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Visiting scholar at CHS | Heather Gruber, Professor at Concordia College

October 22-27th This week, Dr. Heather Waddell Gruber, associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Concordia College, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Gruber is working on developing a digital text of the complete fragments of Sappho, as her texts are not easily accessible as a comprehensive collection. Like works found on the Perseus Project, this digital text will also include Greek… Read more

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CHS Open House Discussions — Fall 2015

We are in the heart of the fall season of CHS Open House discussions. These are the discussions that have taken place so far: Casey Dué, University of Houston ‘The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age’ Paul O’Mahony, actor, writer, and educator ‘The Power of Performance: Mythology and Outreach Today’ Olga Levaniouk, University of Washington ‘The Dreams of Barchin and Penelope’ Forthcoming CHS Open House… Read more

Publications

Pindar's Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style

Available Online Now Pindar’s Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style by James Bradley Wells In Pindar’s Verbal Art, James Bradley Wells argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment, popular instruction, and laughter. This is the first study of Pindar’s language that applies performance as a method for… Read more

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Pindar’s Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style

Available Online Now Pindar’s Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style by James Bradley Wells In Pindar’s Verbal Art, James Bradley Wells argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment, popular instruction, and laughter. This is the first study of Pindar’s language that applies performance as a method for… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Edmund Richardson, Lecturer at Durham University

October 19-25, 2015 This week, Dr. Edmund Richardson, lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Richardson is working on completing his second monograph, Alexandrias: Misdirection and the Making of History. Using 19th and 20th century source work on Alexander the Great and the cities he founded during his career, from Egypt to Afghanistan, Richardson argues that narratives,… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Edmund Richardson, Lecturer at Durham University

October 19-25, 2015 This week, Dr. Edmund Richardson, lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Richardson is working on completing his second monograph, Alexandrias: Misdirection and the Making of History. Using 19th and 20th century source work on Alexander the Great and the cities he founded during his career, from Egypt to Afghanistan, Richardson argues that narratives,… Read more

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Now Available Online | Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians

Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians, by Rosaria Vignolo Munson The CHS team is very pleased to announce the online publication of Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians, by Rosaria Vignolo Munson on the CHS website. (available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press). In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus’s Histories attribute… Read more

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Now Available Online | Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians

Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians, by Rosaria Vignolo Munson The CHS team is very pleased to announce the online publication of Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians, by Rosaria Vignolo Munson on the CHS website. (available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press). In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus’s Histories attribute to… Read more