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Εκδήλωση ΚΕΣ: Δρ Αντιγόνη Ζουρνατζή, «Αρχαίες περσικές προσλήψεις του ελληνικού χώρου»

Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε την Τετάρτη, 9 Απριλίου, 2014 στις 8:00 μ.μ., στο Ναύπλιο στην διάλεξη με θέμα: «Αρχαίες περσικές προσλήψεις του ελληνικού χώρου» Κεντρική ομιλήτρια: Δρ Αντιγόνη Ζουρνατζή, Ιστορικός/Αρχαιολόγος, Κύρια Ερευνήτρια, Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών Ερευνών, Τομέας Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητος, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών Συνομιλητής: Δρ Μάκης Απέργης, Ιστορικός, Επίτιμος Ερευνητικός Εταίρος, University College London Η διάλεξη θα δοθεί στην ελληνική γλώσσα στην αίθουσα διαλέξεων «Οικογενείας Νίκου Μαζαράκη» στο Κέντρο Ελληνικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard,… Read more

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CHS Greece Event: Dr. Antigoni Zournatzi, “Ancient Persian perceptions of Greek space”

Please join us on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Ancient Persian perceptions of Greek space” Lecturer: Dr. Antigoni Zournatzi, Historian/Archaeologist, Senior Researcher, Institute of Historical Research, Section of Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Hellenic Research Foundation Respondent: Dr. Makis Apergis, Historian, Honorary Research Fellow, University College London The lecture will be delivered (in Greek) in the “Nikos Mazarakis Family Lecture Hall” at Harvard University’s… Read more

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Live Webcast: Undergraduate Research Symposium

Join us on Saturday, April 12 for a live webcast of the Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium. The stream will be available at rtsp://stream.chs.harvard.edu/HouseA, viewable with VLC Media Player or Quicktime. To connect via VLC, go to File > Open Network and paste the link into the URL field. For Quicktime, go to File > Open URL and paste in the link. View… Read more

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In Memoriam: Jean Bollack

~ by André Laks, translated by Leonard Muellner ~ Jean Bollack died on December 4, 2012, at the age of 89. He was a singular figure, both as a philologist and a human being. One way, admittedly a somewhat paradoxical way, to get a sense of what sort of person he was, is to attribute to writing what Leonardo da Vinci said about painting : è cosa mentale, ‘it’s a… Read more

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Third Panhellenic Philosophical Competition for High School Students – Finals

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the Finals of the 3rd Panhellenic Philosophical Competition for High School Students on Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29 2014. Organizers: University of Patras, Department of Philosophy, in cooperation with the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece and the Greek Philosophical Society https://www.philosophy.upatras.gr/competition/… Read more

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New CHS Publication – Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus by Ioanna Papadopoulou and Leonard Muellner, eds. through Harvard University Press. The Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European “book.” It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb A but, by a stroke of luck, did not burn completely. Considered the most important discovery for Greek philology… Read more

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Homer Multitext

The Homer Multitext project, the first of its kind in Homeric studies, presents the textual transmission of the Iliad and Odyssey in a historical framework. It offers free access to a library of texts and images, a machine-interface to that library and its indices, and tools to allow readers to discover and engage with the Homeric tradition. The HMT team has always provided open access to their source images and editorial work. Read more

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Forthcoming Publication – Dialoguing in Late Antiquity

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Dialoguing in Late Antiquity by Averil Cameron in April 2014 through Harvard University Press. Christians talked, debated, and wrote dialogues in late antiquity and on throughout Byzantium. Some were philosophical, others more literary, theological, or Platonic; Aristotle also came into the picture as time went on. Sometimes the written works claim to be records of actual public debates, and… Read more

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Apply Now: 2014 Course Planning Seminars

We have had unprecedented demand for the seminars this year. If you are planning to offer one of the courses in fall 2014, but have not yet submitted an application, please contact us. The CHS will host two seminars in June to plan the inter-institutional, collaborative courses for the fall semester: June 7-9, 2014  Latin Literature of the Late Republic with T. Corey Brennan (Rutgers)… Read more