Meet the 2017 CIC-CHS Summer Interns!
Meet the three interns who have been working at the CHS in Washington, DC, managing the annual Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) seminar. Read more
Archive
Q&A with Ineke Sluiter on Consilience, Innovation, and the Gravitation Grant
The CHS team is excited to share news of the Gravitation Grant recently awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to OIKOS, the National Research School in Classical Studies in the Netherlands to develop its research agenda (“Anchoring Innovation”) over a period of ten years (2018-2027). Read more
Q&A with Ineke Sluiter on Consilience, Innovation, and the Gravitation Grant
The CHS team is excited to share news of the Gravitation Grant recently awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to OIKOS, the National Research School in Classical Studies in the Netherlands to develop its research agenda (“Anchoring Innovation”) over a period of ten years (2018-2027). Read more
Kinyras: The Divine Lyre
Kinyras, in Greco-Roman sources, is the central culture-hero of early Cyprus: legendary king, metallurge, Agamemnon’s (faithless) ally, Aphrodite’s priest, father of Myrrha and Adonis, rival of Apollo, ancestor of the Paphian priest-kings, and much more. Kinyras increased in depth and complexity with the demonstration in 1968 that Kinnaru—the divinized temple-lyre—was venerated at Ugarit, an important Late Bronze Age city just opposite Cyprus on the Syrian coast. John Curtis Franklin seeks to harmonize… Read more
Short Writings Volume IV | “Observations on Greek dialects in the late second millennium BCE,” by Gregory Nagy
Professor Nagy, on the occasion of his induction as a corresponding member to the Academy of Athens, presented a lecture entitled “Observations on Greek dialects in the late second millennium BCE,” now available in “Short Writings: Volume IV.” (2011.04.06) Read more
Short Writings Volume IV | “Observations on Greek dialects in the late second millennium BCE,” by Gregory Nagy
Professor Nagy, on the occasion of his induction as a corresponding member to the Academy of Athens, presented a lecture entitled “Observations on Greek dialects in the late second millennium BCE,” now available in “Short Writings: Volume IV.” (2011.04.06) Read more
CHS GR Events Series 2016-2017 on YouTube
CHS GR, for the first time after the launch of the Events Series in 2008, shares videos of the Series lectures on YouTube. The 2017 Events Series focused on ‘Societies in Crisis: Economy, Politics, Culture’ with speakers from different academic backgrounds addressing the general topic through their own research. Read more
Interns share their 2017 Sunoikisis experiences
From June 1 through June 19, 2017, two interns managed the Sunoikisis faculty and course development seminar, providing on-demand research assistance, and video and projecting equipment, while also contributing to conversations about the design of the courses. Read more
Now Online! | The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, by Margaret Alexiou
We are pleased to announce the publication of The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, by Margaret Alexiou, on the CHS website. Read more