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Ephebe’s Journey III | The Emotional Life of the Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America

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

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Ephebe’s Journey III | The Emotional Life of the Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America

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

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CHS Greece Event: Apostolos Doxiadis, “Where do stories come from?”

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

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Fellows Update – Τὰ ξένια: La cerimonia di ospitalità cittadina, by Angela Cinalli

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

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Now Available Online | Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations, by Aaron Johnson and Jeremy Schott

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

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Now Available Online | Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām

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

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CHS Greece Event: Vasso Kindi, “Discipline and Imagination as conditions for innovation in science and art”

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

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Now Available Online | Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia

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

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Summer Workshop on Ancient Greek Graffiti

The Ancient Graffiti Project | A week-long workshop focused on the Greek graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum The CHS team is pleased to announce the Ancient Graffiti Project, a week-long workshop focused on the Greek graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum, to take place August 3-7, 2015, hosted at the Center for Hellenic Studies, in Washington DC. The Ancient Graffiti Project (ancientgraffiti.wlu.edu) aims… Read more

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CHS Open House: ‘Monster Menageries of Homer and Hesiod’, with Yiannis Petropoulos

CHS Open House: ‘Monster Menageries of Homer and Hesiod’, with Yiannis Petropoulos We are pleased to welcome Yiannis Petropoulos, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, to our next CHS Open House, April 30 at 11am EDT, to discuss ‘Monster Menageries of Homer and Hesiod’. He introduces the topic: Liberally populating ancient Greek poetry, monsters cannot be taken for granted and should not be treated as preposterous… Read more