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Two Magnificent Newly-Acquired Facsimiles

Two famous and exquisite manuscript facsimiles are on display at the Center for Hellenic Studies. Both are of texts and images by ancient Greek writers, one a geographer, mathematician, astronomer, music theorist, and philosopher living in the 2nd century CE, Claudius Ptolemaios, and the other a medical doctor, Pedanius Dioscorides living in the 1st century CE. Both were revolutionary for their time and their work were authoritative texts in their… Read more

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Spring Symposium 2025

6 May 2025, 10:00 am ET

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

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Greek Independence Day, March 25, 2025

To mark Greek Independence Day on March 25, 2025, Nevila Pahumi, Modern Greek specialist at the Library of Congress, offers a historical background in this blogpost and presents items in the LC collection pertaining to the era of the Greek Revolution from 1821 and the birth of the modern Greek nation, whereas Rebecka Lindau, chief librarian at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, goes back some 2,500 years to the birth of Athenian democracy and features some rare books on the subject from a physical exhibition at the Center in connection with a celebratory evening organized by the Greek Embassy in cooperation with the CHS. Read more

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February 9, International Greek Language Day

To honor the International Greek Language Day on February 9, Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and Dumbarton Oaks, and the Library of Congress have joined together to offer a brief history of the language from antiquity to the present, and a presentation of Greek language highlights from the collections of the three institutions.  Read more