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Discussion—Hammering A Nail With A Nail: Reading Collections of Ancient Greek Proverbs, with Joel Christensen
We are pleased to welcome Joel Christensen (University of Texas at San Antonio/Brandeis University) for a discussion about ancient Greek proverbs, which will take place on Thursday, June 23 at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will be streamed live, and will be recorded. Joel Christensen prepared several blog posts for interested readers to focus. Paroimiai: Proverbs from Ancient Greece to Star Trek… Read more
Reading the Odyssey with Gregory Nagy, Douglas Frame, and Leonard Muellner
Join Gregory Nagy, Douglas Frame, and Leonard Muellner as they read the Odyssey, Book 1, Lines 93–98. You can find the text via Perseus here. Read more
Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminar | June 16–19, 2016
We are pleased to share the schedule for the Sunoikisis Imperial Faculty Development Seminar. The discussions will be streamed live. The sessions are summarized below, and you can find further details in this document: Schedule Latin for Hour 25 Latin: June 16–19, 2016 Live stream link: https://media.video.harvard.edu/core/live/harvard-chs-live.html Thursday June 16 9:00–10:30 a.m. Intro Session 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Session 1: Pliny and… Read more
Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminar | June 16–19, 2016
We are pleased to share the schedule for the Sunoikisis Imperial Faculty Development Seminar. The discussions will be streamed live. The sessions are summarized below, and you can find further details in this document: Schedule Latin for Hour 25 Latin: June 16–19, 2016 Live stream link: https://media.video.harvard.edu/core/live/harvard-chs-live.html Thursday June 16 9:00–10:30 a.m. Intro Session 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Session 1: Pliny and Tacitus 2:00–3:00… Read more
Apply Now for the CHS Semester Internship in Washington, DC!
Fall Semester, 2016 The Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), a research institution devoted to the study of all aspects of ancient Hellenic civilization, seeks an intern to serve as a general assistant from August 29, 2016-January 31, 2017, with an option for renewal for the spring semester. Hours Part-time, 8-10 hours per week, $12.00/hour. The CHS is open 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday, and the… Read more
Rowman and Littlefield | Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk, is a volume that evolved out of a 1997 Homer Seminar in Harvard University’s Classics Department. That year, the seminar was conducted jointly by Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule and myself, and it was attended regularly by Charles Segal (traces of whose helpful advice are evident… Read more