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An interview with Professor George Babiniotis, Professor of Linguistics, Former Rector of the University of Athens

Professor George Babiniotis, Emeritus and Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Athens and former Rector (2000-2006) of the University, joined us recently at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplio, Greece,  for a lecture on “Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy: the meaning of the mother tongue”. The lecture, which was part of the Events Series 2016 organized by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, was supported by… Read more

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Introducing the new 2016-2017 fellows!

The CHS is pleased to announce the new fellows for the 2016-17 academic year. CHS Fellows in Hellenic Studies Fall Term Fellows Joachim Aufderheide (Germany) King’s College London Nicomachean Ethics X: Translation and Commentary Chun Bai (China) Zhejiang University A Comparative Study: The Cyclic View of Human Condition in Thucydides’ Archaeology (1.2-19) and Si Ma Qian’s Preface to Historical Records Stylianos Chronopoulos (Greece) University of Freiburg Towards a Digital Edition of Pollux’ Onomasticon… Read more

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The Oldest "Book" of Europe: Afterlife and the Birth of the Cosmos in the Derveni Papyrus

The Embassy of Greece, in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University and the Washington Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, invites you to an event dedicated to the Derveni Papyrus. Featuring: Dr. Ioanna Papadopoulou, Associate in Multi-Disciplinary Research, Information Technology and Publications at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University, and Dr. Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Director of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. The event will take place on Thursday,… Read more

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The Oldest “Book” of Europe: Afterlife and the Birth of the Cosmos in the Derveni Papyrus

The Embassy of Greece, in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University and the Washington Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, invites you to an event dedicated to the Derveni Papyrus. Featuring: Dr. Ioanna Papadopoulou, Associate in Multi-Disciplinary Research, Information Technology and Publications at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University, and Dr. Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Director of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. The event will take place on Thursday, May… Read more

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CHS GR Event: Ioannis Mylonopoulos, “Ancient Greek cult statues in the Roman Empire: Globalization through theft, copying and repetition”

CHS GR Event Please join us on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the last lecture of this year’s Events Series: “Ancient Greek cult statues in the Roman Empire: Globalization through theft, copying and repetition” Lecturer: Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Professor of Greek Art and Archaeology, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University The event will take place at the “Nikos Mazarakis Family Lecture Hall”… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Pietro Liuzzo, Networking Coordinator / Project Manager / Research Associate, Department of Ancient History and Epigraphy, Universität Heidelberg

This week, Dr. Pietro Liuzzo, Networking Coordinator / Project Manager / Research Associate, Department of Ancient History and Epigraphy, Universität Heidelberg, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Liuzzo is working on the creation of a natively online, linked and editable edition of The Bibliotheca Historica by Diodorus Siculus. His objectives are as followed: the first is to build on the existing tools and enhance them to… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Pietro Liuzzo, Networking Coordinator / Project Manager / Research Associate, Department of Ancient History and Epigraphy, Universität Heidelberg

This week, Dr. Pietro Liuzzo, Networking Coordinator / Project Manager / Research Associate, Department of Ancient History and Epigraphy, Universität Heidelberg, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Liuzzo is working on the creation of a natively online, linked and editable edition of The Bibliotheca Historica by Diodorus Siculus. His objectives are as followed: the first is to build on the existing tools and enhance them to… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | Cataclysm and Ecpyrosis, two symmetrical actions of Zeus as sky-god

In his most recent posting on Classical Inquiries, Gregory Nagy explores, in the general context of Greek mythmaking, the actions of Zeus that have catastrophic affect when inflicted upon humanity: The question is: what happens when humanity itself is threatened with either flooding or conflagration on a cosmic scale? To express such cosmic afflictions in Greek terms, I have in mind here situations where all of humanity is being threatened with… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Dr. Ifigeneia Giannadaki, Research Fellow at UCL and Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London

This week, Dr. Ifigeneia Giannadaki, Research Fellow at UCL and Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Giannadaki is working on completing her ongoing paper, titled “Meden aprobouleuton? Dem.22 and the management of the Ekklesia business”. This work attempts to reconstruct the controversial legal aspect of the Athenian democratic administration… Read more