November 7, 2011
James R. McCredie Recipient of 2012 Aristeia Award
The Aristeia Award Committee is pleased to announce that James McCredie will be the recipient of the 2012 Aristeia Award, which honors alumni/ae who have provided exceptional service to the ASCSA and have contributed in extraordinary ways to the School's mission in teaching, research, archaeological exploration, or publication.
Read MoreNovember 7, 2011
ASCSA Announces the Appointment of James C. Wright as Next Director
A Bryn Mawr College Professor and Chair of its Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology has been named the next Director of the American School starting July 1, 2012.
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November 6, 2011
Academic Program Notes for 2011
Mellon Professor Margie Miles reports that the third trip of the academic year was conducted in glorious weather. This year's Members have been lucky in that things usually out of view have been fortuitously made available to the group.
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November 6, 2011
Fall Trip to the Peloponnese: Academic Program Notes for 2011
School Director Jack Davis led the second trip of the academic year through the Deep Peloponnese. Here he gives a trip overview on this area of Greece, where the diversity and historical range of the places visited surprises even those acquainted with the area.
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November 4, 2011
Videocast: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης. Στοιχεία μιας ποιητικής ταυτότητας
Poet Ioulita Iliopoulou gave this lecture on October 19, 2011 in Cotsen Hall on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the poet and painter Odysseus Elytis. Watch it now. (Lecture in Greek)
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November 4, 2011
Videocast: Recent Prehistoric Finds at the Costa Navarino Resort in Messenia
Jörg Rambach (ΛΗ’ ΕΠΚΑ) presented the first ASCSA Director's Series lecture of the season with his talk on prehistory in the Peloponessos. Watch it here.
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November 3, 2011
Research Spotlight: Hellenistic Pottery from Corinth
Hellenistic material from many years of excavations at Corinth by the American School of Classical Studies formed the basis of Sarah James' dissertation on Corinthian Hellenistic fine wares.
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School Director Lectures at Greek Consulate in NYC
On October 26, Jack Davis spoke to a crowded house at the Consulate General of Greece in New York where his lecture shed light on a little-known period — life in the Peloponnese under the Turks.
Read MoreOctober 20, 2011
Meet the Agora Team of 2011
The number of workers at the Agora swell in summer as excavation volunteers and conservation interns join staff. Meet the intrepid workers of 2011.
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October 18, 2011
Research Spotlight: Fellows Experiment with Digital Modeling at the Agora
Stamps on ancient ceramic containers have been documented and studied for decades through traditional methods, such as drawings, paper rubbings and photography. Chavdar Tzochev and Katie Simon are exploring the possibility of applying a new technology, which may leave the traditional means in the past.
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October 13, 2011
Clean Monday Event Announced for 2012
UPDATED! The Gennadius Library's Clean Monday celebration in New York City will have a change of venue this year to Kellari Taverna and will be held on February 27, 2012. Festivities begin at 6:30 pm. and feature great food for the Lenten season, an auction, music and dancing! Read details here.
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October 12, 2011
Videocast: “Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library”
On October 11, 2011 there was the Book Presentation of Gennadeion Monograph VI: “Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library,”
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October 7, 2011
Videocast: The Americans and the Greeks, 1949-1959
On April 12, 2011, Evanthis Hatzivassiliou (University of Athens) delivered the Archives lecture, "The Americans and the Greeks, 1949-1959: Intervention and Modernization."
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October 7, 2011
Videocast: Animals in the Agora
On April 5, 2011, Malcolm Wiener Visiting Research Professor Michael MacKinnon (University of Winnipeg) delivered the lecture, "Animals in the Agora: Reconstructing Cultural Life in Ancient Athens from Zooarchaeological Remains."
Read MoreOctober 6, 2011
Dimitry Levidis Papers: Electronic Catalog Available
The catalog for the musical scores of composer Dimitry Levidis (1886-1951) is now available electronically through the American School's web page.
Read MoreOctober 4, 2011
School’s 2011-2012 Lecture Season Announced
The American School is pleased to announce its schedule of lectures for the 2011-2012 academic year. The series will cover a broad range of topics, from prehistoric finds in Messenia to women in Mt. Athos, and from Athens economics to a lecture by Patrick Leigh Fermor's biographer.
Read MoreOctober 4, 2011
Frederick A. Cooper [1936–2011]
Professor, archaeologist and beloved member of the School community, Fred Cooper died on Sunday, September 25.
Read MoreOctober 4, 2011
Kostis Palamas Letters on Display
Professor Agne Vlavianou Arvanite has donated to the Archives of the Gennadius Library a small number of letters from poet Kostis Palamas to Nikos Fandrides, as well as books given to Fandrides by Kostis Palamas.
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September 22, 2011
First Trail of the Proposed Parrhasian Heritage Park Now Open
Managing Committee member and co-director of the Mt. Lykaion excavation David Romano reports that on July 30, 2011, the first trail of the proposed Parrhasian Heritage Park of the Peloponnesos was opened between Ano Karyes (Arcadia) and Neda (Messenia). The Park will protect the area of Mt. Lykaion but will also extend to protect and unify many other ancient cities and sanctuaries in the region.
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ASCSA and Cultural Society of Chora Bestow Honors
ASCSA and the Cultural Society of Chora presented commemorative certificates to nearly fifty members of the community in recognition of the role they or members of their family had played in excavations of the "Palace of Nestor."
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2011
Wiener Laboratory in the News
Kathimerini reporter Christina Sanoudou interviews Wiener Laboratory researchers.
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August 31, 2011
School Director visits Australia
August is vacation time, but for School Director Jack Davis and wife Shari Stocker a trip Down Under served as a working vacation. The pair traveled to the Antipodes as guests of the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens to participate in the Institute's Visiting Lecturer program. The indefatigable Professor Davis delivered 30 lectures in 9 cities while there.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2011
Hesperia 80.2 Now Online
The latest issue contains articles ranging from the Mycenaean to the Roman period, addressing topics as diverse as LBA ceramics from the Peloponnese, the reminting of silver coinage in Athens, the leasing of sacred land in the 4th c. B.C., and the evolving character of a Roman road at Corinth. Subscribers can read the issue on JSTOR, Hesperia’s new online home.
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July 19, 2011
About Edward Capps
Edward Capps was one of the luminaries of the American School, and many recognize him as the "Second Founder of the School." This summer the great-nephew of Edward Capps came to Athens to remember the Capps legacy.
Read MoreJuly 18, 2011
U.S. and Greece Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Reduce the Incentive for Looting Artifacts
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Stavros Lambrinidis signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17, 2011 to reduce the incentive for further pillage of Greece's cultural heritage.
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