Support the Belgian School at Athens

Why?

 

The Belgian School at Athens represents all expertise on Greek Archaeology in Belgium and is the only official institution in Greece that allows Belgians to conduct archaeological activities in Greece. It is a cultural and scientific embassy, within the large network of foreign and Greek scientific and cultural institutions in Athens.

 

Under the aegis of the Belgian School at Athens, two excavation projects are currently undertaken by respectively two Belgian universities each. The classical site in the Lavrion area of Attica, Thorikos is today under investigation by the collaborative effort of Prof. Robert Laffineur (Université de Liège) and Prof. Roald Docter (University of Ghent). The prehistoric site near Sissi on Crete, is a recent excavation project and an initiative of both Prof. Jan Driessen (Université catholique de Louvain) and Prof. Ilse Schoep  (Katholieke universiteit Leuven).

 

Belgian, and foreign academics, attached to Belgian universities, have collaborated with - and directed - numerous foreign and Greek teams in Greece, because the Belgian School disposes of insufficient funds. Examples are Prof. Driessen at Malia (under the Ecole française d'Athènes), at Knossos and Palaikastro (under British School at Athens). Prof. Schoep also worked for many years at Malia and Knossos. The director of the School, dr. Soetens, has worked for several years in collaboration with the Institute of Mediterranean Studies, with the British School at Athens, with the Netherlands Institute of Athens, and the Ecole française d'Athènes. Also profs. Laffineur and Viviers have had or are currently still involved in collaboration with the Ecole française d'Athènes. Publications of Belgian archaeologists, working in Greece are of excellent quality and appear regularly in prominent and peer-reviewed scientific journals, publications. Famous belgian series in their own right are Aegaeum, Kernos, Thorikos Series.

 

Our "school" currently resides in a rented appartement and works on a limited budget from Belgian Federal Science Policy. The Commitee resides at the Royal Musea of Art and History, Brussels. Our members are active and passive academics from most Belgian Universities and the Royal Musea.

 

At Thorikos the Mycenaean tholos tombs have to be consolidated, and all sites must be maintained and  scientific publications prepared. Information panels must be placed at all sites, students and staff should have a place to stay and study in Athens. The existing library, archaeological notebook archive, photo-, plan- and drawing archive must be updated, enlarged, digitised, placed online.

 

The Belgian School at Athens needs you, to be able to provide the necessary support to its projects in Greece in which it is involved.

 

With your support we can accomplish these goals.

 

If you would rather consider helping us in material or in any other way, do not hesitate to contact us on info@ebsa.info .

 Donation

You can make a donation on the Belgian bank account below

Bank account: 310-142-3824-47

IBAN: BE22 3101 4238 2447

BIC: BBRU BE BB

ING Belgium

Bank account of Permusea, supporting organisation of the Royal Musea of Art and History

Jubelpark 10

1000 Brussel

With mention of:

“Support the Belgian School at Athens ”, if you want to support the school

“Support the Belgian School at Athens – Thorikos”, if you want to support the Thorikos project

“Support the Belgian School at Athens – Sissi” if you want to support the Sissi project  

For donations of more than 30€, of Belgian taxpayers, a tax certificate will be sent.

Shortly we will also provide the details for tax reductable donations for Greek taxpayers (do contact us at info@ebsa.info if you are interested).