2024

The new academic year has begun at the Institute, and we welcome the Institute’s 2024-2025 Alföldi-Rosenbaum Fellow, Adam Wiznura, and Wilfrid Laurier University intern, Dante Campanella. Adam Wiznura is a PhD student in Ancient History at the University […]

The fifth field season of the Central Achaia Phthiotis Survey (CAPS) project ran from July 6th to August 11th 2024. We welcomed back staff and volunteers as well as new field schools students. Despite the soaring temperatures (up […]

Abdera, Thrace (Kallintzi 2010) The Abdera Urban Plan Project (AUPP) is a three-year SSHRC project (2023-2026) co-directed by Maria Chrysafi of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Xanthi and Maria Papaioannou, Department of Historical Studies, University of New Brunswick […]

Miriam Clinton and Robert Stephan atop a ruined structure while mapping on Koroni in 2024 Anyone who spends enough time working on archaeological field projects will eventually learn several immutable ‘rules’ about how things tend to go. First, […]

Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project team photo 2024 From May 13-June 23, 2024, the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project again conducted excavations at the site of ancient Eleon in central Greece. This project is a synergasia of the Ephorate of […]

The final week of the CIG’s Attica-Peloponnese Summer school saw the francophone groups continue their travels. Although they knew the journey was nearing its end, they still had much to discover and many more memories. While the second […]

Plaine de la Messara Nous avons accosté à Héraklion, sous le ciel bleu clair de la Crète, où les montagnes s’étendent, couvertes d’oliviers, où le paysage est marqué par des falaises abruptes qui plongent dans la mer. Partout […]

    Les Propylées, Acropole, Athènes (Photo Karl-Ervin Jean-Pierre, Sciences politiques, Université de Montréal) Après une semaine de cours dans les locaux de l’Institut et de visites des principaux monuments d’Athènes, la première cohorte du nouveau circuit de […]

Earlier this month we welcomed two new interns, Christina Coutsougeras and Brandon Montague, who will be with us at the Institute until the end of July. Christina Coutsougeras is a graduate student studying European Affairs at the University […]

Week two has come and gone for both of CIG’s Francophone groups. During this time, they adjusted to Athens and continued to explore the city. One such activity was a group trip up Mount Lycabettus to look over […]