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Blegen Library closed on March 25th
03/11/2010
The Blegen Library will be closed to visitors on Thursday 25 March in observance of the national holiday.
Donations to the Blegen Library
03/11/2010
The Blegen Library gratefully acknowledges the generous donation of the following publications.
The Gennadius Library Celebrates its Tenth Annual Clean Monday Benefit in New York
03/08/2010
The Ambassador of Greece to the U.S. and over 120 friends of the Gennadius Library celebrated the Tenth Annual Clean Monday Benefit on February 15 at Molyvos in New York City.
Donald R. Laing Finding Aid Online
03/08/2010
The Donald R. Laing Papers consist of material related to his time as member of ASCSA Managing Committee (1964-1994), Publications Committee (1969-1976) and Summer Sessions of 1957, 1965, 1976, 1987. The Laing Papers were sent to the ASCSA in 2009 by the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies of the Ohio State University.
The Ali Pasha Papers Published
03/03/2010
The Gennadius Library is happy to announce the full publication of the Ali Pasha Papers in a four-volume catalogue, the product of a 30-year-long project, under the auspices of the Center of Modern Greek Studies of the National Research Foundation.
Kress Funds Coin Project at Corinth
02/26/2010
The Kress Foundation has generously provided funding for cataloging and photography of Corinth Excavations' coin study collection. The study collection consists of about 3,000 coins that date between 550 B.C. and modern times and it reflects many of the best examples of coin types recovered during the long history of excavation at Corinth.
Agora and Corinth Partner for Online Excavation Databases
02/12/2010
The staff of the Athenian Agora and Corinth Excavations has been collaborating to bring their vast electronic resources together in a single online interface. These databases provide a valuable research tool for scholars far beyond Athens and Corinth. They are available at ascsa.net.
Hesperia Volume 78:4, 2009 Available
02/04/2010
The final 2009 issue of Hesperia, the Journal of the ASCSA, is now online.
Plakias Survey Finds Mesolithic and Palaeolithic Artifacts on Crete
02/01/2010
While claims for pre-Neolithic artifacts on Crete have been made for decades, the Plakias Survey has become the first project to identify Mesolithic and Palaeolithic artifacts in datable geologic contexts, perhaps indicating the earliest seafaring activity in the Mediterranean.
Rebecca C. Robinson [1924-2009]
01/26/2010
Rebecca Cooper Wood Robinson, a former School Member and wife of ASCSA and Corinth Excavation Director Henry Robinson passed away on December 7, 2009.
American School Awarded NEH Challenge Grant
01/21/2010
ASCSA has been awarded a prestigious Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for $578,750. The School must raise a three-to-one match to the NEH grant or about $1.8 million, which will support improvements and renovations to the School’s two world-renowned humanities research libraries.
Gennadeion Book Inventory in February
01/20/2010
Book inventory will keep the Gennadius Library closed to the public on February 22 - 27, 2010.
A Birthday for Loring Hall
01/05/2010
Birthday Cake with Pumpkin Pie! On Thursday, November 26, more than 100 members, staff, and friends of ASCSA gathered in Loring Hall to celebrate Thanksgiving and Loring Hall's 80th Birthday.
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Exhibition on the Art of Schoolbooks (1860-1960)
01/05/2010
The Gennadius Library has lent materials from its children's books collection and its Archives to the exhibition Authors and Artists of Schoolbooks (1860-1960)
New Fellowship for Research in Corinth
12/23/2009
The School announces the inauguration of the Henry S. Robinson Fellowship starting in 2010-11, to encourage research at the ASCSA excavations at Ancient Corinth.
New Publication: Archaeologies of Cult
12/18/2009
Intended as a tribute to a pioneer in the field of Cretan cult study, 28 of Geraldine Gesell's former students and colleagues present aspects of ritual and religion on Crete.
Friends of the Gennadius Library to Celebrate Clean Monday in New York City, February 15, 2010
12/11/2009
Save the date! The Library's Tenth Annual Clean Monday celebration will be held at Molyvos in New York City
School Director Lectures at the University of Ioannina
12/11/2009
ASCSA Director Jack Davis presented the second lecture ("Greeks in the Adriatic: What, When, and Why?") in a new series at the University of Ioannina in November.
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12/04/2009
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“Big Digs Go Digital” Conference Explores Collaborations
11/19/2009
Representatives of the German Archaeological Institute and the ASCSA convened in Athens and Corinth November 4-7 to discuss problems in information technology as they pertain to large-scale excavations.
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