Theocritus Colloquium The Theocritus Colloquium was held at the Center for Hellenic Studies in May 2003. This joint colloquium of graduate students and professors of the Classics departments at Harvard and Yale focused on Theocritus and the city of Syracuse as a context of a major part of Theocritus’ poetry. Papers by the following authors are available: Ayelet Lushkov, Yale, “Watching Daphnis: Frustration of Viewing in Idylls 1… Read more
Greek Priests from Homer to Julian Conference Greek Priests from Homer to Julian Organized by Professor Beate Dignas, the University of Michigan and Professor Kai Trampedach, the University of Konstanz back to Past Conferences main page From the conference program: The intent of the symposium is to bring together scholars of Greek history and religion in order to present their work and discuss the social… Read more
Women and Property in Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Societies August, 2003 back to Past Conferences main page Introduction, by conference organizers and editors, Deborah Lyons and Raymond Westbrook Scholars in the two disciplines of Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies have recently focused a great deal of attention on the economic roles of women in the societies that they each study. In societies that are generally labeled “patriarchal,”… Read more
Perspectives on Plato’s Symposium ‘Perspectives on Plato’s Symposium‘: Issues in Interpretation and Reception August 16-18, 2005 back to Past Conferences main page Plato’s Symposium occupies a special place in Western thought. Not only is it an acknowledged classic of ancient Greek philosophy and literature, it is also one of the most influential works ever created. From the time of Plotinus in the third century of the common… Read more
Boundaries Between Bodies Symposium Boundaries Between Bodies: Human, Animal, Divine April 28-30, 2006 In the classical world, the cosmic order was enacted, in part, through bodies. The evaluative divisions between, for example, humans and animals, mortals and immortals, women and men, could all be played out across the terrain of somatic difference, embedded as it was within wider social and cultural matrices. But things… Read more
CHS 2009 Graduate Summer Seminar tragic pathos: body and mind in Greek tragedy June 22-July 6, 2009 This summer graduate seminar at the CHS focuses on how and why the experience of pathos is central to Greek tragedy, with particular attention to the interconnection between body and mind. The seminar combines close readings of two extant tragedies (Sophokles’ Philoktetes and Euripides’ Hekuba), one comedy (Aristophanes’ Frogs), and… Read more
The Summer Internship Program in Nafplion, Greece 2010 The application for 2010 has closed. May 24 – July 25, 2010 Overview | Application Information | Detailed Internship Descriptions | Modern Greek Language Component | Faculty OVERVIEW The Center for Hellenic Studies Summer Internship Program offers Harvard students the opportunity to spend the summer living and working in Nafplion, Greece. Nafplion was the first capital… Read more
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Lexington Books The Center for Hellenic Studies is a partner with Lexington Books, which publishes “Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Series.” Building on the foundations of scholarship within the disciplines of philology, philosophy, history, and archaeology, this series spans the continuum of Greek traditions extending from the second millennium, B.C., to the present – from the Archaic and Classical periods to today.The aim is to enhance perspectives… Read more
The Foundation for the Hellenic World The Center for Hellenic Studies is a partner with The Foundation for the Hellenic World, a not-for-profit cultural institution based in Athens, Greece. The Foundation uses state-of-the-art, cutting-edge information and computer technology in its pursuit of the research, awareness and understanding of Hellenic history and culture. Visit The Foundation for the Hellenic World… Read more
