On Friday, April 27 at 6:30pm EDT, Michele Valerie Ronnick (Wayne State University) will present "A Brief History of Black Classicism in the United States" in celebration of the exhibition Black Classicists. A live stream will be available! Read more
Join us on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., in Patras for a lecture on “Like the old soldier. Instigation, prudence and honor in the Homeric interpretations from antiquity to the Renaissance” with Filippomaria Pontani. Read more
Joel Christensen of Brandeis University, Department of Classics, will join the CHS community for an Online Open House discussion about Disability in Homer on Thursday, April 19, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Read more
Joel Christensen of Brandeis University, Department of Classics, will join the CHS community for an Online Open House discussion about Disability in Homer on Thursday, April 19, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Read more
“In an epic text, how were poets able to represent emotion? How can we understand today their way of speaking? Did Achilles “copy” the behavior of warriors from those distant times? Or might it be the reverse: did the epic influence certain real behaviors?” This month’s Book Club selection is taken from Hélène Monsacré: The Tears of Achilles, newly available online at CHS in an English translation. Read more
“In an epic text, how were poets able to represent emotion? How can we understand today their way of speaking? Did Achilles “copy” the behavior of warriors from those distant times? Or might it be the reverse: did the epic influence certain real behaviors?” This month’s Book Club selection is taken from Hélène Monsacré: The Tears of Achilles, newly available online at CHS in an English translation. Read more
Come see a spectacle of unprecedented proportions as ARTS FIRST storms Harvard Stadium with an original translation of Sophocles’ Antigone! This event is free and open to the public at 6:30 p.m. on April 29 in Harvard Stadium. Read more
The CHS is pleased to announce the 2018-19 Fellows in Hellenic Studies. The fellowship program encourages research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greece. Read more
Richard Martin, Anthony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics at Stanford University, will join the CHS community for an Online Open House discussion on heroine cult and tragedy, with special reference to the Medea of Euripides. Read more
Richard Martin, Anthony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics at Stanford University, will join the CHS community for an Online Open House discussion on heroine cult and tragedy, with special reference to the Medea of Euripides. Read more
