April 4, 2022
Video Archive - A Program for Athens (English Translation)
Στο πλαίσιο της πρωτοβουλίας Athens Meetings 2022 και μετά την εκδήλωση που προηγήθηκε στις 23 Φεβρουαρίου, η δεύτερη δημόσια συζήτηση με τίτλο «Ένα πρόγραμμα για την Αθήνα» πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 4 Απριλίου 2022. Ποιος σχεδιάζει την Αθήνα; Σχεδιάζεται η Αθήνα; Τι σχεδιάζεται στην Αθήνα; Ποιες είναι οι προτεραιότητες; Ποιοι είναι οι διατυπωμένοι στόχοι; Υπάρχει σήμερα «ένα όραμα για την Αθήνα». Παρακο
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March 31, 2022
Hesperia 91.1 Now Online!
We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 91.1! Topics in this issue include an examination of the development of cooking dishes in the prehistoric Aegean, visual representations of the myth of Philomela and Prokne in Athenian vase painting, the concluding remarks regarding the comprehensive study of the sculptures from the Temple of Ares, and the publication of the Roman curse tablets from the Athenian Agora.
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March 21, 2022
Video Archive: Athena’s Horsemen: Equestrian Dedications from the Athenian Acropolis
Watch our last Hippos lecture, with Professor Mary Ann Eaverly, and discover the fascinating world of equestrian monuments that were figured prominently among sculptural dedications on the Athenian Acropolis.
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March 21, 2022
Video Archive: The Residue of Eden: Myth and Medicine in Early Christian Anointing Practices
Watch the latest Byzantine dialogues lecture, with Professor John Penniman, and learn how olive oil moved between medical, magical, and cultic contexts in the broader Greco-Roman world.
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March 21, 2022
Dr. Peter Frankopan Presents Second Thalia Potamianos Lecture at Georgetown University
Dr. Peter Frankopan presented his second Thalia Potamianos lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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March 21, 2022
Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία η 2η διάλεξη Θάλειας Ποταμιάνου από τον Καθ. Peter Frankopan
Η δεύτερη διάλεξη του καθηγητή της Οξφόρδης Peter Frankopan, στο πλαίσιο της σειράς διαλέξεων Θάλεια Ποταμιάνου, έγινε με επιτυχία στο Πανεπιστήμιο Georgetown στην Washington στις 16 Μαρτίου.
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March 18, 2022
Much Anticipated Book about John W. Gilbert is Out
John Lee's much anticipated book about the first African American archaeologist and member of the American School of Classical Studies in 1890-1891, John W. Gilbert, is finally out.
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March 15, 2022
Video Archive: Γεώργιος Γεννάδιος: Ήρωας του Ναυπλίου και διδάσκαλος του γένους
Παρακολουθήστε την διάλεξη της ιστορικού Λεωνόρα Ναβάρη θα μιλήσει για τη ζωή και την προσωπικότητα του Γεωργίου Γενναδίου, τον ρόλο του στην Επανάσταση του 1821 και τις επιρροές που συνετέλεσαν στην ίδρυση της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από τον υιό του Ιωάννη Γεννάδιο.
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March 15, 2022
Video Archive: Γεώργιος Γεννάδιος: Ήρωας του Ναυπλίου και διδάσκαλος του γένους
Παρακολουθήστε την διάλεξη της ιστορικού βιβλίου κας. Λεωνόρας Ναβάρη, όπου μας μιλά για τη ζωή και την προσωπικότητα του Γεωργίου Γενναδίου, τον ρόλο του στην Επανάσταση του 1821 και τις επιρροές που συνετέλεσαν στην ίδρυση της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από τον υιό του Ιωάννη Γεννάδιο.
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March 10, 2022
Video Achive: Περί Ιππικής: On Ancient Greek Horsemanship
Watch our latest Hippos Series lecture with Professor Mattusch and learn how Xenophon’s recommendations regarding buying, stabling, grooming, training and equipping the horse still hold true today.
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March 4, 2022
Online exhibition “Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution: editions from the collections of the Gennadius Library”
Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution of 1821: the exhibition traces the trajectory of printing in Revolutionary Greece based on the collections of the Gennadius Library.
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March 4, 2022
Ancient Selfies: Potters at Work on the Penteskouphia Pinakes
Eleni Hasaki discusses her new publication, Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51)
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March 1, 2022
Hesperia Partners with Project MUSE
ASCSA Publications is pleased to announce a new journal-hosting partnership between Hesperia and Project MUSE!
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March 1, 2022
Video Archive: History on Horseback - An Equestrian Perspective of the Ancient World
Watch our fourth Hippos Series Lecture with Professor Willikes where we look into horse as as living artifacts by exploring some of the ways in which we can use experimental archaeology, practical experience and equestrian knowledge, as well as comparative studies to reconsider different ideas and theories about ancient horses and horsemanship in order to build a more comprehensive picture of equines and equestrianism in the ancient world.
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February 28, 2022
New Publication! Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51) by Eleni Hasaki.
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February 23, 2022
Video Archive: Aristocrats and Horses in Democratic Athens
Watch our latest Hippos Series lecture, with Professor Barringer, and learn how horses were associated with elite in Ancient Greece.
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February 14, 2022
Video Archive: Reflections on the Athenian Cavalry
Watch the second lecture, of our Hippos Lecture Series, with Professor Bugh, and learn more about how Athenian cavalry inscriptions help to triangulate, traditional texts and material culture.
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February 9, 2022
Online Exhibition Organized by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens to Mark the Bicentennial of Heinrich Schliemann’s Birth
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February 7, 2022
Video Archive: Heinrich Schliemann …yet again! Why still delve into his biography 200 years after his birth?
Watch the opening lecture of our new virtual exhibition on Heinrich Schliemann, with Dr. Michaela Zavadil, and learn about Schliemann's excavations in Greece.
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February 4, 2022
Winter 2021 Newsletter
Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
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February 3, 2022
Q&A with New Mellon Professor Brendan Burke
Brendan Burke tells us what he is excited about in his first year teaching as Mellon Professor, his research interests, and his favorite memories from his term as the School’s first Assistant Professor of Classical Studies.
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January 27, 2022
Video Archive: The Medici Riccardi Horse Head in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence
Watch the opening lecture of our new exhibition, Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens. Dr. Mario Iozzo, Director at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence presents the magnificent Medici Riccardi life-size bronze head, that is displayed in Greece for the first time.
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January 17, 2022
"Έφυγε" η Λιλή Αλιβιζάτου
"'Εφυγε" από κοντά μας η κυρία Λιλή Αλιβιζάτου, αδελφή του συγγραφέα και δοκιμιογράφου Γιώργου Θεοτοκά.
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January 14, 2022
Making Objects Speak: Reflections from the Author
Sonia Klinger discusses her new publication, The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Miscellaneous Finds of Terracotta (Corinth XVIII.8)
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