The Theban Epics, by Malcolm Davies The CHS is happy to announce the publication of The Theban Epics by Malcolm Davies through Harvard University Press. In antiquity, the story of the failed assault of the Seven against Thebes ranked second only to the Trojan War. But whereas the latter was immortalized by Homer’s Iliad, the account of the former in the epic Thebais survives only in fragments preserved in later authors. The same… Read more
Teaching Internships in Greece July 16-August 1, 2015 The CHS offers the opportunity for up to three Harvard University undergraduate students to work as teaching fellows (TFs) from July 15-August 1, 2015 and gain teaching experience alongside a professor from Harvard University in the High School Summer Program (HSSP). The TFs will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills, and moreover, to coordinate, guide, and support high school students with little… Read more
Teaching Internships in Greece July 16-August 1, 2015 The CHS offers the opportunity for up to three Harvard University undergraduate students to work as teaching fellows (TFs) from July 15-August 1, 2015 and gain teaching experience alongside a professor from Harvard University in the High School Summer Program (HSSP). The TFs will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills, and moreover, to coordinate, guide, and support high school students with little or… Read more
CHS in Greece Workshop Dates: December 20-21, 2o14 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS GR), and the Association of Philologists from the Argolid co-organize the second workshop on “Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology”. The workshop will be held on Saturday, December 20 and Sunday, December 21, 2014, at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplion. Fifteen participants were selected on a strictly first-come, first-served basis… Read more
CHS in Greece Workshop Dates: December 20-21, 2o14 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS GR), and the Association of Philologists from the Argolid co-organize the second workshop on “Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology”. The workshop will be held on Saturday, December 20 and Sunday, December 21, 2014, at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplion. Fifteen participants were selected on a strictly first-come, first-served basis… Read more
The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective, by José M. González The CHS is happy to announce the publication of The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective, by José M. González through Harvard University Press. The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. It argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery… Read more
From June 1 to August 1, 2015, the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) Summer Internship Program will employ undergraduate students at the CHS campus in the heart of Washington, DC to work in conjunction with CHS directors, staff, and affiliates on projects related to Publications and Curricular Development. Over the course of the summer, interns will work approximately 270 hours, typically 9am to 4pm, Monday through Friday, with an hour… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Plato’s Four Muses: The Phaedrus and the Poetics of Philosophy by Andrea Capra through Harvard University Press. Plato’s Four Muses reconstructs Plato’s authorial self-portrait through a fresh reading of the Phaedrus, with an Introduction and Conclusion that contextualize the construction more broadly. The Phaedrus, it is argued, is Plato’s most self-referential dialogue, and Plato’s reference to four Muses in Phaedrus 259c–d is read as a hint… Read more
Please join us on Friday, December 12, at 6:00 p.m. in Nafplion for the following event: “The American educational system and undergraduate studies in U.S. universities” Main Speaker: Nicholas Tourides, Educational Advisor/American Program Coordinator The lecture will be delivered (in Greek) in the Nikos Mazarakis Family Lecture Hall at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, Nafplion. Old Townhall, Philhellene Square and Othonos Street, 21 100 Nafplion +30 27520 47030 tel | +30… Read more
Dates: March 6-8, 2015 This spring, Sunoikisis and the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. will invite undergraduate students to share their research on Greek comedy or Latin literature of the Late Republic in a workshop setting. Students will have the opportunity to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their work in progress, develop ideas, collect bibliographical suggestions, and gain perspectives from their peers and faculty representing a range of institutions. Read more
