Events

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Euripides’ Helen

31 March 2021, 3:00 pm ET

A live reading and discussion of Euripides' Helen, hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with guest speaker Lyndsay Coo (University of Bristol) and special guests Pria Jackson (Princeton University) and Ria Modak (Harvard University). The reading offers a chance to reflect on one year of Reading Greek Tragedy Online and return to the first play that started the series. This special episode features a new translation by Diane Rayor and… Read more

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Rituals and Revelations

22 March 2021, 2:00 pm ET

Michael Puett (Harvard University) on re-thinking some of our categories in the study of religion from a comparative perspective. Read more

Kosmos Society, Live Stream

The End of the Histories

19 March 2021, 11:00 am ET

We are excited to welcome Scarlett Kingsley and Timothy Rood for an Online Open House entitled “The End of the Histories.” The event will take place on Friday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and will be recorded. You can watch the live-streaming on the Center for Hellenic Studies YouTube Channel. Read more

Online Event

Visiting Artist Presentation: Akis Goumas

26 March 2021, 11:30 am ET

Part of the CHS Visiting Artist Presentation Series, this presentation features Akis Goumas, a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies in the Aegean. Read more

Online Event

Comparatism Seminar Series

7 April 2021

This one-semester seminar series investigates current research and methodologies in comparatism, a key issue in Classical Studies, both within the ancient Mediterranean and more broadly. Read more

Online Event

Continuities and Comparisons

10 March 2021, 2:00 pm ET

Michael Herzfeld (Harvard and Leiden Universities) on the role of hierarchy in modern democracies and their lien on ancient pasts. Read more

Kosmos Society, Live Stream

Lysias, his Funeral Oration, and Collective Memories in Classical Athens

5 March 2021, 11:00 am ET

The Kosmos Society is excited to welcome Julia Shear (CHS fellow in Hellenic Studies) for an Open House entitled “Lysias, his Funeral Oration, and Collective Memories in Classical Athens.” The event will take place on Friday, March 5 at 11:00 a.m. EST and will be recorded. You can watch the live-streaming… Read more

Live Stream, Online Event

Proximity and Politics

19 March 2021, 12:00 pm ET

Democracy has always been intensely physical. But in an age of social distancing and social media, does it remain important to feel the power of the mass, democratic crowd as an expression of popular will? Join us for a conversation on the importance of physical proximity in democracy, ancient and modern. Read more

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Seneca’s Thyestes

25 February 2021, 3:00 pm ET

Join us on Wednesday for a live reading and discussion of Seneca's Thyestes (translation by Paul Murgatroyd), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Helen Slaney (La Trobe University). Directed by Paul O'Mahony, the featured actors include Tim Delap, Evelyn Miller, Paul O'Mahony, David Rubin, and Sara Valentine. Read more

Kosmos Society

A Young Woman’s Journey to Womanhood

19 February 2021, 4:00 pm ET

We are excited to welcome Arti Mehta of Howard University for an Online Open House entitled “ A Young Woman’s Journey to Womanhood: Greek and Indic Models from Menander and Kālidāsa.” The event will take place on Friday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. EST Read more