May 11, 2019
American School Celebrates Fourth Annual Gala in New York City
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens and Gennadius Library hosted their fourth annual Gala at the Capitale in New York City on Thursday, May 9, 2019. More than 380 guests attended the event to benefit the American School and celebrate Greece's rich heritage.
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May 10, 2019
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΤΕΡΖΑΚΗΣ «Αγωνιών και άγρυπνος» Αθήνα, 13 Μαΐου 2019
Το Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του ΕΚΠΑ, σε συνεργασία με το Εθνικό Θέατρο, διοργανώνει Επιστημονική Ημερίδα, με αφορμή τα σαράντα χρόνια από το θάνατο του Άγγελου Τερζάκη. Η Ημερίδα έχει τεθεί υπό την Αιγίδα του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού και θα πραγματοποιηθεί τη Δευτέρα 13 Μαΐου 2019 στην Αίθουσα Εκδηλώσεων του Εθνικού Θεάτρου.
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April 30, 2019
Jack Davis Awarded AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement
Jack Davis was selected as the 2020 recipient of the AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.
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April 25, 2019
VIDEOCAST - Annual Open Meeting 2019
"Work of the School" Jenifer Neils, Director, ASCSA "Shaping and Negotiating Sacred Terrain - The Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace" Bonna Wescoat, Emory University "Αφιέρωμα στις Εφορίες Αρχαιοτήτων" Sylvian Fachard, Mellon Professor, ASCSA
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April 25, 2019
New Publication Using the ASCSA Archival Resources
Dennis Knoepfler, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Neuchâtel, has just published an article about Herodes Atticus's benefactions on the island of Euboea: "Hérode Atticus propriétaire et évergète en Eubée: une nouvelle inscription du Musée d’ Erétrie," REG 131, 2018/2, pp. 317-370.
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April 16, 2019
Denis Rhodes and the Incunabula Colloquium
Dennis Rhodes, the writer of the very important bibliography "Incunabula in Greece: A first census", visited the Gennadius and the British School of Archaelogy Libraries. On Friday April 12, he was welcomed by ASCSA Director Jenifer Neils, GL Director Maria Georgopoulou, BSA Library Penny Wilson and GL Senior Librarian, Irini Solomonidi.
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April 14, 2019
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the Gennadius Library
On Wednesday 10th April, ten students of the postgraduate program "Greek-Italian Studies: History, Literature and Classical Tradition", together with their professors Gerasimos Pagkratis, Roumbini Dimopoulou and Ioannis Tsalkos, visited the Gennadius library.
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April 11, 2019
Μεταπτυχιακοί φοιτητές από το Τμήμα Ιταλικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής
Μετά από πρωτοβουλία των καθηγητών του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, Γεράσιμο Παγκράτη και Ρουμπίνη Δημοπούλου, είχαμε τη χαρά να ξεναγήσουμε στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Ανατολική Πτέρυγα της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, τους φοιτητές του πρώτου έτους του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος "Ελληνοϊταλικές Σπουδές: Ιστορία, Λογοτεχνία και Κλασική Παράδοση".
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April 9, 2019
The Hellenic Open University at the Gennadius Library
Twenty students of The Hellenic Open University and their professors Ioannis Theodorakopoulos and Maria Papadaki visited Gennadius Library on Wednesday April 4.
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April 9, 2019
War Veterans from Stockton University at the School's Archives
Professor David Roessel with a group of about 20 students, all war veterans, from Stockton University visited the School's Archives on March 15th. David's class reads the Iliad and Odyssey along with Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay, and other books that relate the poems to the experience of combat.
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April 8, 2019
Editor as Author: Q&A with Colin Whiting
Senior Project Editor Colin Whiting sits down with the American School to answer some questions about his new book, Documents from the Luciferians.
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April 8, 2019
Ancient Corinth Welcomes Students for Major Museum Education Program
On Thursday, April 4th Corinth Excavations, in collaboration with the Ephoreia of Antiquities of the Corinthia, the Psychology Club of the American College of Greece-Pierce, and the 3rd Gymnasium of Corinth, organized a major museum education program for 42 students (ages 12-14) from the two schools.
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April 2, 2019
Two ASCSA Alumni Publications Translated into Modern Greek
Professors at George Washington University, Diane Harris Cline and Eric H. Cline, speak and do outreach about the release of their books in modern Greek.
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March 28, 2019
VIDEOCAST - Up from Slavery: The Extraordinary Story of John Wesley Gilbert, First African-American Student of the American School, 1890-91
Annual lecture of the Archives of the American School - 2019
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March 28, 2019
VIDEOCAST - The Genetic History of Plague: On the Doorstep to the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean
Annual Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory Lecture - 2019
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March 26, 2019
VIDEOCAST - Ο Ρόλος των Ελλήνων στη Διαμόρφωση της Σύγχρονης Αιγύπτου 19ος-20ος αιώνες
Αλέξανδρος Κιτροέφ Επίκουρος καθηγητής Ιστορίας, Haverford College - Πενσυλβάνια
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March 20, 2019
Accessing Greek Kilns Online: An Interview with Kiln WebAtlas Director and ASCSA Alumna Eleni Hasaki
Using GIS, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Classics at University of Arizona Eleni Hasaki and her colleagues created an online database for scholars to document, search, and continuously update kiln locations in Greece.
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March 19, 2019
American School Attends Greek Independence Day Ceremony at the White House
Representatives from the American School were invited to a special ceremony at the White House to honor Greek Independence Day.
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March 13, 2019
Hesperia 88.1 Now Online!
Topics include the history and geoarchaeology of the lower Maeander Valley, a reappraisal of the Athena Promachos accounts from the Acropolis, and a report on the recent excavation in the South Stoa at Corinth.
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March 12, 2019
The American School Visits Egypt
For this year's optional trip ASCSA Director Jenifer Neils and Members travelled to Egypt with the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research.
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March 7, 2019
Spring 2019 Newsletter Online
Read the latest print edition of the newsletter to find out all that is happening at the American School.
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March 5, 2019
Q&A With New Steinmetz Family Foundation Museum Fellow Eleni Gizas
Now settled into life at Ancient Corinth, Gizas shares with us her enthusiasm for Greece, archaeology, and museum education.
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March 4, 2019
Grèce en Vogue: A New Wave of American Philhellenism in the 1920s
Portes Magazine has republished From the Archivist's Notebook one of my earlier posts (January 1, 2015), titled "Grèce en Vogue: A New Wave of American Philhellenism in the 1920s."
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February 25, 2019
ASCSA and Fulbright Greece Alumnus Appointed Curator in Charge at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Serving at The Met for over 20 years, Sean Hemingway has been announced as John A. and Carole O. Moran Curator in Charge, Greek and Roman Art.
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February 25, 2019
VIDEOCAST - Bleeding Bodies, War & Collective Trauma in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
Angeliki Tzanetou, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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