The Center for Hellenic Studies is deeply saddened by the loss of Gloria Ferrari Pinney, former Senior Fellow (2000-2006, and 2016-2021), Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, Emerita at Harvard University. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family of the late Kurt A. Raaflaub, Professor Emeritus of Classics at Brown University, CHS Fellow in 1976-1977, and co-director of the Center for Hellenic Studies from 1992-2000 alongside his wife, Deborah Boedeker. Read more
Application deadlines: Sunday, October 15, 2023Reference letter deadlines: Sunday, October 22, 2023 The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) offers four postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for the 2024-25 academic year. These programs encourage and support research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greek civilization. The programs offered include the Fellowship in Hellenic Studies, the Early Career Fellowship in Hellenic Studies in Greece and Cyprus, CHS-Institute of Historical Research Joint Fellowship in Hellenic Studies,… Read more
Each of the suitors in the Odyssey is eager to become the king of Ithaca by marrying Penelope and disqualifying Telemachus from his rightful royal inheritance. Their words are contentious, censorious, and intent on marking Odysseus’ son as unfit for kingship. However, in keeping with other reversals in the Odyssey, it is the suitors who are shown to be unfit to rule. In Blemished Kings, Andrea Kouklanakis interprets the language of the suitors—their fighting words—as Homeric… Read more
Please join us for a selection of poetry readings and performance by Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi and Giannisi’s poet-translator Brian Sneeden, in conversation with Laura Jansen. Read more
This July Kallion Leadership, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to creating communities for translating the study of the humanities into leadership, will host its first Facilitator Training Workshop at the CHS. Read more
During the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3000–1500 BCE), the spread of woolen textiles triggered an increased demand for color. The dyes included those made from the labor-intensive processing of crocus stamens for saffron dye and even more costly dyes made from certain sea snails (the Muricidae/Murex). Minoan and Mycenaean textile producers (the palaces) operated mainly in the Black Sea region, rich in gold. “Purpled world” is Morris Silver’s term for this… Read more
Kyklos is a program that represents an ever-regenerated discourse on the Greek Epic Cycle (Greek Kyklos) and it is devoted to new and developing scholarship on the subject. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is proud to host and sponsor the Colloquium for Ancient Rhetoric, who provides a regular venue for the exchange of ideas and presentation of work-in-progress on ancient rhetoric and its reception. Read more
The 6th season of Reading Greek Tragedy Online concludes with The Battle Between the Frogs and Mice! Translated by A. E Stallings. Read more
