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In Memoriam: Michael C. J. Putnam

The Center for Hellenic Studies mourns the passing of Michael C. J. Putnam. An alumnus of Harvard University (A.B., A.M., and Ph.D.) and long-time faculty member at Brown’s Department of Classics, Michael was a dedicated servant to the field of classics.  Read more

Two Magnificent Newly Acquired Facsimiles

By Rebecka Lindau, Chief Librarian Two famous and exquisite manuscript facsimiles are on display at the Center for Hellenic Studies. Both are of texts and images by ancient Greek writers, one a geographer, mathematician, astronomer, music theorist, and philosopher living in the 2nd century CE, Claudius Ptolemaios, and the other a medical doctor, Pedanius Dioscorides living in the 1st century CE. Both were revolutionary for their time and their work… Read more

Greek Independence Day, March 25, 2025

To mark Greek Independence Day on March 25, 2025, Nevila Pahumi, Modern Greek specialist at the Library of Congress, offers a historical background in this blogpost and presents items in the LC collection pertaining to the era of the Greek Revolution from 1821 and the birth of the modern Greek nation, whereas Rebecka Lindau, chief librarian at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, goes back some 2,500 years to the birth of Athenian democracy and features some rare books on the subject from a physical exhibition at the Center in connection with a celebratory evening organized by the Greek Embassy in cooperation with the CHS. Read more

February 9, International Greek Language Day

To honor the International Greek Language Day on February 9, Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and Dumbarton Oaks, and the Library of Congress have joined together to offer a brief history of the language from antiquity to the present, and a presentation of Greek language highlights from the collections of the three institutions.  Read more