Welcoming Ryan Pasco, Associate Director for Fellowships and Academic Programs
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Ryan Pasco as Associate Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs. Read more
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Meet the 2025–26 Fellows in Hellenic Studies
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the 2025-26 Fellows in Hellenic Studies. The fellowship programs encourage research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greece. 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… Read more
Welcoming Allison Thornton, Library Assistant
The CHS library is pleased to welcome Allison Thornton as its new library assistant. Most recently, she comes to us from St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, Indiana, where she was the City Branch Assistant Manager. 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
Echoes of 1821: Greek Heroes and Heroines
Christina Lappa's "Echoes of 1821: Greek Heroes and Heroines" exhibition pays tribute to the heroes of the Greek War of Independence, with a special focus on the often-overlooked contributions of women. Read more
Call for Applications: International Modern Greek Seminar for Classicists
Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) is seeking up to three students and/or faculty to attend the International Modern Greek Seminar for Classicists, a one-week introduction to Modern Greek designed for undergraduate and graduate students with at least a basic knowledge of Ancient Greek. 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
Now Accepting Program Proposals for AY 2025-26!
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) is now accepting program proposals for Fall 2025 and Summer 2026! Read more
An Archaeology of Disability in 2024
In February of 2022, the Center for Hellenic Studies hosted a roundtable discussion of the research station “An Archaeology of Disability,” curated by David Gissen, Jennifer Stager, and Mantha Zarmakoupi for the Venice Biennale Architettura 2021 and opening on January 21, 2022 at La Gipsoteca di Arte Antica, Pisa. Read more