Severan Tondo, Altes Museum, Berlin (Wikipedia - Public Domain)
In contemporary society the emergence of fake news is seen as an existential threat, an unprecedented attack on societal values. Democracies, with their emphasis on participation, openness, and free speech, seem particularly vulnerable to attacks by people who refuse to play by the rules. The prominence of fake news is regarded as a tell-tale sign […]
Our best wishes to all our friends and colleagues for a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2026! Please note that the NIA will be closed from 20 December – 7 January.
The recording of the book presentation of ‘Making the Modern Turkish Citizen: Vernacular Photography in the Early Republican Era’ is now available on the YouTube-channel of our Institute. This event was organized in the framework of the NIA Library’s activities and it was a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute at Athens, the Nordic Library at […]
On November 12 the Annual Event of the NIA took place in the presence of a large audience. For those unable to attend, we are happy to share our video registration of that evening. The event started with the Annual Report 2024 presented by NIA director Prof. dr. Ann Brysbaert, who gave an overview of […]
Proposals are invited for a two-day, interdisciplinary conference to be held at the Netherlands Institute, Athens, Greece, May 7-8, 2026, on textile production and representation from the premodern period to the present. Contributions on historical and contemporary textile production, from harvesting materials (i.e. wool, linen, wood fiber, recycled materials, plastics), to processing, creation and design […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Flip Lindo, a distinguished anthropologist, scholar, educator, and cofounder of our NIA winter school “Migration in the Margins of Europe” who passed away on Friday 5 January. Flip Lindo took his BA in Sociology and his MA in Anthropology at the University of […]
The NWIB Visiting Professors Programme offers assistant professors, associate professors and full professors at participating universities a unique opportunity to work undisturbed in an inspiring and stimulating environment. This programme enables you to stay at one of the five Dutch Scientific Institutes Abroad (NWIBs) for a period of three months to conduct research, give lectures […]
(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 […]
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. Carlotta Gardner, Fitch 2024 Research and […]