April 27, 2017
Malcolm Wiener to be Awarded American School’s Athens Prize
The Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have named Malcolm Hewitt Wiener, Aegean prehistorian and Chairman Emeritus of the Trustees, as the second recipient of the School’s Athens Prize for “outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of ancient Greece.” Wiener will accept the award on May 10, 2017 at the ASCSA Gala in New York City.
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April 21, 2017
Sacher Named Next Editor of Hesperia
The ASCSA has chosen Jennifer Sacher to be the next editor of its journal, Hesperia.
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April 21, 2017
Meet a Member: Carissa Nicholson
Meet Carissa Nicholson, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation in Art History at the University of Florida.
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April 17, 2017
Panagiotis Karkanas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the U.S.’s oldest and most esteemed learned societies, has elected Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the American School's Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, to its 237th class of members. He is the 24th person in the ASCSA's venerable history to receive this honor.
Read MoreApril 13, 2017
Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Εκατό Χρόνια Διαλόγου. Λατινοαμερικανικές Προσεγγίσεις στον Ελληνισμό”, 18-20 Μαΐου 2017
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα διοργανώνει από κοινού με τον Gregory Jusdanis από το Πολιτειακό Πανεπιστήμιο του Οχάιο στις ΗΠΑ συνέδριο με τίτλο «Εκατό Χρόνια Διαλόγου. Λατινοαμερικανικές Προσεγγίσεις στον Ελληνισμό». Το συνέδριο θα διεξαχθεί από τις 18 έως τις 20 Μαΐου στο αμφιθέατρο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Cotsen Hall (Αναπήρων Πολέμου 9).
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International Conference “One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism”, May 18-20, 2017
The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is organizing with Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Ohio State University, a three-day conference entitled “One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism” on May 18-20, 2017.
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April 10, 2017
Documenta 14 Comes to the Gennadius Library
The famed international art exhibition Documenta 14 is officially open in Athens, and the Gennadius Library is one of the hosts.
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April 10, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017
Σεμινάριο: Ασφάλεια, συντήρηση, καταλογογράφηση, ψηφιοποίηση και χρηματοδότηση
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April 6, 2017
In the Camel Tracks of Lawrence of Arabia
2017 members take an incredible journey to the Holy Land (via camel at times) for their optional spring trip.
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April 6, 2017
VIDEOCAST - “The ‘Hypereia Krini’ at Ancient Pherai”
Dr. Dylan K. Rogers, Assistant Director, ASCSA
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April 5, 2017
Nea Erythraia Lyceum Visits the Gennadius Library
Το Λύκειο της Νέας Ερυθραίας στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη για να δει από κοντά τα αρχεία της "Γενιάς του '30"
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March 29, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Honey from Hymettus: Platonic Philosophy in the Cave of Pan?
Prof. Paul Kalligas, Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi
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March 29, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Οπτικοποίηση 500 χρόνων διακίνησης ελληνικών αρχετύπων σε ευρωπαϊκές και αμερικανικές συλλογές
Dr. Cristina Dondi, Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, Univ. of Oxford, Secretary of the CERL
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March 28, 2017
Meet a Member: Kaitlyn Stiles
Meet Kaitlyn Stiles, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation in Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Tennessee.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2017
Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017
Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε το συνέδριο που διοργανώθηκε, από κοινού, από τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα και το Ίδρυμα Αικατερίνης Λασκαρίδη και τελούσε υπό την αιγίδα της Κοινοπραξίας Ερευνητικών Βιβλιοθηκών της Ευρώπης (CERL).
Read MoreMarch 23, 2017
Construction Works and Access to the Gennadius Library
Work continues in the West Wing of the Gennadius Library but the dates of the necessary move are not fixed yet. We anticipate the closing to happen sometime in the summer months and not in the spring as previously announced. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2017
Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Easter Holidays
The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: Thursday, April 13, 2017 from 5:00 pm Friday, April 14, 2017 Saturday, April 15, 2017 Monday, April 17, 2017 Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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March 21, 2017
ASCSA Director’s Statement Regarding the Fate of US Government Funding for the Humanities, the Arts, and International Exchange
"Continued funding by US government agencies of efforts such as the School’s is an important signal of the United States’ commitment to continuing the tradition of scholarly enquiry and public education that continues to enrich and improve the world in which we live."
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March 20, 2017
ASCSA Alumnus Combines Political Science and Classics
Seth Jaffe opens his first book by explaining its contradictions: “This book is the work of a political scientist (a political theorist), but is my sincere hope that it will prove of interest to classicists, from whom I have learned so much about Thucydides and this world.”
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March 15, 2017
VIDEOCAST - ASCSA Annual Open Meeting
James C. Wright, Director of ASCSA, "Work of the School During 2016" and Keynote Lecture, "The Pastness of the Past: Reflections on Archaeology in Greece."
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March 13, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur
Presented by EBSA, Belgian Embassy, ASCSA, Aegeus Society, Minoan, Cycladic and Mycenaean Seminars
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March 13, 2017
3D Animation Brings New Life to Roman-Era Corinth
A popular online video imagines our site at Corinth as it was in the 2nd century AD, during the Roman Empire.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2017
Ανάγνωση σεναρίου βασισμένου στο έργο του Μυριβήλη “Ο Βασίλης ο Αρβανίτης”
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη διοργάνωσε την Τετάρτη 22 Φεβρουαρίου μία πρωτότυπη βραδιά με την ανάγνωση ενός κινηματογραφικού σεναρίου που βασίζεται στο έργο του Στράτη Μυριβήλη «Ο Βασίλης ο Αρβανίτης». Η εκδήλωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στο αναγνωστήριο της Βιβλιοθήκης και το σενάριο διαβάστηκε στο σύνολό του.
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March 6, 2017
Meet a Member: Catharine Judson
Meet Catharine Judson, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a working on a PhD in Classical Archaeology.
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March 3, 2017
Using X-rays to Understand Greek Pottery
Watch the Wiener Lab's portable X-ray fluorescence device in action, helping unlock mysteries of Corinthian pottery.
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