Netherlands Institute at Athens

The NIA is happy to share the following call:
The Mortuary Archaeology in the Roman East (MARE) VICI project invites proposals for contributions (paper/poster) to its final conference,

👉'Mortuary Ritual in the Roman Near East – Current Work and Future Directions',
taking place on
📅Thursday, January 28 to Friday, January 29, 2027,
🏢at the University of Groningen.

The Call for Papers can be found on the conference webpage:
🔗https://www.rug.nl/research/groningen-institute-of-archaeology/research/mare/conference-2027

👉 In the latest post on our NIA-blog, you can read Giacomo Scavello's highly interesting account on his stay at our Institute for his research project "‘Greek Tragedy and Philosophy: Sophocles’ Antigone on forgiveness and ecology’"
🔗 (link in first comment)

👏 Thank you for your excellent contribution to our blog, Giacomo, and for your kind words! You have been an excellent guest!

[Follows in EN]

Nicholas Karachalis wetenschappelijk medewerker van het NIA en universitair docent, werd door journaliste Sterre Marsman geïnterviewd over de huidige ontwikkelingen en toekomstperspectieven van Athene als bestemming. Zowel het stadscentrum van Amsterdam als dat van Athene wordt steeds afhankelijker van de toeristische sector, wat negatieve sociale en milieueffecten met zich meebrengt. Goede praktijken uit andere Europese steden zouden duurzame oplossingen kunnen bieden.
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ΝΙΑ's scientific collaborator Nicholas Karachalis, Assistant Professor of the University of the Aegean was interviewed by journalist Sterre Marsman on the current development and future perspectives of Athens as a destination. Both Amsterdam and Athens' city centres become increasingly dependent on the visitor economy leading to negative social and environmental effects.

👉 Change of Library’s opening hours for the week 01-05/06/2026

Dear readers,

We wish to inform you that the Library will be closed from Monday June 1st 2026 until Friday June 05th 2026.

😊 We will be happy to welcome you again from Monday June 8th 2026.

🙏 Thank you for your kind cooperation and understanding!

🎥 Now Online: Double book presentation on Byzantine Law, by E. Papagianni (University of Athens) and D. Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven)

😊 We are very pleased to share the recording of the special presentation of two recent publications on Byzantine Law, by E. Papagianni (University of Athens) and D. Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven), which took place on Tuesday May 5th, 2026 at the NIA’s premises.

📌This event was organized in the framework of the NIA Library’s activities.

👥After the brief introductions by the NIA Director Prof. dr. Jan Paul Crielaard, and the NIA Librarian, Ms. Sotiria Nikolou, who moderated the event, the editors E. Papagianni (University of Athens) and D. Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven) presented the books:

📖A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056), Brill 2025, and

📖Byzantine Law. The Roman Law of the Eastern Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press 2026 by the author Daphne Penna (University of Groningen, KU Leuven). The topic of the books is focused on Byzantine Law.

🗣️In her talk Dr. Penna mentioned that she wanted to write a book on Byzantine Law, addressed to all the people wanting to know more about Byzantine Law without having any prior knowledge on this topic. Moreover, Dr. Penna underlined that she took the initiative of writing the book ‘Byzantine Law. The Roman Law of the Eastern Roman Empire’ when she delivered the first lecture in the annual series ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’, which is organized by our Institute, and thus we are very glad to have contributed to this publication!

📍Please note that the online registration of the event includes also the Q&A session.

🔗Click the link in the first comment to watch the recording.

We wish you a wonderful weekend with an update on our ficus tree. We have a newborn!

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📣 We would like to inform you that applications can now be made for the next round of our NIA-scholarship program.

➡️ Deadline for applications is 1 October 2026 (23.59 Greek time, 22.59 CET).

ℹ️ For all the necessary information on the prerequisites, please click the link in the first comment.