The Danish Institute at Athens

The Danish Institute at Athens, Kristina Winther-Jacobsen, Director Carlsberg Academy, 27th of January 2016

Founded April 2nd 1992 as archaeological school and cultural institute CopyrightHerefondos 14 gifted in 1993 by the Carlsberg Foundation Herefondos 12 gifted in 1995 by the Carlsberg Foundation

Auditorium gifted in 2000 by the Velux Foundation The Danish Institute at Athens

Facilities and events

Exhibitions CopyrightLectures/conferences

Koncerts Workshops Residence for scholars and artists The Danish Institute at Athens Conferences (2012-15) 14-15 February 2015 The Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery in context. Second Petras Symposium.

30 January – 1 February 2015 Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period.

15 November 2014 Ascending and Descending the Acropolis Sacred Travel in Ancient Attica and its Borders. Organised by the research project The Emergence of Sacred Travel: Experience, Economy, and Connectivity in Ancient Mediterranean Pilgrimage, University of Aarhus and DIA.

10-11 October 2014 The Regional Production of Red-Figure Pottery: Greece, Magna Graecia and Etruria (GÖSTA ENBOM SEMINAR). Organised by the research project Keramik og samfund i oldtidens Grækenland, National Museum, Copenhagen. 22-23 May 2014 A World of WellCopyright-Ordered Societies? The Rules and Regulations of Ancient Associations. Organised by the research project The Copenhagen Associations Project, University of Copenhagen.

7-9 June 2013 Communities in Transition: the Circum-Aegean Later Neolithic Stages (ca. 5000/4800-3200/3000 BC).

6-9 December 2012 Fokus Fortifikation: a conference on the research on ancient fortifications.

28-29 January 2012 The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre. The Danish Institute at Athens

Administrative staff

Kristina Winther- Copyright Lone Gad, Niki Bouras, Jacobsen, Director Vice-director Accountant Secretary/receptionist The Danish Institute at Athens

Statute: The Institute aims to promote research, education and culture in Greek and Mediterranean archaeology, history, language, literature, visual arts, architecture and cultural traditions. The Danish Institute at Athens Nordic Library

Proceedings Copyright The Danish Institute at Athens Mt. Pelion, 2006-8

Chalkis, 1995-2001 Delphi, 2013-15 Kalydon, 201-5, 2011- Kephallénia, 1992-4 Lechaion, 2014- Sikyon, 2015- Piraeus, 2002-12 Copyright Rhodes, 1994 (Chania, 2010-14)

Field projects at the Danish Institute at Athens since 1992 Supported by the Carlsberg Foundation since 2012 The Danish Institute at Athens

Currently active field projects

Kalydon co-directed by Søren Handberg of the University of Oslo and Olympia Vikatou, Ephor of Aetolia-Acarnania and Lefkada supported by the Carlsberg Foundation

Lechaion co-directed by Bjørn Lovén from the University of Copenhagen and Dimitris Kourkoumeli of the underwater ephorate Copyrightsupported by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Augustinus Foundation

Sikyon co-directed by Silke Müth-Frederiksen from the National Museum and Konstantinos Kissas, Ephor of Antiquities of Corinth supported by the Carlsberg Foundation The Danish Institute at Athens

Excavations at the ancient city of Kalydon, 2001-5, 2011-16

Organization Synergasia currently co-directed by Søren Handberg of the University of Oslo and Olympia Vikatou, Ephor of Aetolia-Acarnania and LefkadaCopyright embedded at the Danish Institute at Athens. Representative of the Ephorate Giorgos Stamatis.

Multi-disciplinary collaboration • Archaeologists including archaeo-zoologist and -botanist • Land surveyors • Architects • Conservators The Danish Institute at Athens Back filling • Expropriation of land • Site preservation

Photo- grammatical 3D scanning The Danish Institute at Athens Publication Forthcoming field publications Chalkis S. Houby Nielsen, Chalkis Aitolias II: The Emporion. Archaic, Classical and Early Hellenistic Habitations on the Hagia Triada (MoDIA 7.2). Søren Dietz and Lazaros Kolonas (eds), Chalkis Aitolias III. The Archaic Period (MoDIA 7.3).

Piraeus B. Lovén and I. Sapountzis, The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus II. Zea Harbour: the Group 1 and 2 shipsheds and slipways – architecture, topography and finds (MoDIA 15.3). N.M. Nielsen, The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus III.1. The Harbour and Coastal fortifications of the Mounichia and Zea Harbours – architecture and topography (MoDIA 15.4). B. Lovén and I. SapountzisCopyright, The Ancient Harbours of Piraeus III.2. Mounichia Harbour: the shipsheds – architecture, topography and finds and finds from the fortifications at Mounichia and Zea Harbour (MoDIA 15.5).

Mt. Pelion N. H. Andreasen, P. Pantzou & D. Papadopoulos, Unfolding a mountain. An ethno- archaeological investigation of modern cave use on Mount Pelion (2006-2008) (MoDIA 19). The Danish Institute at Athens

What the future holds…

Copyright The Danish Institute at Athens Other Danish research projects focussing on ancient Greece Danish Field projects in Greece since 1993 since 1992 The Emergence of Sacred Travel: Experience, Economy, and Sikyon, National Museum, Copenhagen Connectivity in Ancient Mediterranean Pilgrimage, University of Aarhus. Lechaion, University of Copenhagen

Keramik og samfund i oldtidens Grækenland, Kalydon, Danish Institute at Athens National Museum, Copenhagen Mount Pelion, Danish Institute at Athens The Copenhagen Associations Project, University of Copenhagen CopyrightDelphi, Danish Institute at Athens The Copenhagen Polis Centre, Piraeus, Danish Institute at Athens University of Copenhagen Chalkis, Danish Institute at Athens

Rhodes, Danish Institute at Athens

Kefallénia, University of Copenhagen