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Black and white picture of boys cutting and peeling vegetables in a kitchen under the supervision of a female staff member. All boys wear aprons.

Group of boys helping in the kitchen of the Dutch Israelite Boys Orphanage. Amsterdam, 1938. (Copyright: Public Domain. Jewish Museum Amsterdam)

22/07/2024 -

Call for Papers ‘Jewish Urban Landscapes in Mid-20th Century Europe’

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for a two-day conference on ‘Jewish Urban Landscapes in Mid-20th Century Europe‘ organized in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam and the Workshop on the Study of the Jews in Greece, to be held in Athens on 4-5 February 2025. The conference, with keynote lectures by […]

02/07/2024 -

Now Online: 1st annual lecture of the series ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’ by Dr. Daphne Penna (University of Groningen)

Τhe 1st annual lecture of the series ‘Byzantine Talks NIA’ is now available on the YouTube-channel of our Institute. This event was organized in honor of the late Professor Spyros Troianos, who donated a substantial part of his book collection to the NIA. On this special occasion Dr. Daphne Penna, (Assistant Professor at the Faculty […]

01/07/2024 -

Modern Greek Language Course 8-16 November 2024 (Deadline: 9 September 2024)

Doing archeological fieldwork, studying, travelling, doing an internship – in short, staying in Greece is more engaging when you are able to communicate in… Greek! The Netherlands Institute at Athens and Taalhuis Amsterdam together with the Modern Greek department of the University of Amsterdam have developed intensive Greek courses in Athens. The courses are geared to students and PhD’s. […]

04/06/2024 -

Now Online: 9th TEXNH-lecture: “On artistic transformations and models in Minoan iconography: Some examples of warlike scenes” (Prof. Fritz Blakolmer, University of Vienna)

We are glad to share with you the online registration of the 9th session of our TEXNH-series, which took place on April 24. After a short introduction by NIA-director Prof. Ann Brysbaert, Prof. Fritz Blakolmer, Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna, delivered the lecture: “On artistic transformations and models in Minoan iconography: Some examples […]