Helping educators, researchers, and the general public rediscover the humanism of the ancient Greeks.
The CHS offers multiple fellowship opportunities to postdoctoral researchers including Fellowships in Hellenic Studies, the Early Career Fellowships in Hellenic Studies in Greece and Cyprus, Summer Fellowships in Hellenic Studies, and a CHS-Institute of Historical Research Joint Fellowship in Hellenic Studies. Application season opens in the Fall each year. Read more
The CHS Library collection focuses upon and supports research in all areas of Ancient Hellenic Civilization. Subject coverage includes literature (archaic, classical, Hellenistic and early imperial), history, philosophy, religion, art, archaeology, architecture, epigraphy, papyrology, medicine, mathematics, science and numismatics. Collections in Latin Literature and Roman Studies are less complete, but very useful for comparative purposes and interdisciplinary projects. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies offers programs and experiences for an array of constituents from self-directed students of all ages to specialists in the field of Hellenic Studies, as part of our ongoing commitment to making Classics and Hellenic Studies accessible. Programming includes; workshops, conferences, seminars, and lectures, in addition to internship and grant opportunities. Read more
As part of its mission of bringing together a variety of research interests centered on Hellenic civilization and sharing them with a wider audience, the Center for Hellenic Studies publishes books, journals, proceedings of colloquia, discussions, databases, lectures, and other materials, both online and in print. Read more
Please join us on Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 7 for presentations from our Early Career fellows, Evgenia Tsafou, Angelos Gkotsinas, Sergios Menelaou, Georgios Koukovasilis, and Artemi Papandritsa, as well as a paper from fellow in Philhellenism, Chrysa Theologou.
Earlier this month, the CHS proudly supported the international colloquium Translation and Transmission Methods of Arabo-Byzantine Texts at the École française de Rome.
The seminar aims to help teachers to enhance and enrich their teaching on ancient Greek culture, especially that of the monuments of classical antiquity, with a focus on the Athenian Acropolis and its monuments.
Please join us the evening of February 5 for a lecture by Suzanne Marchand, LSU Systems Boyd Professor of European Intellectual History. This paper will discuss the ways in which the significance of the date 480/79 was elevated in the course of historiographical developments of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
On Saturday, December 14 the Center will host a private screening of the documentary Reckoning with The Primal Wound, followed by a discussion with the film's producer, Rebecca Autumn Sansom, as well as Dr. Gonda Von Steen, Dr. Amanda Baden, Demetria Kalodimos, and Lisa Coppola.
Join us on Wednesday, December 4 for a seminar organized by current CHS Fellow, Simone Mucci.
Please join us November 22 for a lecture by the Director of the Acropolis Restoration Service, Vasiliki Eleftheriou. This event is held in celebration of the opening of the Center's new exhibition, Chisel and Memory: The contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of monuments, curated by the Acropolis Restoration Service.
Please join us in Cambridge on Tuesday, October 8 for a discussion on Education and AI Ethics as part of Worldwide Week at Harvard University.
On June 13 and 14, 2024, the Center for Hellenic Studies hosted 15 scholars from across the globe to compare their research on one of the most significant discoveries in Greek tragedy in nearly 60 years.
Last month, CHS US and Greece welcomed Harvard students to partake in the Sport and Education Program. The four-day intensive program took place in Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.
Editors: Elizabeth Gipson, Angelia Hanhardt (2016–2021), and Keith DeStone Web producer: Noel Spencer Consultant for images: Jill Curry Robbins Jump to: Iliad Rhapsody 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,…
Additional citation information is provided for items in the Hellenic Studies Series, curated books, curated essays, and primary sources. This page features a full list of our online books, essays, and primary texts. The CHS also produces additional online research publications not listed here: Classics@ Online Journal features dynamic issues, each dedicated to a particular topic, often with…
A panel discussion with Nefertiti Burton, E. Faye Butler, and Caroline Stark Co-presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company Monday, March 2, 20206:00pm Doors open6:30-8:00pm Panel discussion8:00-9:00pm Reception and viewing of the exhibit, Black Classics: A Mural Mosaic Directions and Visitor Information This event was part of Amen, Baldwin!: A Living Celebration. The event will be live-streamed. The link for the…
To refer to this work, please cite it this way: Nagy, G. 2006. “The Epic Hero,” 2nd ed. (on-line version), http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:Nagy.The_Epic_Hero.2005. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. The 1st ed. (printed version) of “The Epic Hero” appeared in 2005, A Companion to Ancient Epic (ed. J. M. Foley) 71-89. Oxford. In this on-line version, the page-numbers of the printed version…
with Professor Leonard Muellner and Belisi Gillespie The following video series provides a guided introduction to the ancient Greek language. The videos are meant to correspond to the textbook Greek: An Intensive Course, 2nd revised edition, by Hardy Hansen and Gerald M. Quinn (New York: Fordham University Press, 1992). The text can be puchased directly from Fordham University Press;…
Democracy has always been intensely physical. But in an age of social distancing and social media, does it remain important to feel the power of the mass, democratic crowd as an expression of popular will? Join us for a conversation on the importance of physical proximity in democracy, ancient and modern.
This one-semester seminar series investigates current research and methodologies in comparatism, a key issue in Classical Studies, both within the ancient Mediterranean and more broadly.
Part of the CHS Visiting Artist Presentation Series, this presentation features Akis Goumas, a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies in the Aegean.
What is the relationship between physical closeness and the moral life? Does physical closeness matter for the cultivation of a moral life, and how should we think of empathy as a means of bridging the distance between us and them? Explore these questions and more.
back Susan T. Edmunds Introduction §1. In discussion of Homer and the lyric poets, Gregory Nagy has shown how “the idea of making song is expressed metaphorically through the idea of making fabric.” [1] The process of weaving would have been completely familiar to the average person in Greek antiquity, yet it is not…
