January 31, 2011
Ancient Corinth Featured in Greek TV Series
A new Greek series on SKAI-TV entitled 1821 features Corinth Excavations Director Guy Sanders discussing a 17th-18th c. Christian-Muslim cemetery on the Corinth site.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2011
Exhibition “Abraham Ortelius’ Greece. Maps from Margarita Samourka’s Collection”
Exhibition in the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2011
Έκθεση πρωτότυπων χαρτών του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου από τη Συλλογή Σαμούρκα
Η Ελλάδα του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου μέσα από χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2011
Επιχορήγηση προγράμματος Βυζαντινής Γλώσσας και Γραμματείας της Βιβλιοθήκης από το Ίδρυμα Λεβέντη
Το ίδρυμα Λεβέντη επιχορηγεί το θερινό πρόγραμμα Βυζαντινής Γλώσσας και Γραμματείας της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης για τα έτη 2011 και 2013
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January 26, 2011
Videocast: Η Ελλάδα του Ortelius μέσα από τους χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα
Στις 20 Ιανουαρίου ο Γιώργος Τόλιας του Ινστιτούτου Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών του ΕΙΕ έδωσε διάλεξη στο Cotsen Hall με θέμα Η Ελλάδα του Ορτέλιου μέσα από τους χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2011
Details Announced for Alumni Week
Come celebrate the School's 130th Anniversary! New details have been posted for Alumni Week in Greece, June 3–12, 2011.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2011
Schliemann’s Archaeological Diaries Now Available
Thanks to funding from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Schliemann's archaeological diaries (A 12, A 13, A 14, A15, and A 18) are now available electronically in the Archives.
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January 6, 2011
Videocast: Working in Cotton, Metal and Fayence: Ottoman Artisans in the Early Modern Age
On December 14, 2010, Suraiya Faroqhi, prolific author and currently professor of history at Istanbul's Bilgi University, delivered a riveting lecture on crafts, textiles and guilds in the Ottoman Empire. Watch it here.
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January 5, 2011
Videocast: Exiles in Pisa, 1821. Mavrokordatos the Shelleys and the Greek Revolution
Roderick Beaton, Professor at King's College, London delivered this presentation on December 8 in Cotsen Hall as part of the Gennadeion's lecture series. Watch it in full here.
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January 5, 2011
Videocast: Παλιές και νέες αρχαιολογικές ανακαλύψεις στη Μεσσηνία
Xeni Arapogianni, head of the Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in Kalamata, attracted an enthusiastic audience to Cotsen Hall on December 7, 2010 to learn about recent archaeological discoveries in Messenia.
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January 5, 2011
Videocast: The Quality of Life in Classical Antiquity
How great was life in Ancient Greece anyway? Stanford University Professor Walter Scheidel draws some surprising conclusions in this lecture on November 23 at Cotsen Hall.
Read MoreDecember 30, 2010
Gennadeion Newsletter Now Online
The issue of Gennadeion News for Fall 2010 was recently published and distributed to all members and friends of the Gennadius Library. Read the issue online and in color.
Read MoreDecember 29, 2010
Fall 2010 Issue of ákoue Now Online
The Fall 2010 edition of the School newsletter ákoue can be read online and in color here.
Read MoreDecember 20, 2010
New Research Interface for ASCSA.net
A new web research interface is available on ASCSA.net, and tips on using the online database.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2010
Leventis Foundation Awards Summer Session Program Grant to Gennadius Library
The A.G. Leventis Foundation has generously provided funding for the 2011 and 2013 summer sessions in Medieval Greek at the Library.
Read MoreDecember 2, 2010
SAVE THE DATE: ASCSA CELEBRATES 130th ANNIVERSARY
Preliminary program of events for celebrations during Alumni Week in Greece, June 3-12, 2011
Read MoreNovember 29, 2010
Paper by Christos Kolovos about Dimitri Mitropoulos and Constantinos Kydoniatis
Στο πλαίσιο του συνεδρίου Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος (1896-1960): πενήντα χρόνια μετά. Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών, 12-13 Νοεμβρίου 2010 ο βιολονίστας και μουσικός Χρήστος Ηλ. Κολοβός συμμετείχε στο συνέδριο με την παρακάτω ανακοίνωση «Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος – Κωνσταντίνος Κυδωνιάτης· σχέση άδολης φιλίας, Δασκάλου και μαθητή, Θεού και πιστού. Μια σχέση ζωής». Τον ευχαριστούμε θερμά για την προθυμία του να μας παραχωρήσει αντίγραφο της ομιλίας του.
Read MoreNovember 11, 2010
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη κλειστή στις 25 & 26 Νοεμβρίου 2010
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη θα παραμείνει κλειστή την Πέμπτη 25 και την Παρασκευή 26 Νοεμβρίου 2010
Read MoreNovember 10, 2010
Storage Issues Lead to Excavation of Loring Apotheke
Items currently in the apotheke not claimed by June 2012 will be removed and a new storage policy will be set effective fall 2011.
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November 8, 2010
Roman Sculptural Polychromy at Corinth
Extensive work in the storerooms of the Corinth Museum has identified numerous vestiges of ancient painting and gilding on the Roman marble statues excavated at Corinth by the American School of Classical Studies.
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October 29, 2010
Videocast: A Decent Burial: Commemoration and Community in Roman Corinth
Kathleen Slane, NEH fellow at ASCSA in 2010-11, spoke to a large and enthusiastic audience about the variety of forms of commemoration of death represented at Corinth in Roman times.
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October 28, 2010
Videocast: Οι Φαναριώτες και ο πρώιμος Διαφωτισμός (1680-1780)
A Gennadius Library presentation on October 12 featured Prof. Jacques Bouchard lecturing on the Phanariots and early Enlightenment (in Greek).
Read MoreOctober 26, 2010
Corinth Workrooms Renovated
The main ASCSA workroom at the museum in Ancient Corinth received a facelift in July and September 2010. Photos inside...
Read MoreOctober 25, 2010
Ο μαέστρος που κατέκτησε τις κορυφές
Ο μαέστρος που κατέκτησε τις κορυφές. Άρθρο της Ίσμας Τουλάτου για τον Δημήτρη Μητρόπουλο στο ΒΗΜΑ, Κυριακή 17 Οκτωβρίου 2010
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