Everyone loves a good story: stories deliver action. Patterns of actions then reveal the choices and values of the story-tellers and their societies. This idea of repeating real life in the actions of stories is the principle behind folklore studies. Arti Mehta in “Fox and… Read more
April 16th-20th, 2016 This week, Dr. Bruce Robertson, Associate Professor of Classics at Mount Allison University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Robertson works on the optical character recognition (OCR) of text images that contain Ancient Greek texts. His website, Lace, includes hundreds… Read more
April 16th-20th, 2016 This week, Dr. Bruce Robertson, Associate Professor of Classics at Mount Allison University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Robertson works on the optical character recognition (OCR) of text images that contain Ancient Greek texts. His website, Lace, includes hundreds of… Read more
We are pleased to announce the workshop “Law, Economics, and Society: Purchase and Sale in Ancient Law and its Reception” to take place at Harvard University, April 22-23. The workshop will bring together scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe to explore the ways in which the law(s) of sale… Read more
We are pleased to announce the workshop “Law, Economics, and Society: Purchase and Sale in Ancient Law and its Reception” to take place at Harvard University, April 22-23. The workshop will bring together scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe to explore the ways in which the law(s) of sale… Read more
The CHS team is happy to share the following Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg, former executive assistant for the Center for Hellenic Studies. Jennifer’s duties as a former CHS executive assistant included helping with the organization of the Harvard Alumni Association travel study programs to Greece, led by… Read more
The CHS team is happy to share the following Q&A with Jennifer Kellogg, former executive assistant for the Center for Hellenic Studies. Jennifer’s duties as a former CHS executive assistant included helping with the organization of the Harvard Alumni Association travel study programs to Greece, led by… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy: the meaning of the mother tongue” Lecturer: George Babiniotis, Professor of Linguistics, former Rector of the University of Athens The event will take place at the Vouleftiko… Read more
Workshop Conducted by Artemis Herber Sunday, April 24, 2016 from 11am–4pm Workshop Participation: Free and open to the public; reservation required. RSVP by April 20th, 2016 to events@chs.harvard.edu For directions and visitor information, visit the CHS website. Parking available on-site. The Center for Hellenic Studies… Read more
We are happy to share news of a historic event in dance in Washington, DC: a performance of Isadora Duncan dances at the Center for Hellenic Studies! Saturday, April 16 Outdoor Dance Performances 3-5pm Dances of Nature, Love & Friendship by Isadora Duncan… Read more
