Posted on
September 14–20, 2015 This week, Rosa Andújar, A.G. Leventis Research Fellow at University College London will be staying at the CHS and using the library. She is currently in the process of completing her book, Playing the Chorus: Greek Tragedy Beyond the Choral Ode. By exploring its activities beyond the singing of odes, Andújar aims to prove that the tragic […]
Posted on
September 14–20, 2015 This week, Rosa Andújar, A.G. Leventis Research Fellow at University College London will be staying at the CHS and using the library. She is currently in the process of completing her book, Playing the Chorus: Greek Tragedy Beyond the Choral Ode. By exploring its activities beyond the singing of odes, Andújar aims to prove that the tragic […]
Posted on
We are pleased to welcome Casey Dué for the first in our series of CHS Open House sessions for fall 2015. The discussion, on the Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age, will take place on Thursday, September 10, at 2 p.m. EDT. She introduces the topic as follows: How old is the Iliad? The Trojan War has traditionally […]
Posted on
In July, Dartmouth College published a profile of Hakan Tell, a former CHS fellow and author of Plato’s Counterfeit Sophists. Earlier this summer, he served as a consultant for the Sunoikisis course planning seminar on Plato’s Alcibiades. Read more at Darthmouth Now. In an article published this month, Franklin and Marshall College featured Jacob Lichtblau, a presenter at the Sunoikisis […]
Posted on
Τὰ ξένια: La cerimonia di ospitalità cittadina, by Angela Cinalli The CHS Team is happy to share some exciting news from Angela Cinalli, CHS Fellow in Greek Epigraphy. Professor Cinalli has just published her latest book, Τὰ ξένια: La cerimonia di ospitalità cittadina (English translation, “Ta xenia: the ceremony of city hospitality.”) The book is an open access publication from Sapienza Università Editrice. In […]
Posted on
The CHS team is happy to announce the publication of Classics@12: Comparative Approaches to India and Greece. This online volume contains papers comparing specific literary and cultural traditions in India and Greece. The papers served as the basis of discussion at an event organized by the Center for Hellenic Studies in association with the Embassy of […]
Posted on
“I was really struck by the fact that we still know very little about the people who were involved in the trafficking of all these ancient objects that today adorn museums in Europe and the US. They all have amazing personal stories.” –Yannis Galanakis The CHS Team is happy to share some exciting news from former fellow […]
Posted on
Voices at Work: Women, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece, by Andromache Karanika The CHS Team is happy to share some exciting news from former Fellow Andromache Karanika (University of California). Professor Karanika has just published her latest book, Voices at Work: Women, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece, through Johns Hopkins University Press. Andromache Karanika worked on this manuscript, while she […]
Posted on
February 9–15, 2015 This week, Bonna Wescoat, Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at Emory University, will be staying at CHS and using the library. Her research interests include Ancient Greek art and architecture, with emphasis on Archaic and Hellenistic architectural trends and architectural sculpture. In 2012, she became Director of Excavations in the Sanctuary of […]
Posted on
Emotion in Action: Thucydides and the Tragic Chorus, by Eirene Visvardi The CHS Team is happy to share some exciting news from former Fellow Eirene Visvardi (Wesleyan University). Professor Visvardi has just published her latest book, Emotion in Action: Thucydides and the Tragic Chorus, through Brill. Eirene Visvardi worked on this manuscript during her time at the […]