The 2017 Comparative Cultural Studies Seminar in Greece (Harvard Summer Program in Greece), the oldest and one of the most successful Harvard study-abroad programs, came to an end on July 30. Alumni describe their participation in the program as life-changing, unforgettable, culturally and intellectually enriching. Read more
This month, we are reading Virgil’s Aeneid Books 11 and 12, where Aeneas stops to grieve and bury his fallen comrades. The online discussion will be on Tuesday, August 29, at 11 a.m. EDT. Read more
This month, we are reading Virgil’s Aeneid Books 11 and 12, where Aeneas stops to grieve and bury his fallen comrades. The online discussion will be on Tuesday, August 29, at 11 a.m. EDT. Read more
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
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
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, 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
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
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
