March 22, 2008
Open Meeting of the Work of the School
For the first time, the meeting was held at both Cotsen Hall and in Thessaloniki. A report and downloadable recording of the event follows.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2008
Blegen Library Inventory Completed
The Blegen Library Inventory took place on March 17th. Check for the list of missing books.
Read MoreMarch 18, 2008
Work-in-Progress seminar
Professor William Caraher will deliver a work-in-progress seminar at the Gennadius Library on April 10, 6:15pm.
Read MoreMarch 17, 2008
8th Annual Clean Monday Celebration in NYC
This year's event at Estiatorio Milos was a huge success with many prominent social and political figures attending this year's benefit to support Capital Campaign II for the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreMarch 16, 2008
Reference Archivist reports on Preservation Workshop
With financial support from the American School, Reference Archivist Eleftheria Daleziou attended the Basic Preservation for Library and Archives Collections event on Tuesday 4 March 2008, organized by the UK National Preservation Office (http://www.bl.uk/services/npo/npo.html). Her report follows below.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2008
Farewell party for Blegen Librarian
The Blegen Library staff organized a small farewell party for Chuck Jones who resigned from his position on March 1st.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2008
Cataloguer attends seminar on digitization
Cataloguer of the Gennadius Library attends seminar on Digitization and metadata.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2008
ANS Magazine online
Latest issue of the American Numismatic Society Magazine, summer 2007
Read MoreMarch 12, 2008
A new open access journal
Bioarchaeology of the Near East is a very interesting open access journal that brings together biological anthropologists and the archaeologists interested in human populations inhabiting the Near East
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2008
Reference Archivist attends Preservation workshop
With financial support from the American School, Reference Archivist Eleftheria Daleziou will attendthe Basic Preservation for Library and Archives Collections event on Tuesday 4 March 2008, organized by the UK National Preservation Office.
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2008
Schliemann Letter Purchased
With support from the Michael H. Jameson Memorial Fund, the School’s Archives bought at a recent auction a postcard written in 1887 by Heinrich Schliemann to his wife Sophia, who was recovering at Saint Moritz.
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2008
Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric
Gennadeion Trustee, Nikos Theocarakis donates important volume of Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric” to the Library
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2008
Συμμετοχή βιβλίου της συλλογής Κυριαζή σε διεθνή έκθεση
Το βιβλίο του Thomas Hope, Outlines for my costume, που ανήκει στη συλλογή Κυριαζή της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, πρόκειται να ταξιδέψει εκτός των συνόρων της χώρας.
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2008
Librarian to Attend UK Serials Group (UKSG) Conference
Blegen Library Assistant Librarian Maria Tourna will attend the annual conference of the UK Serials Group (UKSG) in April 2008
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2008
Collaborating to Improve Library Collections
A project for librarians and scholars to collaborate for the improvment library holdings of epigraphic publications
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2008
Malcolm Wiener Foundation Donates $2 Million for New Lab
The School recently received a major contribution from the Malcolm H. Wiener Foundation
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2008
Icon from the Stathatos Collection lent to exhibition in Corfu
A post-Byzantine icon from the Stathatos collection was lent to the exhibition “Ex votos and Miracles. Votive practices in Corfu and in Europe” in the Old Fortress of Corfu. On view until the end of April 2008.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2008
Νέο σπάνιο απόκτημα της Βιβλιοθήκης
Πρώτη Λονδρέζικη έκδοση της “Τέχνης Ρητορικής” του Αριστοτέλη (1619) δωρήθηκε στη Βιβλιοθήκη
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2008
School Receives $2 Million from Malcolm Wiener Foundation
The Foundation has recently donated $2 million for a new Laboratory.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2008
Εικόνα από τη Συλλογή Σταθάτου σε έκθεση στην Κέρκυρα
Φορητή εικόνα από τη Συλλογή Σταθάτου συμμετείχε στην έκθεση «Θαύματα και Τάματα. Αφιερωματικές πρακτικές στην Κέρκυρα και στην Ευρώπη».
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2008
Concert “Winds West and East” by musical group En Chordais
On December 4 2008 musical group En Chordais gave in Cotsen Hall a concert titled “Winds West and East. Our Byzantine Inheritance, Lyrics and Melodies from the Mediterranean, and Contemporary Compositions.”
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2008
Hesperia Wins Prestigious Publishing Award
On February 7, 2008, the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers presented Hesperia, the journal of the ASCSA, with an award for Best Design of a Print Journal at a lunch held in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C.
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February 4, 2008
Corinth Excavations Well-Represented at AIA
The Corinth Excavations were the subject of many papers at the 2008 AIA Meetings in Chicago. Read what was presented here.
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February 1, 2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa. An Exhibition of Greek Culture?
On the Bay of Naples, wealthy Roman collectors created an elite culture based on the art of ancient Greece. An exhibition recently at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, (moving to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in May) and curated by ASCSA alum Carol C. Mattusch, explores luxury living in the shadow of the volcano.
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January 31, 2008
Gennadeion Goes Digital
An ambitious program of scanning and cataloging some of the treasures of the Gennadius Library has been underway since 2007.
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