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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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.
Read MoreDecember 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.
Read MoreDecember 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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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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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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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.
Read MoreNovember 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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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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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.
Read MoreNovember 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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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.
Read MoreNovember 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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Read MoreOctober 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.
Read MoreOctober 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.”
Read MoreOctober 2, 2012
Το αρχείο του Βαγγέλη Ραπτόπουλου στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη
Ο συγγραφέας Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος δώρησε μέρος του αρχείου του στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη. Έχοντας χαρακτηρισθεί ως "ο πιο δημιουργικός, ο πιο παθιασμένος συγγραφέας της γενιάς του," ο Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος είναι ο πρώτος από τη γενιά του '80 που εμπιστεύθηκε το προσωπικό του αρχείο ("τα πρώτα τριάντα χρόνια," όπως χαρακτηριστικά μας είπε) στα Αρχεία της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, για να πάρει θέση δίπλα στα αρχεία της "Γενιάς του '30" αλλά και σε αυτά του Τάκη Σινόπουλου και του Βασίλη Βασιλικού, από τις μεταπολεμικές λογοτεχνικές γενιές. Τον ευχαριστούμε.
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2012
Author Vangelis Raptopoulos Donates His Papers to the Gennadius Library
Author Vangelis Raptopoulos donated his papers to the Gennadius Library in September 2012. Characterized as “the most creative, the most passionate writer of his generation,” he is the first author from the 1980's literary generation who has trusted a significant part of his personal archive ("thirty years of creation," as he said) to the Archives of the Gennadius Library. We are grateful to him for his generous decision.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2012
Πρόγραμμα ΣΤΟΥΔΙΤΗΣ
Το πρόγραμμα ΣΤΟΥΔΙΤΗΣ. Μελέτη και δημιουργία Βυζαντινών Βιβλιοδεσιών
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