"greece" blog posts

Hannah Walker's Summer in Greece Digital Ambassador Hannah Walker in Athens

Hannah Walker's Summer in Greece

The undergraduate program at the British School at Athens (BSA) is an archaeological and historical summer study program consisting of 3 weeks in Greece touring the ancient sites of the mainland. This summer I have been lucky enough to be one of thirty students to attend this amazing trip, making memories and friends for life whilst learning about Ancient Greece in the most exciting way possible.

Posted on: 13 September 2023

Exploring The Archaeology and Topography of GreeceNiamh Banner at the Sanctuary of Artemis

Exploring The Archaeology and Topography of Greece

Niamh Banner (BA Classical Studies with Spanish) shares her experience at the British School at Athens on their Undergraduate Course: a three-week intensive course exploring ‘The Archaeology and Topography of Greece’ with lectures at dozens of sites, museums and even artefact handling sessions in the BSA fitch laboratory.

Posted on: 10 February 2020

LGBT History Month - Homosexuality in Ancient GreeceAttic vase c. 500 B.C., attrib. to the Sosias-Painter, Antikensammlung Berlin F2278

LGBT History Month - Homosexuality in Ancient Greece

This February in the department we have been reflecting about LGBT history, not least following the wonderful lecture by Prof Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on Alexander the Great. In this post, Dr Ben Cartlidge dwells on a puzzling feature of the ancient Greek evidence for male homosexuality.

Posted on: 27 February 2019