Research

The Battle of Plataea 2.5K

Taking place 2500 years after the battle of Plataea, this interdisciplinary conference on the battle brings together researchers to examine key problems connected to the battle, its multiple contexts, and its ancient and modern reverberations. Read more

Apply Now: Early Career Fellowships in Hellenic Studies in Greece and Cyprus 2022-23

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 research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greek civilization. Fellowships include a stipend of $12,000 and the opportunity… Read more

Meet the Fall Fellows and Visiting Scholars

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, Homeric epic, lyric poetry, Plato and Aristotle, and Hellenistic literature. While at the CHS, she will be working on her… Read more

CHS GR Event: Gregory Nagy, “Disintegration and Reintegration of Society in Archaic Greek Poetry”

   Please join us on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., in Thessaloniki for the following lecture: “Disintegration and Reintegration of Society in Archaic Greek Poetry” Lecturer: Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of the Classics, Harvard University & Director, Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.), Harvard University Respondent: Keith Stone, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Study of Ancient Texts,… Read more

Apply Now | Fellowships in Comparative Cultural Studies in Greece

Application deadline: February 9, 2017 The CHS offers two research fellowships to Greek Universities’ junior faculty members (Adjunct Lecturers, Lecturers or Assistant Professors) to join the Harvard Summer Program in Greece. The fellowships aim to attract applicants with an academic background strongly related to the disciplines of Humanities and/or Social Sciences. CHS gives preference to those whose application and cover letter suggest that they would be comfortable working in… Read more

Apply Now | Fellowships in Comparative Cultural Studies in Greece

Application deadline: February 9, 2017 The CHS offers two research fellowships to Greek Universities’ junior faculty members (Adjunct Lecturers, Lecturers or Assistant Professors) to join the Harvard Summer Program in Greece. The fellowships aim to attract applicants with an academic background strongly related to the disciplines of Humanities and/or Social Sciences. CHS gives preference to those whose application and cover letter suggest that they would be comfortable… Read more