Archaeology, History, and Culture in Greece — 2014 The Center for Hellenic Studies is collaborating with Sunoikisis to offer scholarships for 2 Harvard students and 1 Sunoikisis student for the archaeological school at Kenchreai, the port of Corinth in Greece. The scholarship will cover the cost of the program and will… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) is offering a range of opportunities for undergraduates this spring and summer. May 27-June 22 The Kenchreai Archaeological Field School introduces students to the archaeology, history and culture of Greece through participation in a field school and accompanying seminars and excursions. Read more
The CHS Summer Internship Program invites students to work at the CHS in Washington, D.C. on projects related to Publications and Fellowships and Curricular Development from May 27-August 3, 2014. During their time at the CHS, interns will have access to the library resources and an opportunity… Read more
The CHS team wishes to express its sincerest congratulations to Dr. Joel P. Christensen for being awarded the highly prestigious 2013 American Philological Association Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level. The APA honored Dr. Christensen for his many exceptional achievements, including his outstanding teaching… Read more
Anthony Schiavo has been designing and executing mosaics for almost eight decades. On November 9th a small group of classicists, artists, and visiting scholars gathered outside Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. to mark the arrival of two mosaic panels designed by renowned artist Hildreth Meière. The panels were part of a large-scale, triptych mural with the center panel depicting Hercules’ passage through the Straight of Gibraltar, and… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that Gregory Nagy will give a public talk on January 20th, 7:00 pm, at the Archaiologiki Etaireia (Panepistimiou Street) in Athens under the auspices of the Centre for Odyssean Studies (https://cods.upatras.gr). Gregory Nagy is the Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek… Read more
IDIA Lab has designed a virtual simulation of the villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site located outside of Rome in Tivoli, Italy. This project has been produced in collaboration with the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory (VWHL) at Indiana University (IU), directed by Dr. Read more
IDIA Lab has designed a virtual simulation of the villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site located outside of Rome in Tivoli, Italy. This project has been produced in collaboration with the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory (VWHL) at Indiana University (IU), directed by Dr. Read more
iMOUSEION and the CHS are joint sponsors of Lectures d’Homère, an international, interdisciplinary workshop on Homeric epic to be held at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France on June 4-5. The Homeric Iliad and Odyssey have been studied for thousands of years, and much progress has been made regarding our understanding of their dating, composition,… Read more
Yannis Galanakis (University of Cambridge) seeks to brings an exciting, fresh perspective to the study of Aegean archaeology. “I was really struck by the fact that we still know very little about the people who were involved in the trafficking of all these ancient objects that today adorn museums… Read more
