Seven years ago Deacon Bartholomew (Michael) Mercado was in the middle of completing his BA in Religious Studies at Hellenic College of the Holy Cross (HCHC). During this time, he spent the fall semester of 2010 abroad in Greece at CYA. Something which turned out to be one of the most profound experiences of his life.

International Education Week (IEW) celebrations are in full swing. Throughout this week CYA’s social media is hosting an open dialogue where top questions about study abroad are being answered by our students in Greece now. Take a look!

On 23 October 2017, students of Professor Hüseyin Öztürk’s Aegean & Ancient Greek Art & Archaeology course gave the first round of conference-style presentations in front of their fellow classmates. In the typical conference fashion, simple refreshments of water, tea, coffee and snack cookies were provided, as students congregated in the CYA auditorium around 08:35.

The Embassy of Canada is pleased to announce the screening of the award-winning Canadian documentary film Theater of Life at CineDoc in Athens on December 13 at the Institut français de Grèce (IFG) and the 16 & 17 December at Danaos Cinema in collaboration with non-profit NGO Boroume.

Do you know why they call it a Marathon?

I’m sure most CYA students now know why it’s called a marathon, having heard through the Greek grapevine that the namesake comes from the original long-distance run made from Marathon to Athens in 490 BC.

Zoë Kontes, Archaeologist, CYA Alumna Trustee and professor of the MS355 IIllegal Antiquities summer course was awarded a Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship in 2016 to create a 12-part podcast which tells the stories of illicitly traded antiquities and the effect it has on archaeology today.

Looted: The Podcast will uncover the hidden stories of ancient artifacts and their journeys in the illicit antiquities trade. Kontes hopes to educate the public on the issue of ownership of ancient artifacts and to spark conversation about how best to preserve world cultures.

 “I want to tell the stories of these objects, the stories give these objects a meaning and a history and a significance that you might not get from just looking at them.”

To learn more about this fascinating series, visit this link and subscribe to the podcast.