Please join us online, on Zoom, at 1:00pm (ET) on Tuesday, September 17, for the first of three Information Sessions about the ASCSA Academic Year Program. All prospective applicants to the Academic Year Program for 2025/2026 are welcome. The event requires online registration in advance.
Later sessions will be offered at 11:00am (ET) on Monday, October 21, and at 2:00pm (ET) on Wednesday, December 4.
Edward Capps was one of the luminaries of the American School, and many recognize him as the "Second Founder of the School." This summer the great-nephew of Edward Capps came to Athens to remember the Capps legacy.
Read MoreSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Stavros Lambrinidis signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17, 2011 to reduce the incentive for further pillage of Greece's cultural heritage.
Read MoreASCSA Director Jack Davis, was made an honorary citizen of Pylos on July 11, 2011 for his contributions to the community where he has excavated.
Read MoreWiener Laboratory Director, Sherry Fox, began work with the University of Athens' first field campaign at Tell Nader in Kurdistan (Erbil, Iraq) this past April under the direction of Prof. Konstantinos Kopanias from the University of Athens.
Read More"The Matter of Antiquity: An Archaeological Conference in Honor of Susan Rotroff" was held on June 17–18 and filled with colleagues and well-wishers of this noted Agora scholar and recent winner of the AIA Gold Medal. Read more to see why we think Susan is "kind of a big deal."
Read MoreSamantha Martin-McAuliffe and Jenifer Neils report on the first-ever alumni trip in June. Diverse ages, experiences and nationalities made for animated and convivial camaraderie and a memorable experience.
Read MoreThe issue of Gennadeion News for Spring 2011 was recently published and distributed to all members and friends of the Gennadius Library. Read the issue online and in color.
Read MoreThe Spring 2011 edition of the School newsletter ákoue can be read online and in color here.
Read MoreMore reminiscences from School alumni in celebration of Alumni week. Next up: The Famous Professor and the Lowly (but clever) Graduate Student, as remembered by Ron Stroud.
Read MoreHelp us restore U.S. government funding to American Overseas Research Centers! Please sign the petition and make your voice heard!
Read MorePhotos and documents—both illuminating and amusing— from the American School’s academic program are on display in the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library through September 30th.
Read MoreASCSA marked the 130th year of the School's founding with tributes to 5 great Philhellenes—Alan L. Boegehold, Lloyd E. Cotsen, David W. Packard, Malcolm H. Wiener, and Charles K. Williams, II—and a new exhibition. Watch the event here.
Read MoreOne cannot reminisce about time spent at the School without including food in some way. A memorable meal, perhaps in a spectacular setting. . . and with true xenía. To commemorate Alumni Week, alumna Kathleen Lynch took on the task of compiling some of those culinary experiences into a cookbook featuring alumni of the School. Read more to see how you can get a copy!
Read MoreWho needs Flat Stanley when you can have Fluffy? Fluffy belongs to Hesperia editor Tracey Cullen and is an old friend of ASCSA Director Jack Davis. On March 30, Fluffy traveled to Greece with Andrew Reinhard, Director of Publications, and spent 10 days in Athens, Corinth, and Isthmia visiting the School, seeing old friends, and making new ones.
Read MoreThe following videcasts are from the two-day workshop of "Telltale Depictions: A Contextual View of Mycenaean Wall-Paintings", that took place at "The National Hellenic Research Foundation" in Athens.
Read MoreOn February 11, 2011, John Bennett (University of Sheffield) delivered the lecture, "Telltale Depictions: A Contextual View of Mycenaean Wall-Paintings" to lead off the 2-day weekend workshop on the subject.
Read MoreOn February 22, 2011, Silvana Blazevska of the National Institute of Stobi lectured on "New excavations at Stobi 2009–2010" in Cotsen Hall. Watch the lecture here.
Read MoreAre bald men smarter, more attractive, more accomplished on the battlefield? Some ancient Greeks and Romans certainly thought so! At least sometimes! In a brisk and often humorous overview of ancient texts, Corey Brennan, Mellon Professor at the American Academy of Rome held his audience enthralled in his lecture "Baldness in the Greek and Roman Imagination" on March 1, 2011.
Read MoreASCSA Director Jack L. Davis gave an update of the activities of the School and affiliated excavations for the past year to a packed audience in Cotsen Hall on March 11 and again in Thessaloniki on March 17. Jeffrey Soles also gave the lecture, "The Goddess and the Ancestors at Mochlos, Crete." The March 11 meeting was the first time this event was broadcast live, allowing institutions and friends of the School in the U.S. and elsewhere to watch in real time.
Read MoreOn March 29, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith, King’s College London, presented "Kings, Princes, and Powers: Venizelos and Dilemmas of National Revival" in Cotsen Hall.
Read MoreIn preparation for the School's first-ever Alumni week on June 3-12, we have asked Members from years past to reminisce about their days at the School. Think School accommodations are unglamorous now? Read this account from Alan Boegehold!
Read MoreOn April 4, 2011 the excavation season began in Ancient Corinth.
Read MoreAgora Excavations Director John McK. Camp II was honored on March 14th, 2011 by the Society of Athenians as a philhellene and for his many years of archaeological work in Athens.
Read MoreClean Monday was celebrated for the eleventh year by Philhellenes and Greek-Americans alike at Molyvos in New York City. This year's event raised nearly $40,000 to benefit the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreThe annual report for the School covering the years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 has recently been published and is available online.
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