Two of Professor Nagy’s most recent articles have become available under the online publication Short Writings Volume IV, the fourth volume in a series of online anthologies, all available online for free at the CHS website. “Herodotus and the Logioi of the Persians” This essay… Read more
Left to right: Edgar Garcia, Anna Simas, Konnor Clark, Emma Brobeck, Eunice Kim, Fanaye Yirga, Olga Levaniouk ~A Guest Post by Olga Levaniouk~ In two postings on Classical Inquiries, Gregory Nagy (2016.01.15 ) and I (2016.01.31) previewed A concise inventory of… Read more
Left to right: Edgar Garcia, Anna Simas, Konnor Clark, Emma Brobeck, Eunice Kim, Fanaye Yirga, Olga Levaniouk ~A Guest Post by Olga Levaniouk~ In two postings on Classical Inquiries, Gregory Nagy (2016.01.15 ) and I (2016.01.31) previewed A concise inventory of… Read more
Dates: June 1-July 31, 2016 Deadline for Applications: April 1, 2016 Deadline for Recommendations: April 8, 2016 As part of its mission of bringing together a variety of research interests centered on Hellenic civilization and sharing them with a wider audience, the Center for Hellenic Studies… Read more
Head of a Bearded God, first century BC, bronze, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson Today, February 25, at 3:30 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC, Gregory Nagy and Gloria Ferrari Pinney are holding… Read more
In February 2016 the award ceremony for the 12th annual Harvard Office of International Education (OIE) photo contest took place at Harvard. Eligible contestants must have participated in Harvard’s programs abroad. The Center for Hellenic Studies participated in the contest by awarding one prize and honorable mentions to… Read more
This week, Dr. Laura Jansen, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol and Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Humanities, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Jansen is completing a monograph on Borges and antiquity for Cambridge University Press, titled Borges’ Classicism. Read more
This week, Dr. Laura Jansen, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol and Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Humanities, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Jansen is completing a monograph on Borges and antiquity for Cambridge University Press, titled Borges’ Classicism. She… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “The practice of contemporary medical science in local societies. Particularities from the interaction of science and tradition” Lecturer: Eleni Papadaki, Professor of Haematology & Head of Department of Haematology PAGNI (University Hospital),… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Timothy Power (Rutgers University) for a CHS Open House discussion on ‘Rhapsodes, Kitharôidia, and Performance in Ancient Greece’. This event will be streamed live on Thursday February 25, at 11:00 a.m. EST, and will be recorded. To prepare for the event, you might like to… Read more
