We are pleased to welcome Douglas Frame, for a CHS Open House discussion on ‘Echoes of the Indo-European Twin Gods in Sanskrit and Greek Epic: Arjuna and Achilles’ on Thursday, June 4 at 11:00 a.m EDT. You can watch the Live broadcast via the frame below, or at the event page on Google + here. To prepare for this conversation, participants might like… Read more
We are pleased to welcome James N. Stone, educator, psychologist, and translator, for the first of two sessions on the poetry of Sappho. This discussion will be on Thursday, May 28 at 4 p.m. EDT. He introduces this first session as follows: This presentation offers a multi-dimensional show and tell of a celebrated archaic poet, a woman famous in her time (~650BC) whose poems come to us in fragile condition,… Read more
Ephebe’s Journey III Friday, July 31-Saturday, August 1, 2015 The Emotional Life of the Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America This two-day workshop will introduce students with an interest in civic participation and leadership to aspects of democracy, one of the ancient world’s most lasting legacies. Working with Professors Norman Sandridge (Howard University) and Kenny Morrell (Rhodes College), the participants will focus on the type of democracy that the… Read more
Ephebe’s Journey III Friday, July 31-Saturday, August 1, 2015 The Emotional Life of the Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America This two-day workshop will introduce students with an interest in civic participation and leadership to aspects of democracy, one of the ancient world’s most lasting legacies. Working with Professors Norman Sandridge (Howard University) and Kenny Morrell (Rhodes College), the participants will focus on the type of democracy that the… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., in Argos for the following lecture: “Where do stories come from?” Lecturer: Apostolos Doxiadis, Author Respondent: Lefteris Kalospiros, Author, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The lecture will be delivered (in Greek) in the Auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce of the Argolid, 23 Korinthou Street, in Argos. Read more
Τὰ ξένια: La cerimonia di ospitalità cittadina, by Angela Cinalli The CHS Team is happy to share some exciting news from Angela Cinalli, CHS Fellow in Greek Epigraphy. Professor Cinalli has just published her latest book, Τὰ ξένια: La cerimonia di ospitalità cittadina (English translation, “Ta xenia: the ceremony of city hospitality.”) The book is an open access publication from Sapienza Università Editrice. In it, Angela Cinalli reconstructs the steps of the ceremony through which Greek cities… Read more
Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations, by Aaron Johnson and Jeremy Schott, eds. The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations, by Aaron Johnson and Jeremy Schott, eds. on the CHS website. The work is available for purchase in print via Harvard University Press. Eusebius of Caesarea was one of the most significant and voluminous contributors to… Read more
Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām, by M. Rahim Shayegan The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām, by M. Rahim Shayegan, on the CHS website. The work is available for purchase in print via Harvard University Press. Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran focuses on the content of… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., in Kranidi for the following lecture: “Discipline and Imagination as conditions for innovation in science and art” Lecturer: Vasso Kindi, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Respondent: Kostas Markou, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The lecture… Read more
Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia, by Daniel L. Schwartz The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia, by Daniel L. Schwartz on the CHS website. The work is available for purchase in print via Harvard University Press. Paideia and Cult explores the role of Christian education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. It analyzes… Read more
