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2021 Spring Fellow:
Marieke Dhont

Greek Poetry, Jewish Poets: Contextualizing Jewish Writings as Post-Classical Literature As a fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, I am working on a project entitled Greek Poetry, Jewish Poets: Contextualizing Jewish Writings as Post-Classical Literature. I focus on situating Jewish poetry in Greek both within the world of Hellenistic literature as well as within our understanding of Second Temple Judaism. The study of Jewish literature in Greek is a thoroughly… Read more

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2021 Spring Fellow:
Ian Hensley

The Hellenistic Stoics defend a striking combination of claims within their physics, some of which appear to be in tension with others. First, they argue that only bodies can be causes, and all processes and conditions in the natural world result from bodies making contact with each other. However, they also maintain that an omnipresent God exists, and he crafts the world to be as good as possible. Thus, God… Read more

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Featured Visiting Artist: Phoebe Giannisi

Credit: Sofia Camplioni Phoebe Giannisi was born in Athens in 1964. She studied architecture at the National Polytechnic School of Athens (1988) and received her PhD at the Centre Louis Gernet in Paris (1994), where she completed a dissertation on Ancient Greek poetry and architecture, focusing on the metaphor of the poem as a path (published later as Récits des voies. Chant et cheminement en Grèce archaïque. Grenoble: Editions… Read more

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Call for Volunteers: Open Greek and Latin Project

Sign-up for this program is currently closed. Check back in late spring for the next round of sign-ups! The Open Greek and Latin Project (OGLP), in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), is seeking volunteers to help the First Thousand Years of Greek Project reach its goal! There are approximately… Read more

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Meet the Spring 2021 Francis Jones Graduate Assistants

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 Spring 2021 semester, five Harvard graduate students have been awarded graduate assistantships and will be working with various CHS projects. These projects are: New Alexandria Commentary… Read more

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CHS Visiting Artist | Marios Panagiotou

Despite the limitations of COVID-19, the CHS continues to recognize and support artists in all media whose work engages with ancient Greek culture. Over the next six months, the CHS will share profiles of the 2020-2021 cohort of CHS visiting artists. Marios Panagiotou works as an actor/performer, director, and facilitator in Αthens. Having graduated from the School of Philosophy – Department of Philology (Division of Theater-Cinema Studies and Musicology) at the University… Read more

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CHS Visiting Artist | Rhodessa Jones

Despite the limitations of COVID-19, the CHS continues to recognize and support artists in all media whose work engages with ancient Greek culture. Over the next six months, the CHS will share profiles of the 2020-2021 cohort of CHS visiting artists. Rhodessa Jones is Co-Artistic Director of the acclaimed San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey. She is an actress, teacher, director, and writer. Ms. Jones is also the Director of the award… Read more

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Body and Mind Seminar Fall 2020 with Professor Charles Stocking, Western University (Ontario, Canada) | Mind, Body, and Athletics in Antiquity: A Brief Cultural History

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 last meeting of the Body and Mind Seminar. We would also like to thank Professor Charles Stocking for his talk, titled “Mind, Body, and Athletics in Antiquity: A Brief Cultural History”. As part of a general understanding in Classics, mind/body dualism is largely classified… Read more

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Body and Mind Seminar Fall 2020 with Professor Lisa Raphals, University of California, Riverside | Body, Mind, Spirit, and Soul: Comparative Semantics

Written by Ryan Harte The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the December 7, 2020, meeting of the Body and Mind Seminar, in particular, Professor Lisa Raphals (this seminar series’ organizer) for her talk: “Body, Mind, Soul, and Spirit: Comparative Semantics.” Raphals presented work from her current project, a comparative study of mind, body, spirit, and… Read more