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Now Online | Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Franklin

We are very pleased to announce the online publication of  Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin on the CHS website. Kinyras, in Greco-Roman sources, is the central culture-hero of early Cyprus: legendary king, metallurge, Agamemnon’s (faithless) ally, Aphrodite’s priest, father of Myrrha and Adonis, rival of Apollo, ancestor of the Paphian priest-kings (and much more). Kinyras increased in depth and complexity with the demonstration in 1968 that… Read more

Programs & Events News

CHS awards for best pictures taken in Greece, OIE Photo Contest

In February 2016 the award ceremony for the 12th annual Harvard Office of International Education (OIE) photo contest took place at Harvard. Eligible contestants must have participated in Harvard’s programs abroad. The Center for Hellenic Studies participated in the contest by awarding one prize and honorable mentions to students that took photos during the past year in Greece. Frank DuBose received the CHS prize for the best picture… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Laura Jansen, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol and Leverhulme Research Fellow

This week, Dr. Laura Jansen, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol and Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Humanities, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Jansen is completing a monograph on Borges and antiquity for Cambridge University Press, titled Borges’ Classicism. She is also the editor of a new series of monographs by Bloomsbury Publishing on Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing. Her… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Laura Jansen, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol and Leverhulme Research Fellow

This week, Dr. Laura Jansen, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol and Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Humanities, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Jansen is completing a monograph on Borges and antiquity for Cambridge University Press, titled Borges’ Classicism. She is also the editor of a new series of monographs by Bloomsbury Publishing on Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing. Her other… Read more

GR News

CHS GR Event: Eleni Papadaki, “The practice of contemporary medical science in local societies. Particularities from the interaction of science and tradition”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “The practice of contemporary medical science in local societies. Particularities from the interaction of science and tradition” Lecturer: Eleni Papadaki, Professor of Haematology & Head of Department of Haematology PAGNI (University Hospital), School of Medicine, University of Crete Respondent: Leda Karagiannopoulou, Psychologist, MSc (Postgraduate Studies Program in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology,… Read more

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CHS Open House: Rhapsodes, Kitharôidia, and Performance in Ancient Greece, with Timothy Power

We are pleased to welcome Timothy Power (Rutgers University) for a CHS Open House discussion on ‘Rhapsodes, Kitharôidia, and Performance in Ancient Greece’. This event will be streamed live on Thursday February 25, at 11:00 a.m. EST, and will be recorded. To prepare for the event, you might like to read the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Timothy Power’s book The Culture of Kitharôidia, available for free… Read more

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Panel Discussion with Gregory Nagy and Gloria Pinney at the National Gallery of Art

CHS Director Gregory Nagy (Harvard) and Gloria Ferrari Pinney (Harvard) are giving two presentations at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC,  today, February 18, at 3:30 p.m. EST and next Thursday, February 25, on two different topics. Both events are free and open to the public. Find more information here: A priestess or a goddess: The Problem of Identity in Some Female Hellenistic Sculptures… Read more

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SCS Conference 2016 | Dialogues with Glynnis Fawkes, Richard Martin, and Suzanne Lye

The CHS team and staff was very happy to be at the SCS conference once again this year, where friends from the wider CHS community had a chance to meet, discuss and exchange updates on their careers and recent research progress. We are sharing the three following videos below featuring Glynnis Fawkes, Richard Martin, and Suzanne Lye. All of the featured people have exciting stories to share, each from their… Read more

News, Programs & Events News

SCS Conference 2016 | Dialogues with Glynnis Fawkes, Richard Martin, and Suzanne Lye

The CHS team and staff was very happy to be at the SCS conference once again this year, where friends from the wider CHS community had a chance to meet, discuss and exchange updates on their careers and recent research progress. We are sharing the three following videos below featuring Glynnis Fawkes, Richard Martin, and Suzanne Lye. All of the featured people have exciting stories to share, each from their… Read more