Texts, Manuscripts, Editions:
Greek Palaeography, the Transmission of Texts, and Textual Criticism
2025/2026 Winter-term (November through January) Hybrid, non-credit seminar, with the generous support of Dumbarton Oaks
Application deadline: April 15, 2025
Under increasing external pressure, in 200 B.C., the Athenians abandoned the policy of strict external neutrality which they has pursued since 229, when they literally bought back their freedom from the Macedonians. Now, they declared war on King Philip V of Macedon and engaged in a period of erasing Macedonians from their inscribed documents and their cityscape.
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Socrates lived most of his adult life in a city suffering the effects of near continuous warfare (in which he took part) as well as significant epidemic disease, known generally as “the plague” described by Thucydides in memorably searing language in Book 2 of his history.
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We are very proud to announce the publication of “Ottoman Athens: Archaeology, Topography, History” edited by Maria Georgopoulou (Director of the Gennadius Library) and Konstantinos Thanasakis [289 pages, 95 illustrations]. The book was published by the Gennadius Library and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, with the support of the Association of the Philoi of the Gennadius Library.
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The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 88.4. Topics in this issue include the reexamination of a multifigured Protoarchaic cup from Crete, the study of the Classical-period sculpture from the friezes of the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora, an exploration of the political value of timber in the 5th century, and a look at the influences of 5th-century Athenian art and civic religion on the staging of Euripides’ Ion.
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The Hellenic University Club (HUC) of Wilmington hosted “Conversations with the American School” at the historic Hagley Museum and Library in Delaware. Originally the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802, Hagley is now a museum set on 235 acres of land that tell the history of American business, technology, and innovation, and its impact on the world.
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On Saturday, November 16, 2019, the Alpha Omega Council (AOC) presented Professor Mary Lefkowitz with the coveted Philhellene Award at their 2019 Honors Gala. The annual dinner event was held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Nearly 300 guests were in attendance.
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The Association is pleased to announce that Susan I. Rotroff has been named the 2020 recipient of the Aristeia Award for Distinguished Alumni/ae of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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Use this list to join current American School members and staff for lectures, workshops, round table discussions and more at the 2020 AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
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The Pancyprian Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) hosted a well-attended lecture by Stephanie Larson, Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Bucknell University, on Thursday, November 14, 2019.
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Professor Neils was invited by Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, Connecticut to present a lecture on “The Parthenon: Then and Now” (October 22, 2019) during their inaugural “Macricostas Experience Week” to celebrate Greek culture.
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The son of Clarence G. Lowe, Charles E. Lowe, and his wife Robbi, visited the School on Wednesday, October 23rd. Clarence G. Lowe (1897-1965), Professor of Classics at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, served as Librarian of the Gennadius Library for six years, from 1931 to 1937.
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Video archive of the lecture given by Flint Dibble (Wiener Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow), on October 31, 2019
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Video archive of the lecture given by Dale Kinney (Eugenia Chase Guild Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, Bryn Mawr), on October 29, 2019.
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Video archive of the lecture given by Matthew Simonton (Arizona State University), on October 24, 2019
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Βίντεο της διάλεξης από τους, Μάριο Κυπαρίσση-Μώρο, Παντελή Μπουκάλα, Γιώργο Συρίμη και Λένα Παπαληγούρα, που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 15 Οκτωβρίου.
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Christopher Ratté Notion was a Greek city on the western coast of Ionia, 50 km south of Smyrna. It was closely associated with the inland town of Colophon, 15 km to the north.
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Professor Jack Davis donated to the Gennadius Library a manuscript by Colonel Antoine-Charles-Félix Hecquet who headed a battalion of the 54th infantry regiment during the Morea expedition.
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Days of Art Greece, a magazine publication that aims to promote the art and culture of Greece everyday, published a four page article on the Blegen Library in their latest edition.
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The video archive of the lecture of Stefano Vassalo, about Himera and the excavations in the Western Necropolis, is now available to watch in our digital video archive.
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The opening of the exhibition "Spolia: Transcripts of the Stones of the Little Metropolis" that took place on Tuesday September 10 in the Ioannis Makriyannis Wing was a great success.
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The video of the lecture by Manolis Korres on "Αναχρησιμοποίηση λίθων. Ναός Παναγίας Γοργοεπηκόου", is now available to watch.
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Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκαν την Τρίτη 10 Σεπτεμβρίου τα εγκαίνια της έκθεσης "Spolia: Μεταγραφές των λίθων της Μικρής Μητρόπολης" στην πτέρυγα Ι. Μακρυγιάννης της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης.
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The new Digital Humanities project Traveltrails was presented as a Poster Session at the 85th IFLA Congress at the Athens Megaron on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 August, 2019.
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