In Memoriam: Corinne Ondine Pache
On Friday, November 4th at 5:00 pm CST, there will be a memorial service for Corinne Pache. For those who will not be able to attend in person, the memorial will be live-streamed on the Trinity website. Read more
Archive
TA-U-RO-QO-RO: Studies in Mycenaean Texts, Language and Culture in Honor of José Luis Melena Jiménez
José Luis Melena Jiménez is a peerless scholar of editing the texts written in the Mycenaean writing system of the late second millennium BCE and explicating their linguistic and “historical” contents. This volume takes up problems of script and language representation and textual interpretation, ranging from the use of punctuation markers and numbers in the Linear B tablets and the values of specific signs, to personal names and place names… Read more
Announcing 3 new grant opportunities
The CHS would like to announce three new grant opportunities – one for Harvard faculty, one for Harvard graduate students, and one for both Harvard faculty and graduate students. Read more
Panos Kouros
10 June 2022, 11:00 am ET
In this artist talk, Panos Kouros will discuss certain directions in his artistic practice which touch on the experiential and political dimension of archaeology. Read more
Regarding Penelope: From Character to Poetics
This text first considers the character of Penelope from the Odyssey as the object of male gazes and as a subject acting from her own desire, and then it develops the notion of “possible plots” as structures in the poem that co-exist with the plots Penelope actually plays out. “This book explores Homer’s construction of the character of Penelope, and his more general theory of poetic production and reception. Read more
Ion – Euripides
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17 May 2022
On Wednesday, May 18th at 3:00pm EDT, Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Euripides's Ion. Read more
Harvard Summer Stay in Washington, DC
The CHS, in partnership with the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), is accepting applications for its joint Harvard Summer Stay in Washington, DC initiative. This opportunity is open to Harvard College students impacted by the war in Ukraine and who wish to live in Washington, DC for the summer. Read more
Night of Ideas 2022
6 May 2022, 6:00 pm ET
Date: May 6Time: 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm EDTAddress: William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 This event will be recorded. Welcome to Boston’s Night of Ideas, an all-night marathon of philosophical discussions, artistic performances, and academic debates! About this event The Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Boston, in partnership with Harvard University, Bunker Hill Community College, and the International School of Boston, is launching a Night of… Read more
Lucrezia Maniscotti
6 May 2022, 11:00 am ET
Fascinated by the richness of Greek mythology, especially in connection to the ancient world of theater, Lucrezia found many relatable parallels between Greek and Indian cultures during her Indological academic studies and through the decades of her performing experience. Read more
The Danaid Legacy – Aeschylus
4 May 2022, 3:00 pm ET
Reading Greek Tragedy Online Season 4 Episode 3 On Wednesday, May 4th at 3:00pm EDT, Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Aeschylus’s Danaid trilogy. In this week’s episode, we take a theatrical deep dive into the story of the Daughters of Danaus and how the legacy of Aeschylus’ Danaid trilogy (The Suppliants and the extant fragments of The Danaids and Amymone) have influenced future interpretations of the myth, from The Heroides by Ovid to Big Love by Charles… Read more