Ellen McLaughlin
15 April 2022, 11:00 am ET
Ellen will speak specifically about the process of working with a fragment of Euripides’ Protesilaus. Read more
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The Battle of Plataea 2.5K
7 April 2022
Taking place 2500 years after the battle of Plataea, this interdisciplinary conference on the battle brings together researchers to examine key problems connected to the battle, its multiple contexts, and its ancient and modern reverberations. Read more
Philoctetes
30 March 2022, 3:00 pm ET
Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Sophocles Philoctetes. This event will be streamed to Youtube and broadcast live from Hilles Cinema at Harvard University. If you are on campus, join us! Read more
Sandra Voulgari & Andriana Papanicolaou
1 April 2022, 11:00 am ET
Sandra Voulgari and Andriana Papanicolaou, 21st century dancers study, perform and teach Dances of Isadora Duncan and the Ruby Ginner method. Read more
Visual Mythology Ancient and Modern: The Case of Narcissus
1 April 2022, 1:00 pm ET
A participatory discussion with Harvard Classics graduate students Sarah Eisen and Nate Herter. What does mythology express about our innermost nature? When 20th century artists of the Surrealist movement approached antiquity, they did so with this question in mind. Read more
Prometheus Bound – Aeschylus
1 June 2022, 3:00 pm ET
On Wednesday June 1 at 3:00pm EST, Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. Read more
Modern Odysseys
10 March 2022, 5:00 pm ET
A discussion of Michelle Zerba’s book Modern Odysseys: Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire and a Poetics of Indirection, moderated by Richard Armstrong and Michelle Zerba. Read more
The Long Italian Philhellenism
23 February 2022, 12:00 pm ET
Within the pan-European phenomenon called Philhellenism, Italy, due to its history, geographical location, and political status, was prominent in a different way – it appears that the Greek phenomenon was perhaps more deeply felt and rooted. Read more
Bettina Joy de Guzman
21 January 2022, 11:00 am ET
Bettina Joy de Guzman will talk about her research, performances, and journeys in Ancient Greek music, in conjunction with pre-recorded and live solo musical performances using various replica ancient instruments. Read more
An Archaeology of Disability
4 February 2022, 12:00 pm ET
A roundtable discussion of the research station “An Archaeology of Disability,” curated by David Gissen, Jennifer Stager, and Mantha Zarmakoupi for the Venice Biennale Architettura 2021. Read more