The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) is the oldest and largest U.S. overseas research center. A consortium of nearly 200 affiliated North American colleges and universities, the School provides graduate students and scholars a base for the advanced study of all aspects of Greek culture, from antiquity to the present day.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens mourns the passing on September 16th of Charles K. Williams II, former Director of our Corinth Excavations and Chairman of our Board of Trustees.
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The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of a new edition of Gods and Heroes in the Athenian Agora, by John McK. Camp II.
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The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the establishment of the Susan I. Rotroff Research Fellowship through a generous gift from Mark Lawall, Professor of Classics at the University of Manitoba and former Chair of the American School’s Managing Committee.
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The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the naming of a room in the Loring Hall Annex in memory of distinguished archaeologist and longtime member of the American School community James R. Wiseman, who passed away on August 12, 2026.
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Watch the second part of the interview featuring distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classics and expert in Athenian epigraphy, John Traill
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The Gennadius Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of an exceptionally rare eighteenth-century nautical atlas of the Mediterranean, made possible through the generous support of the Overseers of the Gennadeion.
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"Looking at a map of Greece before and after the Regular Member program is the difference between looking at a poem before and after learning the language of its composition. What you see doesn’t change, but the difference in understanding is monumental.”
"My experience here resulted in a dissertation idea that will most likely shape my academic career, and it is a topic that would have never occurred to me had I not participated in the ASCSA program.”
"I use what I learned about history, archaeology, and topography in my teaching every day. The connections I made with archaeologists, historians, and philologists have helped me in my professional endeavors and were crucial to my employment success.”
"The program's greatest strength is the breadth of art, archaeology, material culture that is covered in the course of the regular year. This institution provides the student with exposure to the ancient world; it is truly without peer.”
"[The Gennadius Library Summer Session] is the best-organized summer program that I have ever attended! It is also professionally the most useful one. The variety of texts and topics covered serves as a warrant that every participant will get fresh ideas for their research. The practical skills that are acquired in a single month might well match a year of regular educational programs.”
