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.
Read MoreMarch 8, 2010
Η έκδοση του Αρχείου του Αλή Πασά
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη με ιδιαίτερη χαρά ανακοινώνει την έκδοση του ολοκληρωμένου τετράτομου καταλόγου της Συλλογής Αλή Πασά, υπό την αιγίδα του Κέντρου Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών.
Read MoreMarch 8, 2010
Donald R. Laing Finding Aid Online
The Donald R. Laing Papers consist of material related to his time as member of ASCSA Managing Committee (1964-1994), Publications Committee (1969-1976) and Summer Sessions of 1957, 1965, 1976, 1987. The Laing Papers were sent to the ASCSA in 2009 by the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies of the Ohio State University.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2010
The Ali Pasha Papers Published
The Gennadius Library is happy to announce the full publication of the Ali Pasha Papers in a four-volume catalogue, the product of a 30-year-long project, under the auspices of the Center of Modern Greek Studies of the National Research Foundation.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2010
Kress Funds Coin Project at Corinth
The Kress Foundation has generously provided funding for cataloging and photography of Corinth Excavations' coin study collection. The study collection consists of about 3,000 coins that date between 550 B.C. and modern times and it reflects many of the best examples of coin types recovered during the long history of excavation at Corinth.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2010
Ancient Corinth’s Peirene Fountain in the News
White Horse Studios produced a miniature depiction of the fountain of Peirene that was the Blue Ribbon Winner and Best in Show at the Philadelphia Flower Show in Miniature Settings Class. See photos of the miniature and the two news stories included on that page.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2010
Agora and Corinth Partner for Online Excavation Databases
The staff of the Athenian Agora and Corinth Excavations has been collaborating to bring their vast electronic resources together in a single online interface. These databases provide a valuable research tool for scholars far beyond Athens and Corinth. They are available at ascsa.net.
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February 10, 2010
Η ομιλία Walton και στη Θεσσαλονίκη
Η 29η ομιλία Walton έφερε τον καθηγητή Robert Ousterhout του Πανεπιστημίου της Pennsylvania στην Αθήνα και στη Θεσσαλονίκη
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2010
Επιχορήγηση για την ανακαίνιση των βιβλιοθηκών της Αμερικανικής Σχολής
Η Αμερικανική Σχολή έλαβε από το Εθνικό Κληροδότημα για τις Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες των Η.Π.Α. σημαντική επιχορήγηση (Challenge Grant) για την ανακαίνιση των βιβλιοθηκών της
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2010
Εκδηλώσεις για τον εορτασμό των 40 χρόνων από το θάνατο του Στράτη Μυριβήλη
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη τιμά τη μνήμη του Στράτη Μυριβήλη
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2010
Hesperia Volume 78:4, 2009 Available
The final 2009 issue of Hesperia, the Journal of the ASCSA, is now online.
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