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… Read more
~ 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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
On Thursday March 13th, at 2:00 p.m. EST, Classicist Douglas Frame will join members of Hour 25 for a live discussion and broadcast via Google Hangout. You can watch the broadcast at the appointed day and time via the frame embedded in this post below. To join the live… Read more
Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε την Τετάρτη 12 Μαρτίου, 2014 στις 7:00 μ.μ., στο Κρανίδι στην διάλεξη με θέμα: «“Η επιστροφή” της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Τραγωδίας: Ο Αριστοτέλης, ο Ευριπίδης και η γέννηση της όπερας (τέλη 16ου, αρχές 17ου αιώνα)» Κεντρικός ομιλητής: Γεώργιος Π. Τσομής, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Φιλολογίας, Τμήμα Ελληνικής Φιλολογίας,… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Kranidi for the following lecture: “The ‘return’ of ancient Greek tragedy: Aristotle, Euripides and the birth of opera (late 16th, early 17th century)” Lecturer: Georgios Tsomis, Assistant Professor of the Ancient Greek Literature, Department of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace Fellow… Read more
