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
Summer Seminars 2015 Latin Literature from the Neronian Period Dates: June 6-9, 2015 Consultant: James Ker (University of Pennsylvania) Greek Literature from the 4th Century BCE Dates: June 11-14, 2015 Consultant: Hakan Tell (Dartmouth College) Overview Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic… Read more
Summer Seminars 2015 Latin Literature from the Neronian Period Dates: June 6-9, 2015 Consultant: James Ker (University of Pennsylvania) Greek Literature from the 4th Century BCE Dates: June 11-14, 2015 Consultant: Hakan Tell (Dartmouth College) Overview Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord is now available online, for free, in an electronic form, on the newly redesigned CHS website. Albert Lord’s book builds on Milman Parry’s work in his search of the oral traditions in… Read more
Application Deadline: December 19, 2014 Apply Now! Undergraduate Research Symposium Dates: March 5-6, 2015 Overview This spring, the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. will invite undergraduate students to share their research on Greek comedy or Latin literature of the Late Republic in a workshop setting. Students will… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India by Shubha Pathak through Harvard University Press. The central character of Divine Yet Human Epics is the developing conception of epic itself. Its story unfolds as the… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Plato’s Four Muses: The Phaedrus and the Poetics of Philosophy by Andrea Capra in December 2014 through Harvard University Press. Plato’s Four Muses reconstructs Plato’s authorial self-portrait through a fresh reading of the Phaedrus, with an Introduction and Conclusion… Read more
Registration is now open for Module 3 of the Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours (Hours 12-15), “Cult of Heroes”, on edX. HUM 2.3x., the third of five modules in The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, “Hours 12-15: Cult of Heroes” explores the vast variety of perspectives… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Plato’s Wayward Path: Literary Form and the Republic by David Schur in December 2014 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… Read more
