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Now Available Online from the Hellenic Studies Series!

We are very pleased to share the recent additions to our online publications from the Hellenic Studies Series. Joel Kalvesmaki, The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity In the second century, Valentinians and other gnosticizing Christians used numerical structures and symbols to describe God, interpret the Bible, and frame the universe. In this study of the controversy that resulted, Joel Kalvesmaki shows how earlier neo-Pythagorean and… Read more

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Forthcoming | Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming online publication of Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse: Five Volumes Exploring Particle Use Across Genres, a born-digital publication from the Hellenic Studies Series co-authored by Anna Bonifazi, Annemieke Drummen, and Mark de Kreij. This comprehensive work analyzes particle usage across five genres of ancient Greek discourse—epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, and historiography—with the aim of exploring communicative strategies, cognitive processes, and the interactional dynamics of language… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Gonda Van Steen, Professor of Classics at the University of Florida

This week, Dr. Gonda Van Steen, Andronicos Nicholas Cassas Chair in Greek Studies and Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. While at the CHS, Dr. Van Steen will be researching themes marked in Sophocles Theban Plays for a new book project in the making. This project will be a study of the interactions of biopolitics and… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Gonda Van Steen, Professor of Classics at the University of Florida

This week, Dr. Gonda Van Steen, Andronicos Nicholas Cassas Chair in Greek Studies and Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. While at the CHS, Dr. Van Steen will be researching themes marked in Sophocles Theban Plays for a new book project in the making. This project will be a study of the interactions of biopolitics and adoptee… Read more

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Apply Now for the Kenchreai Field School!

Dates: May 25-June 19, 2016 Program Cost: $4,200 (includes lodging, most meals, and program costs but not airfare). Scholarship support will be awarded to applicants on the basis of merit. Application Deadline: Monday, February 15, 2016 Recommendation Deadline: Monday, February 22, 2016 The Center for Hellenic Studies and Sunoikisis announce the 2016 Archaeological Program at Kenchreai, the port of Corinth in southern Greece. The four-week summer program introduces students… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Maria Kazanskaya, PhD at Université Paris-Sorbonne

This week, Dr. Maria Kazanskaya, Research Fellow at the Institute for Linguistic Studies in Saint-Petersburg and Assistant Professor of Classics at Saint-Petersburg State University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Throughout her academic career, she has studied Herodotus and archaic Greek poetry, in particular from a stylistic and narratological angle. While at the CHS, Dr. Kazanskaya will work on her book on speeches… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Maria Kazanskaya, PhD at Université Paris-Sorbonne

This week, Dr. Maria Kazanskaya, Research Fellow at the Institute for Linguistic Studies in Saint-Petersburg and Assistant Professor of Classics at Saint-Petersburg State University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Throughout her academic career, she has studied Herodotus and archaic Greek poetry, in particular from a stylistic and narratological angle. While at the CHS, Dr. Kazanskaya will work on her book on speeches and… Read more

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CHS GR Event: Fay Zika, “Ecology and economy: the garden as cosmos and a microcosm”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Argos for the following lecture: “Ecology and economy: the garden as cosmos and a microcosm” Lecturer: Fay Zika, Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Theory of Art, Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts Respondent: Eleana Yalouri, Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology, Department of Social Anthropology, School of Political Sciences, Panteion University The event… Read more

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Coming Soon Online from the Hellenic Studies Series

We are very pleased to announce the forthcoming online publication of these two books from the Hellenic Studies Series at the CHS website: Pepper, Timothy, editor, A Californian Hymn to Homer Much as an ancient hymnist carries a familiar subject into new directions of song, the contributors to A Californian Hymn to Homer draw upon Homeric scholarship as inspiration for pursuing new ways of looking at texts, both… Read more