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Visiting scholar at CHS | Emmanuela Bakola, Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick

Nov. 7-14th This week, Dr. Emmanuela Bakola, Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Emmanuela Bakola is working on a chapter entitled, “‘Aeschylus’, earth and the cult of the tomb: a case of fifth-century reception?”. Using key passages from Aristophanes’ Frogs, she argues that 5th-century audiences were aware of the… Read more

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CHS Essentials | Origins of Charisma

“Where do people believe charisma comes from and where does it actually come from?” Watch this week’s CHS Essentials featured video and find out! Nicolas Prevelakis Nicolas Prevelakis is Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies and Assistant Director of Curricular Development at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies. He has a Ph.D. in Moral and Political Philosophy from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4)… Read more

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CHS Open House: From Homer to Ferdowsi with Olga M. Davidson

We are delighted to welcome Olga M. Davidson for a CHS Open House discussion on Thursday, November 5 at 11:00 a.m. EST when she will be talking about why she went on from Homer to Ferdowsi, and introducing his epic Shāhnāma. In her book Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings: Olga M. Davidson argues that….whenever the Shāhnāma was performed by the poet or by later practitioners of his poetry, the performer could… Read more

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CHS Research Symposium — December 2015

CHS Research Symposium You are invited to attend the Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium on Saturday, December 5 from 2:00-5:30pm (EST). The following fellows will present their research: Peter Agócs (University College London) Talking Song in Early Greek Poetry Rodney Ast (University of Heidelberg) Notaries, Clerks, and Hacks: The Many Writers of Greco-Roman Egypt Francisco Barrenechea (University of Maryland, College Park) New… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Heather Gruber, Professor at Concordia College

October 22-27th This week, Dr. Heather Waddell Gruber, associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Concordia College, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Gruber is working on developing a digital text of the complete fragments of Sappho, as her texts are not easily accessible as a comprehensive collection. Like works found on the Perseus Project, this digital text will also include… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Heather Gruber, Professor at Concordia College

October 22-27th This week, Dr. Heather Waddell Gruber, associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Concordia College, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Gruber is working on developing a digital text of the complete fragments of Sappho, as her texts are not easily accessible as a comprehensive collection. Like works found on the Perseus Project, this digital text will also include Greek… Read more

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CHS Open House Discussions — Fall 2015

We are in the heart of the fall season of CHS Open House discussions. These are the discussions that have taken place so far: Casey Dué, University of Houston ‘The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age’ Paul O’Mahony, actor, writer, and educator ‘The Power of Performance: Mythology and Outreach Today’ Olga Levaniouk, University of Washington ‘The Dreams of Barchin and Penelope’ Forthcoming CHS Open House… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Edmund Richardson, Lecturer at Durham University

October 19-25, 2015 This week, Dr. Edmund Richardson, lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Richardson is working on completing his second monograph, Alexandrias: Misdirection and the Making of History. Using 19th and 20th century source work on Alexander the Great and the cities he founded during his career, from Egypt to Afghanistan, Richardson argues that narratives,… Read more