January 20, 2024
W. Kendrick Pritchett Honored With Room in Loring Hall
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a room in Loring Hall in memory of W. Kendrick Pritchett, Professor of Greek at the University of California at Berkeley.
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January 18, 2024
Markets in the Demes, A New Approach to the Attic Countryside
Watch our video with Edward Harris (University of Durham) and Sylvian Fachard (University of Lausanne and Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece) on the recent work in the Attic countryside to study several rural markets neglected by these scholars.
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January 11, 2024
American School to Receive National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Archaeology
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has been named as the 2023 recipient of The Medal of Honor for Achievement in Archaeology from the National Arts Club.
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January 9, 2024
Fred Kleiner Names Fitness Room in Memory of Diana Kleiner
This remarkable gift marks the Kleiners’ fourth substantial contribution to the Loring Hall complex.
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January 9, 2024
Ottoman No More: “Oi Mikrasiatai Yper tōn Deinopathountōn Adelfōn tōn”
Watch out video with Yiorgo Topalidis of Flagler College. For lecture on the first three decades of the 20th century, a wave of migrants arrived in the US from Europe. American immigration authorities documented a number of those migrants as Ottoman and Turkish nationals of the Greek race.
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January 4, 2024
John Camp to be honored with AIA’s 2024 Gold Medal
John Camp will be honored this weekend, with the AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.
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December 31, 2023
Our Year in Review - 2023
Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
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December 29, 2023
Eric Cline Honors Wife Diane Harris Cline with Room Dedication
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a gift from Dr. Eric H. Cline, an alumnus of the School, Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, and the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at George Washington University (GWU).
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December 15, 2023
Hesperia 92.4 Now Online!
Hesperia 92.4 is now available online! Topics in this issue include the MYNEKO project in central mainland Greece, the possible evidence for the first Attic potter/painter known by name, a report on the rural fortifications of Aphrodisias, and a curse on a mime actress at Corinth.
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December 14, 2023
Τα Φυλακτά της ύστερης αρχαιότητας: Η διατήρηση και ο μετασχηματισμός τους από τη Xριστιανική κοινωνία.
Εθνικοί και χριστιανοί θεωρούσαν τα φυλακτά ως αντικείμενα προικισμένα με υπερφυσική δύναμη, χάρη στην οποία εξουδετέρωναν όλες τις συμφορές που προκαλούσαν στην ανθρώπινη ζωή οι δαίμονες του κακού.
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December 12, 2023
The Near East Relief Orphanage of Syros
On the centennial of the founding of the largest orphanage of the Eastern Mediterranean, a team of archaeologists, historians, architects, and videographers have been studying the Near East Relief Orphanage of Syros. The orphanage was constructed and operated by the American philanthropic organization Near East Relief as part of the response to the humanitarian crisis of 1922.
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November 30, 2023
Παρουσίαση της Έκθεσης "Λατρεμένη Κωνσταντινούπολη”
Η έκθεση περιλαμβάνει έργα Ευρωπαίων ζωγράφων19ου αιώνα με θέμα την Κωνσταντινούπολη από τις συλλογές του Ιδρύματος Αθανασίου και Μαρίνας Μαρτίνου και εκκλησιαστικά σκεύη της ίδιας περιόδου, κατασκευασμένα στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, από το Μουσείο Sadberk Hanim του Ιδρύματος Koç. Tα εκθέματα πιστοποιούν ότι η Κωνσταντινούπολη υπήρξε αστείρευτη πηγή έμπνευσης για τους ξένους καλλιτέχνες, και σημαντικό κέντρο παραγωγής καλλιτεχνημάτων.
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November 20, 2023
Video Archive: Greece and the Post-1922 International Humanitarian Aid: The Untold Story
Watch the video archive of the lecture with Professor Dimitris Kamouzis as he highlights briefly unknown aspects and ‘grey areas’ of the aid provided by humanitarian organisations.
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November 16, 2023
Kleiners Name Room in Honor of Hesperia
American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a new major gift from Diana E. E. and Fred S. Kleiner: a room in Loring Hall named in honor of Hesperia.
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November 10, 2023
Video Archive: Cult of Zeus Sosipolis and its temple in Magnesia
Watch a replay of the lecture by Professor Görkem Kökdemir from the University of Ankara.
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November 8, 2023
Conservation Laboratory of Athenian Agora Excavations
Each summer, the conservation laboratory of the Agora Excavations runs an 8-week internship program and hosts 2 – 3 international conservation students.
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October 31, 2023
Gennadius at The Grolier Club in New York
Director of the Gennadius Library Maria Georgopoulou enthralled book collectors and classics fans with her recent talk at the illustrious Grolier Club on some of the Library's collection's important rare editions, fine bookbindings, and “only known” copies that belonged to Greek diplomat and bibliophile Joannes Gennadius (1844-1932).
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October 30, 2023
Petros Themelis 1936 - 2023
Petros Themelis, one of the most prominent Greek archaeologists, professor and colleague, passed away on Friday, October 27th, at the age of 87.
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October 26, 2023
Fall Newsletter 2023
Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
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October 20, 2023
Video Archive: In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918-1929
Watch the video archive of the opening of the exhibition.
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October 5, 2023
Hesperia 92.3 Now Online!
Hesperia 92.3 is now available online! Topics in this issue include Keian pottery and Late Bronze Age chronology, a look at the demography of Hellenistic Boiotia, an examination of a Panathenaic victor list, and a study on the chemical composition of domestic wares at Corinth.
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October 4, 2023
Η Emily Wilson συνεπήρε το κοινό στην πρώτη της διάλεξη
Η φημισμένη καθηγήτρια κλασικών σπουδών και ακαδημαϊκός, Emily Wilson, παρουσίασε την ομιλία της The Vulnerability of Heroism σε ένα κατάμεστο Cotsen Hall, καθώς και σε χιλιάδες κόσμο, ανα την υφήλιο, που την παρακολούθησε μέσω της ζωντανής αναμετάδοσης.
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October 4, 2023
Emily Wilson Captivates Crowd with Lecture on The Vulnerability of Heroism
Renowned classicist Emily Wilson lectured on The Vulnerability of Heroism to a capacity audience at Cotsen Hall, at the Gennadius Library, while thousands more watched online.
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September 27, 2023
Haris Kalliga Obituary
Haris Kalligas, Director of the Gennadius Library from 1995 to 2004, died on September 24, 2023 at the age of 82. Her nine years as Director of the Library not only saw the renovation of the Gennadius and its surroundings, but also went far to shape the Library’s leading role in the intellectual and cultural life of Athens today.
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