April 27, 2008
Trustee Jane Buikstra Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Buikstra has been awarded the prestigious Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
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Corinth Excavations 2008—First Session Complete
Ten regular and associate members successfully completed the first of three sessions of the 2008 season of the Corinth Excavations. Excavation commenced in Nezi Field on April 7th until April 24 working south of the South Stoa where Henry Robinson excavated in the 1960's...
Read MoreApril 17, 2008
Searchable Greek Inscriptions
Online tool to retrieve inscriptions by region
Read MoreApril 11, 2008
New Fellowship Announced
A Regular Member Fellowship has been established in memory of Fowler Merle-Smith. It will be awarded starting in the 2011-12 academic year.
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April 9, 2008
Exploring a ‘Lost’ City of the Mycenaeans
Managing Committee member Daniel Pullen explores a ‘Lost’ City of the Mycenaeans as he undertakes a 3-year project called the Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project (SHARP).
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Hesperia Volume 77:1, 2008
Hesperia for 2008 has begun with issue 1, cover date: Jan-Mar 2008
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The project “PANDEKTIS”
PANDEKTIS: Digital thesaurus of primary sources for Greek history and culture
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY at The Arcadia Center for Hellenic, Mediterranean and Balkan Studies 15 June - 6 July - Of Gods and the City…History, Art, and Architecture in Archaic and Classical Greece (3 credits) 7 - 28 July - On the Trail of Alexander the Great…Greek History, Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic Age (3 credits)
Read MoreApril 3, 2008
The Papers of Konstantinos and Ioanna Tsatsou donated to the American School of Classical Studies
The American School of Classical Studies announces the acquisition of the papers of Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of the Hellenic Republic (1975-1980), and his wife Ioanna Seferiadi Tsatsou (1909-2000). The papers are housed at the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2008
Open Meeting of the Work of the School
For the first time, the meeting was held at both Cotsen Hall and in Thessaloniki. A report and downloadable recording of the event follows.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2008
Blegen Library Inventory Completed
The Blegen Library Inventory took place on March 17th. Check for the list of missing books.
Read MoreMarch 18, 2008
Work-in-Progress seminar
Professor William Caraher will deliver a work-in-progress seminar at the Gennadius Library on April 10, 6:15pm.
Read MoreMarch 17, 2008
8th Annual Clean Monday Celebration in NYC
This year's event at Estiatorio Milos was a huge success with many prominent social and political figures attending this year's benefit to support Capital Campaign II for the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreMarch 16, 2008
Reference Archivist reports on Preservation Workshop
With financial support from the American School, Reference Archivist Eleftheria Daleziou attended the Basic Preservation for Library and Archives Collections event on Tuesday 4 March 2008, organized by the UK National Preservation Office (http://www.bl.uk/services/npo/npo.html). Her report follows below.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2008
Farewell party for Blegen Librarian
The Blegen Library staff organized a small farewell party for Chuck Jones who resigned from his position on March 1st.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2008
Cataloguer attends seminar on digitization
Cataloguer of the Gennadius Library attends seminar on Digitization and metadata.
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ANS Magazine online
Latest issue of the American Numismatic Society Magazine, summer 2007
Read MoreMarch 12, 2008
A new open access journal
Bioarchaeology of the Near East is a very interesting open access journal that brings together biological anthropologists and the archaeologists interested in human populations inhabiting the Near East
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2008
Reference Archivist attends Preservation workshop
With financial support from the American School, Reference Archivist Eleftheria Daleziou will attendthe Basic Preservation for Library and Archives Collections event on Tuesday 4 March 2008, organized by the UK National Preservation Office.
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2008
Schliemann Letter Purchased
With support from the Michael H. Jameson Memorial Fund, the School’s Archives bought at a recent auction a postcard written in 1887 by Heinrich Schliemann to his wife Sophia, who was recovering at Saint Moritz.
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Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric
Gennadeion Trustee, Nikos Theocarakis donates important volume of Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric” to the Library
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Συμμετοχή βιβλίου της συλλογής Κυριαζή σε διεθνή έκθεση
Το βιβλίο του Thomas Hope, Outlines for my costume, που ανήκει στη συλλογή Κυριαζή της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, πρόκειται να ταξιδέψει εκτός των συνόρων της χώρας.
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2008
Librarian to Attend UK Serials Group (UKSG) Conference
Blegen Library Assistant Librarian Maria Tourna will attend the annual conference of the UK Serials Group (UKSG) in April 2008
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Collaborating to Improve Library Collections
A project for librarians and scholars to collaborate for the improvment library holdings of epigraphic publications
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2008
Malcolm Wiener Foundation Donates $2 Million for New Lab
The School recently received a major contribution from the Malcolm H. Wiener Foundation
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