April 5, 2011
Corinth Excavations 2011 season begins
On April 4, 2011 the excavation season began in Ancient Corinth.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2011
John Camp Honored by the Society of Athenians
Agora 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.
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March 17, 2011
Clean Monday Celebration Brings Out Supporters
Clean 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 MoreMarch 9, 2011
Annual Report Online
The annual report for the School covering the years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 has recently been published and is available online.
Read MoreMarch 2, 2011
Gennadius Library closed on March 7, 2011
The Library will be closed on Clean Monday
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February 24, 2011
Clean Monday to be Celebrated in New York on March 7th
Come celebrate the beginning of Lent with the friends of the Library on March 7, 2011 at Molyvos in New York City. Music, dancing, and great Greek food!
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February 22, 2011
Research Spotlight: Angela Ziskowski and Construction of Corinthian Identity
Angela Ziskowski successfully defended her dissertation, The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period, in February 2011 and was conferred her PhD by Bryn Mawr College.
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February 20, 2011
Pettegrew’s Corinthian Matters
Corinthian Matters is a new and exciting electronic resource and blog created by David Pettegrew an Assistant Professor at Messiah College in Pennsylvania and member of the ASCSA. New developments in scholarship are reaching the public very slowly, which is why there exists widespread popular misunderstandings of the city of Corinth. His site intends to make archaeological and historical research more quickly accessible.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2011
Aristomenes Arberores (1938-2011)
Friend, mentor, and retired Foreman of the Corinth Excavations, Aristomenes Arberores passed away on February 10, 2011.
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February 4, 2011
πρωτότυπων χαρτών του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου από τη Συλλογή Σαμούρκα
Η διάλεξη του Γιώργου Τόλια από το Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών με θέμα «Η Ελλάδα του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου μέσα από τους χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα» εγκαινίασε την έκθεση πρωτότυπων χαρτών του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου από τη Συλλογή Σαμούρκα που εκτίθενται στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη μέχρι τις 28 Φεβρουαρίου 2011.
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February 4, 2011
Exhibit Opens on Ortelius Maps from Samoukas Collection
A lecture by George Tolias of the National Hellenic Research Foundation marked the exhibition opening of original maps of Abraham Ortelius from Margarita Samourka’s Collection. The exhibition continues until February 28, 2011.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2011
Ancient Corinth Featured in Greek TV Series
A new Greek series on SKAI-TV entitled 1821 features Corinth Excavations Director Guy Sanders discussing a 17th-18th c. Christian-Muslim cemetery on the Corinth site.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2011
Exhibition “Abraham Ortelius’ Greece. Maps from Margarita Samourka’s Collection”
Exhibition in the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2011
Έκθεση πρωτότυπων χαρτών του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου από τη Συλλογή Σαμούρκα
Η Ελλάδα του Αβραάμ Ορτέλιου μέσα από χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2011
Επιχορήγηση προγράμματος Βυζαντινής Γλώσσας και Γραμματείας της Βιβλιοθήκης από το Ίδρυμα Λεβέντη
Το ίδρυμα Λεβέντη επιχορηγεί το θερινό πρόγραμμα Βυζαντινής Γλώσσας και Γραμματείας της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης για τα έτη 2011 και 2013
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January 26, 2011
Videocast: Η Ελλάδα του Ortelius μέσα από τους χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα
Στις 20 Ιανουαρίου ο Γιώργος Τόλιας του Ινστιτούτου Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών του ΕΙΕ έδωσε διάλεξη στο Cotsen Hall με θέμα Η Ελλάδα του Ορτέλιου μέσα από τους χάρτες της Συλλογής Σαμούρκα.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2011
Details Announced for Alumni Week
Come celebrate the School's 130th Anniversary! New details have been posted for Alumni Week in Greece, June 3–12, 2011.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2011
Schliemann’s Archaeological Diaries Now Available
Thanks to funding from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Schliemann's archaeological diaries (A 12, A 13, A 14, A15, and A 18) are now available electronically in the Archives.
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January 6, 2011
Videocast: Working in Cotton, Metal and Fayence: Ottoman Artisans in the Early Modern Age
On December 14, 2010, Suraiya Faroqhi, prolific author and currently professor of history at Istanbul's Bilgi University, delivered a riveting lecture on crafts, textiles and guilds in the Ottoman Empire. Watch it here.
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January 5, 2011
Videocast: Exiles in Pisa, 1821. Mavrokordatos the Shelleys and the Greek Revolution
Roderick Beaton, Professor at King's College, London delivered this presentation on December 8 in Cotsen Hall as part of the Gennadeion's lecture series. Watch it in full here.
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January 5, 2011
Videocast: Παλιές και νέες αρχαιολογικές ανακαλύψεις στη Μεσσηνία
Xeni Arapogianni, head of the Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in Kalamata, attracted an enthusiastic audience to Cotsen Hall on December 7, 2010 to learn about recent archaeological discoveries in Messenia.
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January 5, 2011
Videocast: The Quality of Life in Classical Antiquity
How great was life in Ancient Greece anyway? Stanford University Professor Walter Scheidel draws some surprising conclusions in this lecture on November 23 at Cotsen Hall.
Read MoreDecember 30, 2010
Gennadeion Newsletter Now Online
The issue of Gennadeion News for Fall 2010 was recently published and distributed to all members and friends of the Gennadius Library. Read the issue online and in color.
Read MoreDecember 29, 2010
Fall 2010 Issue of ákoue Now Online
The Fall 2010 edition of the School newsletter ákoue can be read online and in color here.
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