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Available online on video | 2016 CHS-SPEL educational workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece

On Saturday, January 23, 2016, the Center for Hellenic Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning, organized a joint educational workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece on “The concept of the hero in antiquity and its diachronic evolution. An important educational tool.” Professors Gregory Nagy, Ioannis Petropoulos, Leonard Muellner,  and Keith Stone presented their work on “Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches to the Hero at Harvard and other universities” to… Read more

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CHS Open House: Weaver as a Hero with Susan Edmunds

We are pleased to welcome Susan T. Edmunds for our next Open House discussion, which will be about weaving. The event will be streamed live on Thursday March 24, at 11 a.m. EDT, and will be recorded. Her article, Picturing Homeric Weaving, is available at the CHS website. For the live stream event, other resources related to this event and for a discussion with community… Read more

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CHS GR Event: Maria Kampouri-Vamvoukou, “The universality of Great Alexander’s myth in space and time”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “The universality of Great Alexander’s myth in space and time” Lecturer: Maria Kampouri-Vamvoukou, Professor, School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Respondent: Vangelis Maladakis, Doctor in Byzantine Archaeology The event will take place at the “Nikos Mazarakis Family Lecture Hall” at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, Nafplio. Read more

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CFP | Digital Literacies for the Ancient World

Digital Literacies for the Ancient World A Special Issue of Classics@, the CHS Online Journal Editorial committee: David Bouvier – Claire Clivaz – Paul Dilley – David Hamidović; chief editor: Paul Dilley Deadline to forward the articles to the editors: August 31st, 2016 Abstract 300 words: June 1st, 2016 Guidelines: https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/1386   This volume of Classics@, an open-access journal of the Center for… Read more

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CFP | Digital Literacies for the Ancient World

Digital Literacies for the Ancient World A Special Issue of Classics@, the CHS Online Journal Editorial committee: David Bouvier – Claire Clivaz – Paul Dilley – David Hamidović; chief editor: Paul Dilley Deadline to forward the articles to the editors: August 31st, 2016 Abstract 300 words: June 1st, 2016 Guidelines: https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/1386   This volume of Classics@, an open-access journal of the Center for Hellenic Studies, aims to explore… Read more

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Q&A with Kyle P. Johnson and Luke Hollis of the Classical Language Toolkit

Kyle P. Johnson Luke Hollis The Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK) has just been accepted as a mentor organization in the Google Summer of Code program for 2016. Through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), post-secondary students aged 18 and older spend their summer learning to code while working for a mentor organization. Over the last 11 years, over 11,000 students have participated in creating… Read more