Opening hours
Monday - Friday 10 -15
(9 - 14, Norwegian time)
Address
The Norwegian Institute at Athens
5, Tsami Karatasou
GR-117 42 Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 9231351 or 210 9241420
Fax: +30 210 9215993
E-mail::contact@norwinst.gr
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Norwegian Institute on FacebookCall for volunteers
The Norwegian Institute announces a program for volunteer
excavators wishing to participate in the first season (permit
pending) of a multi-year archaeological field project called the
Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia (NASK).
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Call for papers
Interdisciplinary Conference for Graduate
Students and Young Scholars. To atomo, Representation of the
Individual. June 1-2, 2012 at the Norwegian Institute at
Athens.
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Position opening
The Norwegian Institute at Athens has an open position for a
lecturer in modern greek history for the summer of 2012.
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more
Arcadia 2011
Report on the archaeological fieldwork of the Norwegian Arcadia
Survey in 2011.
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Welcome to The Norwegian Institute at Athens
Photo: Janne Th. Scheie
The Norwegian institute at Athens for classical studies, archaeology and cultural history, was founded under the protection of the The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR), and is financed and directed in collaboration between the Norwegian Universities in Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and Trondheim. According to Greek law all foreign archaeological institutes or schools are Archaeological schools, i.e. they are non-profit research institutions.
The institute is dedicated to the teaching, research, publication and dissemination of the cultural heritage, history, archaeology and language of ancient Greece. While the main focus of the Institute's activities have been directed at the ancient cultural heritage, the study of modern Greek culture is also included in the Institute's work.
The Norwegian Institute at Athens is a resource in Greece for Norwegian academics. The Institute plays an important part when it comes to research, teaching and publishing by gaining approvals for scientific projects by Norwegian scholars in Greece. It works to facilitate scientific discussion, exchange and education. It also has as a goal, in cooperation with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Greece, to support and encourage contact on a cultural level between Norway and Greece.
The Institute has an administrative staff of three employees, and a director from one of the Norwegian Universities changing every 3-5 years.
Facts:
- Founded the 8th of May 1989
- Financed and directed in collaboration between the Universities in Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and Trondheim
- Celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009
- Four excavation projects so far in Greece
