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From the Director I start by wishing everyone a productive and/or relaxing summer, but above all a safe one, as the world edges towards normality. Although planning remains uncertain, mainly due to asymmetrical travel regulations in the UK and Greece, optimism is definitely increasing, tempered by a feeling that we are far from being out of the woods. The game-changer this summer — as opposed to last — is Another Zoom screenshot: the Director in conversation with Natalie Haynes on 24 June vaccination, coupled with widespread testing. Although vaccination is participated in a video collection Amongst all that our two BSA proceeding at different paces in broadcast by the Greek Embassy in the Students were resident throughout different countries, and high levels of UK on 25 March. We started last year with the year, the Assistant Director immunity are unlikely to be achieved Roderick Beaton’s November lecture and and Knossos Curator have been before the end of the summer, the series of podcasts 21 Poems into ’21. productive, as has the Fitch assuming all goes to plan, and a truly We have just launched its companion — Laboratory which recently joined a resistant variant of SARS-CoV-2 does 21 Objects for ’21. Two panels explored new EU-funded Innovative Training not evolve, I hope to be able to report the migration of revolutionary ideas Network with multiple partners in a much fuller set of onsite activity and our annual Bader Archive lecture the UK and Europe. The Archive and in December. was on George Finlay. These are listed in Library too have remained busy, In June, we customarily look back on Events and, along with many others, are and the Library is now open again the full academic year, summarising available to view in our Video Archive. both to Readers and Members. IT the activities and achievements of the Objects from our Archive will enhance has underpinned so much of our BSA’s different sections, officers and exhibitions at the American School visible activity since March 2020. award holders. Although January to of Classical Studies and in Edinburgh, Finally, I note that we were delighted March/April were among the bleakest while our friend Liam Jensen created to assume ownership of Attic months of the pandemic and there three new Lego Classicist figures — Inscriptions Online, an innovative were a few Covid-19 cases among Byron, Kolokotronis and Mavrokordatos. online resource to make epigraphy BSA staff (all fully recovered, I am Our legacy contribution, however, accessible both through digital relieved and delighted to say), there is is the recently appointed three-year delivery and a user-friendly approach. much to celebrate. postdoctoral 1821 Fellow in Modern Our next issue will feature courses This is Greece’s bicentenary year, Greek Studies, Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos, and fieldwork, both of which remain as everyone will be aware, and I had who starts in October. Funded by at risk. In the meantime I thank the good fortune to meet HRH The the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the everyone for your generous support Prince of Wales at the Ambassador’s Fellow will not only study and oversee — moral and financial — over the past Residence following the official digitisation of a large part of the Finlay months; I trust we can continue to parade on 25 March, where he had Collection, making it widely available, count on it as we move forward into represented the UK. That gave an but will also mark the bicentenary of (hopefully) more certain times. opportunity to discuss the Knossos the establishment of the London Greek As always, please feed back 2025 project and to show him the Committee in 1823 with a conference, reactions and suggestions to scale model of the KSM rebuild. A whose proceedings will appear in our [email protected]. number of BSA friends and partners Routledge series. John Bennet

BSA People

Michael Loy These astp six months have (Assistant Director) felt like something of a paradox “These past six months have felt like ““There has been no shortage of Zoom something of a paradox. Although our events this term. AthENIS, the seminar” premises were closed from November to group that I co-organise with Eric Driscoll mid-May, it feels as if this has been the of the ASCSA, moved online this year, busiest six months for connecting with offering a rich and stimulating programme students, colleagues and supporters from speakers Matteo Randazzo, Tomáš ever since I arrived at the BSA nearly two Alušík, Christina Aamodt, Rossana Valente, The remote-working volunteer team hangs out virtually on a Friday afternoon ‘happy hour’ call years ago. Anna Judson, and Matt Evans. In February, at The British School at Athens 2021 – June

Left: Michael presenting his work on ‘rebuilding’ the 1953 Pylos excavations

Right: Reunion event for 2019 Undergraduate course cohort / ‘pre-union’ event for 2020/2021 cohort

replacing our annual ‘BSA-UCL teachers excellent team of volunteers working in the Journal of Greek Archaeology, and I CPD day’, UCL organised a ‘Festival of the remotely on various BSA collections made good progress on my book project, Odyssey’, to which I contributed a talk projects. We have both cleaned data Connecting Communities: Economic and illustrated from our Mycenae Archive. already in the BSA systems, and also Political Networks in Archaic Greece. As And the real crown jewel of our Zoom digitised new sets of BSA corporate always, we continued to contribute programme was our new collections information dating from our foundation entries to Archaeology in Greece Online, livestream set-up. Beaming our audience in 1886 to the present. More information and in fact this past half-year has seen directly into the BSA, I organised ‘virtual on our digital projects appears elsewhere the largest growth of the platform since handling sessions’ for our undergraduate in the newsletter, but I wish here to it first launched. course alumni, and also for the MA thank all those in our excellent team who “We are not out of the woods yet, but have volunteered with the BSA over recent it does feel like there are rays of hope months — and for making what could with exciting projects on the horizon. I wish here to thank all those easily have been a very quiet and lonely With Anastasia Christophilopoulou, in our excellent team who have period very energetic and productive. Naoíse Mac Sweeney and Jana volunteered with the BSA “My own programme of research Mokrišová, new work on the island of “ continues. In February, with Jack Davis Samos; next February, a celebration of students of Manchester University. While and Sharon Stocker, I presented at the our Undergraduate Course’s golden nothing can replace the experience” of Exeter Classical Association recent work anniversary; and throughout the year the being in Athens and getting up-close- on the ‘rebuilding’ of the 1953 excavation continuation of our ‘greening’ initiative to and-personal with these materials, we of Tholos IV at Pylos, combining new upgrade our Athens premises. were glad that we could bring at least 3-D survey and archival notebook data. “Can we whisper a few words of very something of that experience to our This work appeared in print shortly tentative optimism as we step blinking students right in the heart of lockdown. after in Internet Archaeology 56. Anja into the light of the summer sun? This “Although things have been relatively Slawisch and I finished an article on certainly feels like a suitable point to take quiet ‘on-the-ground’, we have had an Ionian sanctuaries due out later this year a screen break.”

BSA goes to the movies …

In June, we invited Long Run Productions in to the BSA — Athens and Knossos — to make a series of promotional videos; these are views of the shooting. Watch out for the final product this Autumn.

(L) Noémi Müller prepares samples for the WD-XRF spectrometer in the Fitch Laboratory; a view of the Library in use; (R) a camera’s eye view of filming in the Archive; (above) Assistant Director Dr Michael Loy in the BSA’s Finlay Common Room

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Sandra Pepelasis (Assistant Librarian 1993–2021) Left: Sandra with Vicki Tzavara (Athens Secretary) and Rebecca Sweetman (then Reflects and reminisces on 28 years BSA Student) meeting HRH The Prince at the BSA … of Wales in 1998 on his visit to the BSA in Athens “Where to begin in describing my Below: Sandra and Vicki during the annual association with the BSA — it has not only Library book check (December 2002) been a professional journey in acquiring skills and knowledge but also has made an impact on my personal development influencing me in many ways. My first “Library work is not of course, just buying encounter with the BSA (in 1993) was and accessing books and helping the filling in for the Library Assistant who readers, there is a lot of physical work too. was on sick leave, and my interview Packing/unpacking — on several occasions involved typing up reference cards and we had to perform the task of moving filing them … then I had no idea that this all the rare books and putting them place would be my home for the next 27 into storage for refurbishment. Annual years officially as Assistant Librarian! A shifting of books to alleviate shelf space to accommodate new accessions (always the fear of running out of space!). Most recently The most fulfilling aspect in 2018 checking all journal titles available of the BSA world is to see online for removal to the attic of the Upper students. Very satisfying and highly an undergraduate attend House for storage, again to give space for rewarding but not only were library skills “ the growing collection and the removing used, also a lot of emotional support was the summer course, return and packing of these in a time limit of put in, as for many it was their first time as a postgraduate student or three weeks! These are just a few examples. away from home. We try to give guidance visiting fellow, and then as Other developments and achievements, where needed, and emotional support lecturer or professor I will not elaborate on as Penny (Wilson — for those students who, nearing the former Librarian) addressed them in her deadline for completing their thesis, need typewriter was the means of performing farewell message here last June. a shoulder to lean on. tasks then, but was soon ”taken over by “I was fortunate to attend a book­ computers with amazing databases so binding course at the British Museum sophisticated, which were inconceivable which was an unforgettable experience, [T]he Library retains its at that time! Exciting and challenging adding to my previous conservation skills magic and tranquillity and I changes with the main goal of providing which then enabled me to care for our would want it to continue that more and more access to information, not rare book collection responsibly and to “ only to our scholars but also to a wider deal with the daily calamities of heavy use! way for generations to come. It audience, which in these difficult times “Another task was training our interns, certainly cast its spell on me!! of the pandemic has at least assured that be it the Library Research Assistant scholars have access to digitised material. (formerly coined ‘library slave’) or Erasmus “I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend most of my working life” at the BSA with its vibrant community of Left: The BSA Library Team in March scholars, students and interns, many of 2011, back row (L to R): Duncan whom have become life-long friends. The Howitt-Marshall (Library Research most fulfilling aspect of the BSA world is to Assistant), Philippa Currie (Library see an undergraduate attend the summer Assistant), Gennaro di Schiano di Cola course, return as a postgraduate student (Erasmus Intern); front row (L to R): or visiting fellow, and then as lecturer Amalia Kakissis (Archivist), Sandra, or professor. It has been a privilege to Penny Wilson-Zarganis (former Senior Librarian) be surrounded by such scholars — even those who have continued their careers in other disciplines. “A heartfelt thank you to my colleagues, particularly to Penny (Wilson), my mentor and Amalia (Kakissis) — I believe Right: BSA staff at the Summer we were a great team; and to all the BSA Garden Party, June 2019; (L to R): Vicki Tzavara, Maria staff and to all those I have cooperated Papaconstantinou (Accountant), with over the years: exchange partners, Chryssanthi Papadopoulou foreign school libraries, book binders, (former Assistant Director), technicians, etc. Sandra, Tania Gerousi (School “Although so many changes have Administrator), Vangelio taken place, the Library retains its magic Kiriatzi (Fitch Lab Director), Amalia Kakissis and tranquillity and I would want it to continue that way for generations to come. It certainly cast its spell on me!!”

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Maria Pretzler history of communities, networks and different modes of interaction in the (Visiting Fellow 2020–21) Peloponnese from the Archaic period to the fourth century BC. Maria Pretzler (Associate Professor in “I applied for the VF during the first Ancient History, Swansea University), just UK lockdown in 2020, anticipating a visit arrived in Athens, gives us a preview of during my spring sabbatical, expecting her plans as Visiting Fellow: to carry out the usual mix of library work, “I am currently staying at the BSA, networking and travel around Greece. As working on my monograph The 2021 arrived, any kind of visit seemed in Peloponnesians and Their Allies, a study doubt. I was finally able to reach Athens The lure of the Library after months of of the Peloponnesian league, widely restrictions! conceived, but with a particular focus on the allies. I investigate regional After 15 months without interactions, particularly those that simply couldn’t be done for over a year: developed as a consequence of Sparta’s proper library access, staying so here I am, happy among the books — military alliance. The result will be a under one roof with a fantastic travel around Greece will mostly happen “research library feels like in the mind this time. “Everybody at the BSA has been very nothing short of a miracle welcoming indeed: thanks to the whole team for making my visit possible. When at the end of May, shortly after travel I arrived, I joined a small community who abroad from the UK was once” again had been here all year, through months permitted. After 15 months without of lockdown. My particular thanks go to proper library access, staying under one Rossana Valente, Emily Sherriff and Anna roof with a fantastic research library feels Judson for making me feel at home. like nothing short of a miracle. I expect I should also point out that I am the my two months in Greece will be, as first female Visiting Fellow in a fairly everything else this year, rather unusual: long list — but I hope that there will soon under normal circumstances, I’d expect be more!” to do quite a bit of travelling, especially Visiting Fellow Maria Pretzler finally arrives in in the Peloponnese. As it is, the Library is [Editorial note: next year’s VF will be Dr Athens! the place to be, to catch up on much that Jane Rempel (Sheffield).]

Bela Dimova I have missed the (A.G. Leventis Fellow in Hellenic serendipitous chats Studies 2018–21) “after seminars and “This year has been unusual. In some over tea in the Finlay ways, we researchers in the humanities Library that challenge and social sciences are especially adapted you to take research to writing through lockdown — at least those of us in good health and without in new directions and caring responsibilities. On the other hand, spark new ideas the pandemic has highlighted how much we need our community. I have missed The Stamps and Seals Workshop in Warsaw, March 2021 the serendipitous chats after seminars ” and over tea in the BSA Finlay Library that “I also spent the winter catching up on direct evidence for textile production, challenge you to take research in new writing and editing projects. The volume technological traditions and the ancient directions and spark new ideas. Making Cities: Economies of production economy. The material from ancient “While we have missed in-person and urbanization in Mediterranean Europe, Olynthos, kept in the Polygyros Museum contact, through the past year Zoom 1000–500 BC, co-edited with Margarita on Chalkidiki is especially important as a conferences have allowed me to connect Gleba and Beatriz Marin Aguilera, should case-study for my project. with new colleagues and present my come out in the summer, containing 30 “Olynthos plays a crucial role in our research ‘in’ Budapest, Copenhagen, chapters on cities and urban economies understanding of domestic economy Kalamata, Kiel, Thessaloniki, and Warsaw. from the Aegean to Iberia. and textile production in the Classical In September I co-organised a session “In between lockdowns I was able world. Because the city was destroyed at the online EAA conference Weaving to continue fieldwork in museums in 348 BCE by Philip II of Macedon and Mobility: Movement of people, tools, and in northern Greece — Kavala, Avdira, not re-occupied substantially later, it left techniques in the textile archaeology of and Polygyros — and to collect some a rich record of domestic life at the time. the ancient Mediterranean. This brought of the primary data that are the basis In the 1920s and 1930s David Robinson together many colleagues working on of my research. In these museums, I excavated a substantial part of the site Greece and the wider Mediterranean. examine textile tools, which provide — over 100 houses — producing over

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a household workshop, making fine cloth. Overall, the loom weights from Olynthos are also typologically diverse — a common feature of Macedonian and Thracian cities — which here resonates with historical accounts of the inhabitants of Olynthos coming to settle here from different places. Examining the material first-hand and in the light of data from other sites in the region allows a new insight into Olynthos’ connections and economy. “Another strand of my work is on ancient Corinth and for this project I collaborate with colleagues from the Left: The numerous loom weights from Fitch Laboratory, Dr Carlotta Gardner and Olynthos, waiting to be studied Dr Evangelia Kiriatzi. While I examine the Above: A trip to the Peloponnese after months weaving tools from a textile perspective, in Athens, the view from Mystras they consider them from a ceramics perspective, and with joint efforts we hope to understand better cross-craft 4,000 textile tools, mainly loom weights. was excited to see the finds in the Autumn, interaction and the organisation of Nicholas Cahill has already used the and to begin the jigsaw puzzle of matching production in this important city. This archival data from Olynthos to study the objects to contexts, as far as possible. It year we sampled a number of the loom spatial distribution of textile manufacture was especially rewarding to recognise a weights, and the preliminary results of across households, among other things, group of loom weights from House A viii chemical and petrographic analysis show but the artefacts themselves have not 7, which contained the greatest number of surprising groupings which we are in the been studied first-hand since the 1930. I weaving tools in the city and was probably process of interpreting.”

Matteo Randazzo side projects, such as an extensive article I took full advantage of on the Byzantine-Islamic transition on (Macmillan-Rodewald Student the resources of the BSA Sicily, which will be published in the next 2020–21) Library … restyling and issue of Archeologia Medievale. I expanded “ my knowledge of the archaeology of “When reading newsletters, ‘stimulating’, enhancing my thesis in beekeeping, a ‘spin-off’ research interest. ‘thrilling’, and ‘inspiring’ are among the ways that I would have I prepared presentations for upcoming most frequent words excerpted in key never imagined before workshops and international conferences. quotations. And I am certain that if the I also conducted very productive field pandemic hadn’t happened, I would have trips on Crete. During these, I visited picked these exact words to describe my ” many archaeological sites related to tenure of a BSA Studentship. Thankfully, never imagined before. Editing and my doctoral research, but which I had it seems that the pandemic will soon be restructuring represent a giant leap not visited before, acquiring first-hand over. However, over most of the last year towards achieving my ambition to turn insights into their physical remains and we have all lived through the same period this thesis into the first monograph topographic settings. Moreover, I was of restrictions and uncertainty, hence why focussing on the archaeology of the lucky enough to explore one of the those adjectives cannot really be used Emirate of Crete. In parallel, I worked on wildest and most beautiful treasures here. Athens has been a quiescent city, of Crete, the Sfakia region, walking its constricted by various lockdowns to roll impervious coastal trails and mountain down the curtains of her captivating and paths, surrounded by goats, pines, and outstanding cultural stage. How then can bays with crystal-clear-water. this experience be described? “Although partially secluded from the “In these unprecedented times tenure ‘outside world’, during my residency at of my Studentship has represented a the BSA I met a few dear people, such as privilege for which I am deeply grateful, Matt, Emily, and Lotte, who at different and the BSA has been a safe harbour in moments have been companions on a rather tempestuous sea. Over the last this nine-month journey in Greece. A months I have achieved a great deal in special thank-you goes to the Director my academic growth. In November 2020 I and Assistant Director, who handled the had my PhD viva and I took full advantage burden of this pandemic exemplarily. of both the resources of the BSA Library Among the memories I will take home, and the support my studentship offered there certainly are the tennis matches to work extensively on the examiners’ played on the shared BSA court and corrections, restyling and enhancing Matteo on a visit to the Medieval village of the Italian meals that I organised in the my thesis in ways that I would have Aradena (Sfakia, Western Crete) peaceful space of the BSA garden.”

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reconstructed the stratigraphy of two Rossana Valente deep sections located at the edges of the (Richard Bradford McConnell Student 1920s excavation, further documenting 2020–21) the post-Antique phases of occupation. Finally, Prof. Catherine Morgan’s 2008 “This year has been unconventional for excavations investigated the later use of us all, but being in Athens at the BSA the upper koilon to define the extent of the has definitely made it exceptional for settlement in the orchestra area and relate me. While the pandemic unfortunately it to that on the hilltop in Late Antique and constrained our movements and changed Byzantine times. our habits, being a BSA Student gave “One task of my project is to write Rossana at work in the BSA Archive with Sparta me the opportunity to spend this Greek up the ceramic catalogues and context excavation records lockdown with BSA staff and a few descriptions for the publication of the scholars, who formed our ‘BSA bubble’, a 2008 excavations. This excavation season the material but also introduced me second family. The quietness of the city also shed light on a complex sequence to the vibrant world of the people and matched that of the Library, to which we of activity behind the theatre, including researchers in the BSA’s long history. were very privileged to have access. While a Middle Byzantine multiple burial. “Recently, with the support of the fieldwork was not possible for several Assistant Director, I organised three months, library research proceeded with classes for high school students with no limitations. All this makes the BSA artefacts in the BSA Museum. This “My Studentship has allowed me to the ideal location to conduct material made these classes on Greek and focus my post-doctoral research on archaeological research in Late Roman archaeology more engaging the development of the post-Antique “ and interesting for the students. The aim settlement in the area of the Roman Theatre a dynamic and thriving of the programme was to explain how in Sparta. One of the major aims is to environment studying the past can help us understand analyse the ceramic evidence to investigate our present, and how the passion of the process by which the theatre was Interestingly, the earlier excavation diaries archaeology can allow us to live formative abandoned and how it and surrounding of Woodward, Wilkes,” and Waywell also experiences. Finally, it also made them areas were reused in the Late Antique and mention multiple burials in the area of the curious about Greek life today, especially Byzantine periods. The Theatre of Sparta orchestra and the stoa. Consulting these during a pandemic. is one of the BSA’s main archaeological notebooks and diaries at the BSA has “This Studentship has not only given projects. Previous research was conducted been essential to investigate comparative me access to the BSA’s substantial in 1924–28 by A. M. Woodward, who contexts, including the location, typology Library and Archive, but most of all the excavated the orchestra area and sought and chronology of these burials and opportunity to interact with BSA staff to uncover the monumental structures any associated artefacts. Access to the and visiting scholars. All this makes of the Roman theatre. In the 1990s Profs. excavation records in the Archive owes the BSA the ideal location to conduct Wilkes and Waywell resumed excavations a great deal to the guidance of BSA archaeological research in a dynamic and in the orchestra area and systematically Archivist, who not only led me through thriving environment.”

“During my residency I will work both Elin Karlsson with my sculpture and my writing and I I think of my residency at (Arts Bursary Holder 2020–21) have been inspired by the personal papers the BSA as a sort of wilful of two people who previously worked exile “I will be in residence at the BSA this here: Emily Penrose and Sylvia Benton. “ Autumn. In my practice-based PhD I am interested in what is contained escape the conventions and ideals of the I work with themes of aggression, within the Archive, details about their continent. I see this as a part in a larger (DIY) bodge and sexuality through ” research, writing and excavations. These context of exiles, of looking for emerging sculpture, photography and prose. These two women led fascinating and unique possibilities: an expanded conversation mediums offer tangential, yet parallel lives that at the time challenged gender on aggression, sexuality and domesticity. perspective of my research all aimed at ideals. I am interested in what is not in the “In the history of sexuality women’s addressing a fractured domestic ideal. Archive, wondering if, how and why details stories and experiences have been left have been omitted or lost. These stories out of some of the key theory. My work become intertwined with other narratives addresses that lack through the language in my doctoral thesis. One of these is that of sculpture and prose. Connections and of Julia, emperor Augustus’ only daughter dependencies, Judith Butler says, are who was accused of promiscuity and essential to approach equality. We are exiled to the windy island of Ventotene all supported by one another, and I am (Pandataria) in 2 BC. taking this idea of a sort of scaffolding “I think of my residency at the BSA as into my sculptural practice. I work with a sort of wilful exile: there is a creative wobbly, spindly cobbled together offering in distancing yourself from structures and in Athens I will work your everyday, finding yourself in an with wood and frosted glass around the anticipative environment and context. themes of concealment and privacy but Elin Karlsson’s ‘X Marks the Spot’, installed at Gilles Deleuze speaks about the creative also aggression and fragility, inspired by the British School at Rome (2019) potential of deserted islands; a chance to the two women from the Archive.”

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become leading lights in one of the major and an internet connection. AIO’s content Attic Inscriptions Online epigraphical enterprises of the second is revised and expanded about four times (AIO) at the BSA half of the 20th century, the production a year, enabling it to keep up-to-date of the third edition of the corpus of with major developments in epigraphical Founder of AIO, Prof. Stephen Lambert, Attic inscriptions from before 403 BC, scholarship, and the site now includes tells us about the initiative and how published by the Berlin Academy (IG I3). At links to both Greek texts and to images of pleased he is that it is coming to the BSA: the beginning of the 21st century British the inscriptions, whether in open access and Commonwealth scholars working on other websites or increasingly on AIO “Inscriptions (mainly on stone, but also on on the (much larger) successor volume itself. AIO is underpinned by its own series other durable materials, such as ceramic, of the Berlin corpus, encompassing Attic of academic papers, AIO Papers, and an bronze and lead) are the major written inscriptions of 403 BC to 267 AD (IG II3), associated YouTube channel. In recent source surviving directly from ancient also chose to base themselves at the BSA, years it has also served as the platform for Greece to the present, and since its early attracted by its incomparable library, and Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections (AIUK), years the BSA has offered an ideal base its proximity to the inscriptions, most still an AHRC-funded project to publish the for British epigraphists. Marcus Niebuhr to be found on sites and in museums in relatively small, but significant, number Tod, for example, successively Senior Athens and Attica. of Attic inscriptions (ca. 250) that found Student in 1901 and Assistant Director “The volumes of Inscriptiones Graecae their way into UK Collections, mostly in and Librarian from 1902 to 1905, went (IG) represent the gold standard of the 17th–19th centuries, and to enhance on to become one of the leading British epigraphical publication, but they are their presentation to visitors, both real scholars of Greek epigraphy in the first half a costly investment, even for a well- and virtual. Much the largest collection of the 20th century. Ancient Athens and endowed library, and are aimed at is at the British Museum, but there are its surrounding region, Attica, produced specialist epigraphists with a command of also a number of Attic inscriptions in more inscriptions than any other Greek ancient Greek and Latin (no translations the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, the city — over 20,000 survive — and they are into a modern European language are Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, and a uniquely rich source of information on included in the hard copy volumes). Also, scattered around other museums and topics as diverse as the decision making Attic epigraphy is a fast-moving field and country houses across the UK, as well as in of the Athenian Assembly (some 2,000 the BSA (see December 2019 Newsletter). inscribed Assembly decrees exist) and the Following in the footsteps of their names and relationships to each other Following in the footsteps predecessors, British epigraphists working (prosopography) of the resident Athenian of their predecessors, British on the project have been a regular population (even in Athens, with its prolific presence in the BSA library. literary culture, well over 90% of the ancient “epigraphists … have been a “Based on an innovative, dynamic, Athenian men and women we know by regular presence in the BSA design by Finlay McCourt, and launched in name are attested in inscriptions). Attic library 2012 as an initiative of Stephen Lambert inscriptions comprise detailed accounts (Cardiff), responsibility for AIO has now and inventories, as well as thousands of conventional hard copy publications, been transferred to the BSA, thus securing dedications to the gods set up in Athenian revised about” once a century, are not its future and enabling it, we hope, to sanctuaries and gravestones in Athenian best suited to keeping up with the latest continue to expand and develop for the cemeteries. There is scarcely an aspect of finds and discoveries. The result has benefit of future generations of students ancient Athenian politics, or economic, tended to be that Attic inscriptions have of the history and archaeology of ancient religious and social life not illuminated been rather inaccessible to many of those Athens. A video lecture discussing AIO’s by inscriptions, and it is thanks largely with an interest in this rich historical rationale, purpose and key features, is to inscriptions that we can write the source, including researchers who are available on the BSA’s YouTube channel: history of Athens in a depth and detail, not specialist epigraphists and teachers https://youtu.be/gfvdQjoqbwk.” and across a span of time, unique among and students of Athenian history and ancient Greek cities. Unsurprisingly Attic archaeology at every academic level. inscriptions have exercised a particular “Attic Inscriptions Online (AIO: www. Below left: Base of a monument in the fascination, and among others at the BSA atticinscriptions.com) attempts to address BSA commemorating a victory in a choral they attracted the professional attention this situation. A searchable database of competition at an Athenian festival, late-5th of Lilian (“Anne”) Jeffery (BSA Student, annotated English translations of Attic century BC (AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 3) 1937) and David Lewis (BSA Student, inscriptions, it makes them freely accessible 1952–1954). These scholars were both to to anyone with a knowledge of English Below: AIO’s Homepage

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The Library

The Library introduced safety protocols During this year of prolonged lockdown and opened to members and readers we were very fortunate to have Emily throughout the summer of 2020 until Sherriff (Oxford) as Library Research November, when it closed in accordance Assistant. She joined us in October 2020 with government measures to control the and assists in the day-to-day running of spread of Covid-19. Library users were the Library while undertaking various extremely grateful to be able to use a projects including development of a map- well-resourced library during that period browsing tool in collaboration with the and expressed their gratitude orally and BSA’s Officer. also in writing. Assistant librarian Sandra Pepelasis will When Greece went into its second retire in August 2021 after 28 years at lockdown in November, BSA Members the BSA. In July we will welcome Evgenia were provided VPN access to the BSA’s Sandra Pepelasis (L) and Evi Charitoudi during Villioti as Sandra’s successor. network allowing them to access filming for a promotional video in the Library Last spring the Library joined the electronic resources available through Committee for the Support of Libraries the Library. Staff were able to help many and Knossos libraries were enriched and co-organised a webcast ‘Innovation, Members and Readers by providing with more than 700 new titles. In times Tools and Services for Libraries: the scans of limited amounts of material, in of financial constraint contributions to covid-19 challenge’ on April 9 2021. accordance with copyright rules. During develop the collections are particularly This online event included lectures by lockdown the Library remained accessible welcome and we therefore express our four International Federation of Library to BSA staff and resident scholars. gratitude to our donors, in particular Associations (IFLA) Presidents and was The library collection continues to Mary Wallbank, Tyler Jo Smith, Stephen moderated by IFLA treasurer Tonia develop. In the year 2020–21 Athens Lambert and the Director. Arahova.

Archive We were delighted that the Mycenae Archive 2020 project, in collaboration Right: Screenshot of with Cambridge, announced a year the front page of ago, was shortlisted for the Apollo art ‘A Piece of Nature’ virtual exhibition magazine Award for Digital Innovation of the Year. Since then staff have been Below: Screenshot of busy in the Archive processing collections the front page of the for upload to Digital Collections in the Pendlebury Archive near future, assisting researchers from a Project distance, installing new environmental Below right: The monitors in all storage areas with archive George Jarvis journal materials and preparing for both virtual and in-person exhibitions. At the end of March 2021 we launched the virtual exhibition ‘A Piece of Nature’: Arts & Crafts Perceptions of Nature and the Byzantine Monument (https://nature. bsa.ac.uk/). It was created for Nature and the Environment: the 53rd Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies and is dedicated to the late Dr Ruth Macrides (Birmingham; see June 2019 newsletter) who planned the Symposium. The site is based on the presentation Dr Dimitra Movement, something developed by Kotoula (Greek Ministry of Culture & masters such as John Ruskin and William Sports) gave at the Symposium and was Morris. Following in their footsteps, curated by Dimitra and the Archivist. trailblazing British architects Robert Weir Photography and Digital Processing for Schultz and Sidney Barnsley, whose work the exhibition was done by Elias Eliadis laid the foundation for the Byzantine demonstrates a pronounced concern for (Athens) and the website designed by Research Fund (BRF) Archive, were the multiple interconnections between IT Officer Dr Hallvard Indgjerd. Many of among the first to study and document a historic building and its natural the items are linked to our Digital precisely surviving Byzantine monuments surroundings. Byzantine architecture Collections portal where you can learn in the Eastern Mediterranean. Their was considered an essential part of the more about them. attitude towards the remains of Byzantine landscape and, vice versa, nature, its Nature was essential to the ideology heritage in the region, eloquently forms and qualities, were reflected in the and aesthetics of the Arts & Crafts reflected in their records and publications, historic building both in how it developed

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to be made available online. I am also Emily Sherriff assisting the archivist, Amalia Kakissis, (Library Research Assistant 2020–21) with the Pendlebury Archive Project. Reflects on her year at the BSA … This has involved checking the digital records for incorrect sites or descriptions. “As the library has been very quiet due We are moving onto the physical archival to lockdown, I have spent the majority material in the coming weeks which will of my time tidying up the catalogue undoubtedly be an engaging experience. cards and digital records for the books The skills I have gained from working as the shelved in the Byzantine Room. I have library research assistant have already been also been involved in several other beneficial in my professional and academic projects across the BSA. Shortly after I life, and I look forward to spending another arrived, I helped with the digitisation few months in the role. of the sculpture and stone collection “Although the BSA has not been as housed in the BSA Museum. It was an busy as normal, I have been grateful for interesting project and allowed me to the friendship of the two BSA Students use my knowledge of ancient sculpture (Matteo and Rossana) as well as others who A portrait of Bouboulina by former BSA Arts alongside the previously researched stayed in the Hostel. It would be amiss not Bursary Holder Annabel Dover information. Another Library project I to also mention Bouboulina who has been am working on involves the World War very welcome company. With Athens in experience the ancient sites covered in Two aerial maps of Greece that were lockdown for the majority of my time here, snow back in February! I first visited the published and used by the British and it has been wonderful to see the city and BSA back in August 2017 when I was an Greek armies. My task is in-putting the school slowly coming to life again. archive intern, and it has been lovely to information that appears on the maps However, I have also been able to see a come back and fully experience life at onto a spreadsheet for this information different side to Athens and even got to the BSA.” and in impressive or even minute details rich programme of events: lectures, of its architecture and decoration. The conferences, exhibitions, publications. As exhibition highlights these interactions noted elsewhere, the BSA is very pleased using material from the BRF Archive to participate in these celebrations in Drawing and Photographic Collections, as various ways. For the exhibition The Free well as the BRF Archive Corporate Records, and the Brave: American Philhellenes and in particular the Notebook Series. the ‘Glorious Struggle of the Greeks’ (1776– The Archive is also contributing to 1866), curated by Dr Maria Georgopoulou the celebration of key anniversaries: to (Gennadius Library Director ASCSA) and celebrate the 80th anniversary of the on display in the Library’s Makriyannis Battle of Crete, the John Pendlebury Wing from 25 May to 12 December Family Papers will be launched in Digital 2021, the Archive has loaned materials Collections in the coming months. Emily from the George Finlay Personal Papers. Sherriff (Library Research Assistant) These include the journals of Greek- has been overseeing the last tasks of American Philhellene George Jarvis, who the digital curation to bring that to died fighting in the War and letters from fruition. Samuel Howe, an American surgeon who The big anniversary in 2021 is the came to help the Greek Army as a medic. bicentennial of the Greek War of Certificate of Finlay’s election as Provincial The BSA will loan further materials Independence and there has been a Councillor from the Finlay Papers to Edina/Athena: The Greek Revolution and the Athens of the North, 1821–2021, an exhibition funded by Bader Archive Lecture the A.G. Leventis Foundation on display in the Main Library of the University of We were also thrilled when the postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow overseeing the Edinburgh (29 October 2021–29 January Edina/Athena exhibition, Dr Alasdair Grant (Edinburgh), was able to deliver this 2022). In this instance, loans include year’s Bader Archive Lecture on ‘George Finlay amongst the Scottish Philhellenes’. Finlay’s passport for Greece, his Election as Provincial Councillor, as well as one of his manuscripts and a photograph. Watch this space next year for information on several archive projects, as well as the Archive component Screenshot of this of the new 1821 Fellow’s research year’s Archive Lecture project on ‘Unpublished Archives of pre-viewing the British Philhellenism During the Greek upcoming exhibition Revolution of 1821’, carried out in collaboration with the National Library of Greece and funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

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Fitch Laboratory

2020 was definitely a very unusual year, in all respects, but neither quiet nor less Right: Zoe Zgouleta (Fitch Laboratory productive for the Fitch team! A year of Administrator / Analytical Assistant) loading lonely work at the laboratory wearing samples into the WD-XRF spectrometer masks and keeping social distance, but also of lively online discussions, meetings, Below: Working from home: Noémi Müller (Fitch Laboratory SRO) monitoring the WD-XRF lectures, seminars, with an emphasis instrument remotely on preparation of publications, and launching new collaborative projects. Below right: And in the Laboratory: Michalis In keeping with anti-Covid measures Sakalis in action, preparing thin sections only limited numbers could access the Laboratory at any time. Although microscope or experimental work by fellows and visiting researchers was mostly postponed or rescheduled, preparation of thin sections, and processing and elemental analysis of samples continued, almost without interruption, thanks to a few long-term Fitch staff. In this way, an unprecedented number of archaeological and geological samples were processed and analysed for more than 30 research programmes, in-house and in many other institutions across Europe, saving valuable time. This was possible due to the dedication manner of online means (from VPN, Viber fresh and more holistic methodological and hard work of Zoe Zgouleta (Fitch and WhatsApp to Zoom and Teams). approach than previous work in the area, Administrator / Analytical Assistant) Despite the strict measures that exploring the ceramic landscapes, potting who worked throughout preparing glass prohibited travelling and access traditions, production organisation beads for elemental analysis and Michalis significant progress was achieved on two and trade patterns in the neighbouring Sakalis, our highly experienced technician new projects. The first, Revisiting Ceramic cities of Corinth and Sikyon in the first for thin section preparation. Zoe regularly Provenance in Northern Peloponnese, led millennium BC. The research is funded by loaded batches of samples and standards by Carlotta Gardner in close collaboration the Finding Old Sikyon Project and the Fitch into the WD-XRF spectrometer while with Noémi Müller and Evangelia Laboratory’s Williams Fellowship Fund. countless measurements were monitored Building on previous Fitch work by Ian remotely seven days a week by Noémi Whitbread, Richard Jones and Louise Müller (Fitch Scientific Research Officer) [P]reparation of thin sections, Joyner on Corinthian clays and ceramics, who had to work from home. Carlotta and processing and elemental research is underway in close collaboration Gardner (Williams Fellow) was the analysis of samples continued, with Guy Sanders (former Director of the only researcher allowed to continue “ ASCSA Corinth excavations), who has a experimental work in the Laboratory, almost without interruption, deep knowledge of local ceramic products mostly last summer and autumn, prior to thanks to a small number of and experience of local potting resources. November’s stricter lockdown, preparing long-term Fitch staff The project involves collaboration with a and firing hundreds of ceramic briquettes team of early-career researchers working to meet the time limitations of her Kiriatzi, marks the Fitch’s return to the on publication of different categories of research schedule. area after a long break. It aims” to revisit ceramic finds from the two sites: namely Coordination of these activities and the question of securely distinguishing Bela Dimova (A.G. Leventis Fellow) communication with collaborators, ceramics from a number of production who works on loom weights in Corinth, by Evangelia Kiriatzi (Fitch Laboratory centres in the area, a highly contested Giorgos Giannakopoulos, Kyriaki Tsirtsi Director) and Zoe Zgouleta, was also issue due to the region’s homogeneous and Zoe Spiranti, as well as Yannis Lolos carried out mostly remotely, using all geology. The current project advocates a (U Thessaly), Sarah James (Colorado) and Scott Gallimore (Wilfrid Laurier), working respectively on the Old Sikyon material and that from the Hellenistic-Roman city. As most collaborators were in Greece, One of the many some geological sampling was possible as online meetings well as significant progress with study and between Fitch sampling of the archaeological ceramics. staff and research The second project — Assessing associates Paleomobility in the Peloponnese through a Prototypical Interregional Communal Cult Site at Mt. Lykaion, Arcadia, Greece — led by Professors Mary Voyatzis and David

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Left: Guy Sanders and Evangelia Kiriatzi carrying out clay sampling (June 2020)

Right: Carlotta Gardner (Williams Fellow) selecting samples from Sikyon (May 2021)

Below: Hundreds of briquettes prepared with clays collected from the wider Corinth and Sikyon area to assess their raw material physical properties

Gilman Romano (Arizona), comprises a ceramics and plasters, this Innovative collaboration between experts in Classics, Two key aspects of the Fitch’s Training Network will train Early-Stage soil micromorphology, biomolecular achievements to date are Researchers in state-of-the-art, science- archaeology, osteoarchaeology and collaboration and the training based research on the technology, use, materials analysis, from Arizona, Germany “ and provenance of the most abundant and Greece. of young scholars materials on archaeological sites. The In both cases, the shared use of the Science-Reports, Archaeological and €3.9m research project is funded by the projects’ extensive databases, containing Anthropological Sciences, and a number EU Horizon2020 as a Marie Skłodowska- data from previous years’ studies, allowed of books and edited ”volumes. Moreover Curie Action. online sessions between Fitch researchers Fitch staff and associates delivered a In the second, the Fitch will join nine and partners either in Tucson (Arizona) number of papers at online conferences, other institutions with long traditions in or Vasiliko (Corinthia) to discuss sample workshops or as invited lectures. ceramic analysis across the Mediterranean selection strategies and prepare sample Two key aspects of the Fitch’s in an International Research Network lists for applications required for sampling achievements to date are collaboration funded by CNRS-France. The focus will permits. So valuable time was saved and the training of young scholars. We be on designing and producing kits of expediting work this summer when travel continue to invest to ensure the future reference materials for portable XRF and also field- and lab work seem — we both of the Laboratory and of our field in users around the Mediterranean ensuring hope! — to be feasible, provided all anti- Europe and beyond. The Fitch is a partner inter-laboratory comparability and Covid measures are maintained and most in two new collaboration networks, one collaboration. colleagues will have been vaccinated. already launched; the other will follow We all look forward to this summer The need to work mainly from home in the next few months. In the first, the and the next academic year and hope shifted the emphasis to certain aspects Fitch Laboratory is one of eight partners again to be able to welcome a number of of research, chiefly the preparation of — including UCL, Cambridge and NSCR early-career Bursary holders and Fellows, publications. A number of manuscripts “Demokritos” — in the PlaCe Network — a and to run the two courses (on Ceramic have been prepared for publication; some high-profile partnership, led by the Cyprus Petrology and Mediterranean Glass) that have already appeared in the Annual of Institute, running to 2025. Dedicated to have now twice been postponed due to the BSA, the Journal of Archaeological the interdisciplinary study of pre-modern the pandemic.

Above: Screenshot of Noémi Müller (Fitch Laboratory SRO) delivering a seminar for Leiden postgraduate students Right: Map showing Fitch Laboratory partners in PlaCe ITN (green) and pXRF network (yellow)

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Knossos Research Centre

The Covid-19 pandemic seriously affected the activities of the Knossos Research Centre: most research projects were postponed, while the outreach cultural events organised in previous years could not be held due to restrictions on gatherings. The Knossos Curator has continued to work on resolving the complex issues concerning the rebuilding of the Knossos Stratigraphic Museum (KSM), as well as taking delivery of an architect’s model at the KRC; two other models exist — one in Athens, the other Above: Looking in to the new Knossos Stratigraphical in London. Museum: the architect’s model on display in the KRC He has also continued the only two Library research projects still being carried out: study of the pottery from the Right: Curatorial Project Manager Geneviève Lascombes palatial centre of Galatas and from the processing obsidian from the Royal Road Excavations

Proto-Palatial settlement at Agriana issue of Archaeological Reports on new near the coast in north-central Crete. excavation data for the Palatial period In collaboration with the Heraklion that have come to light across Crete. The Ephorate of Antiquities, the Curator Curatorial Project Manager Geneviève is planning an excavation project to Lascombes and three volunteers from the include a series of trenches in the area Universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and of the West Magazines, in order better Thessaloniki worked hard on the curation to understand the complex architectural of the holdings of the KSM including history of this part of the Knossos palace the important assemblage of small and how it affected storage practices; finds from Sinclair Hood’s excavation the project will also involve Prof. of the Royal Road. At the same time, Amy Bogaard (Oxford) who will study Geneviève, together with other BSA staff, Curatorial Project Volunteers Kathryn Robb, Evi archaeobotanical remains recovered. He is undertaking a reorganisation of the Kourti and Thomas Dunn has also published an article in the latest Curatorial Project database.

IT

The past year has also brought changes in Research Fund Archive was created for the IT department, where the digital side of this year’s Spring Symposium of Byzantine things has seen a sharp increase in activity: Studies in a joint effort between the from accommodating home offices and Archive, IT and Dr Dimitra Kotoula. This remote access to BSA resources for staff can be found at nature.bsa.ac.uk. and members, to planning and hosting As part of the 1821 bicentennial events virtually and stepping up our efforts celebrations, two series of 21 short to deliver content online through our videos have been produced for our Digital Collections and Video Archive. YouTube channel and Video Archive — With consulting help from Nathan #21poemsinto21 released over 21 weeks Meyer, we have identified and prioritised in the Autumn of 2020 and the recently digitisation and automation projects launched #21objectsinto21 that will across departments. The BSA / ARIADNE+ continue this Summer and Autumn. data manager Anastasia Vassiliou has At the moment, the IT Officer is enjoying helped coordinate the execution of a short break from servers and databases several of these smaller projects in parallel, IT Officer Hallvard Indgjerd with the SCIP team and is back in the field surveying islets and with hard work from staff and interns, somewhere in the Cyclades and small islands in the Cyclades with a large amount of BSA material has been the Small Cycladic Islands Project (SCIP). recorded digitally over the past year. This collaborative project between the Newly digitised archive and museum including Digital Exhibitions and a portal Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades data feed directly into digital.bsa.ac.uk, for past and present BSA projects are now and the Norwegian Institute aligns closely the BSA’s Digital Collections portal on the near horizon. In the meantime, as with his research interests in the Later developed and implemented last year by noted in the Archive section, a separate Roman/Early Medieval Cyclades and rural Chavdar Tzochev. An extended version digital exhibition based on the Byzantine landscape survey.

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Anastasia Vassiliou Right: One of many (ARIADNE+ Data Manager) Zoom meetings

“Following last summer’s digitisation Below: Trying to figure ‘marathon’ on the Museum collection, out EMu in the Map Room I have been given the opportunity to work at the BSA. For the past five months I have held the post of Data Manager, funded by the ARIADNE+ programme. from both Athens and Knossos could Dividing my days between working be integrated consistently. We are now from home and in the office, I always refining the data and creating space appreciate returning to the BSA because on the website. At the next stage of it gives me the opportunity to enjoy a database development, it will form a safe normalcy in the pandemic mayhem. building block linking archaeological, “As Data Manager my main aims are archival and Fitch Laboratory material, to ‘upgrade’ the BSA’s use of Axiell’s EMu as well as administrative files, requests — a linked database system installed and bibliographical references. over ten years ago and designed to “For ARIADNE+ ‘Collection Events’ will hold all of the corporate and collections be an important dataset for the history data of the BSA in one place — in order of archaeological fieldwork in Greece to establish good practice ensuring that can later be enriched. Aligning the data quality, cleaning and structuring manual, we reached out to digital interns data to universal standards and linking existing datasets, and creating better during the pandemic. Working with some to the ARIADNE+ portal will provide a linking within the database. As a partner familiar (Katy Robb, Flora Outram) and new window for accessibility and open in the Horizon Europe funded project some new faces (Orsolaina Felago, Katie research. Also, following ARIADNE+ ARIADNE+, the major deliverable by Harman), all comprising an amazing team, standards, we created a BSA Greek the end of my term will be one dataset we first tackled ‘Events’: i.e. conferences, archaeological period thesaurus, soon — ‘Collection Events’ — that will become lectures, seminar series, etc. organised by to be available on PeriodO, a public publicly available on the BSA website the BSA since 1886. The finalised clean domain gazetteer. and be shared in the ARIADNE+ portal. records will soon be publicly available. “I’m grateful to be working for the “My first task was to tackle basic BSA and ARIADNE+, institutions that processes and to get a better grasp of are both concentrating on making the current structure (and potential) Having the chance to archaeological data available to provided by the existing database­ . collaborate with open minded, researchers and the public. The Based on previous experience with the warm, highly educated peers is Assistant Director, IT Officer and Debi Museum project and further discoveries “ Harlan have played a great role in about EMu, a comprehensive something that makes the BSA navigating me through the current ‘Digitisation Manual’ was co-written unique staus of the database. Having the with the Assistant Director. This sets chance to collaborate with open standards for data entry and import “The next dataset to be shared with minded, warm, highly educated peers that will support digitisation work in ARIADNE+” is ‘Collection Events’: records is something that makes the BSA the long term to provide sustainable, of BSA-sponsored fieldwork starting unique. Masks, Zooms and lockdowns uniform and cleaner data. in 1887. For this aspect of the project, were obstacles that only intensified our “In order to test standardised data Geneviève Lascombes (KRC Curatorial work ethic towards ensuring clean and entry and the protocols developed in the Manager) joined the team so that records sustainable data.”

The BSA’s Development Programme

The BSA’s network has continued to expand in recent months thanks to a programme of activities that simply would not be possible without your generous support. As ever, we are deeply grateful to our whole community in the UK, Greece, and beyond for helping us to weather recent challenges. We have thus emerged strengthened, especially in our digital outreach, which has seen the BSA’s mailing list grow to over 5,000. In the continuing absence of in-person events, we hope our Virtual Event series Above: Screenshot of the introduction to the second Panel on has been keeping you engaged and 1821: the Migration of Revolutionary Ideas; Right: Poster for feeling involved with our activities. We the exhibition 20 Years of Artists at the BSA

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were thrilled to host a Virtual Summer context’ (November 2020) will soon be Event with author Natalie Haynes, whose published by Aiora Press in Greek and engaging ‘conversation’ with John Bennet English editions. was enjoyed by a large audience. As was While 2021 is the year of the Greek Ian Collin’s presentation on ‘John Craxton: bicentenary, it also marks two decades A Life in Greece’ following publication of of the BSA’s Arts Bursary award, his new book on the painter’s colourful established in 2001, giving UK-based life, and Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith’s artists the opportunity to develop their discussion with Roderick Beaton about practice by spending time in Greece. To his recently published volume Venizelos: mark the occasion, we have organised The Making of a Greek Statesman, 1864– a retrospective exhibition entitled 20 1914. In January, we were delighted Years of Artists at the BSA at the 12 Star to host a diptych of panel discussions Gallery, Europe House in London. The with King’s College London’s Centre for exhibition includes the work of twelve Hellenic Studies and the SPHS on ‘1821: previous award holders: Clare Chapman, the Migration of Revolutionary Ideas’, Lorrice Douglas, Annabel Dover, Vanessa involving participants from Greece and Gardiner, Onyeka Igwe, Anna Ilsley, The Greek-language version of the Knossos the UK. In keeping with the theme of Brigitte Jurack, Elin Karlsson, Nathaniel 2025 Project booklet the bicentenary, we recently invited Pimlott, Sophie Michael, Guy Rusha 21 curators, authors, and academics to and Eleanor Wright. Ranging across (KCL) on ‘Elements of Greek in Ravenna’s explore Greece through a chosen object painting, film, sound and sculpture, the culture: sixth to eighth centuries’. in our podcast series 21 Objects for ‘21. artworks showcase the diverse ways Our plans to redevelop the Knossos A new episode is published weekly on these artists have engaged with and Research Centre (Knossos 2025 Project) Twitter and Facebook, while the whole responded to the BSA, contemporary have continued over recent months series is available to enjoy in our Video Athens, and the wider Greek landscape, with shooting a promotional film at Archive and through Digital Collections. often drawing on Greece’s deep past and Knossos and translation of our project We are very pleased to announce that the BSA’s archaeological activities. The brochure into Greek. We remain grateful Roderick Beaton’s BSA Virtual Lecture exhibition will be open to visit 10–6pm to our dedicated partners in the project, ‘From the Europe of empires to the Monday to Friday from 22 July until including its Patron the best-selling author Europe of nation-states: The Greek 17 September, with an opening view Victoria Hislop, as we continue our quest Revolution of 1821 in international scheduled for 21 July. Our thanks go to to make our plans a reality. We will keep the European Parliament Liaison Office you updated as the project progresses. for kindly inviting the BSA to organise We are immensely grateful to all those the exhibition. who support the BSA at this important Our dedicated supporter programme time in our 135-year history. Your saw higher-tier members enjoy ‘5,000 contributions maintain the margin of years of wine-making on Crete’ on 17 excellence of all our activities. We are February, including a tasting of wine grateful to several generous donors in from the Lyrakrakis vineyard on the recent months, including Philippe island. We plan a virtual BSA Museum and Stephanie Camu for the Knossos object-handling session for the autumn, 2025 Project, and others who wish as well as physical tours of the Ancient to remain anonymous. Once again, Greek Science exhibition at the Science we send our warmest thanks to Museum London in early 2022. The all those who have contributed to the Friends’ Committee continues to BSA in the face of the recent challenges Filming at the BSA’s Knossos Research Centre organise virtual events, including a we all face. with Victoria Hislop well-attended lecture by Judith Herrin Nicholas Salmon

Events Past (January–June 2021)

Public Lectures Panel Discussions about Eleftherios Venizelos: The Making of a Prof. John Bennet (BSA Director): ‘Work of Prof. Roderick Beaton (KCL), Ada Dialla (Athens Greek Statesman, 1864–1914’ (19 May) the BSA 2019–2020’; Prof. Robin Osborne School Fine Arts), Efi Gazi (U Peloponnese) Natalie Haynes In Conversation with Prof. (Cambridge / BSA Vice-Chair): ‘Archaeology and Kostas Tampakis (NHRF): ‘1821: The John Bennet (BSA Summer Event; 24 June) and the rewriting of early Athenian history’ migration of revolutionary ideas, Pt 1’ (co- (AGM; 25 February) organised with CHS-KCL; 15 February) Upper House Seminars Ian Collins: ‘John Craxton: a life in Greece’ (27 Prof. Roderick Beaton (KCL), Giorgos Dr Foteini Dimirouli (Oxford): ‘C.P Cavafy as April) Varouxakis (QMUL), Athina Leoussi world literature: origins, trajectories and Alasdair Grant (Edinburgh): ‘George Finlay (Reading) and Sanja Perovic (KCL): ‘1821: the diasporic writer’ (1 February) among the Scottish Philhellenes’ (Bader The migration of revolutionary ideas, Pt Profs Yannis Hamilakis (Brown) and Rafael Archive Lecture; 27 May) 2’ (co-organised with CHS-KCL / SPHS; 22 Greenberg (Tel Aviv): ‘Modernity’s sacred Professor Charles Brittain (Cornell): February) ruins: colonialism, archaeology, and the ‘Protagorean hermeneutics’ (Michael Frede Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith and Prof. national imagination in Greece and Israel’ Memorial Lecture; 31 May) Roderick Beaton (KCL): ‘In Conversation (8 March)

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Left: Ian Collins delivering ‘John Craxton: A Life in Greece’

Right: The Lego Classicist, Liam Jensen, shows the Director and Zoom viewers around his workshop on International Lego Classicism Day 2021

Prof. Maria Mina (U of the Aegean): Friends’ Lecture Europe’; discussant Prof. Stathis Kalyvas ‘Manifestation or mirage? The cultural (Oxford) (21 June) Prof. Judith Herrin (KCL): ‘Elements of Greek in construction of insularity in the southeast Ravenna’s culture: sixth to eighth centuries’ Aegean’ (10 May) esearch entre for reek (4 May) BSA/R C G Profs John Bintliff and Anthony Snodgrass: Philosophy, Academy of Athens Seminars ‘The city of Thespiai, central Greece: its Prof. Voula Tsouna (UC-Santa Barbara): ‘Issues precursors, florescence and successors, a BSA / Greek Politics Specialist Group in Epicurean philosophy of mind and narrative of 7000 years of community life’ Seminars science: The Epicurean notion of επιβολή’ (7 June) Dr Foteini Kalatzi (SEESOX Oxford): ‘A ‘bare life’ (31 March) in the borderlines of the Mediterranean’; Prof. Voula Tsouna (UC-Santa Barbara): Ambassador Series discussant Dimitris Skleparis (Newcastle) (1 ‘Issues in Epicurean philosophy of mind Dr Charlotte Van Regenmortel (Liverpool): March) and science: The method of multiple ‘Fighting for a great transformation? Prof. Antonis Ellinas (Cyprus): ‘Antifasism explanations in Epicureanism’ (1 April) Paid military service and the Hellenistic in Greece: actors, resources, and tactics’; economies’; Dr Michael Loy (BSA Assistant discussant Vasiliki Georgiadou (Panteion U) Other Events Director): ‘Innovation and tradition: digital (19 April) Liam Jensen: ‘Behind the Scenes with the resources of the British School at Athens’ Prof. Susannah Verney (University of Lego Classicist’ (International Lego (BSA North Sheffield; 24 March) Athens): ‘Researching Greek attitudes Classicism Day; 19 February) Dr David Lewis (Edinburgh): ‘A lost cargo of towards European integration through slaves from the fourth century BC’; Prof. Eurobarometer surveys’; discussant Dr Most of these events are available in our John Bennet (BSA Director): ‘Work of the Eirini Karamouzi (Sheffield) (14 June) Video Archive: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/video- BSA — highlights & upcoming activities’ Prof. Iosif Kovras (Cyprus): ‘Who’s sorry now? archive/. Please feel free to explore it! (BSA Scotland Event; 5 May) Explaining (non) apologies in post-crisis

Snow day (16 February)

Athens was hit with a very heavy and persistent snow storm on 16 February; the BSA was lucky that the heavy, wet snow only caused damage to some trees; there was more serious damage elsewhere in the region

Future Events (July–December 2021)

Conferences Michael, Guy Rusha and Eleanor Wright Museum Tours (Supporter Events) ‘Travel and Archaeology in Ottoman Greece (12 Star Gallery, Europe House London; 22 Private tour of the Science Museum’s in the Age of Revolution c.1800–1833’, July–17 September 2021) exhibition ‘Ancient Greek Science’ (Science convened by Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (St Museum London; 12/19 January 2022) Andrews) (16–17 September) Panel Discussions (co-organised with KCL- Dr Michael Loy (BSA Assistant Director): ‘BSA ‘The Greek Language After Antiquity’, Centre for Hellenic Studies / AIORA Press) Museum Virtual Tour and Object-Handling convened by Prof. David Holton Session (date t.b.c.) Prof. David Holton (Cambridge; Chair), Prof. (Cambridge) (5–6 November) Karen Van Dyck (Colombia) and Mika Provata-Carlone (Author / Translator): Exhibition ‘Translation and inclusion versus exclusion’ The exact format of our forward events Nick Salmon and Kate Smith (BSA; (24 January 2022) remains unclear, so please keep in touch organisers): ‘20 Years of Artists at the BSA’, Prof. Gonda Van Steen (KCL; Chair), Antonis for up-to-date information, either through including works by: Clare Chapman, Lorrice Nikolopoulos (Solop) (Illustrator), Ruth our website (www.bsa.ac.uk) or by joining Douglas, Annabel Dover, Vanessa Gardiner, Padel (KCL) and Therese Sellers (Author): our mailing list, which you can do here: Onyeka Igwe, Anna Ilsley, Brigitte Jurack, ‘Translation and inclusion versus exclusion’ https://www.bsa.ac.uk/mailinglist/. Elin Karlsson, Nathaniel Pimlott, Sophie (31 January 2022)

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Farewells & Warm Welcomes Since the last edition, the BSA has lost two major figures from its long history: Sinclair Hood, who passed away on 18 January, a few days before his 104th birthday, and Dr Lisa French, who left us on 10 June, in her 90th year. Sinclair Left: Martin Sinclair was Director in 1954–62, his reputation Francis Hood (1917–2021) in 2020 as an archaeologist almost synonymous with the site of Knossos, while Lisa, the Right: Elizabeth (Lisa) BSA’s first female Director (1989–94), Bayard French (1931–2021) in 1995 enjoyed almost as long an association with Mycenae. Short notices appeared on our website in January and June. A number of longer obituaries for Sinclair Hood have already appeared, while fuller obituaries for both will appear in next Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC)- completing a BSc in Sociology (Panteion year’s Annual of the BSA. Our deep and National Library of Greece, having University Athens). sincere condolences go to their families. previously held fixed-term posts at the Looking a little further into the future, As noted elsewhere, we say farewell BSA (Clogg collection) and the ASCSA we will be joined by two new three- after 28 years to Sandra Pepelasis, (assisting with their modernisation year postdoctoral fellows in October: Assistant Librarian at the BSA, and wish programme), as well as working with Dr Tulsi Parikh (Cambridge) will be the her a long and well-earned retirement. the National Library of Greece on the A.G. Leventis Fellow in Hellenic Studies, By the time of our next edition, Dr Bela transition to its new location at the working on ‘Mobilising Greek Religion: Dimova, current A.G. Leventis Fellow in SNFCC. She has a BSc in Librarianship the Dynamics of Sacred Space in Ancient Hellenic Studies, will have reached the and Information Systems from the TEI Greece from the Archaic to Hellenistic end of her tenure; we wish her the very Athens, an MA in Cultural and Cinema Period’; Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos (QMUL) best for her future career. It was only in the Studies (Athens University) and is will take up the post of 1821 Fellow in December newsletter that we welcomed Modern Greek Studies also in October. For Dr Hallvard Indgjerd as our new IT Officer; the first six months of his tenure, he will unfortunately Hallvard will shortly leave work closely with a new Archive Project us to take up a three-year research post Assistant, Felicity Crowe, who holds an at UCL. We thank him warmly for his MA in Archives and Records Management Heraclean efforts during an intensely busy from UCL. Finally, the Macmillan- phase of our IT operations, and wish him Rodewald Student for 2021–22 will be all the very best for his research. We are in Marcella Giobbe (Oxford); the Richard the process of arranging his replacement. Bradford McConnell Studentship will be On the credit side, we warmly welcome shared between Drs Dòmhnall Crystal Evgenia Villioti as our new Assistant Evgenia Villioti, (Cardiff) and Rossana Valente (Edinburgh/ Librarian from July. Evgenia is currently Assistant Newcastle). More on all these new faces in Librarian a Library Intern at the Stavros Niarchos future editions!

‘Then and Now!’

Then: John Pendlebury on the front steps of the BSA, ca. late 1920s–1930s (John Pendlebury Family Papers, PEN 7/1/1/248)

Now: Matthew Evans (Warwick) on the front steps of the BSA, December 2020

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