July 14, 2010
Year’s End for the Regular Academic Program
Mellon Professor Margie Miles wraps up the Regular Program activities for 2010. A season that includes visits to Aigina, Lycia, Sicily — and plenty of cannoli samplings — has to be a very good school season, indeed. The spring also saw the farewell of Carpenter Fellow Denver Graninger.
Read MoreJuly 5, 2010
Αναπληρώτρια Διευθύντρια της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης η Βιβλιοθηκάριος Ειρήνη Σολομωνίδη
Η Βιβλιοθηκάριος Ειρήνη Σολομωνίδη θα εκτελεί χρέη Αναπληρώτριας Διευθύντριας της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από 1 Ιουλίου 2010 έως 30 Ιουνίου 2011
Read MoreJuly 5, 2010
Irini Solomonidi Named Acting Director of the Gennadius Library
Irini Solomonidi will serve as Acting Director of the Gennadius Library from July 1, 2010 until June 30, 2011 as Maria Georgopoulou goes on research leave.
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July 2, 2010
Excavations in the Nezi Field in Ancient Corinth, 2010
Corinth Excavations concluded a fourth season in the Byzantine levels of Nezi Field. Three separate training sessions were held and each session comprised three weeks of excavation followed by a week of study and clean up. Area supervisors once again consisted of student members of the ASCSA.
Read MoreJune 28, 2010
Gennadius Library Honors Rothschild and Opens New Exhibition
On June 7, the Overseers of the Gennadius Library hosted a special evening to benefit the Library and to honor Lord Jacob Rothschild, in conjunction with the opening of "Johannes Gennadius and his World."
Read MoreJune 23, 2010
Λειτουργία Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης κατά τη διάρκεια του καλοκαιριού
Θερινό ωράριο λειτουργίας σε ισχύ από τις 5 Ιουλίου έως τις 28 Αυγούστου
Read MoreJune 4, 2010
Orientalism and Anglo-Irish scholarship 1740-1810 in the Gennadius Library, Athens
The Gennadius Library organized an exhibition of rare books to accompany the symposium on Irish travelers and artists (1740-1810) at the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens.
Read MoreJune 4, 2010
Orientalism and Anglo-Irish scholarship 1740-1810 in the Gennadius Library, Athens
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη συμμετέχει σε συνέδριο σχετικό με την ιρλανδούς περιηγητές και συγγραφείς (1740-1810).
Read MoreMay 25, 2010
Spring News from the Wiener Laboratory
A summary in pictures of the people and events at the Wiener Lab for Spring 2010.
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May 20, 2010
Jack Davis Interviewed on Hellenic Public Radio
In May, Director of the School Jack L. Davis met with Father Eugene Pappas of Hellenic Public Radio to discuss the history and purpose of the ASCSA, the excavations at Ancient Corinth and the Athenian Agora, his excavation findings in Albania, and more. Hear it here.
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May 14, 2010
Noah’s Middle Name
Alumnus William Buffett was a summer session student in 1959. Now 77, the author remembers that summer as the most impressive of his life. Adapted from a forthcoming book of essays, the author relates here how a chance encounter with a Greek blacksmith led to a long association with a family from Andritsina . . .and his son's middle name.
Read MoreMay 6, 2010
Gennadeion Newsletter Now Online
The Spring 2010 edition of Gennadeion News has been mailed to all subscribers and can also be read online and in color here.
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May 4, 2010
Why Attend an ASCSA Summer Session?
Leaders of Summer Session 2009 Eleni Hasaki (University of Arizona) and Timothy F. Winters (Austin Peay State University) reflect on what makes the ASCSA summer sessions such a life-changing, unique program. Certainly experiencing "culture in context" firsthand, outside of textbooks, is the major factor, but there's much more to it as they explain here.
Read MoreMay 4, 2010
New Publication: The Athenian Agora: Site Guide
A new, full-color edition of the site guide has now been published.
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May 3, 2010
From the Archives: Montgomery Sears
A contributor to various historical newsletters, Nancy B. Wilson came across a long-ago ASCSA connection while researching a historically prominent Boston family. Pursuing this lead, she discovered a window on the life and times of School alumnus J. Montgomery Sears, Jr., and the lasting impression the ASCSA made on him and his family.
Read MoreApril 29, 2010
Hesperia 79.1 Now Online
The spring issue of Hesperia is now available online. Articles in the latest issue span the Aegean, from the Peloponnese to Crete to Anatolia, and from earliest prehistory to the Classical period.
Read MoreApril 16, 2010
ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΧΕΙΡΟΓΡΑΦΩΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΤΣΕΧΙΑΣ
Η Πρεσβεία της Τσέχικης Δημοκρατίας στην Ελλάδα και ο Σύλλογος Φίλων Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης οργανώνουν Εκθεση με θέμα την ιστορία των χειρογράφων της Τσεχίας. Στο Basil Room της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, απο τις 22 Απριλίου έως και τις 21 Μαΐου 2010, θα εκτεθούν αναπαραγωγές σημαντικών χειρογράφων απο τις Βιβλιοθήκες της Τσεχίας.
Read MoreApril 16, 2010
Manuscripts in Czech Libraries
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Greece and the Association of Friends of the Gennadius Library organize an Exhibition on the history of Czech Manuscripts. Reproductions of important manuscripts from Czech libraries will be shown at the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library from April 22nd to May 21st, 2010.
Read MoreApril 6, 2010
Wiener Lab Presents Archaeology Under the Microscope
The Wiener Lab conducted its most successful workshop to-date on March 29 entitled "Archaeology under the Microscope: Daily Life in the Past through the Analysis of Organic & Inorganic."
Read MoreApril 6, 2010
Wiener Laboratory Hosts Max Planck Institute Workshop
The Wiener Laboratory hosted a Max Planck Institute for Demographic Workshop (Rostock) on March 15-17, 2010 entitled: “Sex, death and bones: Paleodemography and gender differentials in the Mediterranean World."
Read MoreApril 5, 2010
Videocast: Byzantine Constantinople: Visualizing a City in Transition
The 29th Annual Walton lecture, which is organized in honor of Gennadius Librarian Francis R. Walton, was delivered this year by Professor Robert Ousterhout of the University of Pennsylvania.
Read MoreApril 5, 2010
Videocast: The Afterlives of Classical Temples in Attica
The American School continued its popular Lecture Series in Cotsen Hall on February 9, 2010 with a presentation by the School’s Mellon Professor Margaret M. Miles.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2010
Videocast: Open Meeting of the Work of the School
Could not be in Athens for the School's annual report on its activities? Watch it here.
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March 15, 2010
An Interview with: Maria Georgopoulou
On the occasion of Greek Lent, Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library, had the opportunity to talk about the Library and the American School with Father Eugene Pappas on U.S. radio. Hear it here.
Read MoreMarch 8, 2010
The Gennadius Library Celebrates its Tenth Annual Clean Monday Benefit in New York
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.
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