Events

100 Years of Hadjidakis

Kombos Collective presents 100 Years of Hadjidakis, celebrating the centennial birthday of this beloved composer. Katerina Clambaneva (voice), Ellie Falaris Ganelin (flute) and Mary-Victoria Voutsas (piano) will perform a program of his songs and piano works. Read more

Homer in a Golden Age

Over one full day at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, Homer in a Golden Age will gather together several translators, scholars, performers and producers of ancient Greek poetry for contemporary audiences. This colloquium is mostly but not exclusively devoted to translations of Homer, traditionally held to be the first epic poet in the Western tradition.  Read more

Spring Symposium 2025

Please join us on Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 7 for presentations from our Early Career fellows, Evgenia Tsafou, Angelos Gkotsinas, Sergios Menelaou, Georgios Koukovasilis, and Artemi Papandritsa, as well as a paper from fellow in Philhellenism, Chrysa Theologou. Read more

Suzanne Marchand, Distinguished Lecturer

Please join us the evening of February 5 for a lecture by Suzanne Marchand, LSU Systems Boyd Professor of European Intellectual History. This paper will discuss the ways in which the significance of the date 480/79 was elevated in the course of historiographical developments of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Read more

Reckoning with The Primal Wound

On Saturday, December 14 the Center will host a private screening of the documentary Reckoning with The Primal Wound, followed by a discussion with the film's producer, Rebecca Autumn Sansom, as well as Dr. Gonda Von Steen, Dr. Amanda Baden, Demetria Kalodimos, and Lisa Coppola. Read more

Restoring the Acropolis Monuments

Please join us November 22 for a lecture by the Director of the Acropolis Restoration Service, Vasiliki Eleftheriou. This event is held in celebration of the opening of the Center's new exhibition, Chisel and Memory: The contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of monuments, curated by the Acropolis Restoration Service. Read more