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Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg | Exploring Greece and the beauty of ancient civilization

The CHS team is happy to share the following Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg, former executive assistant for the Center for Hellenic Studies. Jennifer’s duties as a former CHS executive assistant included helping with the organization of the Harvard Alumni Association travel study programs to Greece, led by professor Gregory Nagy, that combine travel with the ancient Greek literature. Participants are not only visiting the ancient sites but also… Read more

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Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg | Exploring Greece and the beauty of ancient civilization

The CHS team is happy to share the following Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg, former executive assistant for the Center for Hellenic Studies. Jennifer’s duties as a former CHS executive assistant included helping with the organization of the Harvard Alumni Association travel study programs to Greece, led by professor Gregory Nagy, that combine travel with the ancient Greek literature. Participants are not only visiting the ancient sites but also… Read more

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CHS GR Event: George Babiniotis, “Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy: the meaning of the mother tongue”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy: the meaning of the mother tongue” Lecturer: George Babiniotis, Professor of Linguistics, former Rector of the University of Athens The event will take place at the Vouleftiko Lecture’s Hall in Nafplio. The lecture will be delivered in Greek. The Events Series 2016 is organized in cooperation… Read more

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Micro-Monuments Workshop: Pillars, Columns, Cornerstones: Verticalism in Arts and Philosophy

Workshop Conducted by Artemis Herber Sunday, April 24, 2016 from 11am–4pm Workshop Participation: Free and open to the public; reservation required. RSVP by April 20th, 2016 to events@chs.harvard.edu For directions and visitor information, visit the CHS website. Parking available on-site. The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to invite you to the Micro-Monuments Workshop, presented by Washington Sculptors Group in conjunction with the… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | Things noted during five days of travel-study, 2016.03.13–18

Gregory Nagy and the participants of the 2016 Harvard Spring Break travel study program recently completed their trip to Greece. Professor Nagy shares his experience and that of the study group on a day-to-day basis in his posting of 03.24.2016. I tried each day to focus on three things to see—or at least to note if they cannot be seen—at each ancient site we visited. In cases where we visited a… Read more

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CHS GR Event: Ioanna Karamanou, “Tragedy as a universal good in the Greco-Roman world”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Ligourio for the following lecture: “Tragedy as a universal good in the Greco-Roman world” Lecturer: Ioanna Karamanou, Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek Tragedy, Theatre Studies Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Peloponnese Respondent: Maria Mikedaki, Assistant Professor in Architecture and Scene Painting of Ancient Theatre, Theatre Studies Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Peloponnese The event… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Nina Coppolino, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Connecticut

This week, Dr. Nina Coppolino, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Connecticut, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Coppolino is working on a project that examines the concept of ethos, or the characteristic spirit of society, that is presented in ancient classical sources. By utilizing authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Euripides and Aristophanes, she argues that… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Nina Coppolino, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Connecticut

This week, Dr. Nina Coppolino, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Connecticut, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Coppolino is working on a project that examines the concept of ethos, or the characteristic spirit of society, that is presented in ancient classical sources. By utilizing authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Euripides and Aristophanes, she argues that… Read more