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American School Newsletter Winter 2018

February 27, 2018

American School Newsletter Winter 2018

The winter 2018 edition of the newsletter is now online.

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New Publication: The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion (AAAC 4)

February 27, 2018

New Publication: The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion (AAAC 4)

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion (AAAC 4) by Barbara Barletta.

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American School of Classical Studies at Athens Heads to Florida

February 20, 2018

American School of Classical Studies at Athens Heads to Florida

This week the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will visit Naples, Miami (Coral Gables) and Boca Raton.

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Q&A with Corinth’s Director Christopher Pfaff

February 12, 2018

Q&A with Corinth’s Director Christopher Pfaff

Christopher Pfaff, Associate Professor of Classics at Florida State University, began as Director of the Corinth Excavations in July. He shares his reflections on and plans for the site in this Q&A.

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Q&A with New Mellon Professor Sylvian Fachard

February 12, 2018

Q&A with New Mellon Professor Sylvian Fachard

The American School's Mellon Professor Sylvian Fachard tells us what he is excited about in his first year teaching as Mellon Professor, his research interests, and what it was like to see the Olympic flame pass through Greece in this extended Q and A.

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Georges Names Courtyard

February 12, 2018

Georges Names Courtyard

John A. Georges recently donated $500,000 to name the Georges Family Courtyard Terrace. Thanks to Georges’s gift, the School is delighted to announce that the new Ioannis Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library will be inaugurated on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

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Reopening of the Library

January 31, 2018

Reopening of the Library

We are proud to announce that during the months of August, September and October 2017, the research collections of the Gennadius Library were tagged with RFID security tags and the books, including the periodicals of the “Dory Papastratou Reading Room,” were moved to new mobile shelving in the new Ioannis Makriyannis Wing, which will be officially inaugurated in June 2018.

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Επαναλειτουργία της Βιβλιοθήκης

January 31, 2018

Επαναλειτουργία της Βιβλιοθήκης

Είμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουμε ότι κατά το τρίμηνο Αυγούστου - Οκτωβρίου 2017 ολοκληρώθηκε η πρώτη φάση του εκσυγχρονισμού των συλλογών της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, η οποία πραγματοποιείται χάρη σε χρηματοδότηση των ιδρυμάτων Σταύρος Νιάρχος, Mellon και Goldsmith.

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New Publication: The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries (Agora XXXVI)

January 29, 2018

New Publication: The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries (Agora XXXVI)

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries (Agora XXXVI) by John K. Papadopoulos and Evelyn Lord Smithson.

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Virtual Field Trip, Anyone?

January 29, 2018

Virtual Field Trip, Anyone?

Corinth Excavations' newest outreach effort is aimed at bringing K-12 students to Corinth... digitally.

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VIDEOCAST - Συρία. Ιστορία, άνθρωποι, μνημεία

January 24, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Συρία. Ιστορία, άνθρωποι, μνημεία

Εισαγωγικές ομιλίες - Μαρία Γεωργοπούλου, Γιώργος Μαγγίνης, Μαρία Φακίδη & Ντόρα Μηναΐδη

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American School’s Annual Report for 2015-2016

January 5, 2018

American School’s Annual Report for 2015-2016

The ASCSA Annual report for its 135th anniversary year 2015-2016 is now online.

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Holiday Greetings from the American School

December 21, 2017

Holiday Greetings from the American School

Holiday Greetings from the American School

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VIDEOCAST - “Why are Scientists Afraid of ED-XRF Analysis in Art and Archaeology?”

December 21, 2017

VIDEOCAST - “Why are Scientists Afraid of ED-XRF Analysis in Art and Archaeology?”

Sariel Shalev, University of Haifa

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VIDEOCAST - The Myth and Cult of Opheltes at Nemea

December 20, 2017

VIDEOCAST - The Myth and Cult of Opheltes at Nemea

Jorge Bravo, University of Maryland

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Inside the ASCSA Publications Office

December 19, 2017

Inside the ASCSA Publications Office

What does a day at the Publications Office look like? What do they have coming up on the docket?

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Meet a Member: John Haberstroh

December 15, 2017

Meet a Member: John Haberstroh

Meet John Haberstroh, a Ph.D. student studying Ancient Mediterranean History at the University of California, Riverside. He is currently is a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

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December 13, 2017

Blegen Library Christmas holiday hours 2017

During the Christmas holiday period, the Blegen library will be closed to visitors on the following days: December 25-26, 2017, January 1, January 6, 2018. No new cards will be issued and no orientations will take place between December 25th and January 6th.

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VIDEOCAST - ‘The Best Way to Send Knowledge is to Wrap it Up in a Person’

December 4, 2017

VIDEOCAST - ‘The Best Way to Send Knowledge is to Wrap it Up in a Person’

Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, Doreen C. Spitzer Archivist ASCSA Annual Archives Lecture co-organized with the Fulbright Foundation in Greece.

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Meet a Member: Elina Salminen

December 1, 2017

Meet a Member: Elina Salminen

Meet Elina Salminen, an Associate Member at the American School working on a dissertation on the mortuary record of northern Greece from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic period.

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Hesperia 86.4 Now Online!

November 23, 2017

Hesperia 86.4 Now Online!

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.4. Topics in this issue include the presentation of a recently discovered Late Minoan I sealstone from Pylos; a look at Solon’s abolishment of debt in Archaic Athens; the publication of a previously unpublished votive deposit uncovered near the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea; and a look at the work of Georg von Peschke, a celebrated artist employed by ASCSA excavations in the first half of the 20th century.

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VIDEOCAST - 70 Χρόνια Fulbright στην Ελλάδα «Παιδεία και Ανάπτυξη»

November 22, 2017

VIDEOCAST - 70 Χρόνια Fulbright στην Ελλάδα «Παιδεία και Ανάπτυξη»

Γιάννης Στουρνάρας, Ευαγγελία Κουνέλη, Δημήτρη Α. Σωτηρόπουλος

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VIDEOCAST - Hadrian’s Forgotten Heir: A New Portrait of Aelius Caesar from Eva-Loukou

November 21, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Hadrian’s Forgotten Heir: A New Portrait of Aelius Caesar from Eva-Loukou

Marco Galli, La Sapienza, Rome

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Meet a Member: Eliza Gettel

November 21, 2017

Meet a Member: Eliza Gettel

Meet Eliza Gettel, a PhD candidate working on a dissertation on political institutions of the Greek world under Roman imperium.

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Access to the Archives in the Blegen Library

November 14, 2017

Access to the Archives in the Blegen Library

Owing to the transfer of the Archives in the Blegen Library to the East Wing of the Gennadius Library, researchers will not be able to access the School’s archival collections between January 15th and May 31st, 2018.

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