The Francis Jones Graduate Assistantship Program is a newly created program aiming to support the study of the humanities and social sciences and to encourage service-based learning for pre-doctoral researchers who plan to pursue careers both within academia and beyond the academy. For the May/June 2021 session, four Harvard graduate… Read more
The CHS welcomes Professor Emily Greenwood (Yale) as Senior Fellow. Read more
Comparative Perspectives on Ancient Greece and Contemporary Nuna Societies (Burkina Faso, West Africa) Written by Alba Curry The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the fourth meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to… Read more
Ms. Word has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas/Austin and began her professional Modern Dance training at the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana, with in-depth experience in the technique and choreography of Doris Humphrey and Jose Limon. In 1992 she received her Master in Fine Arts from The George Washington University/Department of Theater and Dance, where she served on the teaching faculty. From 1990 to 2005, Word travelled throughout… Read more
The Greek Epic Cycle and its Reception In the Arts, Literature, Vase-Painting, Theatre, Film, and Video Games (in Antiquity, as well as in the Contemporary World) Conference Date: June 30, 2021 Starting time: 6:00 AM MDT, 7:00 AM CDT, 8:00 AM EDT, 9:00 AM BRT, 1:00 PM BST, 2:00 PM… Read more
Comparatism from a Disciplinary Perspective: The Case of Classics and Assyriology Written by Alba Curry The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the fourth meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to thank Professor… Read more
To register for Piero Marconi’s visiting artist presentation taking place on Friday, May 7, 2021, at 11:30 am EDT, please visit the event page. Piero Marconi is an Italian musician currently teaching at the “Rossini” Conservatory, Pesaro, in the Department of Music Education. His interests connect… Read more
The CHS is pleased to announce the researchers who will receive support for the 2021-22 academic year. Read more
Mnemosyne – Traversing Boundaries on Meandering Routes of Memory Mnemosyne A memory is dependent on the episode that occurs, and only with the passage of time, when this episode remains or is transformed into a memory, does the episode itself acquire greater meaning, as something worthy of remembering. Each memory,… Read more
Mnemosyne – Traversing Boundaries on Meandering Routes of Memory My Childhood Elementary School Alumni As social media gets popular and childhood memories increasingly come to mind, one thousand elementary school alumni from the 1960’s gathered and reunited. Having grown up in what was once the poorest country but is now… Read more
