This exhibit imagines encounters with the Nereids, the daughters of Nereus, who were divine inhabitants of the sea as described in Iliad 18.35-69. These Nereids appear as anthropomorphic figures seemingly at home in the water but obscured for the viewer above the surface by the distorting reflections and refractions of their natural medium. Read more
Volume 4, Issue 2 Volume 4, Issue 2 of the CHS Research Bulletin contains the work of nine fellows who conducted research at the Center for Hellenic Studies during the 2016 spring term. This issue includes video from their presentations at the biannual Research Symposium on April 30, 2016. “Democracy and Civic Participation in Greek Cities under Roman Imperial Rule: Political Practice and Culture in the Post-Classical Period”… Read more
Dan-El Padilla Peralta of Princeton University will join the CHS Community for an Open House discussion on Waste in Antiquity on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. EST. Watch the live event and/or join in the conversation on the Hour 25 website or the CHS YouTube channel. You may like to read the following focus passages in the Sourcebook to get ready for the event. Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4CW8bAqE4E… Read more
Rostislav Oreshko will be staying at the CHS and using the library as a visiting fellow from November 2-16. Dr. Oreshko received his PhD in the History and Languages of Ancient Near East from the FU Berlin in 2012, and he currently is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw, Department of the Ancient Near East. His research focuses on the Anatolian languages, with particular interest in Luwian… Read more
Rostislav Oreshko will be staying at the CHS and using the library as a visiting fellow from November 2-16. Dr. Oreshko received his PhD in the History and Languages of Ancient Near East from the FU Berlin in 2012, and he currently is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw, Department of the Ancient Near East. His research focuses on the Anatolian languages, with particular interest in Luwian… Read more
Winter Session in Washington, DC Program Dates: January 11-18, 2017 Application Deadline: December 5, 2016 Apply now! The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers the opportunity for five Harvard College students to utilize the Center’s library collection for thesis research in January. The CHS will provide housing in shared apartments on the CHS campus for one week, 24-hour access to the library, and lunch on weekdays. Read more
Winter Session in Washington, DC Program Dates: January 11-18, 2017 Application Deadline: December 5, 2016 Apply now! The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers the opportunity for five Harvard College students to utilize the Center’s library collection for thesis research in January. The CHS will provide housing in shared apartments on the CHS campus for one week, 24-hour access to the library, and lunch on weekdays. Additionally, the… Read more
We recently had the opportunity to connect with Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religion Shubha Pathak on her Hellenic Studies Series book Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India, the cross-cultural study of the epic traditions of Greece and India and the significance of a diverse classics. Her monograph, Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India (Center… Read more
