A Corinthian Summer: Work and Research During 2012

December 11, 2012

A Corinthian Summer: Work and Research During 2012

Corinth Excavations Assistant Director Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Corinth Excavations’ busy, fascinating, and productive summer, with help from some of the many scholars who were on hand during 2012.

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VIDEOCAST: Mapping the Ancient Environment: The Contribution of Manuscripts and Texts

December 11, 2012

VIDEOCAST: Mapping the Ancient Environment: The Contribution of Manuscripts and Texts

Mapping the Ancient Environment: The Contribution of Manuscripts and Texts Speaker Alain Touwaide, Smithsonian Institution

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VIDEOCAST: Picturing Anatolia: The Photographs of John Henry Haynes

December 11, 2012

VIDEOCAST: Picturing Anatolia: The Photographs of John Henry Haynes

Picturing Anatolia: The Photographs of John Henry Haynes Speaker Robert Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania

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December 11, 2012

Plants in Archaeology

On the 3rd and 4th of December the Wiener Laboratory hosted a workshop entitled "Plants in Archaeology", including lectures, a visit to the Mediterranean Garden Society and a presentation at the Gennadius Library by Dr. Alain Touwaide.

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December 7, 2012

Latest Edition of Gennadeion News

The Fall 2012 issue of the Gennadius Library's newsletter is ready for reading online.

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December 6, 2012

New Publication on Schliemann

Heinrich Schliemann's diary (A1) from his first European travel has been recently published under the title WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THE QUEEN.

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December 5, 2012

Annual Reports Now Online

The School's annual reports covering the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 are now available to read here.

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December 5, 2012

Χρηματοδότηση του Προγράμματος ‘Turning-the-Pages’ από το Ίδρυμα Νιάρχου

Το βραβευμένο Σύστημα Διαχείρισης Περιεχομένου ‘Turning-the-Pages’ στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη

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December 4, 2012

Niarchos Foundation awards grant to the Gennadius Library for digital presentation of its treasures

Turning-the-Pages technology at the Gennadius Library thanks to the Niarchos Foundation.

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VIDEOCAST:Archaeology,the longue durée,and regional histories:5,000 years of settlement in the Nemea

November 30, 2012

VIDEOCAST:Archaeology,the longue durée,and regional histories:5,000 years of settlement in the Nemea

VIDEOCAST: Archaeology, the longue durée, and regional histories: 5,000 years of settlement in the Nemea Valley

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November 30, 2012

Class of 2012-13: Exploring the Greek World Far and Wide

Subjects both literary and material have been occupying this year’s School Members, whose wide-ranging research topics (shown below, along with members’ institutions and fellowships held) illustrate the breadth and depth of scholarship at the ASCSA.

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November 20, 2012

Exhibition “Picturing Anatolia. The Photographs of John Henry Haynes”

The opening of the exhibition took place on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 8:00p.m. A colloquium "Anatolia Revisited, 1821-1922. Archaeological Explorations & the Legacy of Greece" was held in Cotsen Hall from 2-7p.m.

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Kenchreai, Eastern Port of Corinth: Discoveries from the Excavations on Koutsongila

November 16, 2012

Kenchreai, Eastern Port of Corinth: Discoveries from the Excavations on Koutsongila

Excavation Co-Directors Joe Rife and Elena Korka issue a full report on ASCSA-affiliated excavations at Kenchreai. Digging during 2007-2009 produced many important discoveries including lavish buildings perhaps representing a residential quarter; a ritual-structure and pyre debris on the slope above the town; a sprawling cemetery; and a Late Antique octagonal building of great significance.

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Autumn in Central Greece

November 13, 2012

Autumn in Central Greece

Mellon Professor Margie Miles continues to file trip reports for the benefit of our armchair travelers that follow the Academic program. In this program note, Prof. Miles gives us a breakdown of the late October trip to central Greece.

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November 12, 2012

Q&A with Ron Stroud

2008–09 Regular Member Katie Rask contacted Ron Stroud in 2010 to do an informal Q&A with Professor Stroud about his early memories of coming to the School in 1959, excerpted here.

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Ron Stroud Named Recipient of 2013 Aristeia Award

November 12, 2012

Ron Stroud Named Recipient of 2013 Aristeia Award

Ron Stroud, Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages and Literature Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Aristeia Award for Distinguished Alumni/ae of the ASCSA. Read the news along with his recollections of being a student in Greece in 1959.

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November 9, 2012

ASCSA Publication Wins 2013 Wiseman Award

The Symposium in Context: Pottery from a Late Archaic House near the Athenian Agora (Hesperia Supplement 46), by Kathleen Lynch, has won the 2013 James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America.

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VIDEOCAST-Molly Greene με θέμα «1453: How Important Was It?».

November 2, 2012

VIDEOCAST-Molly Greene με θέμα «1453: How Important Was It?».

VIDEOCAST-Molly Greene με θέμα «1453: How Important Was It?».

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VIDEOCAST-Molly Greene, Princeton University, “1453: How Important Was It?”

November 2, 2012

VIDEOCAST-Molly Greene, Princeton University, “1453: How Important Was It?”

Molly Greene, Princeton University, “1453: How Important Was It?” 32nd Annual Walton lecture

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VIDEOCAST-William Murray, The Age of Titans: Great Ships of the Hellenistic Monarchs

October 22, 2012

VIDEOCAST-William Murray, The Age of Titans: Great Ships of the Hellenistic Monarchs

The Age of Titans: Great Ships of the Hellenistic Monarchs William Murray, University of South Florida

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Fall Trips Begin in Summer Weather

October 12, 2012

Fall Trips Begin in Summer Weather

Mellon Professor Margie Miles returns with her reports on the academic program trips. First up, the trip to western and northern Greece (with slideshow).

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VIDEOCAST-Αρχαία Κόρινθος,Φενεός,Τενέα: Tα πρόσφατα ευρήματα Κωνσταντίνος Κίσσας

October 10, 2012

VIDEOCAST-Αρχαία Κόρινθος,Φενεός,Τενέα: Tα πρόσφατα ευρήματα Κωνσταντίνος Κίσσας

Αρχαία Κόρινθος, Φενεός, Τενέα: τα πρόσφατα ευρήματα Κωνσταντίνος Κίσσας, ΛΖ’ ΕΠΚΑ

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October 9, 2012

Site of Ayia Irini in Kea Celebrated

On August 5, 2012, archaeologists and the local community of Kea, Greece came together to celebrate over half a century of archaeological research at Ayia Irini.

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October 3, 2012

ASCSA Announces Events and Lectures for 2012-13

In 2012-13 the ASCSA offers an exciting and varied event program mixing lectures, exhibits, demonstrations, and colloquia that will appeal to diverse audiences. Download the brochure here.

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October 3, 2012

Nashville Parthenon Subject of Lecture at Columbia

Barbara Tsakirgis, Associate Professor of Classics and History of Art at Vanderbilt University, and Vice Chair of the ASCSA Managing Committee spoke to a capacity crowd at Columbia University on “The Athens of the South: William Bell Dinsmoor and the Design of the Nashville Parthenon.”

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