On Saturday, January 23, 2016, the Center for Hellenic Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning, organized a joint educational workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece on “The concept of the hero in antiquity and its diachronic evolution. An important educational tool.” Professors Gregory Nagy, Ioannis… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Susan T. Edmunds for our next Open House discussion, which will be about weaving. The event will be streamed live on Thursday March 24, at 11 a.m. EDT, and will be recorded. Her article, Picturing Homeric Weaving, is available at the… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “The universality of Great Alexander’s myth in space and time” Lecturer: Maria Kampouri-Vamvoukou, Professor, School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Respondent: Vangelis Maladakis, Doctor in Byzantine Archaeology… Read more
Digital Literacies for the Ancient World A Special Issue of Classics@, the CHS Online Journal Editorial committee: David Bouvier – Claire Clivaz – Paul Dilley – David Hamidović; chief editor: Paul Dilley Deadline to forward the articles to the editors: August 31st, 2016 Abstract 300 words: June 1st,… Read more
Digital Literacies for the Ancient World A Special Issue of Classics@, the CHS Online Journal Editorial committee: David Bouvier – Claire Clivaz – Paul Dilley – David Hamidović; chief editor: Paul Dilley Deadline to forward the articles to the editors: August 31st, 2016 Abstract 300 words: June 1st, 2016 Guidelines:… Read more
Kyle P. Johnson Luke Hollis The Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK) has just been accepted as a mentor organization in the Google Summer of Code program for 2016. Through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), post-secondary students aged 18 and older spend their summer… Read more
Kyle P. Johnson Luke Hollis The Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK) has just been accepted as a mentor organization in the Google Summer of Code program for 2016. Through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), post-secondary students aged 18 and older spend their summer learning to code… Read more
The CHS would like to announce the Summer Abroad interns for 2016: Cultural Internship Program – Nafplio, Greece Fougaro, Anthos Library Yanni Metaxas, Boston University, 2017 Christina Vouvaki, Ionion University, 2019 Archaeological Museum of Nafplio Charoula-Maria Fotiadou, University of Ioannina, 2017 Luke Kelly, Harvard University, 2019 Europe… Read more
Detail of a relief depicting the “Apotheosis of Homer,” attributed to Archelaos of Priene, ca. 225 BCE–205 BCE. In the British Museum. Photo, Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons. CHS Director Gregory Nagy recently participated in a panel discussion at the National Gallery of Art with researcher Gloria Ferrari… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Alexander Hollmann (University of Washington) for our next Open House discussion, which will be about Herodotus. The event will be streamed live on Thursday March 10, at 11 a.m. EST, and will be recorded. His book, The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation… Read more
