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Best Sellers of HUP available online for free!

The CHS team is happy to announce that the following best sellers from Harvard University Press are available online for free at the CHS website!  Averil Cameron Dialoguing in Late Antiquity Christians talked, debated, and wrote dialogues in late antiquity and on throughout Byzantium. Some were philosophical, others more literary, theological, or Platonic. Dialoguing in Late Antiquity takes up a challenge laid down by recent scholars who argue… Read more

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Introducing the 2015-16 Fellows

The CHS is pleased to announce the fellows for the 2015-16 academic year. Fall Term Fellows Peter Agócs (USA) University College London – Talking Song in Early Greek Poetry Rodney Ast (USA) University of Heidelberg – Notaries, Clerks, and Hacks: The Many Writers of Greco-Roman Egypt Francisco Barrenechea (Mexico) University of Maryland, College Park – New Gods, New Devotions: Religious Experience in Aristophanes’ Wealth Joshua Billings (USA) Yale University – Enlightenment on Stage Ermelinda Valentina… Read more

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Forthcoming CHS Publication – Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām

Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām, by M. Rahim Shayegan The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming online publication of Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām, by M. Rahim Shayegan on the CHS website. The work is available for purchase in print via Harvard University Press. Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran… Read more

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Connections: Drugs, Roosters, and Asklepios

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates”(1787), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “The Last Words of Socrates in the Place Where He Died” on H24H Dialogues. In that post he explores the meaning of sacrificing a rooster to Asklepios.  We are happy to share a curated selection of resources designed to help readers explore this topic in greater depth and make new… Read more

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Information Fluency in Classics | A Workshop for Undergraduates

July 7-16, 2015 Application Deadline: May 1, 2015 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce undergraduates to important sources of information for the study of classics and develop their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Workshop participants will also explore the broader landscape of scholarly communication and how it is currently evolving. Through work as individuals and as… Read more

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Information Fluency in Classics | A Workshop for Undergraduates

July 7-16, 2015 Application Deadline: May 1, 2015 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce undergraduates to important sources of information for the study of classics and develop their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Workshop participants will also explore the broader landscape of scholarly communication and how it is currently evolving. Through work as individuals and as… Read more

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CHS Greece Event: Sophia Rhizopoulou, “Colors of flowering plants: from nature in Greece to depiction in painting and nanotechnology”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in Ligourio for the following lecture: “Colors of flowering plants: from nature in Greece to depiction in painting and nanotechnology” Lecturer: Sophia Rhizopoulou, Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Respondent: Dimitris Gkikas, Biologist, Physicist, PhD Candidate in Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Τhe talk will be delivered… Read more

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CHS Open House: ‘Heroism, Charisma, and Legitimate Rule: a Dialogue with Max Weber’, with Nicolas Prevelakis

The Hour 25 community is pleased to welcome Nicolas Prevelakis (Harvard University) for a CHS Open House discussion on ‘Heroism, Charisma, and Legitimate Rule: a Dialogue with Max Weber’, to be held on Thursday, February 26 at 11:00 a.m. EST. We would also like to share the news that Nicolas Prevelakis was recently selected as the “Newsmaker of the Month” by the Greek embassy in Washington… Read more

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Connections for Further Study: Hippolytus, telos, and Bridal Songs

Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s latest commentary about God-Hero Antagonism in the in the Hippolytus of Euripides on the H24H Dialogues website. Below are some resources for additional study inspired by that post. Original texts: Hippolytus of Euripides in Greek on Perseus Phaedra of Seneca in Latin on Perseus Word Study: Results of search for Διὸς θυγάτηρ on Perseus Results of search for … Read more

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Now Available Online – Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures

Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures, edited by Nino Luraghi and Susan E. Alcock The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures, eds. Nino Luraghi and Susan E. Alcock, on the CHS website. The name “Helots” evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system… Read more