Written by Alba Curry The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the sixth meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to thank Yiqun Zhou for her talk “Bad Emperors Obsessed with Foreign Cultures.” Nero (r. 54-68 CE) and Emperor Wu of the Han (r. 141-87 BCE) were known for their extravagant personalities, their exhibitionism… Read more
The Francis Jones Graduate Assistantship Program is a newly created program aiming to support the study of the humanities and social sciences and to encourage service-based learning for pre-doctoral researchers who plan to pursue careers both within academia and beyond the academy. For the May/June 2021 session, four Harvard graduate students have been awarded graduate assistantships and will be working with the New Alexandria Commentary Platform, which facilitates the creation… Read more
Yiqun Zhou on Nero and Emperor Wu of the Han Read more
Reading Greek Tragedy Online (Season 2, Episode 4) Read more
The CHS welcomes Professor Emily Greenwood (Yale) as Senior Fellow. Read more
Comparative Perspectives on Ancient Greece and Contemporary Nuna Societies (Burkina Faso, West Africa) Written by Alba Curry The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the fourth meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to thank Cléo Carastro for her talk, “Polytheisms and Cosmologies-Comparative perspectives on ancient Greece and contemporary Nuna societies (Burkina Faso, West… Read more
Ms. Word has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas/Austin and began her professional Modern Dance training at the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana, with in-depth experience in the technique and choreography of Doris Humphrey and Jose Limon. In 1992 she received her Master in Fine Arts from The George Washington University/Department of Theater and Dance, where she served on the teaching faculty. From 1990 to 2005, Word travelled throughout the United States and Europe as a teaching artist for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts/Washington, DC, and the Wolf Trap Center for the Arts/Fairfax, Va. In 2005, in the midst of her performing and teaching career, Ms. Word had the delightful surprise of discovering the technique and choreography of Isadora Duncan. She immediately began intense study with Dr. Jeanne Brescianni, Director of the Isadora Duncan International Institute. Read more
Sappho and Isadora: Once Again, This Time Read more
The Greek Epic Cycle and its Reception In the Arts, Literature, Vase-Painting, Theatre, Film, and Video Games (in Antiquity, as well as in the Contemporary World) Conference Date: June 30, 2021 Starting time: 6:00 AM MDT, 7:00 AM CDT, 8:00 AM EDT, 9:00 AM BRT, 1:00 PM BST, 2:00 PM CEST, 3:00 PM EEST, 9:00 PM Tokyo The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the contributors to the… Read more
with Cléo Carastro (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) Read more
