As a Publications Intern, I was one of three undergraduate students who were hired for the summer to work with Lenny Mueller and Matt Munson on the First Thousand Years of Greek Project, a digital humanities initiative to provide free, online access to a massive amount of Greek (and sometimes Latin) texts. Our days consisted of working with XML files pulled from the repository to make sure they were without… Read more
As a Publications Intern, I was one of three undergraduate students who were hired for the summer to work with Lenny Mueller and Matt Munson on the First Thousand Years of Greek Project, a digital humanities initiative to provide free, online access to a massive amount of Greek (and sometimes Latin) texts. Our days consisted of working with XML files pulled from the repository to make sure they were without… Read more
Before I arrived at the CHS at the beginning of this summer, I had never before experienced such a vibrant and welcoming Classics community. But after lugging my suitcases up the hill, snapping a photo of the “Iliad” license plate on the CHS’s Honda Odyssey, and receiving a warm greeting along with the key to my room, I immediately felt like I was a part of this wonderful place. Read more
Before I arrived at the CHS at the beginning of this summer, I had never before experienced such a vibrant and welcoming Classics community. But after lugging my suitcases up the hill, snapping a photo of the “Iliad” license plate on the CHS’s Honda Odyssey, and receiving a warm greeting along with the key to my room, I immediately felt like I was a part of this wonderful place. My… Read more
Over the past two months, I have enjoyed living at the Center for Hellenic Studies as a publications intern working with digital projects affiliated with the Center. These digital projects vary, but they are connected by a larger goal of increasing the accessibility of the field of classics, whether by presenting editions of ancient texts online, publishing scholarly articles or monographs on an open web platform, or posting online blogs… Read more
Over the past two months, I have enjoyed living at the Center for Hellenic Studies as a publications intern working with digital projects affiliated with the Center. These digital projects vary, but they are connected by a larger goal of increasing the accessibility of the field of classics, whether by presenting editions of ancient texts online, publishing scholarly articles or monographs on an open web platform, or posting online blogs… Read more
"This will allow researchers to access, search, download, modify, and redistribute textual data to explore new forms in areas such as born-digital annotation, reading practices, audiences for Greek and Latin, and avenues of research." Read more
"This will allow researchers to access, search, download, modify, and redistribute textual data to explore new forms in areas such as born-digital annotation, reading practices, audiences for Greek and Latin, and avenues of research." Read more
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
