We are happy to share news of a historic event in dance in Washington, DC: a performance of Isadora Duncan dances at the Center for Hellenic Studies! Saturday, April 16 Outdoor Dance Performances 3-5pm Dances of Nature, Love & Friendship by Isadora Duncan featuring the Duncan Dance Project & local guest dancers Panel Discussion 5:30-6:30pm “Ancient, Modern, Now: An Exploration… Read more
We are happy to share news of a historic event in dance in Washington, DC: a performance of Isadora Duncan dances at the Center for Hellenic Studies! Saturday, April 16 Outdoor Dance Performances 3-5pm Dances of Nature, Love & Friendship by Isadora Duncan featuring the Duncan Dance Project & local guest dancers Panel Discussion 5:30-6:30pm “Ancient, Modern, Now: An Exploration… Read more
This week, Dr. Nina Coppolino, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Connecticut, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Coppolino is working on a project that examines the concept of ethos, or the characteristic spirit of society, that is presented in ancient classical sources. By utilizing authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Euripides and Aristophanes, she argues that… Read more
This week, Dr. Nina Coppolino, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Connecticut, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Currently, Dr. Coppolino is working on a project that examines the concept of ethos, or the characteristic spirit of society, that is presented in ancient classical sources. By utilizing authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Euripides and Aristophanes, she argues that… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Susan T. Edmunds for our next Open House discussion, which will be about weaving. The event will be streamed live on Thursday March 24, at 11 a.m. EDT, and will be recorded. Her article, Picturing Homeric Weaving, is available at the CHS website. For the live stream event, other resources related to this event and for a discussion with community… Read more
Digital Literacies for the Ancient World A Special Issue of Classics@, the CHS Online Journal Editorial committee: David Bouvier – Claire Clivaz – Paul Dilley – David Hamidović; chief editor: Paul Dilley Deadline to forward the articles to the editors: August 31st, 2016 Abstract 300 words: June 1st, 2016 Guidelines: https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/1386 This volume of Classics@, an open-access journal of the Center for… Read more
Digital Literacies for the Ancient World A Special Issue of Classics@, the CHS Online Journal Editorial committee: David Bouvier – Claire Clivaz – Paul Dilley – David Hamidović; chief editor: Paul Dilley Deadline to forward the articles to the editors: August 31st, 2016 Abstract 300 words: June 1st, 2016 Guidelines: https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/1386 This volume of Classics@, an open-access journal of the Center for Hellenic Studies, aims to explore… Read more
Kyle P. Johnson Luke Hollis The Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK) has just been accepted as a mentor organization in the Google Summer of Code program for 2016. Through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), post-secondary students aged 18 and older spend their summer learning to code while working for a mentor organization. Over the last 11 years, over 11,000 students have participated in… Read more
Kyle P. Johnson Luke Hollis The Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK) has just been accepted as a mentor organization in the Google Summer of Code program for 2016. Through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), post-secondary students aged 18 and older spend their summer learning to code while working for a mentor organization. Over the last 11 years, over 11,000 students have participated in creating open source… Read more
The CHS would like to announce the Summer Abroad interns for 2016: Cultural Internship Program – Nafplio, Greece Fougaro, Anthos Library Yanni Metaxas, Boston University, 2017 Christina Vouvaki, Ionion University, 2019 Archaeological Museum of Nafplio Charoula-Maria Fotiadou, University of Ioannina, 2017 Luke Kelly, Harvard University, 2019 Europe Direct Samantha Garin, Harvard University, 2017 Alexandros Theodoridis, Democritus University of Thrace, 2016 Municipal Organization of Culture, Environment,… Read more
