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December 2019) at December at BRITISH SCHOOL ATHENS an institute for advanced research 2019 From the Director With this — the sixth issue of our September on ‘Craftspeople Mobility’, newsletter — it is my great pleasure to a collaboration between the Fitch wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Laboratory and the Centre for Greek a Happy New Year by bringing news of Folklore Research at the Academy our recent activities to all who share the of Athens. A series of paired talks — BSA’s passion for the study of Greece in archaeological and anthropological/ all its aspects and in all periods. ethnographic — explored the mobility Speaking of that passion, one of of potters, stonemasons, wall-painters, the great privileges and pleasures of weavers and farmers-pastoralists. While my job is to travel in this diverse and such formal interdisciplinary events are beautiful country either to visit our far- important in stimulating discussion, flung projects or out of simple curiosity. interdisciplinary interaction takes place Travel is a vivid reminder that, although on a daily basis at the BSA — over the we call ourselves the British School breakfast table, in the Finlay common at Athens, that only defines our main room and around the many events institutional base, established in 1886. we host. Even if the days of polymaths Not only do we have a secondary base like Wace, Dawkins and Hasluck have at Knossos in Crete, but our research Visiting archaeological projects — Dhaskalio passed, in this way the BSA continues has touched many parts of the Greek their tradition and reflects our broad world, particularly Crete and Sparta, nature: Wace not only conducted the mission to promote, facilitate and but also many other regions from ethnographic (as it would now be called) conduct research on the Hellenic Epirus, Macedonia and Thessaly, to the research just mentioned, but was also world across all humanities and social Peloponnese and islands west, north, an expert on ornate textiles, collecting science disciplines. Mutatis mutandis, east and south. Nor was research in for the Victoria & Albert Museum. our mission is similar to that of our those areas confined to archaeology: Dawkins documented Greek dialects fellow British International Research Wace and Thompson famously and folk tales and Hasluck researched Institutes (BIRI), also supported by the documented the lives of the Vlachs in religious practices and published on British Academy, the UK’s champion for the Pindus (on the eve of the region’s historical periods. All three were also humanities and social science research. incorporation into the Greek state), archaeologists. In today’s academy, such Collectively the BIRI [https://www. followed by John Campbell in the 1950s, individual interdisciplinarity is rare, but thebritishacademy.ac.uk/international/ while more recent anthropological work an institution like ours naturally fosters research-institutes] offer almost 700 has focused on Anafi, Lefkada, Leros and dialogue and collaboration across years of experience of operation in their western Thessaly, as well as the 1920s academic disciplines and across periods. respective regions. refugee communities of Athens. This feature was emphatically brought As always, please feed back reactions The early 20th-century researchers home to me by a recent international and suggestions to [email protected]. at the BSA were interdisciplinary by conference hosted at the BSA in late John Bennet A singular honour … Roderick Beaton, Council Member and Chair of the Committee for Society, Arts and Letters, was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Honour of Roderick the Hellenic Republic by President Beaton Prokopios Pavlopoulos at a ceremony held receives the at the Presidential Palace on 9 September. medal from the President Along with the title goes a medal inscribed of the Hellenic with the words, in ancient Greek, Ο Republic; ΑΓΑΘΟΣ ΜΟΝΟΣ ΤΙΜΗΤΕΟΣ (Only the close-up of good are to be honoured). On one side is the medal the head of the goddess Athena, on the other the symbol of the Cross. The Order of executives of the public administration, Honour was instituted in 1975 to replace to eminent personalities of the arts and their distinguished position and through the former Order of King George I. letters as well as to distinguished scientists their personal worth, have contributed The Order of Honour is conferred on or individuals who excelled in the field to the promotion of Greece’. In his ‘Greek citizens who are distinguished in of trade, shipping and industry. It is also speech conferring the award, President struggles for the Fatherland, to senior conferred upon foreigners who, due to Pavlopoulos referred to Professor Beaton’s at The British School at Athens 2019 – December ‘emblematic contribution to research in sense of intimacy. The President spoke very Modern Greek and Byzantine History, this award is the kindly, and afterwards went round the Language and Literature’. greatest honour of my life room, talking to each of the guests in turn. Replying in Greek, Professor Beaton While his entrance had been awaited with began by saying, ‘this award is the greatest from“ prehistoric times to the present, and some tension and an inevitable sense of honour of my life’. He went on to describe covers a huge range of disciplines” from build-up, he contrived to leave without any how he first fell in love with Greece, its the natural and human sciences. I would ceremony at all — I only realised afterwards landscape, its people, and especially its like to express my thanks to the present- that he had gone. The Ambassador is music, while still a teenager on a family day staff of both institutions, as well as to a generous host, and made us all feel holiday. Before concluding, he added: their predecessors. very much at home in the mansion that Elena Schilizzi had built for her husband I would like to pay tribute to two The midday ceremony was attended by Eleftherios Venizelos in the 1930s. institutions here in Athens, which have staff of the Presidency, HM Ambassador to Given my long association with the BSA, given me exceptional support in my Greece Ms Kate Smith, and invited guests. I like to think of this as an honour for the academic work, as they have also done to Afterwards, the Ambassador invited the School as well. I think it’s tremendously countless other researchers, both Greek and guests to a delightful buffet lunch at the important that the work of the BSA, across foreign. I refer to the Gennadius Library and Residence. The BSA was represented by the full range of its activities, is as much the British School at Athens. I have been Assistant Director Dr Michael Loy. appreciated in Greece as it deserves, as well working closely with both, ever since the as in the UK. All the signs in recent years 1970s. The British School, for those who do Professor Beaton writes: suggest that this is happening, more than not know it, is an institution of advanced It was a marvellous experience — a blend ever. I’ll be especially proud if this honour for research on Greece and the Hellenic world of the highest formality with a warming my own work helps along the way! BSA Fieldwork 2019 Archaeology remains an important aspect applied to human remains to tell us more for the Kenchreai Quarries Project, the of the BSA’s activities and BSA staff were about lives in the past, but also the ethical Keros-Naxos Seaways Project (see below), involved in significant archaeologically- and practical issues of their storage and and at Knossos (KULP and Gypsades), related events. Fitch Laboratory Director display. As noted above, the BSA hosted Lefkandi, Mycenae and Palaikastro. Evangelia Kiriatzi, Niki Papakonstantinou an innovative workshop combining We are most grateful to Dr Maria (BSA Research Associate) and Tania archaeological and ethnographic Andreadaki-Vlazaki, Secretary General Gerousi (School Administrator) presented approaches — Craftspeople mobility in the of the Ministry of Culture & Sports, Dr a paper ‘From the excavation to the archaeological, historical and ethnographic Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Director General laboratory: osteoarchaeological research record — a comparative perspective from of Antiquities, and to Dr Elena Kountouri, at the British School at Athens’ at an the Aegean, co-organised by Evangelia Director of Prehistoric & Classical important two-day conference organised Kiriatzi and Bartłomiej Lis from the BSA Antiquities, as well as to the numerous by the Directorate of Archaeological and Evangelos Karamanes and Paraskevas colleagues in the Ministry who make our Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Potiropoulos from the Centre for Hellenic archaeological work possible. In particular, Programmes of the Hellenic Ministry of Folklore Research, of the Academy of we thank those in charge of the Ephorates Culture and Sports: they are not silent after Athens [https://www.bsa.ac.uk/2019/10/04/ of Antiquities in which our major fieldwork all… Human remains in archaeological workshop-on-craftspeople-mobility/]. took place — Dr Dimitris Athanasoulis museums Ethics and display / και όμως BSA fieldwork continued in 2019 at (Cyclades), Mr Ioannis Kanonidis δεν είναι σιωπηλά… Ανθρώπινα κατάλοιπα Olynthos, Koutroulou Magoula and (Chalkidike & Mount Athos), Dr Yiota στα αρχαιολογικά μουσεία Δεοντολογία και Knossos. There were also study seasons Kassimi (Corinthia), Dr Efthymia Karantzali έκθεση. The conference explored not only the potential for the latest techniques Right: Locations of BSA fieldwork and study 2019 Left: Poster for the conference on human remains 2 www.bsa.ac.uk The British School at Athens 2019 – December at (Fthiotis & Evrytania), Dr Vassiliki Sythiakaki (Herakleion), Dr Alkistis Papadimitriou (SPHS and BSA). Summary entries of (Argolid), Dr Angeliki Simosi (Euboea), Mrs AGOnline recent archaeological work in Greece Chryssa Sofianou (Lasithi), and Dr Stella Unpublished reports on all BSA field are regularly uploaded, covering the Chrysoulaki (Piraeus & the Islands).
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