December 19, 2017
Inside the ASCSA Publications Office
What does a day at the Publications Office look like? What do they have coming up on the docket?
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December 15, 2017
Meet a Member: John Haberstroh
Meet John Haberstroh, a Ph.D. student studying Ancient Mediterranean History at the University of California, Riverside. He is currently is a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Read MoreDecember 13, 2017
Blegen Library Christmas holiday hours 2017
During the Christmas holiday period, the Blegen library will be closed to visitors on the following days: December 25-26, 2017, January 1, January 6, 2018. No new cards will be issued and no orientations will take place between December 25th and January 6th.
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December 4, 2017
VIDEOCAST - ‘The Best Way to Send Knowledge is to Wrap it Up in a Person’
Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, Doreen C. Spitzer Archivist ASCSA Annual Archives Lecture co-organized with the Fulbright Foundation in Greece.
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December 1, 2017
Meet a Member: Elina Salminen
Meet Elina Salminen, an Associate Member at the American School working on a dissertation on the mortuary record of northern Greece from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic period.
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November 23, 2017
Hesperia 86.4 Now Online!
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.4. Topics in this issue include the presentation of a recently discovered Late Minoan I sealstone from Pylos; a look at Solon’s abolishment of debt in Archaic Athens; the publication of a previously unpublished votive deposit uncovered near the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea; and a look at the work of Georg von Peschke, a celebrated artist employed by ASCSA excavations in the first half of the 20th century.
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November 22, 2017
VIDEOCAST - 70 Χρόνια Fulbright στην Ελλάδα «Παιδεία και Ανάπτυξη»
Γιάννης Στουρνάρας, Ευαγγελία Κουνέλη, Δημήτρη Α. Σωτηρόπουλος
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November 21, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Hadrian’s Forgotten Heir: A New Portrait of Aelius Caesar from Eva-Loukou
Marco Galli, La Sapienza, Rome
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November 21, 2017
Meet a Member: Eliza Gettel
Meet Eliza Gettel, a PhD candidate working on a dissertation on political institutions of the Greek world under Roman imperium.
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November 14, 2017
Access to the Archives in the Blegen Library
Owing to the transfer of the Archives in the Blegen Library to the East Wing of the Gennadius Library, researchers will not be able to access the School’s archival collections between January 15th and May 31st, 2018.
Read MoreNovember 13, 2017
Οι Επίτροποι Ανακοινώνουν τον Αποδέκτη του Βραβείου της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης για το 2018
Οι Επίτροποι της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα θα απονείμουν στο Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος το «Βραβείο της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης» του 2018 για την εξαιρετική συνεισφορά του Ιδρύματος στην προώθηση του πολιτισμού της Ελλάδας από την ύστερη αρχαιότητα και μετά.
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November 9, 2017
VIDEOCAST - The Enigma of Cappadocia
Robert Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania
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November 3, 2017
Overseers Announce Recipient of the 2018 Gennadius Prize
The Overseers of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have announced the Stavros Niarchos Foundation as the winner of the Gennadius Prize awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece.
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November 3, 2017
Trustees Announce Recipient of the 2018 Athens Prize
The Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have announced Ronald S. Stroud as the winner of the Athens Prize awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of ancient Greece.
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November 1, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Con que soavità… Με πόση γλυκύτητα
Με την ευκαιρία της επετείου των 450 χρόνων από τη γέννηση του Claudio Monteverdi, το σύνολο Canto Secreto θα ερμηνεύσει μουσική από την Ιταλία του 17ου αιώνα.
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October 30, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Lord of the Gold Rings - The Grave of the Griffin Warrior of Pylos
Sharon R. Stoker & Jack L. Davis - University of Cincinnati
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October 27, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Annual Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture 2017 - The Prospect for Ancient Proteins in Archaeology
Annual Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture Matthew Collins, University of York - University of Copenhagen “The Prospect for Ancient Proteins in Archaeology”
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October 20, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Public Sacred Space, Private Votive Portraits: The Case of the City Eleusinion in Athens
Sheila Dillon, Duke University
Read MoreOctober 12, 2017
RECLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH COLLECTIONS
Starting September 2017, the libraries of ASCSA (the Blegen, the Gennadius and the Wiener Laboratory) are undergoing a major reclassification project for their collections following the Library of Congress system of call numbers.
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2017
H Pallavi Mahidhara άνοιξε τις “Νύχτες Κλασικής Μουσικής στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη”.
Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε χθες η πρώτη συναυλία του φεστιβάλ "Νύχτες Κλασικής Μουσικής στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη", που διοργάνωσε για τρίτη συνεχή χρονιά το Ίδρυμα Schwarz σε συνεργασία με τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη και το Curtis on Tour, την παγκόσμια περιοδεία του Ινστιτούτου Μουσικής Curtis, σε πρωτοβουλία της Nina von Maltzahn.
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2017
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER POSITION
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens seeks a Social Media Manager, resident in Athens, Greece, at the main campus.
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September 20, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Democracy Forum: Then & Now: Women, Immigration, Democracy
Mary Lefkowitz, Geoffrey Bakewell, Sheila Dillon, Jenifer Neils
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September 18, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Learning from Myth: The Case of the Trojan Horse
Lecture by: Mary Lefkowitz, Wellesley College
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September 15, 2017
Mary Lefkowitz on the Trojan Horse and Women in Ancient Greek Democracy
"The Trojans could have refused to take in the horse, they could have let it stay there, they could have set it on fire, or opened it up, but instead they did the one thing they shouldn’t have—taken it without asking any questions. And you can see the subtext here..."
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September 14, 2017
School Welcomes Sylvian Fachard as New Mellon Professor
The School welcomes Sylvian Fachard as he begins a three-year appointment as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies. Fachard is an archaeologist who has excavated in Greece for 20 field seasons.
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