November 15, 2016
VIDEOCAST - Phaleron Delta: the Archaic Necropolis at the Southern Edge of the City
Dr. Stella Chrysoulaki, Ephor, Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus, Western Attica, and the Islands
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Austrian Students from Vienna at the ASCSA
On October 27th, 2016, Dr. Georg Ladstätter of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and Professor Maria Stassinopoulou of the University of Vienna together with a small group of graduate students visited the Gennadius Library and the Archives of the American School.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2016
Colophon Excavations Archive
Deirmendere, Asia Minor, April 13, 1922. The excavation house is now in a little better order than it was yesterday and the day before... When both the tents were pitched, we gave the two ladies [Hetty Goldman and Lulu Eldrigde] the choice of living quarters and of course they took the lower tent, which we all claim to be better... The beds we have were shipped from Athens in large wooden boxes and we are using these boxes now as our bureaus..." wrote a young Benjamin Meritt (23 years old) to his fiancée Elizabeth Kirkland from Colophon.
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October 26, 2016
VIDEOCAST - Converting Risk into Knowledge
Religion & the Economics of the Sea at the Bronze Age-Iron Age Transition Barbara Kowalzig
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October 26, 2016
VIDEOCAST - History in Shadows: Shadow Theater Venues and Audiences in Greece and Turkey
Anna Stavrakopoulou will talk on "Karaghiozis Performances from the Cities to the Countryside" while Serdar Öztürk will give a speach on "The Affective Public Sphere: Karagöz Talks to Ottoman Coffeehouse Frequenters".
Read MoreOctober 23, 2016
Meet a Member: Katherine Harrington
Katherine Harrington is a Senior Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies researching domestic production and household industry.
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October 21, 2016
VIDEO: Moussaka with Chef Takis Iliopoulos
Learn how to make traditional Greek Moussaka with Chef Takis Iliopoulos in The American School's Loring Hall kitchen.
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October 20, 2016
Watch “Ask an Archaeologist”
Corinth Excavations Director Guy D. R. Sanders and Assistant Director Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst answered questions submitted from viewers all over the world--live from the Corinth Museum.
Read MoreOctober 20, 2016
66 Annual Reports Digitized and Available Online
66 Annual Reports (1919-1985) were digitized and are available online
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October 14, 2016
Seminar of Textual Interpretation visits the Gennadius Library
The Gennadius Library generously shared treasures from their rare collection of books with a group of scholars studying textual interpretation.
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October 12, 2016
VIDEOCAST - Fairy Tale Logic: The Philosophy of Mythology through the Eyes of Poetry
Ginger F. Zaimis is an American poet, essayist and polymath who specializes in architectural forms. She is the Arts and Literary Chair (Greece) for the International Friends of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The Library of Alexandria.
Read MoreOctober 11, 2016
Meet a Member: Minerva Alganza-Roldán
Meet Minerva Alganza-Roldán, ia Senior Associate Member and a research fellow in the Polymnia Research Network of Ancient and Modern Mythographers.
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2016
New Podcast Will Educate About Illicitly Traded Antiquities
Alumna Zoë Kontes was recently awarded a Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship to create a podcast that tells the stories of illicitly traded antiquities.
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2016
Meet a Member: Julia Shear
Meet Julia Shear, a Senior Associate Member working on her second book about the Panathenaia and the construction of Athenian identities
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September 27, 2016
VIDEOCAST - Glimpses of the Past in the Cultural Expressions of Greece and Turkey - Session I
History in Motion: Relating the Past through Cinema and Televized Serials Yannis Papadopoulos & Thanassis Agathos, “Byzantium in Greek Cinema and Television”
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2016
Annual Report 2014-2015
The 2014-15 interactive edition of the report is now online.
Read MoreSeptember 17, 2016
ASCSA Alumni Bring Ancient Roman Cooking to Life
Kiki Aranita and Chris Vacca both used to teach Ancient Greek, but now teach an Ancient Roman cooking class
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September 16, 2016
VIDEOCAST - The New York Times : Athens Democracy Forum - Ancient Democracy & Religion, Migration.
Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounelakis, Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounelakis, Michel Zaboulakis, David Lewis,
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2016
News and Events Schedule Set for 2016-17
The New York Times Democracy Forum and the Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadeion highlight a year of stimulating lectures and events ahead.
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Meet a Member: Marion Meyer
Meet Marion Meyer, a classical archaeologist who teaches in Vienna but returns to the ASCSA every summer to continue her research on the early cult of Athena.
Read MoreAugust 31, 2016
Revisiting Greece Through Painting
Former member Brian Nolan has not been to Greece in years, but he often paints scenes of Meteora and Crete.
Read MoreAugust 29, 2016
Meet a Member: Ross Brendle
Meet Ross Brendle, a visiting student associate member at the American School of Classical Studies, working on a PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology.
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August 24, 2016
Mapping Antiquity
Scholar and former diplomat Brady Kiesling is on a mission to map the world of Ancient Greece
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August 22, 2016
Through the Eyes of an Archaeologist
Our new video gives a peek of what an excavation looks like through the eyes of an archaeologist
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