July 9, 2021
American School Welcomes Brendan Burke as New Mellon Professor
Burke begins three-year appointment as the new Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies.
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July 1, 2021
American School Short Film Wins Award from The Archaeology Channel
“Twelve Decades of Discovery” garners second award.
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June 14, 2021
Libraries Re-Opening
We are pleased to announce that as of Monday June 14, both Gennadius and Blegen Library will be open for registered users, by appointment.
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June 6, 2021
American School Releases 139th Annual Report Highlighting Major Accomplishments and Work
The American School is pleased to announce the release of its annual report covering the 2019–2020 academic year.
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June 4, 2021
Webinar - Philhellenism and the Development of Female-led Reform in the United States
Watch our latest webinar with Professor Santelli and learn how humanitarian aid to Greece, following the Greek Revolution of 1821, initially became an appropriate outlet for women and later played a key role in the abolitionist movement.
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June 1, 2021
Hesperia 90.2 Now Online!
We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 90.2! Topics in this issue include Hittite-Mycenaean relations in the Late Bronze Age, a rescue excavation in northern Piraeus, the inscriptions from Panakton, the so-called oracle of the dead at Tainaron, and the evidence for a Phrygian sculptor working in the Athenian Agora during the 3rd century A.D.
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May 28, 2021
Webinar - Purple dye production in the Bronze Age Aegean: archaeological, historical and experimental evidence
Watch our latest Live from Lab webinar, and discover the importance of purple dye production in the Bronze Age Aegean.
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May 18, 2021
Webinar - Αλληγορίες από τον Καζαντζάκη. Ο Θεός φταίει που έκανε τον κόσμο τόσο ωραίο.
Watch our latest webinar with Vangelis Raptopoulos and travel through the beautiful allegories that we find in the texts of Nikos Kazantzakis. *The webinar is in Greek.
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May 18, 2021
Webinar - Αλληγορίες από τον Καζαντζάκη. Ο Θεός φταίει που έκανε τον κόσμο τόσο ωραίο.
Παρακολουθήστε την πρόσφατη διαδικτυακή ομιλία με τον Βαγγέλη Ραπτόπουλος και ταξιδέψτε με τις αλληγορίες του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη.
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May 6, 2021
Gala 2021 - Video Archine
Watch a replay of our Virtual Gala honoring Curtis Runnels.
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April 22, 2021
Webinar - “Η Ιστορία έχει πρόσωπο. Οι μορφές των Αγωνιστών από τους συγχρόνους τους καλλιτέχνες”
Watch our latest webinar that was organized by the Association of the Friends of the Gennadius Library, with Dr. Dimakopoloulou.
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April 15, 2021
Spring 2021 Newsletter
Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
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April 13, 2021
Webinar - From Orphans to Humanitarians: Wartime Refugees and the Making of Greek America
Watch our the latest webinar by Gennadius Library with Professor Gallant, and learn about the critical role played by a small group of Greek children who had been relocated from the war-torn eastern Mediterranean to the US during the 1820s.
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April 13, 2021
Webinar - Macedonian Painting and the Transformation of Familiar Images in a Funerary Context
Watch the last episode of our Greek Painting in Context, webinar series, with Professor Palagia, and discover the beautiful wall-paintings of the underground tombs in Macedonia.
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April 12, 2021
Συγκρότηση τακτικού ελληνικού στρατού και τεχνικές διακυβέρνησης. Δύο επιστολές του Ιωάννη Καποδίστρια προς τον Richard Church στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη (MSS 110)
Τεκμήρια σχετικά με την Επανάσταση του ’21 από χειρόγραφο της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης περιλαμβάνουν ενδιαφέρουσες πληροφορίες που φωτίζουν την περίοδο συγκρότησης του νεαρού ελληνικού κράτους.
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April 9, 2021
Friends Name Henry R. and Sara A. Immerwahr Suite in New Student Center
Friends of the Immerwahrs name suite after renowned scholars and alumni/ae of the American School.
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March 27, 2021
Η φρίκη του πολέμου και ο χαρακτήρας του έθνους. Στοιχεία από το χειρόγραφο MSS 109 της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης.
Στο χειρόγραφο MSS 109 της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης φυλάσσεται μέρος της αλληλογραφίας του φιλέλληνα στρατιωτικού Ρίτσαρντ Τσωρτς.
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March 26, 2021
Webinar - Neourgia: The Restoration of Icons in the Premodern World
Watch our latest webinar with Professor Drpic and learn more about the restoration of icons in the premodern world.
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March 26, 2021
Γενναίοι και Ελεύθεροι. Αμερικανοί Φιλέλληνες και ο «ένδοξος Αγώνας των Ελλήνων» (1776-1866)
Η έκθεση θα φιλοξενηθεί στην πτέρυγα Ι. Μακρυγιάννη της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από τις 25 Μαΐου έως τις 19 Δεκεμβρίου 2021.
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March 25, 2021
"The Free and the Brave" Exhibition to Highlight American Philhellenism
Upcoming exhibition will be held in the Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library from May 25, 2021, to December 12, 2021.
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March 25, 2021
Celebrating 1821 during WW II
In the papers of poet and Nobel laureate George Seferis, there is a collection of newspapers, magazines, and leaflets published either secretly or outside Greece during WW II. One of these magazines, ΑΕΡΑ, was published in Cairo and was thrown by airplanes into territories occupied by the Germans.
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March 25, 2021
Makriyannis's Paintings for the Greek War of Independence
The Makriyannis paintings are an important treasure of the Gennadius Library that give us the opportunity to revisit the worldviews of General Makriyannis.
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March 24, 2021
Τυπογραφία στα χρόνια της Επανάστασης και Αγγλικός Φιλελληνισμός: δύο βιβλία από τη συλλογή Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας του Ιωάννη Γενναδίου.
Δύο εκδόσεις με ιδιαίτερη ιστορία που συνδέεται με την τυπογραφία στο Μεσολόγγι και την Αθήνα στα χρόνια της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης, καθώς και με τον Άγγλο φιλέλληνα Leicester Stanhope (1784-1862).
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March 24, 2021
Η Εικονογραφία του Αγώνα του Ιωάννη Μακρυγιάννη
Οι πίνακες του Ιωάννη Μακρυγιάννη αποτελούν σύμβολο της σημαντικής συνεισφοράς του Ι. Γεννάδιου στη μελέτη της ελληνικής ιστορίας και μας δίνουν τη δυνατότητα να αναστοχαστούμε την κοσμοθεωρία του αγωνιστή του '21.
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March 24, 2021
Students and Friends Name Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway Room in New Student Center
Distinguished alumna, archaeologist, and professor to be honored at the American School.
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