Το συνέδριο ΑΙΓΕΙΡΟΣ, που διοργανώνεται από τους διδακτορικούς φοιτητές του DAI Athens, θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 6-7 Νοεμβρίου 2026. Υπό τον τίτλο «Ανάγκη για Οργάνωση: Υποδομές, Κοινωνικά Συστήματα και η Διαίρεση του Χώρου στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα», το συνέδριο θα διερευνήσει και θα συζητήσει διάφορες πτυχές της δομής και της τάξης ως μέρος της αρχαίας ζωής στις ποικίλες εκφάνσεις τους.
Τα μέλη του κοινού είναι θερμά ευπρόσδεκτα.
Σημαντικό: Το συνέδριο θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην Άνω Βουλή της Βρετανικής Σχολής Αθηνών (BSA), Σουηδίας 52, Αθήνα 1
ΑΙΓΕΙΡΟΣ. A research conference for young scholars
in Athens and beyond – CONFERENCE 2026
“A Need for Organisation: Infrastructure, Social Systems
and the Division of Space in Ancient Greece”
06.–07.11.2026
British School at Athens – Upper House
Souidias 52, Athina 106 76
DAY 1: 06.11.2026
8:30 Arrival & Registration
9:00 Welcome (Dr. Jan-Marc Henke, Director of the Samos Excavation, & Organizers)
Session 1: Infrastructure and Urbanistic of Sanctuaries
Moderation: Hakon Rückemann
9:30 Elisaveta Boiko (Universities of Erfurt and Graz)
“Development of Urban Cult Places in Sicily in the Late 6th and the Early 5th
Century BC”
9:55 Frauke Tammen (University of Kiel)
“Living Where Others Worship. On the Division of Space in the Sanctuary of Hera
on Samos in Roman Times”
10:20 Blanca Kupke (Free University of Berlin)
“The so-called Kladeos-Guest Houses as Part of the Profane Infrastructure in the
Zeus-Sanctuary of Olympia”
10:45 Group Picture
11:00 Coffee Break
Session 2: Structuring Architecture and Urban Spaces
Moderation: Josefine Beusch
11:20 Jeanne Liaudat (Universities of Lausanne and Lyon)
“Windows in the Greek House. Architectural Forms, Social Structures and the
Organization of Domestic Space”
11:45 Anja Reschmeier (Technical University of Munich)
“Urban Planning under Challenging Topographical Conditions: The City of Aigai in
the Aeolian Mountains”
ΑΙΓΕΙΡΟΣConference 2026, 06.–07.11.2026 British School at Athens – Upper House
12:10 Yannic Grohmann (Technical University of Berlin)
“Organizing Forces – Retaining Walls and Structural Knowledge in Hellenistic
Pergamon”
12:35 Anna Ruhland (Universities of Mainz and Tübingen)
“Roman Corinth once again? The Potential of Early Imperial Architecture and
Urbanisation Processes as a Response to the Need for Organisation”
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00 Benjamin Huber (University of Salzburg)
“Building Walls, Dividing Space. Considerations on the Semantic Aspects of the
Early Mycenaean Fortifications at Aegina Kolonna”
14:25 Hannah Peters (University of Bonn)
“Figuring out the In-between – Greek Gates and their Figural Décor”
Session 3: Organizing Data
Moderation: Robert Schönell
14:50 Kai Rottmann (University of Heidelberg)
“Taking Data Further: Integrating Archaeological Geoinformationsystems into
linked Open Data Repositories”
15:15 Melissa Bergoffen (University of Crete)
“Improving Iconographic Metadata: Applying Ontoterminologies to Female
Iconography in Bronze Age Aegean Artifacts”
15:35 Coffee Break
Session 4: Political and Social Landscapes
Moderation: Berglind Hatje
15:55 Seda Yenentürk (University of Bochum)
“Beyond Typology: Distinguishing Tower Farmsteads from Military Towers
through Landscape Context in Caria and Attica”
16:20 George Allen (University of Liverpool)
“Who Did What Where? An Examination of the Boeotian Social and Political
Landscapes”
18:00 Speakers Dinner at Restaurant Athinaikon (Themistokleous 2)
20:30 Joint Bar Evening (venue to be announced)
ΑΙΓΕΙΡΟΣConference 2026, 06.–07.11.2026 British School at Athens – Upper House
DAY 2: 07.11.2026
9:00 Guided Tour at the Archaeological Site Kerameikos
Session 5: Social Structures and Identity
Moderation: Verena Meyer
11:30 Katerina Kock (University of Regensburg)
“Shared Images, Shared Identities: Exploring Figurative Terracottas within the
Social Context of Archaic Samos”
11:55 Marius Rositzka (University of Freiburg)
“Difference and Identity in the Temporal Infrastructure of Archaic and Classical
Greece”
12:20 Georgios Dalakouras (University of Ioannina)
“Conceptualizing Vagueness: Fluid Geographies, Royal Power, and the Social
System of Memory in Ancient Macedonia”
12:45 Robert Barnea (University of Zürich)
“Bureaucracy in the Attalid Kingdom”
13:10 Lunch Break
14:15 Michail Athanasopoulos (University of Ioannina)
“Memory as Infrastructure. Plutarch’s Reorganisation of Boeotian Identity after
the Loss of Political Autonomy”
14:40 Andreas Leventis (Free University of Berlin)
“An Infrastructure for Death: Interpreting the Grave Goods from Tumuli A and B at
Spilaio, Evros”
15:05 Andrea Bianchini (University of Verona)
“Reassessing the Pontic Northern Area in the Aftermath of Scythian Migration:
Towards a New Model of Early Greek-Sythian Relationship?”
15:30 Final Discussion and Closing Remarks
