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Visiting Artists: Mnemosyne Initiative with Marc Robarge

Mnemosyne – Traversing Boundaries on Meandering Routes of Memory Mnemosyne Statement For me, the Mnemosyne project has been food for the soul; a combination of fruitful artistic discussion, cross-cultural dialogue and exchange, connection across time and space in a year of trying circumstances. I’ve experienced mind opening conversations, and heartfelt chemistry within the group. I am eternally grateful to Artemis and my colleagues for this project. My constellation of 3… Read more

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Visiting Artists: Mnemosyne Initiative with Judith Pratt

Mnemosyne – Traversing Boundaries on Meandering Routes of Memory (Un)Disclosed My installations connect history, identity, and the topography of the Piedmont region of Central Virginia, where I was born and raised. Located 100 miles west of Washington, D.C., the Piedmont combines expansive natural beauty with a turbulent history that includes centuries of chattel slavery, brutal Civil War battles, and the ongoing impact of racism and white supremacy. The abstract figuration… Read more

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Visiting Artists: Mnemosyne Initiative with Albert Bonay and Zachery Dietrich

Mnemosyne – Traversing Boundaries on Meandering Routes of Memory The Hermes Group …the statue not yet a statue, the plate not yet pressed… ‘The Hermes Group’, an ongoing project by Albert Bonay and Zachery Dietrich, explores the histories, legacies, and impacts of Mediterranean presences. An alchemic mixture of printing processes (which are made dysfunctional) are shifted to sculptural language. Travel from the edges of the Mediterranean are played through the… Read more

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Visiting Artists: Mnemosyne Initiative with Anna Gillespie

Mnemosyne – Traversing Boundaries on Meandering Routes of Memory Salvage My Mnemosyne project is called Salvage, because I am attempting to salvage memories from the past and use materials salvaged from old buildings to portray a fragmentary memory experience. It is not my intention to share my specific personal memories, but it is my aim to be true to those memories. By letting the work speak for itself I hope to… Read more

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Recap: Rohan Sikri on comparative philosophy

Gestalten: A Resource for Comparative Philosophy? Written by Ryan Harte The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the third meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to thank Professor Rohan Sikri (University of Georgia) for his talk, “Gestalten: A Resource for Comparative Philosophy?” Sikri proposed Gestalt theory as a fruitful approach to comparative work,… Read more

Kosmos Society, Live Stream

Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis

9 April 2021, 11:00 am ET

We are excited to welcome Robert Romanchuk for an Online Open House entitled “Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis.” The event will take place on Friday, April 9 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and will be recorded. You can watch the live-streaming on the Center for Hellenic Studies YouTube Channel. To get ready for the event, you might like to read:… Read more

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Recap: Michael Puett on the study of religion

Rituals and Revelations Re-thinking Comparative Approaches to the Study of Religion 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 second meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to thank Professor Michael Puett for his talk, which offered a way out of the powerful criticisms of comparative work leveled by, for… Read more

Book Chapter

Chapter 7. Kurt A. Raaflaub, Freedom for the Messenians?

Chapter 7. Freedom for the Messenians? A note on the impact of slavery and helotage on the Greek concept of freedom Kurt A. Raaflaub 1 In 371 the Thebans defeated a Spartan army at Leuctra and destroyed the myth of Spartan invincibility. [1] In the winter of 370/69 Epameinondas led an army of Thebans and allies into Lakonia, devastated parts… Read more