Texts, Manuscripts, Editions:
Greek Palaeography, the Transmission of Texts, and Textual Criticism
2025/2026 Winter-term (November through January) Hybrid, non-credit seminar, with the generous support of Dumbarton Oaks
Application deadline: April 15, 2025
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens received the Medal of Honor for Achievement in Archaeology from the National Arts Club (NAC).
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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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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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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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This remarkable gift marks the Kleiners’ fourth substantial contribution to the Loring Hall complex.
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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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John Camp will be honored this weekend, with the AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.
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Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Watch a replay of the lecture by Professor Görkem Kökdemir from the University of Ankara.
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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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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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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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Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
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Watch the video archive of the opening of the exhibition.
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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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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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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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