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The American School of Classical Studies in the news. 

October 16, 2014

Good Luck Continues in Corinth

At the end of September conservation of the Agonotheteion mosaic was presented to the 5th and 6th grades of the local school of Ancient Corinth. Since then all 37 panels of the mosaic have been completely and successfully detached. Nicol Anastasatou is participating in the Colloquium of the International Association for the Study of Ancient Mosaics in California.

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VIDEOCAST - Χαρτογραφία και Ιατρική “στον απόηχο του χρόνου και του χώρου”

October 16, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Χαρτογραφία και Ιατρική “στον απόηχο του χρόνου και του χώρου”

Χαρτογραφία και Ιατρική “στον απόηχο του χρόνου και του χώρου”. Διδάγματα από την Ιστορία Speaker Dr. Panayotis N. Soucacos

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VIDEOCAST - Voice, Signature, Mask: The Byzantine Author

October 13, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Voice, Signature, Mask: The Byzantine Author

Voice, Signature, Mask: The Byzantine Author Speaker: Stratis Papaioannou, Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University and 2014-15 Whitehead Professor, ASCSA

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VIDEOCAST - «Ψυχῆς Ἄκος» Ημερίδα για την επέτειο 200 χρόνων

October 9, 2014

VIDEOCAST - «Ψυχῆς Ἄκος» Ημερίδα για την επέτειο 200 χρόνων

«Ψυχῆς Ἄκος» Ημερίδα για την επέτειο 200 χρόνων από την ίδρυση της Σχολής & της Βιβλιοθήκης Μηλεών Speaker Bertrand Bouvier, Πασχάλης Κιτρομηλίδης, Ντία Φιλιππίδου

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October 8, 2014

Elizabeth Blegen’s great-niece visits the School

It was the first time that a relative of Elizabeth Pierce Blegen visited the School in decades.

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October 7, 2014

West Wing & Wiener Lab - PROJECTS

October 7th, 2014. Projects presentations by: James C. Wright, Director, American School of Classical Studies

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VIDEOCAST - The Song of the Earth

October 6, 2014

VIDEOCAST - The Song of the Earth

Theatrical performance of Stratis Myrivilis’s “The Song of the Earth,” a moving rendering of a work by one of Greece’s greatest novelists whose archives are housed in the Gennadeion.

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September 30, 2014

Hesperia 83.3 Now Online!

Topics in this issue include the EH II–III transition at Lerna and Tiryns, pedimental reliefs from Helike, "nonsense" inscriptions on Attic vases, Agora I 5162, and Italian sigillata stamps on Crete.

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September 10, 2014

New Maps and Spatial Data

A new resource for sharing maps and spatial data is now available through the Corinth Excavations' web pages. While the area of emphasis is the Corinthia, coverage for much of the data extends to the whole of Greece.

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August 11, 2014

ASCSA Managing Committee - May 2014 Meeting in New York

ASCSA Managing Committee - May 2014 Meeting in New York

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Good Luck for the Eutychia Mosaic

August 7, 2014

Good Luck for the Eutychia Mosaic

After the approval of a conservation study by head conservator Nicol Anastassatou, work has begun on a figural mosaic in the South Stoa. Photos and Google Glass videos describe the restoration of this artwork.

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July 25, 2014

The Public Library of the village of Milies on Mt. Pelion

The Gennadius Library is organizing a conference to celebrate the 200 years from the foundation of the Public Library of Milies.

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July 25, 2014

Charamis and Venizelou Gift to the Gennadius Library

New materials have been added to the Gennadius Library collection.

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July 25, 2014

Δημόσια Βιβλιοθήκη των Μηλεών Πηλίου

Ημερίδα για τα 200 χρόνια από την ίδρυση της Βιβλιοθήκης διοργανώνει η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη

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July 17, 2014

Malcolm H. Wiener honored by President Papoulias with the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix

On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at an official state ceremony, President Karolos Papoulias of Greece presented 42 people with awards. Among those honored was Malcolm H. Wiener, president of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ASCSA. Wiener received the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor from Papoulias.

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July 14, 2014

Journey of a Portrait

First it hung on the walls of the American Academy in Rome; then in 1932 it followed its owner, Gorham Phillips Stevens, to Athens where he served as Director of the American School from 1939 to 1947.

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Corinth Excavations 2014: End of Season and Google Glass

July 11, 2014

Corinth Excavations 2014: End of Season and Google Glass

Monday June 30th marked the end of the third and final training session and the end of the 2014 season in Ancient Corinth. A total of 22 ASCSA students and others participated. In the third session...

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July 8, 2014

Exhibition “Dominicos Theotokopoulos between Venice and Rome”

The Gennadius Library has loaned two rare books with engravings that depict the monastery of St. Catherine's on Mount Sinai.

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July 8, 2014

Έκθεση “Ο Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος μεταξύ Βενετίας και Ρώμης”

Δύο σπάνια βιβλία με χαρακτικά από τις συλλογές της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης παρουσιάζονται στην έκθεση "Ο Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος μεταξύ Βενετίας και Ρώμης".

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VIDEOCAST - Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context

June 11, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context

Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context, 29-31 May ASCSA, Cotsen Hall, 9 Anapiron Polemou, 106 76 Athens INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 210-7236313

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SYMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF EVELYN B. HARRISON AT THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

June 8, 2014

SYMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF EVELYN B. HARRISON AT THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Held on Saturday, May 10, 2013 2:00-4:00 pm

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VIDEOCAST - Margaret M. Miles, “Poseidon’s Net: Sanctuaries and Sea Routes”

May 26, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Margaret M. Miles, “Poseidon’s Net: Sanctuaries and Sea Routes”

"Poseidon's Net: Sanctuaries and Sea Routes" Margaret M. Miles, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, ASCSA; Professor of Art History and Classics, University of California, Irvine

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VIDEOCAST - Artemis Leontis,The Alternative Archaeologies of Eva Palmer Sikelianos

May 26, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Artemis Leontis,The Alternative Archaeologies of Eva Palmer Sikelianos

The Alternative Archaeologies of Eva Palmer Sikelianos Artemis Leontis, Αν. Καθηγήτρια Νέων Ελληνικών, Πανεπιστήμιο Michigan

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May 21, 2014

Corinth Excavations 2014 update

Session 2 of the 2014 excavation season in Ancient Corinth is now well underway with excavators settled into their areas. Experimentation with the video capabilities of Google Glass is adding a new first-person perspective to archaeological recording and outreach.

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May 19, 2014

Η σύγχρονη τέχνη εκτός μουσείου, σε ένα χώρο ανοιχτό για όλους

Περισσότερα από 30 έργα σύγχρονης τέχνης σημαντικών Ελλήνων και ξένων καλλιτεχνών παρουσιάζονται σε μία έκθεση με τίτλο "A Thousand Doors".

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