Inspiring Generations: Ronald Stroud and the American School’s Academic Program

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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Malcolm Wiener to be Awarded American School’s Athens Prize

April 27, 2017

Malcolm Wiener to be Awarded American School’s Athens Prize

The Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have named Malcolm Hewitt Wiener, Aegean prehistorian and Chairman Emeritus of the Trustees, as the second recipient of the School’s Athens Prize for “outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of ancient Greece.” Wiener will accept the award on May 10, 2017 at the ASCSA Gala in New York City.

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Sacher Named Next Editor of Hesperia

April 21, 2017

Sacher Named Next Editor of Hesperia

The ASCSA has chosen Jennifer Sacher to be the next editor of its journal, Hesperia.

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Meet a Member: Carissa Nicholson

April 21, 2017

Meet a Member: Carissa Nicholson

Meet Carissa Nicholson, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation in Art History at the University of Florida.

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Panagiotis Karkanas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 17, 2017

Panagiotis Karkanas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the U.S.’s oldest and most esteemed learned societies, has elected Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the American School's Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, to its 237th class of members. He is the 24th person in the ASCSA's venerable history to receive this honor.

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April 13, 2017

Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Εκατό Χρόνια Διαλόγου. Λατινοαμερικανικές Προσεγγίσεις στον Ελληνισμό”, 18-20 Μαΐου 2017

Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα διοργανώνει από κοινού με τον Gregory Jusdanis από το Πολιτειακό Πανεπιστήμιο του Οχάιο στις ΗΠΑ συνέδριο με τίτλο «Εκατό Χρόνια Διαλόγου. Λατινοαμερικανικές Προσεγγίσεις στον Ελληνισμό». Το συνέδριο θα διεξαχθεί από τις 18 έως τις 20 Μαΐου στο αμφιθέατρο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Cotsen Hall (Αναπήρων Πολέμου 9).

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April 13, 2017

International Conference “One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism”, May 18-20, 2017

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is organizing with Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Ohio State University, a three-day conference entitled “One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism” on May 18-20, 2017.

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Documenta 14 Comes to the Gennadius Library

April 10, 2017

Documenta 14 Comes to the Gennadius Library

The famed international art exhibition Documenta 14 is officially open in Athens, and the Gennadius Library is one of the hosts.

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VIDEOCAST - Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017

April 10, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017

Σεμινάριο: Ασφάλεια, συντήρηση, καταλογογράφηση, ψηφιοποίηση και χρηματοδότηση

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In the Camel Tracks of Lawrence of Arabia

April 6, 2017

In the Camel Tracks of Lawrence of Arabia

2017 members take an incredible journey to the Holy Land (via camel at times) for their optional spring trip.

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VIDEOCAST - “The ‘Hypereia Krini’ at Ancient Pherai”

April 6, 2017

VIDEOCAST - “The ‘Hypereia Krini’ at Ancient Pherai”

Dr. Dylan K. Rogers, Assistant Director, ASCSA

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