Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 1d

🔔 New fellowship opportunity! AIO Fellow at the BSA @atticinscriptions.bsky.social

🌐Further details: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/24/a...
📝Application link: apply.bsa.ac.uk/s/applicatio...
⏱ Deadline: Wednesday, 15th October 2025

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 1d

Save the date 📅

Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work on the Cyclades and beyond

📆 21 November 2025
📍Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Str, 106 72 Athens, Greece
❔Event time & further info to be announced
🌐 www.bsa.ac.uk/events/remem...

1

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder! Deadline 13 October

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 29d

We're hiring! 🔬

The BSA is currently seeking a Fitch Laboratory Scientific Research Officer, full-time, fixed-term appointment (5 years).
Check out the full job advert on our website for further information and the application form: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/04/f...

2

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Event reminder!

Poetry reading by Ben Verinder, Environmental Poet of the Year 2024, and Paul O’Prey, winner of the Publisher Award 2024 (Dare-Gale press).

📆 Mon 6 Oct 2025
⏰ 18:00 (GR) / 19:00 (UK)
📍 Location: BSA Upper House and online
🔗More info and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/poetr...

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 9d

New course alert! 🔔

'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'

⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025
📩 For questions, email our Assistant Director
Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...

3 3

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 21d

We warmly thank our partners: the village of Toumba, the municipality of Emanouil Papas and its cultural department, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres, and the Greek Ministry of Culture for their support. Also our funding bodies, York University & TETRARCHs for its commitment to data use & reuse

3

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 21d

Highlights included discovering the best-preserved Neolithic house so far at the site and a remarkably intact female figurine. Beyond archaeology in the community-based dimension: two major artistic performances led by Eloise Moody, strengthening ties between heritage and contemporary local life.

1 3

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 21d

⛏️ Fieldwork 2025
This season (23 June–5 July) marked the conclusion of our excavation cycle at Toumba Serron, directed by Dimitra Malamidou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres), Nicolas Zorzin, and James Taylor (University of York) with a team of 17–18 staff, students and specialists.

1 4

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 22d

📖 Opportunity alert! 📕
The BSA invites applications for the role of Co-Editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history.
For more information, visit: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/16/v...

1 1

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 22d

BSA Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology, Dr. Sergios Menelaou (CHS Fellow 2024–25, right), and Assistant Director, Dr. Giorgos Mouratidis (CHS Fellow 2025–26, left), at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece for the fifth annual Research Workshop in Nafplio a few weeks ago ✨

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 23d

Lecture and Wine-tasting 🍷 including a lecture by Dr Emlyn Dodd (ICS), a tasting of six Greek wines led by Alix Robinson and a raffle.

📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...

2 3

Reposted by British School at Athens

British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 27d

📬 BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows Appointed

The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) are pleased to announce the appointment of four postdoctoral research fellows within the project 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions.'

🔴Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/ottoman-mobi...

1 3

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 27d

🗻 @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social conference programme & registration is now available! 🏔
📄 Visit our website for the programme and to register. Please note: for capacity and security reasons, it is strictly necessary to register for in person participation.
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mount...

1 1

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 28d

📢 Upcoming event!
Join us for the first Friends' Lecture of the 2025-26 academic year by Professor David Gill (University of Kent).
📆 Tue 16 Sep 2025
⏰ 17:00 (UK) / 19:00 (GR)
📍online only
🔗 For more details and registration: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/david...

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 29d

We're hiring! 🔬

The BSA is currently seeking a Fitch Laboratory Scientific Research Officer, full-time, fixed-term appointment (5 years).
Check out the full job advert on our website for further information and the application form: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/04/f...

3 4

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏃🏻‍♂️Handing over the baton 🏃🏻‍♂️

Recently, Dr Edward Jones (right), outgoing Macmillan Rodewald student, and Dr James Hua (left), incoming Macmillan Rodewald student beginning next month, crossed paths in Athens!

📸 photo thanks to fellow studentship holder, Dr Laura Nastasi

www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/stude...

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Sep 3

The BSA Sep-Dec 2025 Events Brochure is out now! Check it out via our website and mailing list.

Event listings are subject to change - make sure to refer to the Events pages of our website for the most up to date information.

www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/02/e...

British School at Athens : Events Brochure September – December 2025

The BSA’s September – December 2025 Events Brochure is now available. We hope many of you can join us for our busy programme of events, seminars and talks this academic […]

www.bsa.ac.uk

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 27

Summer School Takeover – Day 7 🌞
From #Marathon to #Brauron, #Thorikos & the breathtaking #Sounion 🏛️ Our students explored Attica’s past, while tutors guarded the map so Athena’s temple plan was drawn the old-school way! ✍️ #BritishSchoolatAthens #SummerSchool #BSASummerSchool2025

4

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 22

Summer School takeover! 🌞 Day 3: Acropolis & museum dives into sculpture & curation. Day 4: Roman Athens adventures—Hadrian’s Library & Arch, Roman Agora, Temple of Zeus, Panathenaic Stadium + lectures on festivals & Panhellenism. #BSASummerSchool2025 #Acropolis #RomanAgora

4

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 21

We launched #BSASummerSchool2025 w/ 30 students from 18 UK unis! Lycabettus views, #ancientagora tour, & a rain-soaked #kerameikos. Back at BSA, talks on democracy & burials kept spirits high—then pizza to close the day! #BritishSchoolatAthens #SummerSchool #summerrain

5

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 12

Via @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social Jason König has been releasing regular blog posts looking at individual mountains in turn. Whet your appetites and perhaps climb a few of the mountains ahead of the conference in October! Subscribe here: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

1 1

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 12

This has been the second time this course was organised. We had an incredible time, met wonderful people, and we are already looking forward to doing this course again, next year!

1

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 12

...practical sessions and visits to numerous archaeological sites and museums all over Athens and Attica, designed to train participants and help them to expand their range of knowledge and skills, while engaging with important concepts such as multitemporality, anastylosis and archaeopolitics.

1 1

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congratulations to our ᾽Ancient City of Athens' course participants for completing their course! This June, 13 undergraduate students from 11 different UK institutions came to Athens to learn about the physical landscape, history and archaeology of Athens. The course involved a mixture of lectures..

1 5

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Aug 7

Dr Penelope Anne Mountjoy (1946 -2025)
The BSA community was saddened to hear that Dr Penelope Anne Mountjoy passed away on 14th June 2025, in Oxford aged 78. Read the full obituary here: www.bsa.ac.uk/.../dr-penel...

1