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CHS News | Michael Marks award-winning poets reading their own work

2016 Poets in Residence Program Poets Gill Mc Evoy and Jennifer Elliott, this year’s winners of the “Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlets” in London and Edinburgh (a.k.a. the Callum MacDonald Award), participated in the Michael Marks Poets in Residence Program for two weeks during the past summer. The CHS had prepared a program full of activities in Nafplio, Ancient Olympia, Delphi, and Athens. Once in Ancient Olympia, our two… Read more

Available online on video | 2016 CHS-SPEL educational workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece

On Saturday, January 23, 2016, the Center for Hellenic Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning, organized a joint educational workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece on “The concept of the hero in antiquity and its diachronic evolution. An important educational tool.” Professors Gregory Nagy, Ioannis Petropoulos, Leonard Muellner,  and Keith Stone presented their work on “Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches to the Hero at Harvard and other universities” to… Read more

Upcoming Event | SPEL-CHS Joint Educational Workshop

“The concept of the hero in antiquity and its diachronic evolution. An important educational tool” The Center for Hellenic Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning, as part of their continuing collaboration, are co-organizing an educational workshop in Thessaloniki entitled “The concept of the hero in antiquity and its diachronic evolution. An important educational tool”. The event will take place on Saturday, January 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00… Read more

Σειρά εκδηλώσεων ΚΕΣ | Events Series 2016

Events Series 2016 November 2015 – June 2016 Ξεκινά στις 18 Νοεμβρίου η σειρά εκδηλώσεων του Κέντρου Ελληνικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard, “Events Series 2016”. Η θεματική της εφετινής σειράς είναι: «Παγκοσμιοποίηση και τοπικά ιδιώματα: πολιτισμικές και θεσμικές αλληλεπιδράσεις» Το Κέντρο Ελληνικών Σπουδών συμπράττει κάθε χρόνο με διαφόρους φορείς στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση των εκδηλώσεων. Εφέτος το Κέντρο συνεργάστηκε με τους Δήμους Ναυπλιέων, Άργους-Μυκηνών, Ερμιονίδος και Επιδαύρου καθώς και την… Read more

Event – "Beyond the Body: A Brief History of the Marathon, Ancient and Modern"

The Mayor of Nafplion and President of the Organizing Committee, Dimitris Kostouros, on the occasion of the 2nd Marathon Run at Nafplion, is pleased to invite you on Saturday, March 15, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. GMT to a lecture by Charles Stocking and Demosthenes Tampakos: “Beyond the Body: A Brief History of the Marathon, Ancient and Modern” *The first part of the lecture will be delivered in English, with simultaneous… Read more

Apply Now | Teaching Internships in Greece

Teaching Internships in Greece July 16-August 1, 2015 Overview The CHS offers the opportunity for up to three Harvard University undergraduate students to work as teaching fellows (TFs) from July 15-August 1, 2015 and gain teaching experience alongside a professor from Harvard University in the High School Summer Program (HSSP). The TFs will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills, and moreover, to coordinate, guide, and support… Read more

Apply Now | Teaching Internships in Greece

Teaching Internships in Greece July 16-August 1, 2015 The CHS offers the opportunity for up to three Harvard University undergraduate students to work as teaching fellows (TFs) from July 15-August 1, 2015 and gain teaching experience alongside a professor from Harvard University in the High School Summer Program (HSSP). The TFs will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills, and moreover, to coordinate, guide, and support high school students with little… Read more

CHS in Greece Workshop | "Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology"

CHS in Greece Workshop Dates: December 20-21, 2o14 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS GR), and the Association of Philologists from the Argolid co-organize the second workshop on “Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology”. The workshop will be held on Saturday, December 20 and Sunday, December 21, 2014, at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplion. Fifteen participants were selected on a strictly first-come, first-served basis… Read more