February 18, 2020
In Memoriam: Ing-Marie Raptis
Our friend and colleague Ing-Marie Raptis, after three months of struggle, has passed away on February 5, 2020.
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February 10, 2020
School Elects Two Trustees from California
The American School is pleased to announce that George M. Marcus and Charles W. Steinmetz were recently elected to its Board of Trustees.
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January 30, 2020
John Papadopoulos Speaks at the National Arts Club
On January 27, 2020, Professor John Papadopoulos presented his lecture, "New Evidence from Ancient Methone," at the historic National Arts Club in New York City.
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January 29, 2020
Group from Kalamata visits the Gennadius Library
Professor Ioannis Theodorakopoulos with a group from Kalamata, among them the former mayor Geogios Koutsoulis, visited the Gennadius Library on Saturday January 25.
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January 28, 2020
Delaware University students visit the Gennadius Library
Professors Dr. David Satran, and Dr. Tyson Sukava, visited the Gennadius Library on Wednesday, January 22, leading a group of 34 students from the University of Delaware.
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January 23, 2020
Q&A with Hesperia Fellow Ashley Eckhardt
Ashley Eckhardt, the American School’s first Hesperia Fellow, speaks about her editorial work, art historical research, and experiences at the School.
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January 23, 2020
Hunter College Students Visit the American School
Robert B. Koehl, Professor of Archaeology at the Hunter College, City University of New York, with a group of his students, visited Gennadius Library and the ASCSA Archives on Thursday, January 16.
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December 31, 2019
Winter 2019 Newsletter
Read the latest print edition of our Newsletter to find out all that is happening at the American School.
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December 18, 2019
Ξενάγηση ομάδας υπαλλήλων του Υπουργείου Μεταναστευτικής Πολιτικής στην Αμερικανική Σχολή
Με χαρά υποδεχτήκαμε στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών ομάδα υπαλλήλων από το Υπουργείο Μεταναστευτικής Πολιτικής.
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December 16, 2019
Videocast - "Euchenor's Corinth: Mycenaean Habitation from Acrocorinth to Korakou"
Mycenaean Corinth was considered non-existent for the longest time. Based on the evidence produced by the ASCSA on the site of Ancient Corinth and by the Archaeological Service in the area, I argue for wealthy Corinth.
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December 16, 2019
Q&A with First Sanev Fellow
Dr. Silvana Blazevska is the first recipient of the Voislav Sanev fellowship, which provides a North Macedonian scholar the opportunity to use the resources of the ASCSA.
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December 6, 2019
Videocast - "Erasing Macedonians: The Politics of Athenian Space in 200 B.C."
Under increasing external pressure, in 200 B.C., the Athenians abandoned the policy of strict external neutrality which they has pursued since 229, when they literally bought back their freedom from the Macedonians. Now, they declared war on King Philip V of Macedon and engaged in a period of erasing Macedonians from their inscribed documents and their cityscape.
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December 6, 2019
Videocast - "Socrates and the Health of Athens"
Socrates lived most of his adult life in a city suffering the effects of near continuous warfare (in which he took part) as well as significant epidemic disease, known generally as “the plague” described by Thucydides in memorably searing language in Book 2 of his history.
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November 25, 2019
New Book on Ottoman Athens
We are very proud to announce the publication of “Ottoman Athens: Archaeology, Topography, History” edited by Maria Georgopoulou (Director of the Gennadius Library) and Konstantinos Thanasakis [289 pages, 95 illustrations]. The book was published by the Gennadius Library and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, with the support of the Association of the Philoi of the Gennadius Library.
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November 21, 2019
Hesperia 88.4 Now Online!
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 88.4. Topics in this issue include the reexamination of a multifigured Protoarchaic cup from Crete, the study of the Classical-period sculpture from the friezes of the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora, an exploration of the political value of timber in the 5th century, and a look at the influences of 5th-century Athenian art and civic religion on the staging of Euripides’ Ion.
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November 21, 2019
Hellenic University Club of Wilmington Hosts “Conversations with the American School”
The Hellenic University Club (HUC) of Wilmington hosted “Conversations with the American School” at the historic Hagley Museum and Library in Delaware. Originally the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802, Hagley is now a museum set on 235 acres of land that tell the history of American business, technology, and innovation, and its impact on the world.
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November 21, 2019
Trustee Mary Lefkowitz Honored by Alpha Omega Council
On Saturday, November 16, 2019, the Alpha Omega Council (AOC) presented Professor Mary Lefkowitz with the coveted Philhellene Award at their 2019 Honors Gala. The annual dinner event was held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Nearly 300 guests were in attendance.
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November 21, 2019
2020 Aristeia Award Announcement
The Association is pleased to announce that Susan I. Rotroff has been named the 2020 recipient of the Aristeia Award for Distinguished Alumni/ae of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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November 21, 2019
ASCSA at the 2020 AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in DC
Use this list to join current American School members and staff for lectures, workshops, round table discussions and more at the 2020 AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
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November 19, 2019
Stephanie Larson Speaks at Pancyprian Women’s Event
The Pancyprian Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) hosted a well-attended lecture by Stephanie Larson, Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Bucknell University, on Thursday, November 14, 2019.
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November 19, 2019
ASCSA Director Jenifer Neils Speaks at Macricostas Event in Western Connecticut
Professor Neils was invited by Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, Connecticut to present a lecture on “The Parthenon: Then and Now” (October 22, 2019) during their inaugural “Macricostas Experience Week” to celebrate Greek culture.
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November 9, 2019
Descendants of Clarence G. Lowe, second Libarian of the Gennadeion, at the ASCSA
The son of Clarence G. Lowe, Charles E. Lowe, and his wife Robbi, visited the School on Wednesday, October 23rd. Clarence G. Lowe (1897-1965), Professor of Classics at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, served as Librarian of the Gennadius Library for six years, from 1931 to 1937.
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November 5, 2019
Videocast - "Goats and Other Animals at Azoria: Public Feasting and Domestic Dining in Context"
Video archive of the lecture given by Flint Dibble (Wiener Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow), on October 31, 2019
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November 4, 2019
Videocast - "Spolia: Programmatic, Enigmatic, Problematic"
Video archive of the lecture given by Dale Kinney (Eugenia Chase Guild Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, Bryn Mawr), on October 29, 2019.
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