December 10, 2022
Symposium: Athens and Attica in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic Period - Day 2
Watch day 2 of our symposium lecture series
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December 9, 2022
Symposium: Athens and Attica in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic Period - Day 1
Watch day 1 of our symposium lecture series.
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December 6, 2022
A Point within a Network: Joseph L. Rife Discusses On the Edge of a Roman Port
An interview with one of the editors of On the Edge of a Roman Port: Excavations at Koutsongila, Kenchreai, 2007–2014 (Hesperia Suppl. 52)
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December 5, 2022
George Leonard Huxley (1932-2022)
Author of many books and articles and member of distinguished committees, George Leonard Huxley taught classics for twenty years at Queen’s University in Belfast (1962-1983). Before that he was the Assistant Director of the British School at Athens. From 1986 until 1989, Huxley served as the Director of the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA). In 2008, he donated his personal papers to the ASCSA Archives.
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November 25, 2022
New Publication: On the Edge of a Roman Port
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of On the Edge of a Roman Port: Excavations at Koutsongila, Kenchreai, 2007–2014 (Hesperia Suppl. 52), edited by Elena Korka and Joseph L. Rife.
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November 22, 2022
Fall 2022 Newsletter
Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
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November 21, 2022
New Publication: East of the Theater: Glassware and Glass Production
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of East of the Theater: Glassware and Glass Production (Corinth XIX.1), by Anastassios C. Antonaras.
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November 14, 2022
Video Archive: Nostalgia for the East: The Bitter-Sweet Poetics of Loss
Watch the video archive of our lecture with Gail Holst-Warhaft.
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November 9, 2022
Video Archive: Old Statues on New Bases in Roman Athens
Watch the video archive of our lecture with Prof. Catherine Keesling.
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November 3, 2022
TravelTrails: Χειρόγραφα βιβλία στην Κωνσταντινούπολη του 17ου αιώνα
Ο διπλωμάτης Antoine Galland δίνει ενδιαφέρουσες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τη διακίνηση και το εμπόριο βιβλίων στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1672 καθώς και τις αναγνωστικές συνήθειες των Οθωμανών.
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November 3, 2022
TravelTrails: Manuscript Books in 17th Century Constantinople
The diplomat Antoine Galland informs us about books and book buying in Constantinople as well as the reading habits of the Ottomans in the 1672.
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November 1, 2022
Mark Mazower Named Gennadius Prize Recipient
Mark Mazower has been selected as the next recipient of the prestigious Gennadius Prize. He will be honored in New York City at the May 2023 Gala of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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October 31, 2022
Video Archive: The Epic of Anatolia in the Greek Imagination
Watch the video archive of our lecture with Prof. David Ricks
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October 25, 2022
Video Archive: Invisible Capital: How the Refugees of 1923 Transformed the Social, Cultural and Religious Life of Athens
Watch the archive of our lecture with Bruce Clark for "The Economist"
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October 17, 2022
Video Archive: Burned in Memory? The Changing Meanings of Smyrna
Watch our lecture with Prof. Jeffrey Olick
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October 13, 2022
John Camp and Beth Fisher honored by the The National Hellenic Society with its 2022 Excellence Award
Drake Behrakis, Chairman of National Hellenic Society, congratulated the two honorees and Actor Michael Chiklis during the Society’s annual Heritage Weekend and Classic Celebration last week in Dana Point, California.
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October 12, 2022
Read in TravelTrails: The First Inoculation against Smallpox
Among the wealth of historical information recorded by Western European travelers and analyzed in the digital platform TravelTrails, there is also information of medical interest including vaccination.
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October 12, 2022
Tο πρόγραμμα TravelTrails μας πληροφορεί για ένα πρώιμο εμβόλιο ευλογιάς
Ανάμεσα στο πλήθος ιστορικών πληροφοριών που καταγράφουν δυτικοευρωπαίοι περιηγητές και αναλύει η ψηφιακή πλατφόρμα TravelTrails, υπάρχουν και πληροφορίες ιατρικού ενδιαφέροντος συμπεριλαμβανομένου και του εμβολιασμού.
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October 3, 2022
Hesperia 91.3 Now Online!
Topics in this issue include the presentation of a Late Minoan II–III sealstone from Sissi on Crete, a detailed synthesis of the finds from the South Stoa wells at Corinth, and an analysis of lead-glazed tablewares from Late Medieval Corinth.
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September 29, 2022
ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ: Κύκλος διαλέξεων «Θάλεια Ποταμιάνου» - "Οι Μύθοι, η Μαγεία και το Μυστήριο των Αρχαίων Ελλήνων"
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη σας πληροφορεί ότι λόγω ανωτέρας βίας η σειρά διαλέξεων στη μνήμη της Θάλειας Ποταμιάνου με την Δρ. Emily Wilson αναβάλλεται για το ακαδημαϊκό έτος 2023-2024.
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September 29, 2022
Emily Wilson to Present on The Myth, Magic, and Mystery of the Ancient Greeks: Exploring the Connections to Contemporary Culture
The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will launch its 2023-24 Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series, featuring esteemed classicist and translator of Homer's "Odyssey," Emily Wilson.
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September 27, 2022
Νέος μοναδικός χάρτης της πολιορκίας του Χάνδακα προστίθεται στις συλλογές της Γενναδείου
Νέος χειρόγραφος χάρτης της πολιορκίας του Χάνδακα (Ηράκλειο) από τους Οθωμανούς το 1669, αγοράστηκε πρόσφατα σε δημοπρασία χάρη στη γενναιοδωρία των Επιτρόπων της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης.
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September 27, 2022
Unique map of Venetian Crete acquired in auction
The Gennadius Library has acquired a unique hand-drawn map of the siege of Candia (Herakleion) by the Ottomans in 1669 thanks to the generosity of its Board of Overseers.
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September 20, 2022
Ένα νέο χειρόγραφο στις συλλογές της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης: ένα τεκμήριο ιστορίας της ελληνικής εκπαίδευσης του 19ου αιώνα
Ένα πολύ σημαντικό τεκμήριο για την ιστορία της ελληνικής εκπαίδευσης αποκτήθηκε πρόσφατα από τη Γεννάδειο βιβλιοθήκη. Πρόκειται για ένα χειρόγραφο σημειωματάριο (MSS 827.5) που ανήκε στον Γερμανό (κατά κόσμο Νικήτα) Μιχαήλο, δάσκαλο που γεννήθηκε στη Σύμη το 1791.
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September 20, 2022
A new manuscript in the collections of the Gennadius Library: a source of history of 19th-century Greek education
A very important document for the history of Greek education was recently acquired by the Gennadius library: a handwritten notebook (MSS 827.5) that belonged to Germanos (né Niketas) Michaelos, a teacher born on the island of Syme in 1791.
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