We are happy to share the good news on the future of the Swedish research institutes in Rome, Athens and Istanbul! Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Minister for Higher Education and Research in Sweden, announced on November 18, 2014 that “the Swedish research institutes in the Mediterranean region will continue to receive central… Read more
Hour 25 is a vibrant intellectual community that studies and creates open source content associated with and inspired by Gregory Nagy’s work on ancient Greek heroes. Drawing on the massive open online content (MOOC) known as HeroesX and in a collaborative partnership with the Center for Hellenic Studies, Hour 25… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Plato’s Wayward Path: Literary Form and the Republic by David Schur through Harvard University Press. Since Friedrich Schleiermacher’s work in the 1800s, scholars interested in the literary dimension of Plato’s writings have sought to reconcile the dialogue form with the expository imperative… Read more
Join us on Saturday, December 6 for a live webcast of the biannual Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium! The stream will be available at rtsp://stream.chs.harvard.edu/HouseA, viewable with VLC Media Player or Quicktime 7. To connect via VLC, go to File > Open Network… Read more
Registration is now open for Module 5 of the Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours (Hours 22-24), “Plato and Beyond”, on edX. HUM 2.5x, the fifth and final module in The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, “Hours 22-24: Plato and Beyond” challenges the idea that Socrates… Read more
The Hour 25 Community is very pleased to welcome David Elmer of Harvard University to discuss ‘epainos and the Poetics of Consent in Homer’, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, November 20. Members of Hour 25 can start and continue the conversations associated with this event in this Lyceum thread. Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “A journey to the moon: Lucian’s True History and utopian novels in ancient Greek literature” Lecturer: Aristoula Georgiadou, Associate Professor, Department of Philology, University of Patras Respondent: Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Lecturer, Department of Philology, University of… Read more
Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε την Τετάρτη 19 Νοεμβρίου, 2014 στις 7:00 μ.μ., στο Ναύπλιο στην διάλεξη με θέμα: «Ένα ταξίδι στη σελήνη: Τα Αληθή Διηγήματα του Λουκιανού και το ουτοπικό μυθιστόρημα στην Αρχαιοελληνική Γραμματεία» Κεντρική Ομιλήτρια: Αριστούλα Γεωργιάδου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών Συνομιλήτρια: Κατερίνα Οικονομοπούλου, Λέκτορας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών… Read more
This week Maria Schoina, Assistant Professor of English literature at the School of English of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will be staying at CHS and using the library. She is the author of Romantic Anglo-Italians: Configurations of Identity in Byron, the Shelleys, and the Pisan Circle (Ashgate 2009). Currently,… Read more
Heroes in Tragedy: A presentation and dialogue with Professor Gregory Nagy HeroesX participants living in the Greater Boston area and learners around the world are invited to participate in a dialogue session led by Professor Nagy on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. (EST). Be introduced to the joy of reading… Read more
