The CHS would like to introduce the Greek Studies Series, available in print through Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Building on the foundations of scholarship within the disciplines of philology, philosophy, history, and archaeology, this series spans the continuum of Greek traditions extending from the second millennium,… Read more
Exhibition dates: May 27 – October 15, 2016 Opening reception: May 27, 2016, 7-9 pm, Main Building Event : Free and open to the public; reservations required Rsvp: May 21, 2016 to events@chs.harvard.edu Parking: available on-site and on Whitehaven Street, N.W. Directions and Visitor… Read more
This week, Chas LiBretto, writer and performer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently LiBretto is developing a musical-play called Helen and Her Double, which will be an adaptation or ‘sequel’ to Euripides’ play, Helen. Continuing the story… Read more
This week, Chas LiBretto, writer and performer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently LiBretto is developing a musical-play called Helen and Her Double, which will be an adaptation or ‘sequel’ to Euripides’ play, Helen. Continuing the story of… Read more
To Bring Back Victory: Local and Global Aspects of Ancient Athletics and the Modern Olympics Sumbissions deadline: May 15, 2016 Online Application and Contact Information The International Olympic Academy (IOA), in cooperation with Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), is organizing the Fifth International Scholars’… Read more
The Medea “Heroization” Workshop held at CHS, April 7–8 In 2014 members of Hour 25 shared a revised translation of Sophocles’ Antigone that matches and complements the Sourcebook of Primary Texts in Translation as used in HeroesX. Since then, community members have been using this “heroized” translation of Antigone to reach out… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., in Kranidi for the following lecture: “Tourism, globalization and social change. The insular worlds of South East Aegean in the 21st century” Lecturer: Despina Nazou, Social Anthropologist – Lecturer/Research Fellow at the University of the Aegean Respondent: Andreas… Read more
This week, Dr. Rhodes Pinto, Postgraduate in Classics at the University of Cambridge, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. CurrentlyDr. Pinto works on issues of physics, metaphysics, cosmology, psychology, and theology within ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is particularly interested in motion, a topic that cuts… Read more
This week, Dr. Rhodes Pinto, Postgraduate in Classics at the University of Cambridge, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. CurrentlyDr. Pinto works on issues of physics, metaphysics, cosmology, psychology, and theology within ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is particularly interested in motion, a topic that cuts across… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Professor Richard Martin, Anthony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics at Stanford University, for our CHS Open House discussion on the Táin, concentrating on The Cattle-Raid of Cooley. Numbers 7-7b. The discussion will take place on Thursday, May 5 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Read more
