Center for Hellenic Studies

Visitors & Speakers

The Center for Hellenic Studies frequently hosts leading scholars in the field of Hellenic Studies for public lectures, seminars, and conferences. Some recent speakers have included:

Egbert Bakker, Yale University, USA
Pierre Briant, College de France, FRANCE
Fritz Graf, Ohio State University, USA
David Sedley, Cambridge University, UK
Anthony Snodgrass, Cambridge University, UK

In addition to CHS speakers, we also co-sponsor speaker events with other organizations. To join our mailing list and receive information about future public events, please contact us.

Upcoming Events

On Feb. 22, Bob Wallace will give a lecture, "Tyrants, Legislators, and the Triumph of Wisdom," in House A.

Recent Events

The CHS kicked off its 2005-06 Fellowship year with a lecture by Angelos Chaniotis of the University of Heidelberg titled "Petrified Emotions: Understanding Graffiti at Aphrodisias." Learn more.

The CHS hosted the U.S. book launch of Odysseus Unbound by Robert Bittlestone on Thursday, October 13, 2005. Learn more .

Gregory Nagy and Alan Shapiro

The CHS kicked off its 2004-2005 Fellowship year with a visually stunning lecture by art historian Alan Shapiro, W.H. Collins Vickers Professor of Archaeology at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Shapiro's talk was entitled, Alcibiades: Image and Self-Fashioning in Classical Athens and was illustrated by a host of beautiful images from the Classical world.