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Ex Ionia Scientia 2016 World Conference

CHS is pleased to announce the Ex Ionia Scientia ‒ ‘Knowledge’ in Archaic Greece, an international conference at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, December 11–14, 2016! The origins of western science and philosophy are customarily traced to 6th century B.C.E. Ionia, to Thales of Miletos and the school he founded, whose famous pupils included not only the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, but also Pythagoras of Samos, Bias of… Read more

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CHS GR Event: Nikos Alivizatos, “Divisive democracy: The Greek parliamentarianism between ‛regularity’ and aberration, 1843-2016”

Please join us on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the first lecture of this year’s Events Series: “Divisive democracy: The Greek parliamentarianism between ‛regularity’ and aberration, 1843-2016” Lecturer: Nikos Alivizatos, Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law, Law School, University of Athens Respondent: Nikos Papaspyrou, Lecturer in Public Law, Law School, University of Athens The event will take place at the Municipal Auditorium of the Vouleftiko in Nafplio. Read more

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CHS Open House: ‘A Hero Named Heather and Other Peculiarities in The Cattle-Raid of Fraech’ with Joseph F. Nagy

Dr. Joseph Nagy will join the CHS community for an Open House discussion on ‘A Hero Named Heather and Other Peculiarities in the Early Medieval Irish Saga The Cattle-Raid of Fraech’ on Thursday December 8, at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the discussion live on the Hour 25 website or the YouTube channel, where you can also post questions during the event. Joseph… Read more

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Live webcast | Join us for the Fall 2016 Symposium!

Join us on Saturday, December 3 for the biannual Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium! The symposium features presentations by six of the fall term fellows. To learn more about the presenters and their research, visit the CHS website. Attending the Symposium The symposium will take place in House A on the CHS campus. To reserve a seat, please register online. The symposium will also be available to watch online as a… Read more

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Live webcast | Join us for the Fall 2016 Symposium!

Join us on Saturday, December 3 for the biannual Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium! The symposium features presentations by six of the fall term fellows. To learn more about the presenters and their research, visit the CHS website. Attending the Symposium The symposium will take place in House A on the CHS campus. To reserve a seat, please register online. The symposium will also be available to watch online as a live… Read more

Σειρά Εκδηλώσεων | Events Series 2016-2017

Ξεκινά στις 14 Δεκεμβρίου η σειρά εκδηλώσεων του Κέντρου Ελληνικών Σπουδών (Ελλάδας) του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard, “Events Series 2017”. Η θεματική της εφετινής σειράς είναι: «Κοινωνίες σε κρίση: οικονομία, πολιτική, πολιτισμός» Στις διαλέξεις αυτές θα παρουσιαστούν ιστορικά παραδείγματα οικονομικής, πολιτικής ή πολιτισμικής κρίσης σε κοινωνίες που αναπτύχθηκαν στον ευρύτερο ελλαδικό χώρο από την αρχαιότητα έως τις μέρες μας. Η διαχρονικότητα του θέματος αλλά… Read more

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Σειρά Εκδηλώσεων | Events Series 2016-2017

Ξεκινά στις 14 Δεκεμβρίου η σειρά εκδηλώσεων του Κέντρου Ελληνικών Σπουδών (Ελλάδας) του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard, “Events Series 2017”. Η θεματική της εφετινής σειράς είναι: «Κοινωνίες σε κρίση: οικονομία, πολιτική, πολιτισμός» Στις διαλέξεις αυτές θα παρουσιαστούν ιστορικά παραδείγματα οικονομικής, πολιτικής ή πολιτισμικής κρίσης σε κοινωνίες που αναπτύχθηκαν στον ευρύτερο ελλαδικό χώρο από την αρχαιότητα έως τις μέρες μας. Η διαχρονικότητα του θέματος αλλά και… Read more

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Travel to Greece with Professor Nagy in March 2017!

Join Professor Gregory Nagy and a group of students, HeroesX participants, and alumni, March 10–19, on the Harvard Alumni Association – Center for Hellenic Studies Spring Break Trip 2017, an immersive, 10-day exploration of Greece! Travel back in time to ancient Greece, starting in the charming seaport town of Nafplio, home to Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies. Then proceed through the Peloponnese to Delphi… Read more

CHS Learning Module

CHS Dialogues | Socrates, his inner voice, and "theorizing" as a sacred voyage

In this episode, Gregory Nagy and Keith Stone explore the following questions and more: * Does Socrates really believe what he says about a daimonion as some kind of an inner voice that communicates with him? *How is the “theorizing” of Socrates as he engages in dialogue with his followers in the Phaedo relevant to the theōriā or sacred voyage of the Athenian ship of state from Athens… Read more