June 26, 2019
Blegen library will close at 16.30
We regret to inform you that today, June 26, Blegen Library will close at 16.30. We're very sorry for the inconvenience.
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June 26, 2019
Q&A with Incoming ASCSA Assistant Director Eric Driscoll
The American School welcomes Eric Driscoll, a former Regular Member and two-time Associate Member, as the new ASCSA Assistant Director.
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June 24, 2019
“Open Day” at ASCSA Corinth Excavations: A New Chapter of On-site Programming
New "Open Day" program at Corinth Excavations invites student and adult groups to observe stages of the archaeological process both on and off the field.
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June 20, 2019
Clayton Lehmann's Summer Seminar Reads Elytis and Seferis in the School's Archives
Clayton Lehmann's Summer Seminar Reads Elytis and Seferis in the School's Archives
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Blegen library closed on Monday, June 17th
Blegen library will be closed to visitors on Monday, June 17th in observance of Pentecost.
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June 10, 2019
Hesperia 88.2 Now Online!
Topics include Mycenaeanization on Melos in the Late Bronze Age, food markets in Roman Greece, pottery and architecture from the Late Roman South Basilica at Polis on Cyprus, and Butrint in the Venetian through Ottoman periods.
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Blegen Library's video and manual on Library of Congress Classification system
Blegen Library has just opened for its members and will soon be open to its visitors using Library of Congress Classification system for its collections. Please watch below a video and study a brief manual on the new system.
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Blegen Library's re-opening for visitors
Βlegen Library is re -opening for visitors on Monday, June 10, 2019 after having completed the reclassification project. Since it is important for visitors to become familiar with the new arrangements and procedures, they are requested to attend one of the scheduled orientations:
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May 29, 2019
Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze Events
The American School invites you to four upcoming events in conjunction with the exhibition Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze, on display now in the Ioannis Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library.
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May 23, 2019
Corinth Museum Floods Social Media for Museum Week and Celebrates International Museum Day
Corinth Museum brings elaborate Roman coiffures to life for International Museum Day
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May 22, 2019
University of Chicago Students Visit the ASCSA Archives
Jonathan Hall, Professor of History and Classics at The University of Chicago, with his students at the ASCSA Archives.
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May 21, 2019
ASCSA Publications Partners with Melissa Books
ASCSA Publications is pleased to announce a new partnership with Melissa Books!
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May 16, 2019
Blegen Library's re-opening
Blegen Library’s reclassification project is nearly complete and the library will re-open on Wednesday June 5th for ASCSA members only and on June 10th for visitors.
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May 11, 2019
American School Celebrates Fourth Annual Gala in New York City
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens and Gennadius Library hosted their fourth annual Gala at the Capitale in New York City on Thursday, May 9, 2019. More than 380 guests attended the event to benefit the American School and celebrate Greece's rich heritage.
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May 10, 2019
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΤΕΡΖΑΚΗΣ «Αγωνιών και άγρυπνος» Αθήνα, 13 Μαΐου 2019
Το Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του ΕΚΠΑ, σε συνεργασία με το Εθνικό Θέατρο, διοργανώνει Επιστημονική Ημερίδα, με αφορμή τα σαράντα χρόνια από το θάνατο του Άγγελου Τερζάκη. Η Ημερίδα έχει τεθεί υπό την Αιγίδα του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού και θα πραγματοποιηθεί τη Δευτέρα 13 Μαΐου 2019 στην Αίθουσα Εκδηλώσεων του Εθνικού Θεάτρου.
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April 30, 2019
Jack Davis Awarded AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement
Jack Davis was selected as the 2020 recipient of the AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.
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April 25, 2019
VIDEOCAST - Annual Open Meeting 2019
"Work of the School" Jenifer Neils, Director, ASCSA "Shaping and Negotiating Sacred Terrain - The Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace" Bonna Wescoat, Emory University "Αφιέρωμα στις Εφορίες Αρχαιοτήτων" Sylvian Fachard, Mellon Professor, ASCSA
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April 25, 2019
New Publication Using the ASCSA Archival Resources
Dennis Knoepfler, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Neuchâtel, has just published an article about Herodes Atticus's benefactions on the island of Euboea: "Hérode Atticus propriétaire et évergète en Eubée: une nouvelle inscription du Musée d’ Erétrie," REG 131, 2018/2, pp. 317-370.
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April 16, 2019
Denis Rhodes and the Incunabula Colloquium
Dennis Rhodes, the writer of the very important bibliography "Incunabula in Greece: A first census", visited the Gennadius and the British School of Archaelogy Libraries. On Friday April 12, he was welcomed by ASCSA Director Jenifer Neils, GL Director Maria Georgopoulou, BSA Library Penny Wilson and GL Senior Librarian, Irini Solomonidi.
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April 14, 2019
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the Gennadius Library
On Wednesday 10th April, ten students of the postgraduate program "Greek-Italian Studies: History, Literature and Classical Tradition", together with their professors Gerasimos Pagkratis, Roumbini Dimopoulou and Ioannis Tsalkos, visited the Gennadius library.
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April 11, 2019
Μεταπτυχιακοί φοιτητές από το Τμήμα Ιταλικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής
Μετά από πρωτοβουλία των καθηγητών του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, Γεράσιμο Παγκράτη και Ρουμπίνη Δημοπούλου, είχαμε τη χαρά να ξεναγήσουμε στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Ανατολική Πτέρυγα της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, τους φοιτητές του πρώτου έτους του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος "Ελληνοϊταλικές Σπουδές: Ιστορία, Λογοτεχνία και Κλασική Παράδοση".
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April 9, 2019
The Hellenic Open University at the Gennadius Library
Twenty students of The Hellenic Open University and their professors Ioannis Theodorakopoulos and Maria Papadaki visited Gennadius Library on Wednesday April 4.
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April 9, 2019
War Veterans from Stockton University at the School's Archives
Professor David Roessel with a group of about 20 students, all war veterans, from Stockton University visited the School's Archives on March 15th. David's class reads the Iliad and Odyssey along with Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay, and other books that relate the poems to the experience of combat.
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April 8, 2019
Editor as Author: Q&A with Colin Whiting
Senior Project Editor Colin Whiting sits down with the American School to answer some questions about his new book, Documents from the Luciferians.
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April 8, 2019
Ancient Corinth Welcomes Students for Major Museum Education Program
On Thursday, April 4th Corinth Excavations, in collaboration with the Ephoreia of Antiquities of the Corinthia, the Psychology Club of the American College of Greece-Pierce, and the 3rd Gymnasium of Corinth, organized a major museum education program for 42 students (ages 12-14) from the two schools.
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