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Enroll in “The Ancient Greek Hero” with Gregory Nagy and Kevin McGrath at Harvard Extension School

Examine the human condition by studying the ancient Greek hero Registration is now open for “The Ancient Greek Hero,” a distance learning course taught by Gregory Nagy and Kevin McGrath at Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education. Over 10,000 Harvard students have taken this class over the years. “The Ancient Greek Hero” invites learners to experience, in English translation, some of the most beautiful works of ancient Greek literature and song-making: the Homeric Iliad and… Read more

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CHS Open House: The Children of Odysseus, with Joel Christensen

The Hour 25 Community is pleased to welcome Professor Joel Christensen (University of Texas, San Antonio) who returns for the first 2015 CHS Open House discussion on Thursday January 15 at 11:00am EST, to discuss the children of Odysseus, and multiformity in myth. To prepare for the discussion, participants might like to follow these links to posts in Sententiae Antiquae: Odysseus’ Children: Fourteen and Counting! The Sons of… Read more

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Now Available Online – Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space, edited by Sahar Bazzaz, Yota Batsaki and Dimiter Angelov, on the CHS website. Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space opens new and insightful vistas on the nexus between empire and geography. The volume redirects attention from the Atlantic to the space of the eastern Mediterranean shaped by two empires… Read more

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Celebrating New Publications and Old Friends in New Orleans

The 146th annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the APA) wrapped up on Sunday, January 11 in New Orleans. Center Director Gregory Nagy and Director of IT and Publications Leonard Muellner attended. CHS team members Temple Wright, Lanah Koelle, Jill Robbins, Allie Marbry, Claudia Filos, and Robin Olson were also on hand, representing… Read more

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Εκδήλωση ΚΕΣ: Γκόλφω Μαγγίνη, «Φαντασία και ορθός λόγος από τον Καντ στον Χάιντεγκερ: μια φιλοσοφική διαδρομή»

Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε την Τετάρτη 14 Ιανουαρίου, 2015 στις 7:00 μ.μ., στο Ναύπλιο στην διάλεξη με θέμα: «Φαντασία και ορθός λόγος από τον Καντ στον Χάιντεγκερ: μια φιλοσοφική διαδρομή» Κεντρική Ομιλήτρια: Γκόλφω Μαγγίνη, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Φιλοσοφίας, Παιδαγωγικής και Ψυχολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή, Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων Συνομιλητής: Κώστας Πολιάς, Διδάκτορας, Τμήμα Θεωρίας και Ιστορίας της Τέχνης, Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών Η διάλεξη θα δοθεί στην ελληνική γλώσσα στην αίθουσα διαλέξεων «Οικογενείας Νίκου Μαζαράκη» στο… Read more

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CHS Greece Event: Golfo Maggini, “Fantasy and rationality from Kant to Heidegger: a philosophical journey”

Please join us on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Fantasy and rationality from Kant to Heidegger: a philosophical journey” Lecturer: Golfo Maggini, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina Respondent: Kostas Polias, Ph.D., Department of Theory and History of Art, School of Fine Arts The lecture will be delivered (in Greek) in the “Nikos Mazarakis Family Lecture Hall” at Harvard University’s Center… Read more

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AIA and SCS Joint Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA

AIA and SCS Joint Annual Meeting | January 8-11, 2015, New Orleans, LA Join us at the CHS’ booth at the 2015 AIA and SCS Joint Meeting! Stop by to learn more about our publications (in print and online), the Center’s programs and symposiums that happen all year round. The 2015 Joint Meeting will take place January 8 through January 11 in New Orleans, LA. For more information on the program and registration process, visit the Society… Read more

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Now Available Online – Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus by Ioanna Papadopoulou and Leonard Muellner. The Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European “book.” It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb A but, by a stroke of luck, did not burn completely. Considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth… Read more

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New CHS Publication – The Theban Epics

The Theban Epics, by Malcolm Davies The CHS is happy to announce the publication of The Theban Epics by Malcolm Davies through Harvard University Press. In antiquity, the story of the failed assault of the Seven against Thebes ranked second only to the Trojan War. But whereas the latter was immortalized by Homer’s Iliad, the account of the former in the epic Thebais survives only in fragments preserved in later authors. The same… Read more

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Apply Now | Teaching Internships in Greece

Teaching Internships in Greece July 16-August 1, 2015 The CHS offers the opportunity for up to three Harvard University undergraduate students to work as teaching fellows (TFs) from July 15-August 1, 2015 and gain teaching experience alongside a professor from Harvard University in the High School Summer Program (HSSP). The TFs will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills, and moreover, to coordinate, guide, and support high school students with little or… Read more