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Now Available Online | The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective

The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective, by José M. González The Center for Hellenic Studies is happy to announce the online publication of The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective, by José M. González on the CHS website. The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. It argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Rosa Andújar, A.G. Leventis Research Fellow at University College London

September 14–20, 2015   This week, Rosa Andújar, A.G. Leventis Research Fellow at University College London will be staying at the CHS and using the library. She is currently in the process of completing her book, Playing the Chorus: Greek Tragedy Beyond the Choral Ode. By exploring its activities beyond the singing of  odes, Andújar aims to prove that the tragic chorus… Read more

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Visiting scholar at CHS | Rosa Andújar, A.G. Leventis Research Fellow at University College London

September 14–20, 2015   This week, Rosa Andújar, A.G. Leventis Research Fellow at University College London will be staying at the CHS and using the library. She is currently in the process of completing her book, Playing the Chorus: Greek Tragedy Beyond the Choral Ode. By exploring its activities beyond the singing of  odes, Andújar aims to prove that the tragic chorus was a… Read more

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A Collaborative Fellowship at the CHS

Now that the application period for 2016-17 CHS Fellowships has opened, we would like to draw the attention of interested scholars to an innovative project from the last Fellowship season, a first in the Center’s history: a paper conceived, researched, and written together by two Fellows, Alberto Quiroga-Puertas and Ryan Fowler. The paper, “Silence and Rumor as Rhetorical Strategies in Basil’s Letters” in CHS Research Bulletin 3, no. 1 (2014),… Read more

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CHS Open House: The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age, with Casey Dué

We are pleased to welcome Casey Dué for the first in our series of CHS Open House sessions for fall 2015. The discussion, on the Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age, will take place on Thursday, September 10, at 2 p.m. EDT. She introduces the topic as follows: How old is the Iliad? The Trojan War has traditionally been dated since antiquity to about 1250 BCE, and the Iliad is usually dated five hundred… Read more

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CHS Fellows in Hellenic Studies 2015-16

The CHS supports scholars and their research with a variety of configurations. All fellows receive an appointment for at least one academic year. Fellows receive varying levels of support and may reside at the Center for a term up to 18 weeks, depending on the scope and needs of their proposed projects. For more information about their research, see the CHS Research Bulletin.   Peter Agócs grew up… Read more

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Available Online | To the Dregs: Drawing Meaning from the Rhodian Handles of Hellenistic Ashkelon by Kate Birney

The Center For Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of spring fellow Kate Birney’s paper, “To the Dregs:  Drawing Meaning from the Rhodian Handles of Hellenistic Ashkelon,” which was presented at the 2015 Fellows Research Symposium. See the abstract below. To read the full article, visit the Center for Hellenic Studies Research Bulletin. Abstract Rhodian amphorae, distinctive for their shape and their rose-stamped handles, are emblematic of… Read more

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Now Available Online | The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League

The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League, edited by Peter Funke & Nino Luraghi The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League, edited by Peter Funke & Nino Luraghi, on the CHS website. The work is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. The crisis of Spartan power in the… Read more

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Now Available Online | Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309)

Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309), edited by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Elizabeth Kosmetatou & Manuel Baumbach The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309), edited by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Elizabeth Kosmetatou & Manuel Baumbach, on the CHS website. The work is also available… Read more