Hellenic Society Green Lectures 2026
Create a free account to applyExplore Pergamon’s ancient landscape in three public lectures by Dr Felix Pirson, Director of the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul. Trace human-environment relations and the city’s transformation in the Roman Imperial period, with talks at Durham, Edinburgh and London’s Senate House.
The Hellenic Society’s Green Lectures 2026 is a lecture series delivered by Dr Felix Pirson, Director of the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul, with support from a donation by Professor J. R.
Green. The programme brings together three public lectures exploring the ancient city of Pergamon and its wider region through archaeology, history and the relationship between people and their environment.
The first lecture takes place at the University of Durham and considers human-environment interaction at Pergamon and its micro-region. The second, at the University of Edinburgh, examines Galen’s Pergamon and the transformation of the city and surrounding area in the Roman Imperial period.
The third lecture is hosted at Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, University of London, and repeats the Galen-themed topic for a London audience.
This series will appeal to anyone interested in the ancient world, classical studies and the history of the eastern Mediterranean. It offers a chance to hear specialist scholarship presented in an accessible public format across three university venues.
Dr Felix Pirson
17 November 2026, 18:15
University of Durham: In the Shadow of the Great Altar? Human-Environment Interaction at Pergamon and its Micro-Region
18 November 2026, 17:10
University of Edinburgh: Galen’s Pergamon: The Transformation of City and Micro-Region in the Roman Imperial Period
19 November 2026, 18:00
Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, University of London: Galen’s Pergamon: The Transformation of City and Micro-Region in the Roman Imperial Period
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