February 8, 2009
Lecture: The Parthenon Sculptures and Periklean Policies
Next up in the ASCSA Director’s Lecture Series: Videocast of Professor Jenifer Neils, Case Western Reserve University, on the Parthenon Sculptures. This lecture was presented Tuesday, February 3 at Cotsen Hall.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2009
Lecture: A Medieval Jewelry Treasure from Halkis in Context
Videocast of the Cotsen Fund Lecture Series of the ASCSA on January 27, 2009. Speakers: Ms. Bet McLeod, Curator, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum; Dr. Eugenia Gerousi, Director of the 23rd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities; and Dr. Maria Georgopoulou, Director, the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2009
The multifaceted Angelos Terzakis and his Archive at the Gennadius Library
February 18th event celebrating novelist and playwright Angelos Terzakis organized by the Archives of the Gennadius Library.
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February 1, 2009
Research Spotlight: Roof Tile Manufacturing Techniques
School Member Philip Sapirstein recently completed his PhD and speaks here of a decade working in Corinth and his interest in ceramic roofing technology in Archaic Greek architecture. Phil is currently Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2009
Super Bowl Madness?
The Super Bowl was cause for partying and intermittent napping as School members stayed tuned to the Big Game until the wee hours of the morning.
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January 28, 2009
The Digital Collection of the Scrapbooks of Johannes Gennadius
The unique material of 35 of Johannes Gennadius’s scrapbooks (photographs, engravings, press clippings, notecards and other ephemera) is available digitally at the Gennadius Digital Library.
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January 28, 2009
Η ψηφιακή συλλογή των λευκωμάτων του Ιωάννη Γενναδίου
Το ενδιαφέρον υλικό 35 λευκωμάτων του Ιωάννη Γεννάδιου (φωτογραφίες, γκραβούρες, αποκόμματα τύπου, επιστολικά δελτάρια και διάφορα εφήμερα) είναι πλέον διαθέσιμο στην ψηφιακή βιβλιοθήκη της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2009
The Vision and the Collections of Joannes Gennadius
New electronic publication on the life and the collections of Johannes Gennadius available online.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2009
Maria Zelia Pease Philippides (1906-2009)
The School is saddened to announce that long-time School Librarian Mary Zelia Pease Philippides has passed away at age 103.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2009
Miscellaneous News from Ancient Corinth
Small snippets from life in the village of Ancient Corinth since late 2008 including the conference honoring the sesquicentennial anniversary of New Corinth, Menes Arberorres, the baptism of Georgia Kakourou, a rescue excavation, and an addition to the local souvlaki joint's menu.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2009
ASCSA Lecture Series on Video: A River Runs Through It
ASCSA continues its 2008-09 lecture series with the January 20, 2009 presentation, "A River Runs Through It: The Vorotan Project, Southern Armenia" by Professor Susan Alcock, Brown University.
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Director Speaks in Zagreb
The ASCSA Director was recently invited to give two lectures in Croatia.
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2009
Corinth at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the AIA
Corinth and the Corinthia were well represented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2009
ASCSA Named Digital Library of the Week
The American Library Association named ASCSA its Digital Library of the Week in the December 24, 2008 issue of its electronic newsletter.
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2009
New Publication: Roman Pottery: Fine-Ware Imports
This long-awaited seminal work by John W. Hayes, one of the world's leading experts on Roman pottery, will be an essential reference work for scholars throughout the Mediterranean.
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New Publication: Fragmentary Decrees from the Athenian Agora
In Hesperia Suppl. 38, Michael B. Walbank presents the editiones principes of 100 fragmentary inscriptions from the Athenian Agora, providing new insights into the workings of the Athenian state.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2009
ASCSA Lecture Series on Video: Alexander in the Age of Augustus
ASCSA initiates its lecture series with selected speakers now available on videocast. This lecture was given Nov. 18, 2008 by Professor Peter van Minnen, University of Cincinnati, and entitled “Alexandria in the Age of Augustus: The View from Cleopatra’s Palace (via Green Mummifiers).”
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2009
Angeliki Laiou, Professor of Byzantine History [1941-2008]
Angeliki E. Laiou, one of the world’s leading historians of the Byzantine empire and of the Crusades, died on December 11, 2008. Ms. Laiou was a past ASCSA Samuel E. Kress Professor as well as an advisor and lecturer at the Gennadius Library. She is remembered here by Gennadius Library Director Maria Georgopoulou.
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December 30, 2008
Summer Session 2008: Understanding Ancient Greece Through a Modern Lens
Summer Session '08 participant Mindy Wolfrom describes her six-week tour of the best of archaeological Greece. As she explains, it's not "just" about the ruins. Through the students' varied backgrounds and a series of thought-provoking onsite discussions by their leader Gerald Lalonde and others, she gained an understanding of ancient Greece through a modern lens.
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December 29, 2008
Conservation of a Coin Hoard
Getting a find out of the ground is only the beginning of the story, as Conservator Amandina Anastassiades and Assistant Conservator Karen Lovén demonstrate in this case study of a coin hoard from the Agora Excavations’ conservation lab. (Updated for 2009)
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December 29, 2008
Research Spotlight: Sarah Lepinski and Roman Wall Paintings
Sarah Lepinski was recently conferred her PhD for her work on Roman wall paintings in Corinth's Panayia Field, and she will soon publish the first extensive study of pigments from Roman Greece. She writes here of her time at the ASCSA and the Corinth Excavations.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2008
School Remains Strong Despite Economic Challenges
A message from the Board of Trustees on the state of the School during these turbulent times.
Read MoreDecember 11, 2008
ASCSA Announces Trip to Central Anatolia
The American School invites members and alumni on its trip to Central Anatolia on May 2-15, 2009. Find itinerary and registration details here.
Read MoreDecember 2, 2008
Elemam Extends Corinth Network
Thanks to the Mellon Foundation, EU/Information Society grant, and the School's Information Systems & Technology Manager, Tarek Elemam, the ASCSA workrooms in the Ancient Corinth museum and Hill House now enjoy coverage under the same network.
Read MoreDecember 1, 2008
Corinth in Denmark
From November 27-29, Guy Sanders and associate member Sarah James participated in the Pottery, Peoples and Places conference organized by Mark Lawall and Pia Guldager Bilde.
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