We are excited to welcome Robert Romanchuk for an Online Open House entitled “Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis.” The event will take place on Friday, April 9 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and will be recorded. You can watch the live-streaming on the Center… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
A 24-hour event featuring performances of every rhapsody of the Odyssey, recorded by students, faculty, and actors around the world. Read more
In Honor of Frank M. Snowden Jr. Friday, February 28, 20209:00am – 5:00pm Overview The Center for Hellenic Studies will host a day-long symposium on prison programming and education, families of the incarcerated, and re-entry and public policy. Schedule 9:00-9:30 – Welcome 9:30-10:45 – Prison Programming and Education Stanley Andrisse,… Read more
Ethnolinguistic Identities and Cultural Contact in Anatolia around 700-330 BC Friday, December 13, 201910:00am-5:00pm Overview Organized by Rostislav Oreshko and hosted by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the workshop on “The Lydians and Their Neighbors” aims to take another look at what constitutes the most inherent and defining features of… Read more
Artist Talk Friday, September 13, 20196:00pm-7:00pm About the Exhibition This exhibition features watercolor illustrations from Gareth Hinds’s graphic novel adaptations of the epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey. Hinds uses traditional and digital media to create vivid depictions of the action and emotion in each epic. His dynamic color… Read more
