 17 December for our Christmas important time in our 130-year history. the retirement, after 44 years, of Virtual Lecture given by historian, Your contributions maintain the margin Senior Librarian Penny Wilson. One author, and broadcaster, Bettany Hughes of excellence of our activities, from our of the gifts Penny received was this as she goes ‘In search of the Goddess research to publications and teaching. beautiful ‘pebble’ housed in a card- of love — by land and sea’. Before then, We are grateful for several large index box, with pages from Ceram’s on 8 December, Robert Parker (Oxford) donations over recent months, including Gods, Graves and Scholars. It was delivered the first Friends’ Virtual those from the Society of Dilettanti and made by Lito Apostolakou, a friend Lecture on the topic of ‘New discoveries others who wish to remain anonymous. of Margaret Kenna and Chris Stray, and new problems in Greek religion’. Once again, we send our warmest thanks who commissioned it for Penny as a This year saw the widening of tiered to all those who have contributed to the parting gift. support for the BSA, reaching over BSA in the face of the recent challenges. 240 supporters, many choosing to join the Pendlebury (at least £150 p.a.) Nicholas Salmon

BSA staff signing off after Q&A following the Virtual Tour

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Virtual Events Past (July–December 2020)

Public Lectures Prof. Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge): ‘Thebes: the (nearly) lost city of Ancient Greece’ (22 July) Prof. Christy Constantakopoulou (Birkbeck, Violetta Hionidou University of London): ‘Gods, slaves, goats (Newcastle) and pirates in the Aegean islands. Insular life and inter-island connectivity in the Classical delivering her Upper and Hellenistic periods’ (NHRF-BSA Autumn House Seminar Lecture; 9 November) Prof. Emeritus Roderick Beaton (KCL): ‘From the Europe of empires to the Europe of nation-states: the Greek revolution of 1821 in international context, 200 years on’ (12 November) Dr Bettany Hughes: ‘In search of the Goddess of love — by land and sea’ (17 December) Research Webinars on Modern Greek Studies Artist In Residence Talk in Collaboration with the Greek Politics Syma Tariq (University of the Arts London): pecialist roup ‘Dreaming of Entopia: Constantinos Doxiadis Upper House Seminars S G in Pakistan’ (16 November) Dr Elias Kolovos (University of Crete): ‘Romaiika: Prof. Dimitris Sotiropoulos (University of Athens): towards a history of the Greek lands under ‘Populism, party politics, and the economic Ottoman rule’ (23 November) crisis: contrasting the case of Greece with the Friends’ Lecture Prof. Violetta Hionidou (University of case of Portugal’ (5 October) Prof. Emeritus Robert Parker (University of Newcastle): ‘Using emmenagogues and Oxford): ‘New discoveries and new problems in abortifacients in modern Greece, 1930–1967’ Panel Discussion Greek religion’ (8 December) (30 November) ‘Beyond words: history and translation in Prof. Markos Katsianis (University of modern Greek fiction’ Prof. David Ricks (KCL), Exhibition Patras): ‘Excavation archives in 3D: Digital Prof. Karen Emmerich (Princeton), Lambrini Quarantine Art Exhibition (Athens, 17–24 documentation and curation workflows’ (7 Kouzeli (journalist and translator) and Joshua September) December) Barley (translator) (2 October)

Left: Robert Parker (Oxford) delivering the inaugural Friends’ Committee Virtual Lecture

Right: Markos Katsianis (Patras) delivering his Upper House Seminar

Future Events (January–June 2021)

Public Lectures Prof. Maria Mina (University of the Aegean): Moderator: Prof. Emeritus Roderick Beaton Ian Collins: ‘John Craxton: a life in Greece’ (27 ‘Light at the end of the tunnel: illuminating (KCL) (Pt I: 15 February) April) the changing uses of cavernous spaces in the ‘1821: The migration of revolutionary ideas’, Prof. John Bennet (BSA Director): ‘Work of the prehistoric south-east Aegean’ (10 May) panellists: Giorgos Varouxakis (Queen Mary BSA 2019–2020’ and Prof. Robin Osborne U London), Athena Leoussi (Reading), Sanja (BSA Vice-Chair/Cambridge): ‘Archaeology Research Webinars on Modern Greek Studies Perovic (KCL); Moderator: Prof. Emeritus and the rewriting of early Athenian history’ (9 in Collaboration with the Greek Politics Roderick Beaton (KCL) (Pt II: 22 February) February) Specialist Group BSA North Lecture with Sheffield University: Dr Foteini Kalatzi (SEESOX-University of Conference & Workshop Dr Charlotte Von Regenmortel (Liverpool): Oxford): ‘A “bare life” in the borderlines of the International conference: ‘Travel, Archaeology ‘Fighting for a great transformation? Paid Mediterranean’ (1 March) and Revolution in Greece c. 1800–1830’, military service and the Hellenistic economies’ Prof. Antonis Ellinas (University of Cyprus): organised by Alexia Petsalis-Diomedes (St (24 March) ‘Antifascism in Greece: actors, resources, and Andrews) (17–18 May) BSA Scotland Lecture with Edinburgh University: tactics’ (19 April) International workshop: ‘The Greek Language Prof. John Bennet (BSA Director): ‘Work of Prof. Susannah Verney (University of Athens): after Antiquity’, convenor Prof. David Holton the BSA 2019–2020’ and Dr David Lewis ‘Researching Greek attitudes towards (Cambridge) (21–22 May) (Edinburgh): ‘Supply chains and the workings European integration through Eurobarometer of the Athenian urban economy’ (12 May) surveys’ (14 June) Prof. Iosif Kovras (University of Cyprus): ‘Who’s Please visit our website for up-to-date Upper House Seminars sorry now? Explaining (non) apologies in post- information: Profs Yannis Hamilakis (Brown) & Rafael crisis Europe’ (postponed — date TBC) https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/ Greenberg (Tel Aviv): ‘Modernity’s sacred ruins: To be sure you hear about our events, colonialism, archaeology, and the national Panel Discussions please join our Mailing List: imagination in Greece and Israel’ (18 January) ‘1821: The migration of revolutionary ideas’, https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ Dr Foteini Dimirouli (Oxford): ‘C. P. Cavafy as panellists: Ada Dialla (Athens School of Fine TheBritishSchoolatAthens/mailinglist world literature: origins, trajectories and the Arts), Efi Gazi (U Peloponnese), Kostas Tampakis request.html diasporic writer’ (1 February) (National Hellenic Research Foundation);

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Farewells & Warm Welcomes

We note with deep sadness the passing In late August we welcomed Dr on 1 August 2020 of Jim Coulton, who Hallvard Indgjerd as our new IT Officer. had an association with the BSA going Hallvard completed his doctorate on the back to 1962. Jim is particularly well Late Antique Cyclades last year at the known for two major books — The University of St Andrews and has worked Architectural Development of the Greek as an archaeologist and data/GIS specialist Stoa (1976) and Greek Architects at on several projects in Greece, including Work: Problems of Structure and Design the Keros-Naxos Seaways Project, the (1977) — as well as for his contribution Apalirou Environs Project, the Norwegian to the Lefkandi project. He carried out Naxos Project and the Cos Survey Project. fieldwork in Greece, notably at Zagora He is familiar with the BSA having held on Andros, and in Turkey, in association a Bradford McConnell Studentship and with our fellow BIRI, the British a Fitch Bursary while completing his Institute at Ankara. Robin Barber kindly doctorate. contributed a short obituary for the BSA We were also joined by Dr Anna website on 4 August, a fuller version of Judson (Cambridge), who took up which appeared in the CUCD Bulletin a two-year Marie Skłodowska Curie 49 (2020). Stavros Paspalas (AAIA) also Fellowship on ‘WRiting At Pylos (WRAP): produced a nicely illustrated obituary palaeography, tablet production, and reflecting his association with the site the work of the Mycenaean scribes’; by of Zagora: https://aaia.sydney.edu.au/ Dr Ian Jenkins OBE pictured in the BSA Garden our two Students, Drs Rossana Valente j-j-coulton/, and a necrology appeared in in 2012 (Richard Bradford McConnell / Edinburgh) the American Journal of Archaeology. and Matteo Randazzo (Macmillan- Sadly the end of November saw Rodewald / Edinburgh); and by this another great loss, deeply felt around Annual of the BSA. Finally, we were very year’s Library Research Assistant, Emily the world: the untimely passing of sorry to hear just now of the death of Sherriff (St Andrews / Oxford). There is Dr Ian Jenkins OBE, longstanding Davina Huxley, wife of George Huxley, more information about them on the BSA Curator at the British Museum and and editor of the commmorative BSA website, and they will present their year’s strong advocate for and friend of the volume Cretan Quests (2000). achievements in the June 2021 newsletter. BSA. There is a short notice on the BSA website and fuller obituaries appeared in the Telegraph (7 Dec), Times (16 Dec) and the Art Newspaper. The BSA was further deeply saddened to learn of the Right: Matteo (L) and passing in October of Matti Egon-Xyla, Rossana standing on the a longstanding friend and supporter BSA Hostel steps of the BSA and founder of the Greek Archaeology Committee UK (GACUK) Below: Screenshot from the GACUK virtual which exists to support Greek students lecture, introduced by its undertaking postgraduate study in the current chair, Dr Zetta UK. We were delighted to host this year’s Theodoropoulou: Matti GACUK lecture on 3 December. The full Egon stands at the centre obituary of Hugh Sackett promised in of the group photo in the the last newsletter was published in the BSA garden

Hallvard Indgjerd, new IT Officer

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BSA Publications Knossos 2025

In addition to the latest issues of Iro Mathioudaki; and republication — our two journals, we are delighted to modern standards — of early BSA to announce the publication of work at Phylakopi, edited by Robin a new Supplementary Volume: Barber: Phylakopi 1896–98. Byzantium, Karphi Revisited, by Saro Wallace, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic: presents the site in context, based Spheres of Maritime Power, edited on the results of fieldwork in 2008. by Magdalena Skoblar, will be the Upcoming volumes include: The next volume in BSA Studies in Greek House of the Frescoes, a publication Antiquity, in March 2021. Finally, two of legacy data by Emilia Oddo, with a more volumes in our Routledge series contribution by Vasso Fotou, followed BSA Modern Greek and Byzantine by recent work at Palaikastro: Palace Studies should appear in 2021: and Landscape at Palaikastro, 2012–16, The Macedonian Front 1915–1918: edited by Carl Knappett, Alexandra Politics, Society and Culture in Time Livarda and Nicoletta Momigliano; of War, edited by Michael Llewellyn- Knossos: From First to Second Palace: Smith, Vassilis Gounaris and Ioannis an Integrated Ceramic, Stratigraphic Stefanidis, and Byzantium and British and Architectural Study, edited by Heritage, edited by BSA Archivist Colin Macdonald, Carl Knappett and Amalia Kakissis.

A ‘Minoan-style’ totaliser showing progress towards our goal for Knossos 2025; this will be updated for future newsletters

‘Then and Now!‘ Autumn 1965 (L to R): Jane Rabnett (School Secretary), Mervyn Popham (Assistant Director), Liz Ramsden (later Waywell), Vronwy Hankey, Alastar Jackson, Geoffrey Waywell, Father Edward Bader (from BSA Albums, Oliver Dickinson album, no. 6); Autumn 2020 (L to R): Rossana Valente, Michael Loy, Emily Sherriff, Charlotte Ellery, Michael Delacruz, Matthew Evans, Matteo Randazzo

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