The American School of Classical Studies in the news.
Οι Επίτροποι της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα θα απονείμουν στο Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος το «Βραβείο της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης» του 2018 για την εξαιρετική συνεισφορά του Ιδρύματος στην προώθηση του πολιτισμού της Ελλάδας από την ύστερη αρχαιότητα και μετά.
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Read MoreThe Overseers of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have announced the Stavros Niarchos Foundation as the winner of the Gennadius Prize awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece.
Read MoreThe Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have announced Ronald S. Stroud as the winner of the Athens Prize awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of ancient Greece.
Read MoreΜε την ευκαιρία της επετείου των 450 χρόνων από τη γέννηση του Claudio Monteverdi, το σύνολο Canto Secreto θα ερμηνεύσει μουσική από την Ιταλία του 17ου αιώνα.
Read MoreSharon R. Stoker & Jack L. Davis - University of Cincinnati
Read MoreAnnual Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture Matthew Collins, University of York - University of Copenhagen “The Prospect for Ancient Proteins in Archaeology”
Read MoreSheila Dillon, Duke University
Read MoreStarting September 2017, the libraries of ASCSA (the Blegen, the Gennadius and the Wiener Laboratory) are undergoing a major reclassification project for their collections following the Library of Congress system of call numbers.
Read MoreΜε ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε χθες η πρώτη συναυλία του φεστιβάλ "Νύχτες Κλασικής Μουσικής στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη", που διοργάνωσε για τρίτη συνεχή χρονιά το Ίδρυμα Schwarz σε συνεργασία με τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη και το Curtis on Tour, την παγκόσμια περιοδεία του Ινστιτούτου Μουσικής Curtis, σε πρωτοβουλία της Nina von Maltzahn.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens seeks a Social Media Manager, resident in Athens, Greece, at the main campus.
Read MoreMary Lefkowitz, Geoffrey Bakewell, Sheila Dillon, Jenifer Neils
Read MoreLecture by: Mary Lefkowitz, Wellesley College
Read More"The Trojans could have refused to take in the horse, they could have let it stay there, they could have set it on fire, or opened it up, but instead they did the one thing they shouldn’t have—taken it without asking any questions. And you can see the subtext here..."
Read MoreThe School welcomes Sylvian Fachard as he begins a three-year appointment as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies. Fachard is an archaeologist who has excavated in Greece for 20 field seasons.
Read MoreThe New York Times Democracy Forum and a lecture by Professor Mary Lefkowitz, later followed by the Nights Classical Music at the Gennadeion in September begin a year of diverse lectures and events ahead.
Read MoreThe Ancient Agora of Athens is considered by all, locals and tourists, to be a small oasis in the center of the city. Strolling in the largest archaeological park of Athens, in the shade of tall oaks, planes, and olives, we hardly realize how much effort was devoted to landscaping the site in the early 1950s. That was a major undertaking, one comparable to the reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos itself. One only needs to see before-and-after photos in order to grasp the magnitude of this achievement.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.3. Topics in this issue include a review and analysis of the evidence for the origins of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, a new interpretation of the Dipylon oinochoe graffito, the publication of a deposit of ostraka from the Athenian Agora, and new evidence for the dating of defensive fortifications in southwestern Anatolia based on the excavations of the Bastion complex on the Tepecik acropolis at Patara in southwestern Turkey.
Read MoreAfter a comprehensive search, the ASCSA has chosen Jennifer Sacher to be the next editor of Hesperia.
Read MoreAn interview with Kathleen Warner Slane about her new publication that examines the evidence for changing burial practices in the Greek city, Roman colony, and Christian town of Corinth.
Read MoreBorn in Izmir, George Mylonas (1898-1988) studied archaeology at the University of Athens and at Johns Hopkins University. He was the ASCSA's first bursar in the 1920s and worked with David M. Robinson at Olynthus. Mylonas taught archaeology at the Washington University Saint Louis from 1933 until his retirement in 1968. Mylonas is known for his excavations at Eleusis and Mycenae. A large part of his papers are housed in the Archives of the American School.
Read MoreOur conservation technician interns have successfully finished their training at Corinth Excavations. For the past six months, the students gained experience on a range of tasks, from lifting and mending terracotta floor tiles from the Frankish Area to carefully excavating a medieval skeleton.
Read MoreTombs, Burials, and Commemoration in Corinth's Northern Cemetery (Corinth XXI) is now published and available for purchase!
Read MoreΗ Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα (ΑΣΚΣΑ) έχει λάβει τρεις επιχορηγήσεις συνολικού ύψους 900.000 δολαρίων, προκειμένου να εκσυγχρονίσει τις βιβλιοθήκες της.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) has been awarded three program grants totaling $900,000 to modernize and update its library holdings.
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