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Κέντρο Οδυσσειακών Σπουδών | Διάλεξη του Douglas Frame

ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑΚΩΝ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ Διάλεξη του Douglas Frame, Associate Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University Mattei Athena Louvre, under Wikimedia Commons Ο Douglas Frame, διακεκριμένος μελετητής του ομηρικού έπους και διεθνώς γνωστός, μεταξύ άλλων, για τα βιβλία του The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic (1978) και  Hippota Nestor (2010), θα δώσει μια διάλεξη με θέμα «Η Αθηνά στη χώρα των Φαιάκων» (“Athena among the… Read more

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CHS Summer Interns for 2015!

The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to announce the Summer Interns for 2015: The Summer Internship in Washington, DC Publications James Skoog, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2017 Natalia Sucher, Swarthmore College, 2016 Curricular Development Emily Kohut, Colorado College, 2016 Giuliana Savini, Wake Forest University, 2017 Henry Schott, Rhodes College 2017 The Cultural Internship in Nafplio, Greece Anthos Library, Fugaro Joshua Allbright, Boston University,… Read more

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Best Sellers of HUP available online for free!

The CHS team is happy to announce that the following best sellers from Harvard University Press are available online for free at the CHS website!  Averil Cameron Dialoguing in Late Antiquity Christians talked, debated, and wrote dialogues in late antiquity and on throughout Byzantium. Some were philosophical, others more literary, theological, or Platonic. Dialoguing in Late Antiquity takes up a challenge laid down by recent scholars who argue… Read more

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Live Webcast: April 2015 Research Symposium

Join us on Friday, April 24 for a live webcast of the biannual Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium! The stream will be available at https://media.video.harvard.edu/core/live/harvard-chs-live.html. No special software is required. Persons interested in watching the stream should click on the link above and the stream will play in their web browser. Have questions for the presenters? Contact us via the online form or the … Read more

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CHS Greece Event: Alexandros K. Samaras, “Fantasy and realism for creation”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Fantasy and realism for creation” Lecturer: Alexandros K. Samaras, Architect, Founding member, Honorary President of the Harvard Club of Greece, Founding and lifelong member, General Secretary of the Hellenic Harvard Foundation Respondent: Alkistis Rodi, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, University of Patras The lecture will be delivered (in… Read more

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Semester Internship at the CHS

Semester Internship at the CHS This position is open until filled, so apply now! The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), a research institution devoted to the study of all aspects of ancient Hellenic civilization, seeks an intern to assist the Fellowships and Curricular Development (FCD) team from August 31, 2015-January 31, 2016. Hours Part-time, 10-15 hours per week, $12.00/hour. The CHS is open 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through… Read more

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Introducing the 2015-16 Fellows

The CHS is pleased to announce the fellows for the 2015-16 academic year. Fall Term Fellows Peter Agócs (USA) University College London – Talking Song in Early Greek Poetry Rodney Ast (USA) University of Heidelberg – Notaries, Clerks, and Hacks: The Many Writers of Greco-Roman Egypt Francisco Barrenechea (Mexico) University of Maryland, College Park – New Gods, New Devotions: Religious Experience in Aristophanes’ Wealth Joshua Billings (USA) Yale University – Enlightenment on Stage Ermelinda Valentina… Read more

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Forthcoming CHS Publication – 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 forthcoming 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… Read more

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Connections: Drugs, Roosters, and Asklepios

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates”(1787), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “The Last Words of Socrates in the Place Where He Died” on H24H Dialogues. In that post he explores the meaning of sacrificing a rooster to Asklepios.  We are happy to share a curated selection of resources designed to help readers explore this topic in greater depth and make new connections. Primary… Read more