Programs
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers graduate students an unparalleled immersion into the sites and monuments of Greek civilization. The School also affords many facilities, resources, activities, and other programs for scholars, teachers, and undergraduate students.
*NEW* Greek Palaeography Course for 2025/2026 Winter-term (November through January) Hybrid, non-credit seminar, with the generous support of Dumbarton Oaks
Application deadline: April 15, 2025
Core Programs
Academic Year Program
Full academic year program (the Regular Member Program) offering advanced graduate students, from a variety of fields, an intensive survey of the art, archaeology, history, and topography of Greece, from antiquity to the present. Students receive comprehensive training through visits to archaeological sites and museums, as well as in seminars. Excavations training program at Ancient Corinth also included. Enrollment: 15 to 20 students
Individual Research
Acceptance of Membership at the School is a prerequisite for students or scholars wishing to make use of the facilities outside normal visiting hours.
Undergraduate Readership
The ASCSA is undertaking a three-year pilot program creating a category of Visiting Undergraduate Reader (VUR) for undergraduate students from Cooperating Institutions. This status shall provide limited-term, daytime access to the School’s libraries and archives. There is no cost to the students for VUR.
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Agora Excavation Summer Volunteer Program
Allows students to excavate in the Athenian Agora, in the heart of modern Athens. The excavation season is eight weeks each summer (early June to early August), five days a week.
Archaeological Conservation Summer Internships
The Excavations Conservation Laboratory offers Internships giving students an opportunity to treat freshly excavated archaeological finds and to participate in an active on-site conservation laboratory.
Corinth Excavation Participation
The Corinth Excavations of the American School are looking for advanced graduate students to serve as supervisors during the spring 2025 field season.
Summer Travel-Study Programs
Summer Session
June 16 to July 30, 2025
The Summer Session is a six week intensive introduction to the sites, museums, and monuments of Greece with onsite learning. Open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, as well as to high school and college instructors. Enrollment: 20 participants.
Summer Seminars
People and Places of Ancient Philosophy (June 9 to June 27, 2025) & Settlers and Traders: Corinth and Its Apoikiai in W. Greece and S. Albania (July 3 to July 21, 2025)
Two on-site seminar offerings. Each 18-day session focuses on specific topics led by internationally known scholars, and visit major monuments and sites. Topics change each year. Enrollment, each seminar: 20 participants.
Summer Archaeological Science Courses
Ancient DNA Course
An intensive week-long course to introduce participants to methods and applications in ancient DNA (aDNA) research. The main objectives are to offer a theoretical and basic technical training in the analysis and interpretation of aDNA data through lectures, seminars and interactive hands-on practical sessions. By the end of the course, participants will be familiar with most aspects of aDNA research and the different insights aDNA can offer into the past. Enrollment: 16 participants
Bioarchaeology Course
An intensive week-long course in bioarchaeology to introduce participants to the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological settings. The objective of the course is to familiarize participants with the study of human remains and the diverse information they can offer about life and death in the past. Enrollment: 12
Site Formation, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology Course
A week-long field school focused on archaeological context, geoarchaeology, and material sciences. Students will participate in the excavation. Through field observations, on-site laboratory analysis, and lectures, students will learn about archaeological sediments and deposits, as well as gain experience to understand site formation processes. Enrollment: 12 participants
Micromorphology Course
The intensive week-long course will primarily focus on deciphering site formation processes and micro-stratigraphy. Students will receive instruction in optical mineralogy, description of micromorphological thin sections, and analysis of soil fabrics and sedimentary microstructures. Enrollment: 9 participants
Gennadius Library Medieval Greek Summer Session
Summer 2025
A month-long program in intermediate level Medieval Greek language and philology at the Gennadius Library, with site and museum trips. Graduate students and professors from any university worldwide may apply. Held every other year. Enrollment: 12 participants
Greek Palaeography Course
Texts, Manuscripts, Editions:
Greek Palaeography, the Transmission of Texts, and Textual Criticism
2025/2026 Winter-term (November through January) Hybrid, non-credit seminar, with the generous support of Dumbarton Oaks.
This new course is an introduction to post-classical Greek book culture (4th – 16th c. CE), the study of Greek literary scripts from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance, the transmission history of Greek texts, and the theories and techniques of textual criticism.
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Teaching and Educational Resources
Explore our educational resources to learn more about the Athenian Agora and Ancient Corinth, from archaeological fieldwork, to ancient society and modern Greece.
Discover photos, videos, and curriculum for Kindergarten through 12th grade from our educational programs.
All educational programs and resources are offered by the ASCSA free of charge.
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Fellowships to Support Study at the School
The ASCSA has over 25 fellowships available to Graduate students, as well as Post-Doctoral and established scholars. Deadlines: Various
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Would you like to apply to lead a summer program?
If you are a scholar who is interested in leading a Summer Seminar or the Summer Session, click here to link to more information about open positions.
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