The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA) () is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes in

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. Founded in 1980, it aims to promote Greek studies in

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, as well as to enable

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scholars to engage in archaeological fieldwork in Greece. The Institute has been involved in projects in

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), Zagora (

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), and in the Paliochora survey (

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The Visiting Professorship

Each year the Institute brings to Australia a distinguished academic who undertakes
lecture tour
to all Institutional members across the country.

Hostel in Athens

The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens also runs

for visiting Academics and students

Bibliography

*E. Korka et al. (eds.): ''Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece, 160 Years'', Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2006, p. 30–37.

External links

AAIA website

AAIA at CCNESA
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