Programme 2024
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WELCOME TO OUR OPEN ANNUAL MEETING 2024
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NOVEMBER 2023 – MAY 2024
Lecture Series: Underwater Archaeology and Cultural Resources: Methodology, Preservation and Communication – A Dialogue Between Denmark and Greece
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APRIL
Lectures Tuesday April 9th at 19
Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch: Unlocking the Depths: Engaging Audiences through Artistic Perspectives in Maritime Archaeology
Alex Tourtas: The Antikythera Mechanism in Comix: Communicating Maritime Archaeology through a Multidimensional Narrative Medium
Discussant: Theotokis Theodoulou
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MARCH
ARTIST TALK: Monday March 11th at 19
Pleasure Garden by Sian Kristoffersen
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LECTURES: Tuesday March 19th at 19
Angeliki Zisi: Underwater Perspectives: Dialogue with Heritage Conservators
Kristiane Strætkvern: Out of the Water Perspectives: Dialogue with Heritage Conservators
Discussant: Georgianna Moraitou
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FEBRUARY
LECTURES: Tuesday February 20th at 19
Anne Marie Høier Eriksen: ENDURE: Sustainable Preservation of Underwater Archaeological Sites: A Novel Approach to Cultural Heritage Management
Yiannis Issaris: Submerged Legacies: Connecting the Cultural with the Natural in a Common Narrative of Maritime Heritage Preservation
Discussant: Athena Trakadas
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JANUARY
LECTURE: Wednesday January 17th at 19.00
George Koutsouflakis: Methodology Against Budget: A Compromised Business
Aoife Daly: Tree ring Science for Maritime Archaeology: What Timber in Ships Can Tell Us
Discussant: Christos Agouridis
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LECTURE: Thursday January 11th at 19.00
Songs of the Night – Romanos the Melodist in Danish Translation
Lecture by Uffe Holmsgaard Eriksen
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2023
DECEMBER
LECTURE: Tuesday December 5 at 19.00
Peter Moe Astrup: Towards a New Understanding of the Early Mesolithic: The Role of Underwater Archaeology, Strategies, and Problem-oriented Focus Areas
Maria Geraga: Marine Remote Sensing Techniques in the Studying of Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites: Case Studies from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Discussant: George Papatheodorou
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NOVEMBER
Exhibition
LECTURE: Wednesday November 22 at 19.00
The Transformative Power of Architectural Heritage
Lecture by Mogens A. Morgen
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Lectures: Tuesday November 7th at 19.00
Athena Trakadas: “Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Resources: Reviewing a Sea-change in Practice”
Klara Fiedler: “Development-led Maritime Archeology in Denmark: Legislation, Management Practices and Research Output”.
Discussant: Dimitris Kourkoumelis.
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OCTOBER
Seminar: Thursday October 19, at 19.00
A Voice from Denmark at the Brink of Transformation: Herman Bang and his Novel Tine
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LECTURE Thursday October 5th at 19.00
Patterns of Migration in the Eastern Mediterranean c. 400 BCE – c. 100 CE
Lecture by Christian Ammitzbøll Thomsen
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SEPTEMBER
PERFORMANCE TUESDAY 26/9
Performance: Tuesday September 26th at 19.00
I compare you to a young slender shoot
A Sapphic performance by Maya Peitersen
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Lecture: Thursday September 14th at 19.00
Following the Bronze Age Sun Horse and the Solar Iconography, from Denmark to the Mediterranean, by Flemming Kaul
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JUNE
Lecture: Wednesday June 28th at 19.00
A Danish Pioneer in Macedonia: Karl Frederik Kinch and his studies on Halkidiki in the late 19th century by Stine Schierup
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Film Screening Monday 19.06.2023 at 19.00
After the Wedding shown in collaboration with the Danish Embassy.
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Seminar: Tuesday 06.06.2023 at 19.00
The struggle against the Greek Dictatorship in Scandinavia
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MAY
Lecture Wednesday 24.05.2023 at 19.00
Gladiators and Gladiatorial Games in the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire by Jesper Carlsen.
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Panel-discussion Thursday 18th of May at 19.00
So close and yet so far. Greek-German relations through the ages, with Christos Tsakas, Christina Koulouri and Alexander Nützenadel
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Open Annual Meeting 2023 at the Acropolis Museum
Presentation of the activities of the Institute in 2022
by Dr. Mogens Pelt, Director
Musical Intermission, by Composer Christos Farmakis,
Lecture, by Dr. Lasse Sørensen
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The Annual Open Meeting Friday 12th of May 2023 at 19.00
The Danish Institute at Athens invites you to the annual meeting at the Acropolis Museum
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Concert with WHI Ensemble
Friday 05.05.3023 at 20.30
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APRIL
Wednesday 26.04.2023 at 19.00
The late-antique cityscape of ancient Halikarnassos – Some recently excavated buildings with mosaic pavements
Lecture by Birte Poulsen
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Film Screening Monday 24.04.2023 at 19.00
The Celebration, shown in collaboration with the Danish Embassy.
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MARCH
Film Screening Monday 20.03.2023 at 19.00
A Taste of Hunger, shown in collaboration with the Danish Embassy.
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FEBRUARY
Film Screening Monday 20.02.2023 at 19.00
The Keeper of Lost Causes, shown in collaboration with the Danish Embassy.
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Thursday 09.02.2023 at 19.00
ARTIST TALK by Tore Hallas
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JANUARY
Friday 27.01.2023 at 19.00
Lecture by Goce Pavlovski, in collaboration with Roman Seminar Lectures 2023.
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Thursday 26.01.2023 at 19.00
Lecture by professor Marianne Pade
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Thursday 19.01.2023 at 19.00
Lecture by Clara Marie Westergaard, PhD-student
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Thursday 12.01.2023 at 19.00
BOOK LAUNCH: The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus vol. II & III
With a lecture by Bjørn Lovén, archeologist.
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Tuesday 10.01.2023 at 19.00
Picture This – Image-Making Iconoclasm and the Islamic State
Lecture by Terne Nanna Thorsen, PhD-student.
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