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10/07/2025 -

Now Online: Video Registration of the lecture “Axenitika and Misiotika. Two Cappadocian dialects still spoken in Greece” (Prof. em. Mark Janse, 23 April 2025)

It is our pleasure to share the video registration of the hybrid lecture, delivered by Prof. em. Mark Janse (Affiliated Researcher at the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics, University of Cambridge), which took place on Wednesday 23 April: “Axenitika and Misiotika. Two Cappadocian dialects still spoken in Greece” In his lecture, Prof. […]

03/07/2025 -

New NIA-Course! “The Anthropology of Death and Afterlife” (26 October-2 November, 2025)

The study of death in social anthropology as well as in archaeology has been a foundational topic from the beginning of these disciplines. Indeed, death rituals, the treatment of the dead, tombs and the materiality surrounding all different phases are necessary in understanding human social life. An important aspect of death are perceptions of humans […]

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10/06/2025 -

In Memoriam: Dr. B.J. (Ben) Slot (1941–2024)

We were deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Ben Slot, former National Archivist and a leading authority on the Eastern archives housed in the National Archives of The Hague. His work encompassed vital historical sources, including those related to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Levant trade, as well […]

29/05/2025 -

Now Online: 2nd annual lecture of the series ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’ by Dr. Marios Tantalos (University of Athens)

Τhe 2nd annual lecture of the series ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’ is now available on the YouTube-channel of our Institute. NIA Librarian, Ms. Sotiria Nikolou opened the event with a brief welcome. In her short introduction, Ms. Nikolou referred -among other things- to the goal of the establishment of this series, which has as a main […]

Royal Museums of Art and History, inv. R.308: cup, c. 490-480 BC, attributed to the Foundry Painter.

25/05/2025 -

Reminder: 28 May: 15th TEXNH-Lecture: “Craftspeople and War in Ancient Economies”, Dr. Natacha Massar (Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels)

The Netherlands Institute at Athens, in collaboration with the Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels, The National Archaeological Museum Athens, The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, The École française d’Athènes and The University College Roosevelt (NL) are very pleased to announce a lecture by Dr. Natacha Massar (Curator of Greek Antiquities, […]