Scholars-in-Training Summer Program: Info Sessions
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
Archive
Now Accepting Program Proposals!
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
New Exhibit: Animals in Antiquity
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
Now Accepting Applications: Scholars-in-Training Summer Program
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
Visit by the Minister of Culture of Greece
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
A CHS Library Rare Book Event in Honor of John Van Sickle
19 March 2026, 6:00 pm ET
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, Deborah Blocker (Berkeley) and Anthony Grafton (Princeton) will discuss rare books donated by John Van Sickle. Read more
Martha Graham’s Radical Retellings of Greek Myth
31 March 2026, 6:30 pm ET
On Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 6:30 p.m., Nina Papathanasopoulou (CYA Athens) examines Graham’s engagement with Greek myth and with the ancient sources that served as her inspiration. Read more
Tragedy Today
16 April 2026, 6:30 pm ET
On Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., please join us for an episode of Ancient Greece Today, a new podcast to be launched by CHS in Spring 2026! Hosted by Naomi Weiss (Professor of the Classics, Harvard University). Read more
Regarding Penelope: From Character to Poetics, Second Edition
A coy tease, enchantress, adulteress, irresponsible mother, hard-hearted wife—such are the possible images of Penelope that Homer playfully presents to listeners and readers of the Odyssey, and that his narration ultimately contradicts or fails to confirm. In this updated and expanded second edition of Regarding Penelope, Nancy Felson explores the relationship between Homer’s construction of Penelope and his more general approach to poetic production and reception. Felson begins by considering Penelope as… Read more
Call for Contributions: “Humanities in the Text”
Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) and the École Normale Supérieure – Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (ENS–PSL) are pleased to invite researchers to contribute to the program “Humanities in the Text.” Initiated by ENS–PSL with the support of the École Universitaire de recherche Translitterae, and organized in collaboration with the French Ministry of Education and Youth, CNARELA, and APLAES, and now supported by CHS, this program seeks to create a digital anthology of Greek and… Read more