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Micro-Monuments, presented by the Washington Sculptors Group and the Center for Hellenic Studies

Exhibition dates: May 27 – October 15, 2016 Opening reception: May 27, 2016, 7-9 pm, Main Building Event : Free and open to the public; reservations required Rsvp: May 21, 2016 to events@chs.harvard.edu Parking: available on-site and on Whitehaven Street, N.W. Directions and Visitor Information Micro-Monuments showcases 32 small-scale sculptures which explore monuments as a universal idea in art. The exhibit features […]

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CHS Visiting Artist | Chas LiBretto, Writer and Performer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study

This week, Chas LiBretto, writer and performer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently LiBretto is developing a musical-play called Helen and Her Double, which will be an adaptation or ‘sequel’ to Euripides’ play, Helen. Continuing the story of this play, LiBretto will explore the ways […]

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CHS Visiting Artist | Chas LiBretto, Writer and Performer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study

This week, Chas LiBretto, writer and performer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently LiBretto is developing a musical-play called Helen and Her Double, which will be an adaptation or ‘sequel’ to Euripides’ play, Helen. Continuing the story of this play, LiBretto will explore the ways […]

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Hour 25 Celebrates the “Heroization” of Euripides’ Medea

The Medea “Heroization” Workshop held at CHS, April 7–8 In 2014 members of Hour 25 shared a revised translation of Sophocles’ Antigone that matches and complements the Sourcebook of Primary Texts in Translation as used in HeroesX. Since then, community members have been using this “heroized” translation of Antigone to reach out to high school students in the US and abroad through through […]

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Rhodes Pinto, PHD in Classics at the University of Cambridge

  This week, Dr. Rhodes Pinto, Postgraduate in Classics at the University of Cambridge, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. CurrentlyDr. Pinto works on issues of physics, metaphysics, cosmology, psychology, and theology within ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is particularly interested in motion, a topic that cuts across all of these areas, and is […]

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CHS Open House: The Táin, with Richard Martin

We are pleased to welcome Professor Richard Martin, Anthony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics at Stanford University, for our CHS Open House discussion on the Táin, concentrating on The Cattle-Raid of Cooley. Numbers 7-7b. The discussion will take place on Thursday, May 5 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. For the live stream event, other resources related to this […]

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Join us for the Spring 2016 Symposium!

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 […]

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CHS through time | Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg

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 […]

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CHS through time | Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg

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 […]