Academic Year Program

Full academic year program (the Regular Member Program) offering advanced graduate students, from a variety of fields, an intensive survey of the art, archaeology, history, and topography of Greece, from antiquity to the present. Students receive comprehensive training through visits to archaeological sites and museums, as well as in seminars. Excavations training program at Ancient Corinth also included. Enrollment: 15 to 20 students

Individual Research

Acceptance of Membership at the School is a prerequisite for students or scholars wishing to make use of the facilities outside normal visiting hours.

Agora Excavation Summer Volunteer Program

Allows students to excavate in the Athenian Agora, in the heart of modern Athens. The excavation season is eight weeks each summer (early June to early August), five days a week. 

Archaeological Conservation Summer Internships

The Excavations Conservation Laboratory offers  Internships giving students an opportunity to treat freshly excavated archaeological finds and to participate in an active on-site conservation laboratory.

Corinth Excavation Participation

The Corinth Excavations of the American School are looking for advanced graduate students to serve as supervisors during the spring 2025 field season.

Summer Session

June 16 to July 30, 2025
The Summer Session is a six week intensive introduction to the sites, museums, and monuments of Greece with onsite learning. Open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, as well as to high school and college instructors. Enrollment: 20 participants.

Summer Seminars

People and Places of Ancient Philosophy (June 9 to June 27, 2025) & Settlers and Traders: Corinth and Its Apoikiai in W. Greece and S. Albania (July 3 to July 21, 2025)

Two on-site seminar offerings. Each 18-day session focuses on specific topics led by internationally known scholars, and visit major monuments and sites. Topics change each year. Enrollment, each seminar: 20 participants.

Ancient DNA Course

An intensive week-long course to introduce participants to methods and applications in ancient DNA (aDNA) research. The main objectives are to offer a theoretical and basic technical training in the analysis and interpretation of aDNA data through lectures, seminars and interactive hands-on practical sessions. By the end of the course, participants will be familiar with most aspects of aDNA research and the different insights aDNA can offer into the past. Enrollment: 16 participants

Bioarchaeology Course

An intensive week-long course in bioarchaeology to introduce participants to the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological settings. The objective of the course is to familiarize participants with the study of human remains and the diverse information they can offer about life and death in the past. Enrollment: 12

Site Formation, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology Course

A week-long field school focused on archaeological context, geoarchaeology, and material sciences. Students will participate in the excavation. Through field observations, on-site laboratory analysis, and lectures, students will learn about archaeological sediments and deposits, as well as gain experience to understand site formation processes. Enrollment: 12 participants

Micromorphology Course

The intensive week-long course will primarily focus on deciphering site formation processes and micro-stratigraphy. Students will receive instruction in optical mineralogy, description of micromorphological thin sections, and analysis of soil fabrics and sedimentary microstructures. Enrollment: 9 participants