In January, fifteen Harvard undergraduates stayed on the CHS campus during the 2026 Wintersession on Global Democracy and Citizenship. Over a week, students visited embassies, research centers, and congressional offices. Read more
Please join us on Tuesday, February 10 for three hybrid research presentations by our 2025–2026 Predoctoral Fellows. Read more
Join us on February 6 at 11:30 a.m. EST for a hybrid presentation by Giannis Perperidis, the 2025–2026 CHS Fellow in AI Ethics. Read more
This late February workshop asks how our interpretation of Greek and Roman literary texts might change when we imagine them performed aloud by enslaved readers. By invitation only. Read more
Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) is offering three virtual sessions to inform the public about our Scholars-in-Training Summer program. Read more
Deadline: March 1, 2026 for events taking place in September 2026 or later. The CHS is now accepting program proposal for Fall 2026 or later! Our program proposals follow an annual cycle that closes in the spring. The CHS will review proposals with the goal of determining the feasibility of the project. Of primary importance for the CHS will be whether the role of the CHS in the project is:… Read more
Modern classical scholarship has only recently begun to examine the subject of animals in antiquity (along with research on women, “barbarians,” slaves, disabled people, and other “marginal” groups). This in spite of the fact that animals abound in ancient art and literature. In ancient Egypt, animals were worshiped as deities. In ancient Greece, they were the companions or theomorphic stand-ins for gods and goddesses. Ancient authors from Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch,… Read more
This initiative offers an exciting opportunity for high school students from the DMV area who are interested in exploring the humanities through the study of Greco-Roman antiquity. Read more
On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the CHS was honored to host Dr. Lina Mendoni, the Minister of Culture of Greece for "An Evening on Greek Cultural Heritage: Preservation, Repatriation, and the Future." Read more
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, Deborah Blocker (Berkeley) and Anthony Grafton (Princeton) will discuss rare books donated by John Van Sickle. Read more
