March 23, 2021
Thesauros Tetraglossos: a new acquisition, a provenance story.
The Gennadius Library recently acquired from Vergos Auctions another Venetian rare first edition of the 17th century.
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March 23, 2021
Θησαυρός Τετράγλωσσος: ένα νέο απόκτημα, μια ιδιαίτερη κτητορική ιστορία
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη απέκτησε πρόσφατα από τις Δημοπρασίες Βέργος μια ακόμα σπάνια βενετική πρώτη έκδοση του 17ου αιώνα.
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March 23, 2021
Webinar - The Gigantomachy on the Athena Parthenos Shield
Watch our latest webinar with Professor Jenifer Neils, and learn everything about one of the most famous paintings from classical antiquity. The one that was inside the shield of the gold-and-ivory colossal statue of Athena that once stood in the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis.
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March 22, 2021
Webinar - «Η ιστορική πινακοθήκη της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και η διαμόρφωση της εθνικής μνήμης»
Παρακολουθήστε την πρόσφατη ομιλία της κας. Κουλούρη, Πρυτάνεως του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών και μάθετε περισσότερα για τις διαδικασίες συγκρότησης της «ιστορικής πινακοθήκης» του 1821, ως κυρίαρχης οπτικής αφήγησης του μείζονος γεγονότος της ελληνικής εθνικής ιστορίας.
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March 22, 2021
Webinar - «Η ιστορική πινακοθήκη της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και η διαμόρφωση της εθνικής μνήμης»
Watch our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, with Professor Koulouri and learn more about the he process of the creation of a "historical gallery" for 1821, as the dominant visual narrative of the major event of Greek national history.
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March 19, 2021
Webinar - ’Etruscanizing’ Athenian Painted Pottery
Watch our latest webinar from our Greek Painting in Context Webinar Series, as we cross the sea to Etruria, where thousands of Athenian figured vases traveled during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.E.
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March 17, 2021
Gala 2021 Goes Virtual
Join us on Thursday, May 6, 2021, for our virtual celebration honoring Professor Curtis Runnels.
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NEW FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE
Thanks to the generosity and support of the Schwarz Foundation the Gennadius Library is pleased to announce two new fellowships for study at the Gennadius Library: the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music and the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Urban Architecture. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2021.
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March 10, 2021
Webinar - Women in Greek Archaeology: Celebrating International Women’s Day at the ASCSA
Watch our latest webinar in honor of International Women’s Day, where we gathered a group of distinguished female archaeologists to discuss their experiences as directors of excavations and surveys in Greece.
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March 9, 2021
Webinar - Wall Paintings in Archaic Greek Temples: Kalapodi and Isthmia
Watch the third webinar from our new, Greek Painting in Context webinar series, with Prof. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier and learn more about the importance of Corinth for Archaic wall-painting.
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March 4, 2021
Hesperia 90.1 Now Online!
We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 90.1. Topics in this issue include Mt. Lykaion and its environs in the Early Iron Age, a reconstruction of Middle Phrygian Gordion, a curse assemblage from the Athenian Agora, and the Greek and Roman inscriptions from Corinth's Temple Hill.
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March 2, 2021
Webinar - In Search of Contexts: The Wall Paintings of the Mycenaean Palace at Pylos Revisited
Watch the second webinar from our new, Greek Painting in Context webinar series, with Hariclia Brecoulaki and learn more the fascinating wall paintings of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos.
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February 23, 2021
Webinar - Beyond Iconography: The Frescoes from the House of the Frescoes at Knossos
Watch the first lecture from our new, Greek Painting in Context webinar series, with Prof. Emilia Oddo and learn more about the amazing frescoes from the house of the frescoes at Knossos.
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February 22, 2021
Corinth Excavations joins Microsoft’s Flipgrid community
Corinth Excavations joined the Flipgrid community by designing mini-lessons that explore topics of Greek archaeology. Flipgrid is a video discussion tool designed by Microsoft, to work specifically for teachers and students in a digital classroom.
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February 19, 2021
Ο Ιωάννης Γεννάδιος και η Αγία Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία
Στις 19 Φεβρουαρίου η Αθήνα τιμά μια σπουδαία μορφή, την Αγία Φιλοθέη την Αθηναία (1522-1589). Η κατά κόσμον Ρηγούλα Μπενιζέλου ίδρυσε το πρώτο σχολείο θηλέων στη νεότερη Ελλάδα, όπου φτωχά κορίτσια της Αττικής, συχνά φυγάδες από χαρέμια, εύρισκαν καταφύγιο, προστασία, τροφή αλλά ακόμα εκπαιδεύονταν σε στοιχειώδη γράμματα και χειροτεχνία.
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February 15, 2021
Webinar - Το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Μετά τον Ψυχρό Πόλεμο
Watch the latest webinar organised by the Philoi with Mr. Kourkoulas, and learn about the ecumenical patriarchate in Constantinople during the post cold war years.
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February 11, 2021
New acquisition of two 17th century Greek editions.
The Gennadius Library recently acquired the 17th-century first Greek editions of two liturgical texts.
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February 10, 2021
Νεκρολογία για τον Cyril Mango
Με μεγάλη θλίψη ανακοινώνουμε το θάνατο του Cyril Alexander Mango στις 8 Φεβρουαρίου 2021.
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February 9, 2021
Obituary for Cyril Mango
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Cyril Alexander Mango on February 8, 2021.
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February 8, 2021
Webinar - Byzantine Intellectuals Having Fun in Justinianic Constantinople
Watch our latest webinar with Prof. Alexander Alexakis and learn just how much fun it was to be an intellectual in Justinian's Constantinople.
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February 3, 2021
Dr. Peter Frankopan Selected as Inaugural Speaker for the Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series
World-renowned historian and award-winning author will present lectures entitled “Global Greece: A History.”
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January 28, 2021
Revisiting the Ancient Port at Kommos
The National Arts Club presents a lecture from James Wright, Director of University of Toronto Excavations at Kommos in Southern Crete. One of the ancient Mediterranean’s major harbors, Kommos is undergoing conservation with plans to open the site and neighboring museum to the public.
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January 28, 2021
Webinar - A Prosperous Realm Beyond Borders: Byzantine-Islamic Trade in the Early Middle Ages, 9th-11th Centuries
Watch our latest webinar with Prof. Koray Durak and learn more about the fascinating world of commercial relations between Byzantium and the Near East in the central Middle Ages. The purpose of this talk is to discuss the commodities exchanged, the merchants who traded them, and the routes that these merchants used to travel within a framework organized by political structures.
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January 27, 2021
Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January. A Story of Rescue from the Archives
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27, we share today the fascinating story of the rescue of 150 Jews with the help of Zoe S. Dragoumis-Palencia (1882-1964), whose papers are housed in the ASCSA Archives.
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January 21, 2021
Monuments for 1821: Fruitless Proposals for a Panhellenic Heroon
Our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, about the fruitless proposals of building a Panhellenic heroon, is now available for viewing online. *Webinar is in Greek.
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