Join us on Saturday, April 30 for a live webcast of the biannual Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium! The stream will be available at https://media.video.harvard.edu/core/live/harvard-chs-live.html. No special software is required. Persons interested in watching the stream should click on the link above and the stream will play in their web browser. Abstracts will be available on Wednesday, April 27. Have questions for the presenters?… Read more
The CHS team had the chance to connect with Jennifer Kellogg, former executive assistant for the Center for Hellenic Studies to discuss about her travels to Greece and her previous work with the Center. Below, Jennifer reflects on her experience as a former CHS staff member and describes the role of CHS in her later career path. Q. Can you tell us a bit about… Read more
The CHS team had the chance to connect with Jennifer Kellogg, former executive assistant for the Center for Hellenic Studies to discuss about her travels to Greece and her previous work with the Center. Below, Jennifer reflects on her experience as a former CHS staff member and describes the role of CHS in her later career path. Q. Can you tell us a bit about your… Read more
April 21-26th This week, Dr. Georgia Kolovou, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Nanterre, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Kolovou works on the scholia to Homer’s Iliad. Her project has two parts: the first consists of making an essential corpus available to the international scholarly community in an appropriate digital environment–an open source website. This is realized through translations in other… Read more
April 21-26th This week, Dr. Georgia Kolovou, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Nanterre, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Kolovou works on the scholia to Homer’s Iliad. Her project has two parts: the first consists of making an essential corpus available to the international scholarly community in an appropriate digital environment–an open source website. This is realized through translations in other languages… Read more
Everyone loves a good story: stories deliver action. Patterns of actions then reveal the choices and values of the story-tellers and their societies. This idea of repeating real life in the actions of stories is the principle behind folklore studies. Arti Mehta in “Fox and Jackal: The Individual Against the Collective” We are pleased to welcome Arti Mehta, Lecturer in Classics at Howard University,… Read more
April 16th-20th, 2016 This week, Dr. Bruce Robertson, Associate Professor of Classics at Mount Allison University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Robertson works on the optical character recognition (OCR) of text images that contain Ancient Greek texts. His website, Lace, includes hundreds of public-domain texts digitized through his techniques, texts that can now be accessed by people worldwide. His goal at the… Read more
April 16th-20th, 2016 This week, Dr. Bruce Robertson, Associate Professor of Classics at Mount Allison University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Robertson works on the optical character recognition (OCR) of text images that contain Ancient Greek texts. His website, Lace, includes hundreds of public-domain texts digitized through his techniques, texts that can now be accessed by people worldwide. His goal at the CHS… Read more
We are pleased to announce the workshop “Law, Economics, and Society: Purchase and Sale in Ancient Law and its Reception” to take place at Harvard University, April 22-23. The workshop will bring together scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe to explore the ways in which the law(s) of sale and purchase in the Ancient Greek and Roman world interact with and are affected by economic factors and local customs. Read more
We are pleased to announce the workshop “Law, Economics, and Society: Purchase and Sale in Ancient Law and its Reception” to take place at Harvard University, April 22-23. The workshop will bring together scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe to explore the ways in which the law(s) of sale and purchase in the Ancient Greek and Roman world interact with and are affected by economic factors and local customs. Read more
