May 12, 2022
Video Archive: Recent Excavations at the Sanctuary of Artemis in Amarynthos, Euboea
Watch our lecture with former Mellon Professor and current Director of the Swiss School of Archaeology, Dr. Sylvian Fachard, and learn more about the excavation project at the Sanctuary of the Artemis in Amarynthos, Eubea.
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May 6, 2022
Ωράριο Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από 9 Μαΐου 2022
Από τη Δευτέρα 9 Μαΐου 2022 η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη επανέρχεται στο κανονικό ωράριο λειτουργίας της χωρίς ραντεβού. Για την είσοδο στη Βιβλιοθήκη δεν απαιτείται επίδειξη πιστοποιητικού εμβολιασμού/νόσησης ούτε θερμομέτρηση. Η χρήση μάσκας παραμένει υποχρεωτική.
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May 6, 2022
Gennadius Library Opening Hours from May 9, 2022
From Monday May 9, 2022, the Gennadius Library returns to its usual opening hours without the need of an appointment. Vaccination / infection certificate or temperature check is no longer required to access the Library. The use of a mask remains mandatory.
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May 6, 2022
Video Archive: Annual Open Meeting 2022
Watch our the video archive of our annual Open meeting and learn about the important work that was carried out at the American School, for the past year, as well as the great work of preserving and restoring the Roman frescoes at Ancient Corinth, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Charles K. Williams II.
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May 1, 2022
Exhibition open on May 1st
Turn your May Day into a Neigh Day! Our exhibition “Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens” will be open tomorrow, May 1st, from 12:00 to 18:00!
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April 29, 2022
The Athenian Agora Has Gone to the Dogs!
Colin Whiting speaks to us about his exciting new publication, Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 28)
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April 15, 2022
New Publication! Dogs in the Athenian Agora
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 28) by Colin M. Whiting.
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April 12, 2022
Video Archive: Byzantine Dialogues from the Gennadius Library: "Sparing the Vanquished”: Empire and the Provinces from Hadrian to Justinian
Watch the 9th episode of our Byzantine Dialogues from the Gennadius Library with Marion Kruse, from the University of Cincinnati, and learn about the different ways in which Hadrian and Justinian understood the provinces, in the second and sixth century.
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April 6, 2022
Video Archive - “Σμύρνη (19ος- αρχές 20ου αιώνα): Οι διαδρομές των ανθρώπων και των βιβλίων”
Watch a lecture organized by the Association of the Friends of The Gennadius Library, as learn about the typography in Smyrna, in the 19th century.
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April 4, 2022
Video Archive - Ένα Πρόγραμμα για την Αθήνα (Greek Translation)
Στο πλαίσιο της πρωτοβουλίας Athens Meetings 2022 και μετά την εκδήλωση που προηγήθηκε στις 23 Φεβρουαρίου, η δεύτερη δημόσια συζήτηση με τίτλο «Ένα πρόγραμμα για την Αθήνα» πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 4 Απριλίου του 2022. Ποιος σχεδιάζει την Αθήνα; Σχεδιάζεται η Αθήνα; Τι σχεδιάζεται στην Αθήνα; Ποιες είναι οι προτεραιότητες; Ποιοι είναι οι διατυπωμένοι στόχοι; Υπάρχει σήμερα «ένα όραμα για την Αθήνα».
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April 4, 2022
Video Archive - A Program for Athens (English Translation)
Στο πλαίσιο της πρωτοβουλίας Athens Meetings 2022 και μετά την εκδήλωση που προηγήθηκε στις 23 Φεβρουαρίου, η δεύτερη δημόσια συζήτηση με τίτλο «Ένα πρόγραμμα για την Αθήνα» πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 4 Απριλίου 2022. Ποιος σχεδιάζει την Αθήνα; Σχεδιάζεται η Αθήνα; Τι σχεδιάζεται στην Αθήνα; Ποιες είναι οι προτεραιότητες; Ποιοι είναι οι διατυπωμένοι στόχοι; Υπάρχει σήμερα «ένα όραμα για την Αθήνα». Παρακο
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March 31, 2022
Hesperia 91.1 Now Online!
We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 91.1! Topics in this issue include an examination of the development of cooking dishes in the prehistoric Aegean, visual representations of the myth of Philomela and Prokne in Athenian vase painting, the concluding remarks regarding the comprehensive study of the sculptures from the Temple of Ares, and the publication of the Roman curse tablets from the Athenian Agora.
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March 21, 2022
Video Archive: Athena’s Horsemen: Equestrian Dedications from the Athenian Acropolis
Watch our last Hippos lecture, with Professor Mary Ann Eaverly, and discover the fascinating world of equestrian monuments that were figured prominently among sculptural dedications on the Athenian Acropolis.
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March 21, 2022
Video Archive: The Residue of Eden: Myth and Medicine in Early Christian Anointing Practices
Watch the latest Byzantine dialogues lecture, with Professor John Penniman, and learn how olive oil moved between medical, magical, and cultic contexts in the broader Greco-Roman world.
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March 21, 2022
Dr. Peter Frankopan Presents Second Thalia Potamianos Lecture at Georgetown University
Dr. Peter Frankopan presented his second Thalia Potamianos lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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March 21, 2022
Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία η 2η διάλεξη Θάλειας Ποταμιάνου από τον Καθ. Peter Frankopan
Η δεύτερη διάλεξη του καθηγητή της Οξφόρδης Peter Frankopan, στο πλαίσιο της σειράς διαλέξεων Θάλεια Ποταμιάνου, έγινε με επιτυχία στο Πανεπιστήμιο Georgetown στην Washington στις 16 Μαρτίου.
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March 18, 2022
Much Anticipated Book about John W. Gilbert is Out
John Lee's much anticipated book about the first African American archaeologist and member of the American School of Classical Studies in 1890-1891, John W. Gilbert, is finally out.
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March 15, 2022
Video Archive: Γεώργιος Γεννάδιος: Ήρωας του Ναυπλίου και διδάσκαλος του γένους
Παρακολουθήστε την διάλεξη της ιστορικού Λεωνόρα Ναβάρη θα μιλήσει για τη ζωή και την προσωπικότητα του Γεωργίου Γενναδίου, τον ρόλο του στην Επανάσταση του 1821 και τις επιρροές που συνετέλεσαν στην ίδρυση της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από τον υιό του Ιωάννη Γεννάδιο.
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March 15, 2022
Video Archive: Γεώργιος Γεννάδιος: Ήρωας του Ναυπλίου και διδάσκαλος του γένους
Παρακολουθήστε την διάλεξη της ιστορικού βιβλίου κας. Λεωνόρας Ναβάρη, όπου μας μιλά για τη ζωή και την προσωπικότητα του Γεωργίου Γενναδίου, τον ρόλο του στην Επανάσταση του 1821 και τις επιρροές που συνετέλεσαν στην ίδρυση της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από τον υιό του Ιωάννη Γεννάδιο.
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March 10, 2022
Video Achive: Περί Ιππικής: On Ancient Greek Horsemanship
Watch our latest Hippos Series lecture with Professor Mattusch and learn how Xenophon’s recommendations regarding buying, stabling, grooming, training and equipping the horse still hold true today.
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March 4, 2022
Online exhibition “Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution: editions from the collections of the Gennadius Library”
Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution of 1821: the exhibition traces the trajectory of printing in Revolutionary Greece based on the collections of the Gennadius Library.
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March 4, 2022
Ancient Selfies: Potters at Work on the Penteskouphia Pinakes
Eleni Hasaki discusses her new publication, Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51)
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March 1, 2022
Hesperia Partners with Project MUSE
ASCSA Publications is pleased to announce a new journal-hosting partnership between Hesperia and Project MUSE!
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March 1, 2022
Video Archive: History on Horseback - An Equestrian Perspective of the Ancient World
Watch our fourth Hippos Series Lecture with Professor Willikes where we look into horse as as living artifacts by exploring some of the ways in which we can use experimental archaeology, practical experience and equestrian knowledge, as well as comparative studies to reconsider different ideas and theories about ancient horses and horsemanship in order to build a more comprehensive picture of equines and equestrianism in the ancient world.
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February 28, 2022
New Publication! Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51) by Eleni Hasaki.
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