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The ANU (Canberra) Friends of the Australian Archeological Institute at Athens

 

 

The ANU is one of ten universities which are members of the Institute (the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens: AAIA). Founded in 1981, the Institute aims to promote the study of ancient, mediaeval, and modern Greece in both Greece and Australia. Like the other national institutes located in Athens, the Institute has an office in Athens, as well as a hostel. The AAIA is the focal point for Australian research and excavations in Greece. Visitors to Greece may take advantage of the Institute’s office and hostel. They may be assisted by the staff in Athens and may stay at the hostel, a modern apartment situated below the acropolis with a magnificent view of the Parthenon. The Institute’s office in Australia is at the University of Sydney.

The Friends groups around the country support the Institute and offer scholarships for students to spend a period of time in Greece either pursuing their research projects or taking part in the Institute’s excavations.

In Canberra the Friends each year hold a series of illustrated lectures on archaeology and culture and an end-of-year fund-raising dinner to support their local biennial scholarship. For several years now the lecture series and scholarship have been generously supported by the Hellenic Club of Canberra. Lectures, which are free and open to the public, and the dinner, are usually held there.

Suggested donations to the ANU (Canberra) Friends of the AAIA are currently $30 ($40 for families) and $10 for students and pensioners. A suggested corporate donation is $250.

Donation forms (for contact details) and notices of forthcoming lectures are available in the Classics Museum—and on the Classics webpage (follow the FAAIA link).

Enquiries: classics@anu.edu.au or tel. 6125 5106

 

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