R. M. Dawkins and the British School at Athens
Schedule
Fri Mar 13 2026 at 02:00 pm to 06:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Queens' College: Bowett Room | Cambridge, EN
About this Event
R. M. Dawkins and the British School at Athens
Join us in person for an engaging event about R. M. Dawkins and his work at the British School at Athens from 1906 to 1914. Dive into fascinating stories and insights from his research on archeology, dialects and folklore on the eve of WWI .
More details about the event:
The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies and the British School at Athens
are pleased to announce a Colloquium
which will focus on the life and work of , Director of the British School at Athens (1906 to 1914) and the first occupant of the Bywater and Sotheby Chair of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature at the University of Oxford(1920–1939).
Speakers include:
- (University of Sheffield), Professor Emeritus of Aegean Archaeology and, like Dawkins, a former Director of the BSA, with Debi Harlan, independent researcher;
- (The Whitworth Gallery, University of Manchester), Collections Care Manager and Conservator (Textiles);
- (University of Ghent), Emeritus Research Professor in Ancient and Asia Minor Greek;
- (University of Cambridge), Professor of Spanish and Historical Linguistics; Co-Director for the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies; Fellow, Tutor, Director of Studies in Linguistics at Queens’ College;
- (The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters), researcher in folklore.
Dawkins’s achievements and their lasting significance will be assessed across the range of his many academic interests, which included archaeology, dialectology, and the collection of embroidery and Greek folktales.
The full programme can be found here: https://www.ccgs.csah.cam.ac.uk/files/dawkins_colloquium-programme_v.5.pdf
Where is it happening?
Queens' College: Bowett Room, Silver Street, Cambridge, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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