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Meet a Member: Robert Pounder

June 21, 2017

Meet a Member: Robert Pounder

Meet Robert Pounder, an Emeritus Professor of Classics at Vassar College who has been involved, in one way or another, with the American School for 50 years now.

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Access to the Archives of the Gennadius Library

June 15, 2017

Access to the Archives of the Gennadius Library

Researchers will not be able to access the Archives of the Gennadius Library between November 1, 2017 and June 15, 2018. H πρόσβαση των ερευνητών στα Αρχεία της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης δεν θα είναι δυνατή από 1/11/2017 έως 15/6/2018.

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VIDEOCAST - ‘One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism’

June 14, 2017

VIDEOCAST - ‘One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism’

Presented by Maria Georgopoulou & Gregory Jusdanis

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Graduate Students from the University of Athens at the ASCSA

June 13, 2017

Graduate Students from the University of Athens at the ASCSA

Οι μεταπτυχιακοί φοιτητές του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στο πρόγραμμα Διαχείρισης Μνημείων (Cultural Heritage Management) επισκέφτηκαν τα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών, με πρωτοβουλία του καθηγητή τους κ. Διονύση Μουρελάτου.

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One Hundred Years of Dialogue. Latin American Approaches to Hellenism

June 2, 2017

One Hundred Years of Dialogue. Latin American Approaches to Hellenism

International Conference explores the reception of Hellenism in Latin America.

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2017 Corinth Excavation & Museum Sessions

June 2, 2017

2017 Corinth Excavation & Museum Sessions

The summer excavation sessions at Corinth are complete with the museum session to follow. Read a wrap-up of this year's season.

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Surprises in Excavations on the Ismenion Hill

May 31, 2017

Surprises in Excavations on the Ismenion Hill

A conversation with Dr. Stephanie Larson about the excavations on the Ismenion Hill

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NEH Fellow’s work on antiquities as state gifts has far-reaching implications

May 29, 2017

NEH Fellow’s work on antiquities as state gifts has far-reaching implications

Nassos Papalexandrou received a NEH fellowship from the School to spend a year researching “Greek Antiquities as Diplomatic Gifts in Greek-U.S. Relationships after WWII.”

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Votive Reliefs in the Agora: An Interview with Carol L. Lawton

May 26, 2017

Votive Reliefs in the Agora: An Interview with Carol L. Lawton

An interview with Carol L. Lawton about the newest volume in our Athenian Agora series.

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Hesperia 86.2 Now Online!

May 23, 2017

Hesperia 86.2 Now Online!

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.2. Topics in this issue include an overview of Archaic and Classical Butrint, a reconstruction of the sculptural program of the Temple of Apollo Patroos in the Agora, the initial publication of a Hellenistic decree from Athens, and a revisiting of the location of the Battle of Philippi.

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May 23, 2017

One-day meeting in experimental archaeology at the Wiener Laboratory

The use of stone tools and the observation of wear patterns; a theoretical and practical one-day meeting at the Wiener Laboratory

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American School Celebrates Annual Gala in New York City

May 22, 2017

American School Celebrates Annual Gala in New York City

Nearly 350 guests attended the Annual Gala Dinner celebrating the School and the Gennadius Library on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Malcolm H. Wiener and Lloyd E. Cotsen were honored at the event.

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New Publication: Votive Reliefs (Agora XXXVIII)

May 22, 2017

New Publication: Votive Reliefs (Agora XXXVIII)

Votive Reliefs (Agora XXXVIII) is now published and available for purchase!

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Meet a Member: Maria Papaioannou

May 18, 2017

Meet a Member: Maria Papaioannou

Meet Maria Papaioannou, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation on Early Greek Epigram.

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Conductor and artistic director Peter Tiboris at the Gennadius Library

May 15, 2017

Conductor and artistic director Peter Tiboris at the Gennadius Library

Conductor, artistic director, and collector Peter Tiboris visited the Gennadius Library where ASCSA director Jim Wright, librarian Irini Solomonidi, and archivist Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan showed him rare editions from the collections of the Library, and the papers of Dimitri Mitropoulos from the Archives. Thrilled to see some of Mitropoulos's scores and letters, Peter shared with us that he collects batons and that he is proud of owning one of Leonard Bernstein's four batons. He also shared with us Bernstein's memoirs of his rival Dimitri Mitropoulos.

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In Memoriam: Lloyd Cotsen

May 12, 2017

In Memoriam: Lloyd Cotsen

The American School is saddened to learn of the death of Lloyd Cotsen on May 8, 2017. His love of Greece and the Greek people was on view at the School's Annual Gala Wednesday night and his family accepted the Gennadius Prize on his behalf. See the video tribute here.

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Azoria Project Excavations Wins New Grants

May 12, 2017

Azoria Project Excavations Wins New Grants

The Azoria Project excavations on Crete has won grants this year from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the National Geographic Society

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May 10, 2017

VIDEO: The First Greek Editions of Homer

Take a peek inside our Gennadius Library rare book room with Senior Librarian Irini Solomonidi to learn about the first printed Greek editions of Homer.

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VIDEOCAST - Excavations on the Ismenion Hill in Thebes, 2011-2016

May 10, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Excavations on the Ismenion Hill in Thebes, 2011-2016

Professors Stephanie Larson, Associate Professor, Bucknell University, and Kevin Daly, Mellon Professor of Classical Studies, ASCSA

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VIDEOCAST - Plagues and Pestilence in Thebes

May 9, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Plagues and Pestilence in Thebes

Prof. Maria Liston, Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Canada; Whitehead Professor, ASCSA

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VIDEOCAST - The Colonel’s Dictatorship: the View from London, Thirty-Sixth Annual Walton Lecture

May 9, 2017

VIDEOCAST - The Colonel’s Dictatorship: the View from London, Thirty-Sixth Annual Walton Lecture

Richard Clogg is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford

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Published: Corinth Excavations Field Manual

April 28, 2017

Published: Corinth Excavations Field Manual

Corinth Excavations Archaeological manual has been published by the The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota

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VIDEOCAST - Human-Environment Dynamics in the Peloponnese and Beyond: Ideas-Methods-Results

April 28, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Human-Environment Dynamics in the Peloponnese and Beyond: Ideas-Methods-Results

Conference on Environment and Human Activity in the Peloponnese, 6-9 April, organized in cooperation with the Swedish Institute at Athens.

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Constantine (Deno) and Marie Macricostas and the Macricostas Family Foundation Name West Wing in honor of General Ioannis Makriyannis

April 27, 2017

Constantine (Deno) and Marie Macricostas and the Macricostas Family Foundation Name West Wing in honor of General Ioannis Makriyannis

Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library announces that Constantine (Deno) and Marie Macricostas, through the Macricostas Family Foundation, have pledged a $1.5 million gift in support of the Library’s new west wing. In acknowledgment of this significant gift, the space will be named the “Ioannis Makriyannis Wing” at the wishes of Mr. and Mrs. Macricostas, in honor of the Greek patriot General Makriyannis (1797–1864).

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Gennadius Library Overseers to Award Gennadius Prize to Lloyd E. Cotsen

April 27, 2017

Gennadius Library Overseers to Award Gennadius Prize to Lloyd E. Cotsen

The Overseers of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) will honor Lloyd E. Cotsen, former President of the ASCSA Trustees and the first Chairman of the Overseers, as the second recipient of the Gennadius Prize for “outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece” at the ASCSA Gala in New York City on May 10, 2017.

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