ASCSA Newsletter

June 6, 2013

Carl and Elizabeth Blegen Remembered Through Colloquium

On May 31st, the ASCSA celebrated the Blegens and their contributions to archaeology through a day of insightful lectures and a visit to their former home.

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VIDEOCAST - Barbara Tsakirgis, “Houses around the Athenian Agora. New Thoughts on Old Mosaics”

June 5, 2013

VIDEOCAST - Barbara Tsakirgis, “Houses around the Athenian Agora. New Thoughts on Old Mosaics”

On May 28th, Barbara Tsakirgis (Vanderbilt University) lectured in Cotsen Hall on "Houses around the Athenian Agora". Watch it in full here.

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Browsing the Treasures of the Gennadeion

May 31, 2013

Browsing the Treasures of the Gennadeion

The Gennadius Library announces that the first digitized book in its Turning-the-Pages program has launched.

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May 27, 2013

The Wiener Laboratory Celebrates Twenty Years

On Sunday, June 2, 2013 the ASCSA will hold a half-day Colloquium Honoring Malcolm H. Wiener and the Wiener Laboratory

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Burning Questions: An Investigation into Ash Altars

May 15, 2013

Burning Questions: An Investigation into Ash Altars

Regular member Jacob Morton (U. of Pennsylvania) reports on his experiments in building ash altars along with fellow member Dan Diffendale (U. of Michigan), leaving burning questions about the nature of ancient Greek sacrifice.

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May 15, 2013

15th Annual Workshop of Environmental Archaeology

The Wiener Laboratory conducted a workshop in Loring Hall on May 14th on environmental archaeology entitled "Keeping our Past Alive."

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May 14, 2013

Spring Issue of Gennadeion News Now Online

The Spring 2013 edition of Gennadeion News is now available for reading online.

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May 14, 2013

Alumni in the News

2012-13 Associate Member Adrienne Ho recently had poems written during her time at the ASCSA published in Ottawater literary journal.

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May 10, 2013

Documentary on Edward Lear

Edward Lear's landscapes featured in award-winning documentary film.

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Sicily!  ASCSA Travels to the Greek West

May 2, 2013

Sicily!  ASCSA Travels to the Greek West

From ancient temples to large-scale mosaics to grand cathedrals, this year's optional Mediterranean trip to Sicily had it all. Twenty-two program members and other participants learned about the impact of ancient Greek culture on this region (as well as its gastronomic abundance!)

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Gennadeion Receives Bequest of Paintings

April 22, 2013

Gennadeion Receives Bequest of Paintings

Crawford Greenewalt, Jr. bequests paintings to the Gennadeion.

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Winter Term Comes to Spectacular Conclusion

April 17, 2013

Winter Term Comes to Spectacular Conclusion

Mellon Professor Margie Miles is back with reports on the activities of the Academic Program, including two theatrical performances by this year's talented program members!

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Κάθε Σάββατο στην Αθήνα

April 16, 2013

Κάθε Σάββατο στην Αθήνα

Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη άνοιξε τις πύλες της στην ομάδα πολιτών "Κάθε Σάββατο στην Αθήνα".

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VIDEOCAST - Presentation of the Elias Venezis Archive

April 15, 2013

VIDEOCAST - Presentation of the Elias Venezis Archive

Anna Venezi Kosmetatou (Venezis' daughter), Takis Theodoropoulos (Writer), Demetra Papaconstantinou (Demos Fellow) and Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (Doreen Canaday Spitzer Archivist) will present the Elias Venezis' archive.

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April 12, 2013

Γνωριμία με τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη

Ομάδα πολιτών με την επωνυμία "Κάθε Σάββατο στην Αθήνα" ξεναγήθηκε στη Βιβλιοθήκη από τη διευθύντρια κα Μαρία Γεωργοπούλου

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April 11, 2013

ASCSA Co-Organizes Colloquium on Carl and Elizabeth Blegen

To honor the Blegens, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation will present a colloquium at Cotsen Hall on May, 31, 2013.

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VIDEOCAST - St. Luke and the Icon of the Virgin Kykkotissa in Cyprus

April 11, 2013

VIDEOCAST - St. Luke and the Icon of the Virgin Kykkotissa in Cyprus

St. Luke and the Icon of the Virgin Kykkotissa in Cyprus Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University

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VIDEOCAST - St. Luke and the Icon of the Virgin Kykkotissa in Cyprus

April 11, 2013

VIDEOCAST - St. Luke and the Icon of the Virgin Kykkotissa in Cyprus

St. Luke and the Icon of the Virgin Kykkotissa in Cyprus Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University

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Από τα αρχεία

April 10, 2013

Από τα αρχεία

Ο Στράτης Μυριβήλης μιλά για τον πατριώτη Γεώργιο Γεννάδιο.

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Novelist Elias Venezis Remembered

April 10, 2013

Novelist Elias Venezis Remembered

The completion of the cataloguing of the Elias Venezis Papers was celebrated in Cotsen Hall.

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April 10, 2013

An Evening of Archaeological Films at the School Presented

Break out the popcorn! The Archives of the ASCSA hosted a popular movie night in Cotsen Hall on March 14th, featuring films with an archaeological or ethnographic focus.

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Vovolinis Archive on Exhibition

April 4, 2013

Vovolinis Archive on Exhibition

The Gennadius Library showcases the Vovolinis Archive focusing on the history of 20th-century Greece.

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April 3, 2013

BBC photo shoot at the Wiener Laboratory

An upcoming BBC 2 production highlights the work of the Wiener Laboratory.

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April 1, 2013

2013 Excavations at Corinth

Excavations in Ancient Corinth began for a sixth season in the area south of the South Stoa with the aim to clarify the Late Roman levels beneath Byzantine and Frankish structures in the area.

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VIDEOCAST - Αρχείο Κωνσταντίνου Βοβολίνη - Μεγάλο Ελληνικό Βιογραφικό Λεξικό

March 26, 2013

VIDEOCAST - Αρχείο Κωνσταντίνου Βοβολίνη - Μεγάλο Ελληνικό Βιογραφικό Λεξικό

Αρχείο Κωνσταντίνου Βοβολίνη - Μεγάλο Ελληνικό Βιογραφικό Λεξικό Stathis Kalyvas, Kostas Kostis, Antonis Papagiannidis

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