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Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus

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 in the twentieth century, the papyrus was found accidentally in 1962 during a public works project in an uninhabited place about 10 km from Thessaloniki, and it is now preserved in… Read more

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CHS Internships, 2014

The Center for Hellenic Studies happily announces the summer interns for the year 2014! Washington, DC The Summer Internship Program offers students the opportunity to work at the CHS in Washington, D.C. on projects related to Publications or Fellowships and Curricular Development (FCD). Publications Chloe Bollentin (Smith College), Duncan Griffin (Macalester College), and Ansel Mclaughlin (Rhodes College) FCD Taylor Johnson (University of Virginia) and Mary Henning… Read more

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Forthcoming event: The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière

The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. in collaboration with the Modern Greek Studies Program of the Classics Department, Georgetown University is pleased to invite you on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., at Georgetown University for the following event: “The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière” The program will take place in the Edward B. Bunn Auditorium (ICC Auditorium) of the Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, N.W., Washington… Read more

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New CHS Publication – Dialoguing in Late Antiquity

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the  publication of Dialoguing in Late Antiquity by Averil Cameron 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 we know that many such… Read more

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Ιωάννης Πετρόπουλος, «Ο Αγώνας για την Αθανασία στον Ελληνικό Αθλητισμό»

Eπισκεφθείτε τον ιστότοπο “www.blod.gr” του Ιδρύματος Μποδοσάκη για να παρακολουθήσετε την ομιλία του Ιωάννη Πετρόπουλου, Καθηγητή Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Φιλολογίας του Δημοκριτείου Πανεπιστημίου Θράκης και Διευθυντή του Κέντρου Ελληνικών Σπουδών (Ελλάδος) του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard, με τίτλο “Ο ΑΓΩΝΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΑΘΛΗΤΙΣΜΟ“. Η ομιλία δόθηκε στο πλαίσιο της ημερίδας “ΑΓΩΝΕΣ ΣΩΜΑΤΟΣ & ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΟΣ: αθλητισμός, θέατρο, μουσική, λογοτεχνία, σύγχρονοι Μαραθώνιοι” η οποία αποτελεί μέρος των Αθηναϊκών Διαλόγων του Ιδρύματος Ωνάση και διοργανώθηκε σε σύμπραξη με… Read more

Ioannis Petropoulos, "The Race for Immortality in Greek Athletics"

Please visit www.blod.gr of the Bodossakis Foundation to watch the lecture of Ioannis Petropoulos, Professor of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace, and Director, Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, on “The Race for Immortality in Greek Athletics.” The lecture was given during the Onassis Foundation “Athens Dialogues” workshop on “Body and Spirit Races: sports, theater, music, literature, modern Marathon races”. The workshop was co-organized with the National and… Read more

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Ioannis Petropoulos, “The Race for Immortality in Greek Athletics”

Please visit www.blod.gr of the Bodossakis Foundation to watch the lecture of Ioannis Petropoulos, Professor of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace, and Director, Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, on “The Race for Immortality in Greek Athletics.” The lecture was given during the Onassis Foundation “Athens Dialogues” workshop on “Body and Spirit Races: sports, theater, music, literature, modern Marathon races”. The workshop was co-organized with the National and Kapodistrian… Read more

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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