ASCSA Newsletter

VIDEOCAST - Margaret M. Miles, “Poseidon’s Net: Sanctuaries and Sea Routes”

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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VIDEOCAST - Artemis Leontis,The Alternative Archaeologies of Eva Palmer Sikelianos

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

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May 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.

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May 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".

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May 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

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May 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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VIDEOCAST - “Reconsidering the Largest EBA Cycladic Cemetery:The Recent Excavations at Chalandriani”

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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VIDEOCAST - “Samothrace and the NE Aegean in Prehistory”

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

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April 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.

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April 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.

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April 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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VIDEOCAST - The Balkan Dimensions of the Origins of the First World War

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

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March 31, 2014

Farewell Jan!

Long-time Agora Excavations secretary Jan Jordan retires from the school after 30 years of service.

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Research Spotlight: Sebastian Prignitz

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.

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March 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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VIDEOCAST - “Building Archaeology: Corinth’s Forgotten Architects”

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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VIDEOCAST - “Same River, Different Waters: Official Dining in the Agora”

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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VIDEOCAST-OPEN MEETING

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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March 17, 2014

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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March 11, 2014

ASCSA Partners with Google on App

As of Thursday, March 13, 2014, visitors to the Athenian Agora will be able to tour the site via Google's free Field Trip app.

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March 11, 2014

School Trustee is Recognized by Princeton University

ASCSA Trustee Hunter R. Rawlings III was the 2014 recipient of Princeton University’s top honor for Graduate School alumni, the James Madison Medal.

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Winter Term Well Underway!

March 10, 2014

Winter Term Well Underway!

It was full speed ahead for the Regular program after the winter break as the students traveled around Athens and Attica, then on to Crete. Join Mellon Professor Margie Miles as she takes us on a tour of the past two months.

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Friends of the Gennadius Library Gather for Kathara Deftera at Kellari Taverna

March 7, 2014

Friends of the Gennadius Library Gather for Kathara Deftera at Kellari Taverna

The bitter cold weather did not keep a large crowd from enjoying the warmth and good cheer inside Kellari Taverna in New York City on March 3, 2014 as friends of the Gennadeion gathered for the library’s primary fundraising event in the U.S.

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VIDEOCAST - Paschalis Kitromilides, Επισκέπτες και Αναγνώστες στη Λαυρεντιανή Βιβλιοθήκη

March 6, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Paschalis Kitromilides, Επισκέπτες και Αναγνώστες στη Λαυρεντιανή Βιβλιοθήκη

Επισκέπτες και Αναγνώστες στη Λαυρεντιανή Βιβλιοθήκη την Εποχή του Διαφωτισμού και του Ρομαντισμού Paschalis Kitromilides, Prof. of Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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February 19, 2014

Το Α’ Λύκειο Βουλιαγμένης επισκέπτεται τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη

The First Lykeio Vouligamenis Visits the Gennadius Library

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