March 16-20, 2015 This week, Gregory McBrayer, Assistant Professor of Government at Morehead State University will be staying at CHS and using the library. Prof. McBrayer studies Classical Greek Political Thought and its reception in the Islamic and Arabic world. He has published a translation, with Mary Nichols, of Plato’s Euthydemus, and he… Read more
Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “A Role of the Dice for Ajax” on H24H Dialogues, which explores how ”Ajax dooms himself to an eternity of angry frustration over losing a chance to become the best of the Achaeans.” We are happy to share a curated selection of resources designed to… Read more
CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in Ligourio for the following lecture: “Colors of flowering plants: from nature in Greece to depiction in painting and nanotechnology” Lecturer: Sophia Rhizopoulou, Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Respondent:… Read more
The Sunoikisis consortium has presented an undergraduate symposium nearly every year since 2003. On Saturday, March 7, the Center for Hellenic Studies continued the tradition by hosting the 2015 Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event featured the work of five undergraduates: “Three of a Perfect Pair: The Fractured Feminine in… Read more
The Sunoikisis consortium has presented an undergraduate symposium nearly every year since 2003. On Saturday, March 7, the Center for Hellenic Studies continued the tradition by hosting the 2015 Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event featured the work of five undergraduates: “Three of a Perfect Pair: The Fractured Feminine in… Read more
The Mayor of Nafplion and President of the Organizing Committee, Dimitris Kostouros, on the occasion of the 2nd Marathon Run at Nafplion, is pleased to invite you on Saturday, March 15, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. GMT to a lecture by Charles Stocking and Demosthenes Tampakos: “Beyond the Body: A Brief… Read more
The Hour 25 community is pleased to welcome Seemee Ali (Carthage College) for a CHS Open House discussion to be held on Thursday March 12 at 11a.m. EDT. The conversation, entitled ‘Eros and Cosmos: Approaching the Golden Cloud of Iliad 14′ will focus on the great seduction scene. To… Read more
ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ 4oς Πανελλαδικός Μαθητικός Διαγωνισμός Φιλοσοφικού Δοκιμίου ΔΙΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ 13/14 Μαρτίου 2015 Η ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ V: ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΗ ΤΕΛΕΤΗ ΒΡΑΒΕΥΣΗΣ 14 Μαρτίου 2015 Αιθουσα Τελετών του Πανεπιστημίου Κτήριο… Read more
The Hour 25 community is pleased to welcome Nicolas Prevelakis (Harvard University) for a CHS Open House discussion on ‘Heroism, Charisma, and Legitimate Rule: a Dialogue with Max Weber’, to be held on Thursday, February 26 at 11:00 a.m. EST. We would also like to share the news that Nicolas… Read more
Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s latest commentary about God-Hero Antagonism in the in the Hippolytus of Euripides on the H24H Dialogues website. Below are some resources for additional study inspired by that post. Original texts: Hippolytus of Euripides in Greek on Perseus Phaedra of Seneca in… Read more
