The family grave on Athens' 1st Cemetery (Picture: Winfred van de Put)
In the Greek village of Kato Lechonia, near Volos, some 350 kilometers north of Athens, stands a monument: a mulberry tree, pollarded, cast in bronze. And around the trunk, three nooses in relief. The monument has been erected in the village square in memory of the brutal deaths of a 69-year-old mother, her 44-year-old daughter […]
The Netherlands Institute at Athens is very pleased to share with you the footage recorded by the National Documentation Centre (NDC) where our NIA-Librarian, Ms Sotiria Nikolou welcomes you at its’ premises. In the recording Ms. Nikolou introduces to you the NIA-Library, and presents how the students and researchers can benefit by using the openABEKT […]
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!
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 […]
It is our great pleasure to invite you to a lecture by Dr Gert Jan van Wijngaarden (Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam) “Archaeology of Archaeology at ancient Troy? Some results from an experimental project.” 20 May 2026, 18.00 at the Netherlands Institute at Athens, Makri 11, 11742, Athens All are welcome! The event will […]
The Netherlands Institute at Athens is very pleased to share with you to the video registration of the third lecture of the annual series entitled ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’ dedicated to the memory of Professor Spyros Troianos: Re-reading Title 1 of the Eisagoge: Law, Justice, and Constitutional Thought in Byzantium by Vasileios Alexandros Kollias (Assistant Researcher | Research […]
(Picture: Votives from the Athena Lindia Sanctuary in Rhodes at the National Museum of Denmark. Photo: John Lee) We are happy to share this open Call for Papers for a Conference that the NIA organizes in cooperation with our colleagues from the Danish Institute at Athens and the Finnish Institute at Athens and which […]
We are happy to host and support the conference “Philosophy of Technology. A Chinese-Continental Perspective” that is organized by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Patras and will take place on 14 September at the NIA. Yuk Hui, Fabian Heubel, Kejun Xia and Susanna Lindberg will be discussing about Cosmotechnics, Planetary Technonature, Logos […]
We are happy to announce the International Symposium Nature and Human Nature in Ancient Greek Philosophy and its Reception that will take place at our premises on October 3rd, 2023. The Symposium is organized by The Netherlands Institute at Athens and Dr. Melina G. Mouzala, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy of the University of Patras […]