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SCS Conference 2016 | Dialogues with Glynnis Fawkes, Richard Martin, and Suzanne Lye

The CHS team and staff was very happy to be at the SCS conference once again this year, where friends from the wider CHS community had a chance to meet, discuss and exchange updates on their careers and recent research progress. We are sharing the three following videos below featuring Glynnis Fawkes, Richard Martin, and Suzanne Lye. All of the featured people have exciting stories to share, each from their… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Gonda Van Steen, Professor of Classics at the University of Florida

This week, Dr. Gonda Van Steen, Andronicos Nicholas Cassas Chair in Greek Studies and Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. While at the CHS, Dr. Van Steen will be researching themes marked in Sophocles Theban Plays for a new book project in the making. This project will be a study of the interactions of biopolitics and… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Gonda Van Steen, Professor of Classics at the University of Florida

This week, Dr. Gonda Van Steen, Andronicos Nicholas Cassas Chair in Greek Studies and Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. While at the CHS, Dr. Van Steen will be researching themes marked in Sophocles Theban Plays for a new book project in the making. This project will be a study of the interactions of biopolitics and adoptee… Read more

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Apply Now for the Kenchreai Field School!

Dates: May 25-June 19, 2016 Program Cost: $4,200 (includes lodging, most meals, and program costs but not airfare). Scholarship support will be awarded to applicants on the basis of merit. Application Deadline: Monday, February 15, 2016 Recommendation Deadline: Monday, February 22, 2016 The Center for Hellenic Studies and Sunoikisis announce the 2016 Archaeological Program at Kenchreai, the port of Corinth in southern Greece. The four-week summer program introduces students… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Maria Kazanskaya, PhD at Université Paris-Sorbonne

This week, Dr. Maria Kazanskaya, Research Fellow at the Institute for Linguistic Studies in Saint-Petersburg and Assistant Professor of Classics at Saint-Petersburg State University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Throughout her academic career, she has studied Herodotus and archaic Greek poetry, in particular from a stylistic and narratological angle. While at the CHS, Dr. Kazanskaya will work on her book on speeches… Read more

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CHS Visiting Scholar | Maria Kazanskaya, PhD at Université Paris-Sorbonne

This week, Dr. Maria Kazanskaya, Research Fellow at the Institute for Linguistic Studies in Saint-Petersburg and Assistant Professor of Classics at Saint-Petersburg State University, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Throughout her academic career, she has studied Herodotus and archaic Greek poetry, in particular from a stylistic and narratological angle. While at the CHS, Dr. Kazanskaya will work on her book on speeches and… Read more

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Spring Fellows at the Center for Hellenic Studies!

The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend a warm welcome to our Spring 2016 Fellows! Please allow us to introduce them: Cédric Brélaz (PhD University of Lausanne, Dr. habil. École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) is an Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Strasbourg, France. He was Member of the Swiss Institute in Rome, Foreign Member of the French School of Archaeology at Athens and Visiting… Read more

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CHS Open House: Performance Traditions in Greece, with Panayotis Fragkiskos League

Hour 25 welcomes Panayotis Fragkiskos League, PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology of Harvard University, for a discussion on CHS Open House. The video discussion will be on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EST, and will be recorded. The topic of this ‘Open House’ is ‘Performance Traditions in Greece.’ You can watch the event below or on the event page. Members of the… Read more