Conversation Series on Philosophy and Ideas Date: Friday, October 29, 2021Time: 12:00–1:30pm EDT What can we learn from the Ancients? From astronomical to social phenomena, what do we do when we explain something? What does it mean to say that something is the cause of something else? What are different… Read more
In the 1930s, Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord, two pioneering scholars of oral poetry, conducted adventurous fieldwork in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and northern Albania, collecting singularly important examples of Albanian epic song. Wild Songs, Sweet Songs presents these materials, which have not previously been published, for the first time. Nicola… Read more
Reading Greek Tragedy Online returns with a musical adaptation by J. Landon Marcus and Johanna Warren Read more
Join artist and professor, Allyson Vieira, as she discusses the trajectory of her artistic practice and traces the influence of the ancient world within it. Read more
Explore contemporary artistic responses to ancient Greek culture through a series of presentations by the current cohort of CHS Visiting Artists. Read more
Application deadline: Monday, November 1, 2021Reference letter deadline: Sunday, November 7, 2021 The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) offers two fellowships to postdoctoral researchers based in Greece and Cyprus. The program aims to support researchers whose work requires continued access to material on site (e.g. archives, artifacts, archaeological sites), and to encourage… Read more
The program supports research on topics related to ancient Greek civilization. Read more
Taylor Cassidy As a summer Digital Humanities intern at the CHS, I had anticipated spending a sweltering summer in DC, working on converting XML files to go up on the Perseus Scaife Viewer and enjoying the CHS campus with undergrads from across the country. Covid had… Read more
The CHS welcomes the following Postdoctoral Fellows in Hellenic Studies and Visiting Scholars in Hellenic Studies to its campus for the Fall 2021 semester. Postdoctoral Fellows in Hellenic Studies Afroditi Angelopoulou is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include Greek Drama,… Read more
The CHS Visiting Artist Program facilitates exchange between arts practitioners and researchers and supports contemporary artistic responses to ancient Greek culture. The program offers artists the opportunity to consult with the CHS research community and access its library resources on a short-term basis. The artists also share their work-in-progress; select… Read more
