The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend a warm welcome to our Spring 2016 Fellows! Please allow us to introduce them: Cédric Brélaz (PhD University of Lausanne, Dr. habil. École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) is an Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Strasbourg, France. He was Member of the Swiss Institute in Rome, Foreign Member of the French School of Archaeology at Athens and Visiting… Read more
Now available in open-access, full-text edition in the curated books section of the CHS website: The Singer Resumes the Tale, by Albert Bates Lord Long before writing was invented, people told stories and sang songs. But how is an oral poem composed? How is it transmitted beyond its circle of listeners to future generations? One of the preeminent folklorists of his time, Albert Bates Lord (1912-1991) here continues… Read more
Hour 25 welcomes Panayotis Fragkiskos League, PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology of Harvard University, for a discussion on CHS Open House. The video discussion will be on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EST, and will be recorded. The topic of this ‘Open House’ is ‘Performance Traditions in Greece.’ You can watch the event below or on the event page. Members of the… Read more
International Conference in Athens, Greece 12 ‒ 14 December 2016 The origins of western science and philosophy are customarily traced to 6th century B.C.E. Ionia, to Thales of Miletos and the school he founded, whose famous pupils included not only the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, but also Pythagoras of… Read more
International Conference in Athens, Greece 12 ‒ 14 December 2016 The origins of western science and philosophy are customarily traced to 6th century B.C.E. Ionia, to Thales of Miletos and the school he founded, whose famous pupils included not only the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, but also Pythagoras of Samos, Bias… Read more
The Derveni Papyrus | Greece’s oldest known literary text The Derveni Papyrus, dated between 340 and 320 B.C., is considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth century. Uncovered in 1962 in a tomb in an uninhabited area about 10 km north of Thessaloniki, the papyrus had been intended for the funeral… Read more
Information Fluency Workshop | July 12-21, 2016 Application deadline: May 1, 2016 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce undergraduates to important sources of information for the study of classics and develop their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Through work as individuals and as a team, the participants develop research guides for use by other undergraduates in a… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplio for the following lecture: “Economic globalization through a historic perspective” Lecturer: Μichel S. Zouboulakis, Professor, Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Thessaly Respondent: Nikolaos Theocarakis, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Scientific… Read more
In August 2015, the Ancient Graffiti Project, a week-long workshop focused on the Greek graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was hosted at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Brittany Hardy from Millsaps College participated at the workshop and shares her experience: I was able to discuss with other scholars their specific research focuses and help them interpret their assigned graffiti. Attending this workshop was particularly influential to me… Read more
In August 2015, the Ancient Graffiti Project, a week-long workshop focused on the Greek graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was hosted at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Brittany Hardy from Millsaps College participated at the workshop and shares her experience: I was able to discuss with other scholars their specific research focuses and help them interpret their assigned graffiti. Attending this workshop was particularly influential to me… Read more
