Reading Greek Tragedy Online Season 6 Episode 1 Monday, March 27 the 6th season of Reading Greek Tragedy Online kicks off with a live dramatic reading of Sophocle’s Electra, translated by Anne Carson! The event will take place in University of Illinois Chicago’s East Campus in Lecture Center… Read more
Reading Greek Tragedy Online returns this Spring with a new season of performances taking place on screen and in person. Read more
Date: Wednesday, 22 March Time: 11:00 am EDT Hybrid Format: The in-person portion of this event will take place at the Center for Hellenic Studies in House A. If you wish to attend virtually, a Zoom option will be available. Please register to receive the Zoom link below. After registering, you will… Read more
A question keeps coming up about slavery in the Greek world: how is it possible that the great thinkers of classical Athens never denounced, and even endorsed, the crime of slavery? Read more
Jackie Murray is an associate professor of Classics at the University of Kentucky and at SUNY at Buffalo. She completed her BA at the University of Guelph, MA at Western University, and PhD in Classics at the University of Washington. Read more
Please join us in person at House A for a fireside chat with Jackie Murray. A reception will follow, with a tour of the Black Classicists Exhibit. Read more
Formulaic phraseology presents the epitome of words worn and weathered by trial and the tests of time. Scholarship on weathered words is exceptionally diverse and interdisciplinary. This volume focuses on verbal art, which makes Oral-Formulaic Theory (OFT) a major point of reference. Yet weathered words are but a part of… Read more
Grounded in social history, the talk explores the emergence of medical pluralism—the interwoven professional and cultural systems or “marketplaces” that evolved to manage health and disease—in Greek communities across the ancient Mediterranean. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington and Greece would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family of the late Philippou Tsiboglou, Director General of the National Library of Greece, as well as to the entire NLG team. Read more
On Wednesday, February 8 at 11:00am EDT, a fellow from the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece will be visiting us in Washington, DC and giving a presentation on his research. We hope you can join us in House A, or on Zoom. Read more
