In February of 2022, the Center for Hellenic Studies hosted a roundtable discussion of the research station “An Archaeology of Disability,” curated by David Gissen, Jennifer Stager, and Mantha Zarmakoupi for the Venice Biennale Architettura 2021 and opening on January 21, 2022 at La Gipsoteca di Arte Antica, Pisa. Read more
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Rebecka Lindau as Chief Librarian at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies. Read more
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
Join us on Wednesday, December 4 for a seminar organized by current CHS Fellow, Simone Mucci. Read more
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
Amidst conflicting information and personal experiences, how can someone distinguish between truth and falsehood? Criteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry tackles this fundamental question through a study of five Hellenistic poems dated to the third and second centuries BCE: Aratus’s Phaenomena, Nicander’s Theriaca, Callimachus’s Aetia, Apollonius of Rhodes’s Argonautica, and Lycophron’s Alexandra. Situating these poetic works in their intellectual and literary milieu, Kathleen Kidder applies the philosophic concept of the criterion of truth, arguing that each… Read more
Please join us in Cambridge on Tuesday, October 8 for a discussion on Education and AI Ethics as part of Worldwide Week at Harvard University. Read more
Apply now! The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) offers four postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for the 2025-26 academic year. These programs encourage and support research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greek civilization. Read more
Formed in 1964, the year of independence, the University of Malawi promised more than the distant University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland—founded 1952—ever could. A decade and a half later, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, by then Life President of the Republic of Malawi, let it be known to the University that a Department of Classics was to be established—teaching the history and languages of the ancient Mediterranean world at Zomba, on… Read more
On June 13 and 14, 2024, the Center for Hellenic Studies hosted 15 scholars from across the globe to compare their research on one of the most significant discoveries in Greek tragedy in nearly 60 years. Read more
