On the research paths of Katie Demakopoulou
International conference
Athens, 9-11 October 2025
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Katie Demakopoulou (1937-2023) was a leading Greek archaeologist and a renowned researcher of Mycenaean culture. As an excavator, she conducted significant investigations at Laconia, prehistoric Thebes and the Mycenaean citadel of Midea in the Argolid. As a researcher, she applied innovative methods of archaeometric analysis to the study of artifacts, bringing Aegean archaeology closer to sciences. As Director of the National Archaeological Museum, she organized major exhibitions of Mycenaean culture in Greece and abroad and played a crucial part in the restitution and repatriation of the so-called “Aidonia Treasure”.
To honour her memory, the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum, the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, the Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development and the Archaeological Society at Athens are organizing an international conference in Athens on October 9-11, 2025. The conference title refers to the exhibition “The Mycenaean World”, which was organized by Demakopoulou in 1988 and presented at Athens (National Archaeological Museum) and other European capitals.
The conference sessions focus on research topics explored by Katie Demakopoulou in the course of her career:
(a) Mycenaean citadels and palaces
(b) Relations between Crete and Mainland Greece
(c) Crafts, Artisans and Workshops in Mycenaean Greece
(d) The Mycenaean culture in museum presentations.
VENUE
The Archaeological Society at Athens
22 Panepistimiou Ave
Athens 105 64
SCIENTIFIC – ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Hellenic Organization for the Development of Cultural Resources
Nikolas Papadimitriou, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum
Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi, Hellenic National Archaeological Museum
Dora Vassilikou, The Archaeological Society at Athens
Konstantinos Nikolentzos, Hellenic National Archaeological Museum
HONOURARY COMMITTEE
Olympia Vikatou, General Director of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage
Nikolaos Kaltsas, Secretary General of the Archaeological Society at Athens
Alexandra Charami, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Boeotia
Konstantinos Nikolentzos, Acting Director General of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum
Joost Crouwel, Professor Emeritus of the University of Amsterdam
William Cavanagh, Professor Emeritus of the University of Nottingham
