Salvete! The members of the Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express their thanks and appreciation to all the participants in the 2014 Sunoikisis Latin Course Development Seminar. It was a pleasure to watch as participants created a course that will no doubt challenge and inspire students this coming fall. This year we were pleased to have 16 professors from across the country join us for this summer’s… Read more
Salvete! The members of the Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express their thanks and appreciation to all the participants in the 2014 Sunoikisis Latin Course Development Seminar. It was a pleasure to watch as participants created a course that will no doubt challenge and inspire students this coming fall. This year we were pleased to have 16 professors from across the country join us for this summer’s Latin… Read more
Explore what it means to be human today by studying what it meant to be a hero in ancient Greek times Registration is now open for the latest session of The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, a unique MOOC that introduces participants to the literature and heroes of ancient Greece via the content from one of Harvard’s longest running courses. The first of five modules on The Ancient… Read more
Information Fluency Workshop 2014 A group of undergraduates, armed with new research strategies! July 8th marked the beginning of the Center for Hellenic Studies’ second workshop on information fluency in classics. Each of the seminar’s sessions covered a different aspect of gathering and communicating information, including research strategies, critical assessment of sources, social media, and copyright. The students were also introduced to a variety of resources to help them… Read more
Information Fluency Workshop 2014 A group of undergraduates, armed with new research strategies! July 8th marked the beginning of the Center for Hellenic Studies’ second workshop on information fluency in classics. Each of the seminar’s sessions covered a different aspect of gathering and communicating information, including research strategies, critical assessment of sources, social media, and copyright. The students were also introduced to a variety of resources to help them research… Read more
The entirety of “Incipit,” the first scene of NERON KAISAR, a poetic opera by John Peel, with libretto in Greek, Latin and English by M. D. Usher (see www.neron-kaisar-the-opera.org), will be performed in Oxford (UK) at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Hall, St. Hilda’s College, in conjunction with the Archive for the Performance of Greek and Roman Drama’s colloquium “Performing Epic into the 21st Century.” For more… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), a research institution devoted to the study of all aspects of ancient Hellenic civilization, offers the following fellowship opportunities for the 2015-16 academic year. Researchers may apply for both programs using the same online application form (https://wp.chs.harvard.edu/chs-forms/fellowship-application/). CHS Fellowships in Hellenic Studies Deadline: October 15, 2014 Fellows are appointed for a term of up to eighteen weeks in the fall (Monday,… Read more
Hercules and Corona Borealis as depicted in Urania’s Mirror, by Sidney Hall, c. 1825 (Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) According to many multiforms of the Ariadne myth, Dionysus places Ariadne’s garland in the sky as immortal compensation and memory for the heroine. Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.176-182 (trans. C. Filos) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) Desertae et multa querenti amplexus et opem Liber tulit; utque… Read more
CIC 2014: The Odyssey in the Modern College Classroom The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express their thanks and appreciation to all those who participated in this summer’s Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) seminar. It was a treat to watch as professors worked together to better understand the Odyssey and discover new ways to teach it to college students across the country. Read more
CIC 2014: The Odyssey in the Modern College Classroom The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express their thanks and appreciation to all those who participated in this summer’s Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) seminar. It was a treat to watch as professors worked together to better understand the Odyssey and discover new ways to teach it to college students across the country. This… Read more
