October 5, 2009
Corinth Kitchen Opens Again
Meal service resumed today in Hill House to the relief of hostel residents after the installation of a new kitchen.
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September 20, 2009
Research Drawings of Parthenon Metopes in the New Acropolis Museum
Managing Committee member Katherine Schwab describes her Parthenon metope research drawings, which are now part of the permanent installation in the Parthenon Gallery of the new Acropolis Museum.
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New Acropolis Museum Opens
The new Acropolis Museum was opened to the public on June 21, 2009.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2009
Events Held in Kea to Raise Awareness of 4th c. B.C. Tower and Environs
Various presentations were organized on Kea Sept 4-5 to raise public consciousness about the need to preserve and develop cultural resources on the island. School Director Jack Davis was present to lecture and lead a group to the Agia Marina Tower.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2009
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Grant Awarded to ASCSA Libraries
The School is pleased to announce a recent grant awarded to the School by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The grant will support the detailed cataloging of more than 1,500 periodicals in the Blegen and Gennadius Libraries.
Read MoreSeptember 17, 2009
Leslie Day Named LaFollette Chair at Wabash College
Leslie Day named LaFollette Chair
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2009
New Book on Schliemann Published
The Austrian Academy of Sciences has published a new book about the conflict between Heinrich Schliemann and Ernst Boetticher over the interpretation of the excavations at Troy.
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September 10, 2009
Continuing Adventures of a Corinthian: Theo Kopestonsky and the Shrine at Kokkinovrysi
Theo Kopestonsky recently completed her dissertation on Corinthian material culture from a sanctuary outside of Ancient Corinth. Theo describes her first visit to Corinth as a regular member of the School, her work, and the Classical site at Kokkinovrysi.
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Program of Events 2009 – 2010
The Gennadius Library has organized the following events for the 2009-2010 academic year
Read MoreAugust 31, 2009
Summer research in Corinth
Corinth Excavations’ research and residence facilities were filled to capacity during the Summer of 2009. No less than 28 researchers used the hostel and museum facilities for their work. Book early for next year!!!
Read MoreAugust 21, 2009
New Publication: Vessel Glass
A landmark in the study of ancient glass from Greece, Agora XXXIV presents 404 vessels, representing almost every type of glass known from antiquity.
Read MoreAugust 4, 2009
Lionel Casson [1914-2009]
Maritime archaeologist and former ASCSA Managing Committee member Lionel Casson passed away July 18, 2009 at age 94.
Read MoreAugust 3, 2009
ASCSA Annual Report Now Available
The School's combined annual reports for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08 can now be viewed online.
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July 24, 2009
The Faces of Summer at the Agora
The number of volunteers and field personnel swell in summer when the Agora's excavation season is underway. Here are some of the faces of summer 2010.
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News and Notes from the Athenian Agora
The 2009 summer excavation season at the Agora is wrapping up with various pursuits undertaken as described here.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2009
Media Collection Made More Accessible
The Blegen Library's collection of CD-ROMs and DVDs is now housed in the Main Reading Room and so is accessible to any library user. The collection includes media that accompany books as well as resources that are available only in CD-ROM or DVD format.
Read MoreJuly 1, 2009
Lord’s History on-line
Louis Lord's History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1882-1942 is now available on-line!
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June 26, 2009
Field Report: Corinth Excavations 2009 Season
The 2009 season at Corinth was characterized by teamwork and dialogue shown by 19 students members and three supervisors. Excavation clarified the 10th and 11th century A.C. phasing of the courtyard house, which fell into disuse in the 12th century and was refurbished in the 13th century. Corinth Excavations serves as a field school for training members of the ASCSA in excavation methodologies.
Read MoreJune 24, 2009
G. Roger Edwards [1914-2009]
An ASCSA Member, Research Fellow, and author of numerous articles on Hellenistic pottery, G. Roger Edwards passed away June 9 at age 94.
Read MoreJune 18, 2009
Exhibit of drawings at the Blegen Library
David Voros, a professor at the University of South Carolina where he coordinates the painting program, is exhibiting his drawings at the Blegen Library from June 19 to July 15, 2009. In the exhibition, he presents selected works from a series of drawings he completed while a Visiting Senior Member at ASCSA in the Fall of 2007.
Read MoreJune 16, 2009
Agora Begins Excavation Season
The Excavations at the Ancient Agora have begun their season which extends to the end of July.
Read MoreJune 3, 2009
ASCSA Videocast: Out of Africa and Into Eurasia
The Director's Lecture series concludes for the season with "Out of Africa and into Eurasia: An Eastern Mediterranean Perspective" a presentation by Professor Katerina Harvati, Max Planck Institute. This lecture was co-sponsored by the Wiener Laboratory.
Read MoreJune 1, 2009
ASCSA Videocast: Greece and its Northern Neighbors from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age
The Director's Lecture Series continues with a presentation by John Papodopoulos of University of California, Los Angeles on "Greece and its Northern Neighbors from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age: Molossis, Illyria and Corinthians."
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An Old Elephant in the Wiener Laboratory
An interesting find has recently passed through the Wiener Laboratory—one which could shed light on the taxonomy, environment, and way of life during the Plio-Pleistocene of Greece.
Read MoreMay 21, 2009
James H. Ottaway Jr. and ASCSA Publishing Program are Honored
At a dinner of the American School's Trustees held at the Yale Club in New York on May 15, Trustee Emeritus James H. Ottaway Jr. was honored for his support of the ASCSA publishing program.
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