ASCSA Newsletter

April 22, 2015

Rare Photos of Loring Hall from 1931

Surfing the catalog of Lucy Shoe Meritt’s papers in the Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, I came across information about Loring Hall among the visual materials.

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April 21, 2015

Students from Athens University visiting the ASCSA Archives

Φοιτητές του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών

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April 17, 2015

Karl Henning and Heinrich Schliemann

In the Heinrich Schliemann Papers in the Archives of the Gennadius Library, there are four letters preserved from the correspondence between these two learned men: three from Karl Henning and one from Schliemann.

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April 15, 2015

Schliemann’s Calypso

What does Schliemann have to do with the beginnings of Classical Archaeology at the University of Basel in Switzerland?

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April 6, 2015

Technical considerations and methodology for creating high-resolution, color-corrected photomosaics

"Technical considerations and methodology for creating high-resolution, color-corrected, and georectified photomosaics of stratigraphic sections at archaeological sites." Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Lab, has co-authored this recent paper published in Journal of Archaeological Science

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April 6, 2015

Revisiting Kokkinopilos: Middle Pleistocene radiometric dates for stratified archaeological remains

Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Lab, has co-authored this recent paper published in Journal of Archaeological Science

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VIDEOCAST - Why we love and fear philia:The challenges of writing about friendship

April 6, 2015

VIDEOCAST - Why we love and fear philia:The challenges of writing about friendship

Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University, Department of Classics

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March 31, 2015

Hesperia 84.1 Now Online!

Topics in this issue include an analysis of Mycenaean Achaia, domestic space in Greek houses, a study of IG I3 254 and the Rural Dionysia in Ikarion, and the Shear Painted Tomb at Corinth.

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March 26, 2015

Fitch-Wiener Seminar: Dr. Papayianni

"The microfauna from the Aegean Bronze Age: indirect evidence for human impact on the natural environment"

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March 18, 2015

Περίπατος στην Αθήνα του Όθωνα με τον Νίκο Νικολαΐδη

Παράλληλες εκδηλώσεις, έκθεση «Οθωμανική Αθήνα, 1458-1833»: Στις 15 Μαρτίου πραγματοποιήθηκε περίπατος με θέμα "Η Αθήνα του Όθωνα: Από την οθωμανική στη νεοκλασική πόλη" με τον Νίκο Νικολαΐδη που εκπονεί τη διατριβή του στο Τμήμα Τουρκικών και Σύγχρονων Ασιατικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.

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VIDEOCAST-Schliemann’s Language:Insights from Cataloguing Languages in Schliemann’s Travel 1846-1890

March 16, 2015

VIDEOCAST-Schliemann’s Language:Insights from Cataloguing Languages in Schliemann’s Travel 1846-1890

LAASA, the association of Lady Ambassadors and Ambassadors’ Spouses in Athens, presented the results of their Schliemann Project in Cotsen Hall, the auditorium of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA).

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VIDEOCAST - “Work of the ASCSA during 2014”&“Archaeology,History and Science: a Microscopic Approach

March 15, 2015

VIDEOCAST - “Work of the ASCSA during 2014”&“Archaeology,History and Science: a Microscopic Approach

OPEN MEETING - “Work of the ASCSA during 2014” & “Archaeology, History and Science: a Microscopic Approach” James C. Wright, Director of ASCSA; Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College and Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, M. H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, ASCSA

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Speaking Schliemann’s Language

March 13, 2015

Speaking Schliemann’s Language

“Speaking Schliemann’s Language: Insights from Cataloguing Languages in Schliemann’s Travel Diaries, 1846-1890"

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March 13, 2015

GIS session

Dr. Calla McNamee, presented on March 10 & March 17, two sessions on GIS.

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Friends of the Gennadius Library Gather for Kathara Deftera at The Water Club

March 9, 2015

Friends of the Gennadius Library Gather for Kathara Deftera at The Water Club

Friends of the Gennadius Library enjoyed warmth and good cheer at The Water Club on February 23rd for the 15th Annual Kathara Deftera Benefit.

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March 4, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Workshop- March 3, 2015

The Workshop was about Human Bones.

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VIDEOCAST - Elisavet P. Sioumpara, A New Reconstruction of the Archaic Parthenon

February 24, 2015

VIDEOCAST - Elisavet P. Sioumpara, A New Reconstruction of the Archaic Parthenon

Elisavet P. Sioumpara, Service for the Restoration of the Acropolis Monuments (Υ.Σ.Μ.Α.) - Greek Ministry of Culture

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February 18, 2015

Διατάραξη λειτουργίας της Βιβλιοθήκης λόγω οικοδομικών εργασιών στη Δυτική Πτέρυγα

Ενημερώνουμε το αναγνωστικό κοινό ότι με την πρόοδο των οικοδομικών εργασιών ανακατασκευής και επέκτασης της Δυτικής Πτέρυγας της Βιβλιοθήκης αναμένεται να αυξηθούν σημαντικά τα επίπεδα του θορύβου και να διαταραχθεί η λειτουργία του αναγνωστηρίου.

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February 12, 2015

Fitch-Wiener Seminar: Dr. Stathopoulou

"The use of spectrochemical techniques in the study of archaeological bone"

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VIDEOCAST - “Η Οθωμανική Αθήνα, 1458-1833” & Διάλεξη του John McK Camp II “Dodwell & Ottoman Athens

February 11, 2015

VIDEOCAST - “Η Οθωμανική Αθήνα, 1458-1833” & Διάλεξη του John McK Camp II “Dodwell & Ottoman Athens

Την ημέρα των εγκαινίων της έκθεσης θα μιλήσει ο John McK Camp II, Διευθυντής των ανασκαφών στην Αρχαία Αγορά των Αθηνών της ΑΣΚΣΑ με θέμα: "Dodwell and Ottoman Athens, 1805".

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VIDEOCAST - John Camp “Dodwell and Ottoman Athens, 1805

February 11, 2015

VIDEOCAST - John Camp “Dodwell and Ottoman Athens, 1805

Ottoman Athens, 1458-1833 Exhibition & Lecture by John Camp “Dodwell and Ottoman Athens, 1805”

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February 9, 2015

Tea Talk- Dr. Calla McNamee

On Thursday, February 5th, Dr. Calla McNamee (Wiener Laboratory Post-Doctoral Fellow) presented a talk entitled, "The Use of Microbotanical Residue Analysis: Budding Interpretation of Subsistence Practices in the Aegean Bronze Age."

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Οθωμανική Αθήνα, 1458-1833

February 6, 2015

Οθωμανική Αθήνα, 1458-1833

Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα διοργανώνει έκθεση με τίτλο «Oθωμανική Αθήνα, 1458-1833» από 10 Φεβρουαρίου έως 30 Ιουνίου 2015.

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Ottoman Athens, 1458-1833

February 6, 2015

Ottoman Athens, 1458-1833

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is organizing an exhibition entitled "Ottoman Athens, 1458-1833" from February 10 to June 30, 2015.

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February 4, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Workshop- February 3, 2015

The Workshop was about Pottery.

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