July 14, 2014
Journey of a Portrait
First it hung on the walls of the American Academy in Rome; then in 1932 it followed its owner, Gorham Phillips Stevens, to Athens where he served as Director of the American School from 1939 to 1947.
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July 11, 2014
Corinth Excavations 2014: End of Season and Google Glass
Monday June 30th marked the end of the third and final training session and the end of the 2014 season in Ancient Corinth. A total of 22 ASCSA students and others participated. In the third session...
Read MoreJuly 8, 2014
Exhibition “Dominicos Theotokopoulos between Venice and Rome”
The Gennadius Library has loaned two rare books with engravings that depict the monastery of St. Catherine's on Mount Sinai.
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Έκθεση “Ο Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος μεταξύ Βενετίας και Ρώμης”
Δύο σπάνια βιβλία με χαρακτικά από τις συλλογές της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης παρουσιάζονται στην έκθεση "Ο Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος μεταξύ Βενετίας και Ρώμης".
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June 11, 2014
VIDEOCAST - Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context
Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context, 29-31 May ASCSA, Cotsen Hall, 9 Anapiron Polemou, 106 76 Athens INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 210-7236313
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June 8, 2014
SYMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF EVELYN B. HARRISON AT THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Held on Saturday, May 10, 2013 2:00-4:00 pm
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May 26, 2014
VIDEOCAST - Margaret M. Miles, “Poseidon’s Net: Sanctuaries and Sea Routes”
"Poseidon's Net: Sanctuaries and Sea Routes" Margaret M. Miles, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, ASCSA; Professor of Art History and Classics, University of California, Irvine
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May 26, 2014
VIDEOCAST - Artemis Leontis,The Alternative Archaeologies of Eva Palmer Sikelianos
The Alternative Archaeologies of Eva Palmer Sikelianos Artemis Leontis, Αν. Καθηγήτρια Νέων Ελληνικών, Πανεπιστήμιο Michigan
Read MoreMay 21, 2014
Corinth Excavations 2014 update
Session 2 of the 2014 excavation season in Ancient Corinth is now well underway with excavators settled into their areas. Experimentation with the video capabilities of Google Glass is adding a new first-person perspective to archaeological recording and outreach.
Read MoreMay 19, 2014
Η σύγχρονη τέχνη εκτός μουσείου, σε ένα χώρο ανοιχτό για όλους
Περισσότερα από 30 έργα σύγχρονης τέχνης σημαντικών Ελλήνων και ξένων καλλιτεχνών παρουσιάζονται σε μία έκθεση με τίτλο "A Thousand Doors".
Read MoreMay 14, 2014
Robert Blegen visits the Blegen Library
Robert D. Blegen, nephew of Carl W. Blegen (son of youngest brother John), visited recently the Blegen Library and the Blegen House on Ploutarchou 9
Read MoreMay 7, 2014
“Roman-era shipwreck reveals ancient medical secrets”
Dr Alain Touwaide is in the Telegraph about his findings about the medications from a Roman wreck. He mentioned this in his Dec. 2012 annual Wiener Lecture
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May 2, 2014
VIDEOCAST - “Reconsidering the Largest EBA Cycladic Cemetery:The Recent Excavations at Chalandriani”
“Reconsidering the Largest EBA Cycladic Cemetery: The Recent Excavations at Chalandriani on Syros Marisa Marthari, Ephor emerita, 21st Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
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April 17, 2014
VIDEOCAST - “Samothrace and the NE Aegean in Prehistory”
“Samothrace and the NE Aegean in Prehistory” Dimitris Matsas, Ephor, 19th Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
Read MoreApril 10, 2014
Hesperia 83.1 Now Online!
Topics in this issue include the Panayia Field at Corinth, the Bellerophon myth in Corinthian art, the archaeobotanical remains of Building Δ at Hellenistic Krania, Antiochos IV’s arrival in Athens, and the Roman-period bronze statuettes found in the Agora.
Read MoreApril 10, 2014
Corinth Excavations 2014 and Google Glass
Regular members of the ASCSA began excavation on April 7 south of the museum and Temple E with the goal to unite the conserved portions of the Frankish area with the ‘plateia’ south of the museum. Google Glass is one exciting addition to the recording system this season.
Read MoreApril 7, 2014
Προκήρυξη για τη συμμετοχή στην Ανοικτή Διαδικασία του διαγωνισμού για το έργο με ΚΩΔ. ΟΠΣ 456994
Προκήρυξη για τη συμμετοχή στην Ανοικτή Διαδικασία του διαγωνισμού για το έργο « ΠΡΟΣΘΗΚΗ ΚΤΙΡΙΟΥ ΔΥΟ ΕΠΙΠΕΔΩΝ ΜΕ ΧΡΗΣΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΙΑΚΟΥ ΧΩΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΣΤΑΣΙΩΝ ΚΑΤ’ΕΠΕΚΤΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΤΕΡΥΓΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΓΕΝΝΑΔΕΙΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗΣ – Α’ ΦΑΣΗ» με ΚΩΔ. ΟΠΣ 456994 του Ε.Π. «Π.Ε.Π» ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ
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April 2, 2014
VIDEOCAST - The Balkan Dimensions of the Origins of the First World War
The Balkan Dimensions of the Origins of the First World War. 33rd Annual Walton Lecture Christopher Clark, Professor of History, University of Cambridge, St. Catharine’s College
Read MoreMarch 31, 2014
Farewell Jan!
Long-time Agora Excavations secretary Jan Jordan retires from the school after 30 years of service.
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March 20, 2014
Research Spotlight: Sebastian Prignitz
During the fall of 2013, Sebastian Prignitz, a scientific researcher at the Inscriptiones Graecae program of the Berlin Academy, was in Athens to work on Greek inscriptions from the epigraphical collection of the Athenian Agora.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2014
33η Ετήσια Διάλεξη Walton
Πλήθος κόσμου παρακολούθησε, την Τρίτη 18 Μαρτίου, την 33η ετήσια διάλεξη προς τιμήν του Francis R. Walton. Εισηγητής ήταν ο καθηγητής Christopher Clark και θέμα της ομιλίας του "The Balkan Dimensions of the Origins of the First World War".
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March 17, 2014
VIDEOCAST - “Building Archaeology: Corinth’s Forgotten Architects”
"Building Archaeology: Corinth’s Forgotten Architects” Kostis Kourelis, Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College, Department of Art and Art History
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March 17, 2014
VIDEOCAST - “Same River, Different Waters: Official Dining in the Agora”
“Same River, Different Waters: Official Dining in the Agora” Ann Steiner, NEH Fellow, ASCSA; Shirley Watkins Steinman Professor of Classics, Franklin & Marshall College
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March 17, 2014
VIDEOCAST-OPEN MEETING
“Work of the School during 2013” and “Rupestral Inscriptions in the Greek World” James C. Wright, Director, ASCSA; Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College Merle Langdon, Research Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; former Mellon Professor, ASCSA
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Kostis Kourelis on the Forgotten Architects of the Corinth Excavations
On March 11th, Professor Kostis Kourelis of Franklin and Marshall College delivered a fascinating lecture about architects who worked for the Corinth excavations from 1903 to 1933.
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