We inform you that our 31st Annual Open Meeting scheduled for March 18, 2020 is now CANCELED, following the instructions from the Ministry of Health. Thank you for understanding.
Big welcome to Athens to our HIS131 (Det antikke Hellas’ historie) students from the University of Bergen!
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2nd workshop for the SwafS-28-2020 proposal preparation – HYBRIDA taking place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, March 3-5, 2020. Welcome!
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Happy to host participants in the “Religions in Late Antiquity” workshop at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, 25-26 February 2020.
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Registration for Norwegian exams in the spring of 2020 is now open. Application deadline is April 24. The exam will take place on May 
20. See our webpages for more details.
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With colleagues from the Universities of Bergen and Bristol, Karolinska Institutet, Evangelismos Hospital, and Designworks Windsor at the Norwegian Institute at Athens for the 2020 Ultradian Meeting (17-18 February). Welcome!
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Visit by MA students from the University of Agder and Prof. Apostolos Spanos, 12.02.2020. Welcome!
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Welcome to our new group of ANT2222/2221 (Athen in klassik tid) course students!
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens will be closed December 24-26 and 31, 2019. Happy Holidays!
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International conference The “Greek Case” in the Council of Europe: A Game Changer for International Law and Human Rights? co-organized by the Netherlands, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish Institutes at Athens, December 12-14, 2019.
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Vikings in the Mediterranean international conference organized by the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish Institutes at Athens, November 27-30, 2019.
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Today we hosted the international project meeting Encounters, with participants from e.g University of Agder, University of the Aegean and Ethnofest!
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We are happy to welcome RECAST Training School in the Humanities & the Social Sciences from November 5th to the 7th. Their 2019 programme is titled “Politics, the Rule of Law and the Facets of Democracy”, and is funded by The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
https://www.uma.es/costactionrecast/
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Interested in studying Ancient Greek history in Athens and enrolled in a Norwegian University?! Like to spend some time in the Mediterranean this winter learning about antiquity from the best UiB teachers?! Now’s your chance! Enroll into University of Bergen’s “HIS131 Det antikke Hellas’ historie” course! Instructions and course description can be found in the links below, application deadline is December 1 for non-UiB students and January 10 for UiB students:
https://www.uib.no/…/1…/tilbyr-antikkemne-i-aten-fjerde-gang
https://www.uib.no/fag/historie/103047/temaomtale-his131
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens will be closed on Monday, October 28, 2019, in observance of a Greek national holiday.
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The meeting of Det Arkeologiske Museumsmøtet taking place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, October 23-24, 2019.
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We are very happy to have had a chance to host another Dialogues with the Past seminar from the Nordic Graduate School in Archaeology. The seminar was titled “The Value of the Past: Heritage, Economics, and Sustainability.”
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The main board of Forskerforbundet (The Researchers’ Union) meeting yesterday and today at the Norwegian Institute at Athens. Welcome!
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens will be closed from Monday, August 5 until Friday, August 16, 2019 for summer holidays.
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Book launch announcement
for the new book ”Institution of Sponsorship from Ancient to Modern Times”, edited by Dr. George Kakavas (Director, Numismatic Museum) and published by the Norwegian Institute at Athens. The book launch will take place Sunday, June 23, 2019, at 12:00 h, at the Archaeological Museum of Delphi.
All are welcome!
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“Graeco-Egyptian Magical Formularies: Editorial Meeting” is taking place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, June 10-14, 2019, organized by Anastasia Maravela (University of Oslo), Sofia Torallas and Christopher Faraone (University of Chicago).
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Big welcome to the participants of the international conference on the topic of Greek Curse Tablets, starting today, June 7 until Sunday, June 9.
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The Norwegian Institute is very happy to co-host the Second International Samson Eitrem Seminar on the topic of Greek Curse Tablets, which will take place on the premises of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, June 7-9.
For further details about the program, follow this link.
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Book 7 in the Norwegian Institute’s publication series ”Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean: Insular Responses to Regional Change” is now available for free digital download from the Bergen University library.
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NEW BOOK
Volume 8 of Papers and Monographs from the Norwegian Institute at Athens.
“Institution of Sponsorship from Ancient to Modern Times” and is edited by Dr. George Kakavas, Director of the Numismatic Museum at Athens.
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens will be closed on Friday, April 26, and Monday, April 29, 2019 in observance of Greek Orthodox Easter. The Institute will also be closed on May 1 for the International Labour Day.
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C-REX (Center for Research of Extremism, University of Oslo) seminar at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, April 10-12, 2019
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The VIRT2UE-project training seminar taking place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, April 3-5, 2019.
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In the framework of the “Nordic Narrative at Athens”, the Norwegian Institute at Athens invites you to a lecture at The Finnish Institute at Athens, by the Institute’s director, Björn Forsén, titled “Finnish travelers in Greece.” followed by a lecture of Maria Martzoukou (The Finnish Institute at Athens), titled ”Finns at war in 1897.”
The event will take place at the Finnish Institute at Athens (Zitrou 16, Makrigianni) on Tuesday, April 16, starting at 7PM.
All are welcome. Hope to see you there!
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We invite you to the launch of Ida Lødemel Tvedt’s new book ”The Mariana Trench” on the premises of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Tuesday, April 2 (starting at 19:00). The book will be presented in English and there will be a conversation, a reading, a Q&A and hopefully a pre-premier of a video essay based on the book, made in Athens. All are welcome!
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In the framework of the “Nordic Narrative at Athens”, the Norwegian Institute at Athens invites you to a discussion about the works of Nikolas Calas. The event will take place at the Danish Institute at Athens (Herefondos 14) on Thursday, April 4, starting at 7PM.
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ATTR (Authoritative Texts and Their Reception research school at the Department of Theology, University of Oslo) seminar at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, March 18-21, 2019.
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Norwegian ambassador to Greece speaking at the Institute’s 30th Annual Open Meeting about the importance of sustaining the Institute:
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Daily festival programme this week:
Tuesday, March 12: A Roundtable structured under the four interconnected headings:
Democracy, Cohesion, Migration and Populism
Wednesday, March 13: Presentations of the entire archaeological Norwegian field work in Greece, followed by a book launch.
For the printable programme of the daily events March 12 and 13, click here.
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens invites you to attend its 30th Anniversary Festival culminating with the 30th Annual Open Meeting on Wednesday, march 13th, 2019 at 19:00.
Please click here for the program.
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Mid-Way conference of the WAIT project (Waiting for an uncertain future: the temporalities of irregular migration) from the University of Bergen began today at the Norwegian Institute at Athens.
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Call for the submission of abstracts for the conference Vikings in the Mediterranean co-organized by the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish Institutes at Athens! Application deadline is March 30, 2019. The conference will take place November 28-30, 2019 in Athens. For details about the conference and application instructions, download the Call for Papers.
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Program of exhibitions in the framework of the Nordic Narrative at Athens events can be downloaded here. Both exhibitions will take place at the Nordic Library at Athens.
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A big welcome to our 2019 Athen i klassisk tid course students and teachers!
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In the framework of the “Nordic Narrative at Athens” the Norwegian Institute at Athens invites you to a lecture by Marie Mauzy titled “Swedish aid to Greece during the famine of WW2.” The talk will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9) on Tuesday, January 22, starting at 7PM.
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens will be closed for winter holidays from Monday, December 24, 2018 until Thursday, January 3, 2019. On Friday, December 21, 2018 the institute will not be open to public due to the annual personnel review. Happy Holidays!
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Norwegian-Greek Coptic Initiation seminar taking place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, December 10-12, 2018.
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In the framework of “Athens 2018: World Book Capital” and the “Nordic Narrative in Athens” project, the Nordic embassie
s and institutes, the Nordic library in Athens and the National Library of Greece invite you to 5 interactive workshops for librarians and information professionals with experts from the Nordic countries. The workshop will take place on November 30, 9-13h at the National Library of Greece. For additional details and registration instructions, please download the invitation, program, and the list of workshops.
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Norwegian language exams in collaboration with the Department of Linguistic and Nordic Studies will take place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens on December 16-17, 2018 for all three levels. The application deadline is November 19, 2018. For additional details click here.
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MultiLing seminar group at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, November 5-7, 2018.
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Big welcome to a seminar group from IFIKK (University of Oslo) at the Norwegian Institute at Athens October 31-November 3, 2018.
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Nordic Crime Fiction at the Goethe Institute, October 31, 19h.
Experts and writers from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland will discuss crime literature and the Nordic societies at the Goethe Institute in Athens (14-16 Omirou street). Download invitation here.
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Seminar from the University of Southeast Norway (Universitetet i sørøst Norge) at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, October 23-26.
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Application for our BA-level course ANT-2222/21, Athen i klassisk tid is now open! Application deadline is November 1. The course is open to all students registered at one of Norwegian universities. Please download the flyer for additional details here.
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The meeting of the Phanes International Reading Group with the topic “The riot in Antioch AD 387” begins today at the Norwegian Institute at Athens.
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Last week (September 17-22) a very successful secondary education course for Norwegian High School teachers was completed at the Norwegian Institute at Athens. The participants received an on-site crash-course in Greek history, art, and archaeology from our director, Prof. Jorunn Økland and Prof. Apostolos Spanos (University of Agder).
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A seminar by ARR-Journal of History of Ideas titled “The Conversation about Athens” will take place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, September 3-5, 2018. Please click here for the program.
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Dialogues with the Past PhD students seminar titled “Theorizing Collapse and Transformations: Cultural Responses to Crisis and Shock” taking place at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, August 20-24, 2018.
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The Norwegian Institute at Athens will be closed from Monday, August 6 until Friday, August 17, 2018 for summer holidays.
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NEW BOOK!
Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean: Insular Responses to Regional Change
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The 2018 Greek Studies on Site student course started today at the Norwegian Institute at Athens.
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Det norske institutt i Athen tilbyr årlig følgende kurs:Etterutdanningskurs for lærere. Søknadsfrist 10. juni 2018. LES MER
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Workshop “The True Face: Between Verism and Realism in Greek and Roman Portraiture” began today, May 24 2018, at the Norwegian Institute at Athens. Dr Marina Prusac Lindhagen (University of Oslo, Culture History Museum) is the organizer.
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International conference “On the Outdoors of Aegean Prehistory” started today, May 17, 2018, at the Norwegian Institute at Athens.
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