Τμήμα Πολιτισμού – Δημιουργικών Βιομηχανιών

Agiati Benardou discusses with Despoina Tsiafaki, archaeologist-historian, about the arrival of the Thracians and what this meant for Athens in antiquity.

https://www.lifo.gr/podcasts/istoria-mias-polis/oi-thrakes-sta-matia-ton-arhaion-athinaion-exotikoi-kai-paraxenoi

The workshop ‘Mapping the Past, Plotting the Future. GIS in Archaeology, maturity & implementation’ was succesfully completed with highly positive feedback for the future. We would like to thank all those who helped in the organisation of the workshop, the excellent speakers and discussants, the personnel of Athena RC and the British School at Athens for hosting the event. More information can be found here.

The one day workshop of the Project “Mythological Routes in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace” (MIS 5047101) (MYTHOTOPIA) was successfully held in Komotini, in the hall of the Commercial and Industrial Chamber on 11/3/2023.

The Researchers of Athena RC, Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki and Natasa Michailidou will participate with a lecture in the online training program organised by the professor of DUTH Mr. Nikolaos Lianos, entitled «Heritage Education in the context of schools, museums and archaeological sites», June 14th-18th 2021, within the Erasmus+ project, «ReHeEd: Reframing Heritage Education”. The title of their presentation is “Communicating the Archaeological REsearch in the North Aegean to schools through the ARENA project”.

The co-directors of the Karabournaki excavation, Dr. Eleni Manakidou, professor of Classical Archaeology in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki, director of research of the “Athena” RC will give a lecture titled “Views of commerce and production in Karabournaki” on Saturday, June 5th, 11.30 a.m. The lecture is part of a 3-day event presenting the research work of the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. You can find more information here.