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Nea Erythraia Lyceum Visits the Gennadius Library

April 5, 2017

Nea Erythraia Lyceum Visits the Gennadius Library

Το Λύκειο της Νέας Ερυθραίας στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη για να δει από κοντά τα αρχεία της "Γενιάς του '30"

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VIDEOCAST - Honey from Hymettus: Platonic Philosophy in the Cave of Pan?

March 29, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Honey from Hymettus: Platonic Philosophy in the Cave of Pan?

Prof. Paul Kalligas, Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi

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VIDEOCAST - Οπτικοποίηση 500 χρόνων διακίνησης ελληνικών αρχετύπων σε ευρωπαϊκές και αμερικανικές συλλογές

March 29, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Οπτικοποίηση 500 χρόνων διακίνησης ελληνικών αρχετύπων σε ευρωπαϊκές και αμερικανικές συλλογές

Dr. Cristina Dondi, Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, Univ. of Oxford, Secretary of the CERL

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Meet a Member: Kaitlyn Stiles

March 28, 2017

Meet a Member: Kaitlyn Stiles

Meet Kaitlyn Stiles, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation in Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Tennessee.

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March 23, 2017

Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017

Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε το συνέδριο που διοργανώθηκε, από κοινού, από τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα και το Ίδρυμα Αικατερίνης Λασκαρίδη και τελούσε υπό την αιγίδα της Κοινοπραξίας Ερευνητικών Βιβλιοθηκών της Ευρώπης (CERL).

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March 23, 2017

Construction Works and Access to the Gennadius Library

Work continues in the West Wing of the Gennadius Library but the dates of the necessary move are not fixed yet. We anticipate the closing to happen sometime in the summer months and not in the spring as previously announced. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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March 23, 2017

Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Easter Holidays

The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: Thursday, April 13, 2017 from 5:00 pm Friday, April 14, 2017 Saturday, April 15, 2017 Monday, April 17, 2017 Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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ASCSA Director’s Statement Regarding the Fate of US Government Funding for the Humanities, the Arts, and International Exchange

March 21, 2017

ASCSA Director’s Statement Regarding the Fate of US Government Funding for the Humanities, the Arts, and International Exchange

"Continued funding by US government agencies of efforts such as the School’s is an important signal of the United States’ commitment to continuing the tradition of scholarly enquiry and public education that continues to enrich and improve the world in which we live."

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ASCSA Alumnus Combines Political Science and Classics

March 20, 2017

ASCSA Alumnus Combines Political Science and Classics

Seth Jaffe opens his first book by explaining its contradictions: “This book is the work of a political scientist (a political theorist), but is my sincere hope that it will prove of interest to classicists, from whom I have learned so much about Thucydides and this world.”

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VIDEOCAST - ASCSA Annual Open Meeting

March 15, 2017

VIDEOCAST - ASCSA Annual Open Meeting

James C. Wright, Director of ASCSA, "Work of the School During 2016" and Keynote Lecture, "The Pastness of the Past: Reflections on Archaeology in Greece."

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VIDEOCAST - Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur

March 13, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur

Presented by EBSA, Belgian Embassy, ASCSA, Aegeus Society, Minoan, Cycladic and Mycenaean Seminars

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3D Animation Brings New Life to Roman-Era Corinth

March 13, 2017

3D Animation Brings New Life to Roman-Era Corinth

A popular online video imagines our site at Corinth as it was in the 2nd century AD, during the Roman Empire.

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March 7, 2017

Ανάγνωση σεναρίου βασισμένου στο έργο του Μυριβήλη “Ο Βασίλης ο Αρβανίτης”

Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη διοργάνωσε την Τετάρτη 22 Φεβρουαρίου μία πρωτότυπη βραδιά με την ανάγνωση ενός κινηματογραφικού σεναρίου που βασίζεται στο έργο του Στράτη Μυριβήλη «Ο Βασίλης ο Αρβανίτης». Η εκδήλωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στο αναγνωστήριο της Βιβλιοθήκης και το σενάριο διαβάστηκε στο σύνολό του.

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Meet a Member: Catharine Judson

March 6, 2017

Meet a Member: Catharine Judson

Meet Catharine Judson, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a working on a PhD in Classical Archaeology.

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Using X-rays to Understand Greek Pottery

March 3, 2017

Using X-rays to Understand Greek Pottery

Watch the Wiener Lab's portable X-ray fluorescence device in action, helping unlock mysteries of Corinthian pottery.

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Meet a Member: Bill Beck

February 25, 2017

Meet a Member: Bill Beck

Meet Bill Beck, a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens getting his Ph.D. in Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Update from Corinth Excavations

February 21, 2017

Update from Corinth Excavations

A new on-site program about music, new conservation technicians-in-training, and a mouth-watering vasilopita...

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Hesperia 86.1 Now Online!

February 15, 2017

Hesperia 86.1 Now Online!

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.1. Topics in this issue include the sculptural program of the Athenian Treasury at Delphi, the results of recent work at Kolophon, newly published sculptural pieces from the Agora, and new proposals concerning the Antikythera Mechanism.

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VIDEOCAST-Architecture of Minoan Community:American and American-Greek Projects at Gournia,1901-2016

February 14, 2017

VIDEOCAST-Architecture of Minoan Community:American and American-Greek Projects at Gournia,1901-2016

Prof. John C. McEnroe, The John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, Hamilton College; Whitehead Professor, ASCSA

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Meet a Member: Michele Asuni

February 10, 2017

Meet a Member: Michele Asuni

Meet Michele Asuni, a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens getting his Ph.D. in Classics at Johns Hopkins University.

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C. M. Woodhouse’s War in Greece in Fiction, Memoir, and History

February 9, 2017

C. M. Woodhouse’s War in Greece in Fiction, Memoir, and History

The Annual Archives Lecture for 2016-17 featured Professor David Roessel of Stockton University who talked about Monty Woodhouse's fictional war stories, published in One Omen (1956).

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Newsletter of the Gennadius Library: Winter 2017 edition

February 6, 2017

Newsletter of the Gennadius Library: Winter 2017 edition

The winter edition of the Gennadeion News is now available to download or read online

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Thomas W. Jacobsen, 1935–2017

February 6, 2017

Thomas W. Jacobsen, 1935–2017

Former ASCSA and Managing Committee member Tom Jacobsen passed away January 15, 2017. His contributions to archaeology — in particular as a prehistorian and excavations director at Franchthi Cave — are remembered here by his students and colleagues.

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VIDEOCAST - They Both Sent Their Women Home: C.M. Woodhouse’s War in Greece in Fiction, Memoir,

February 6, 2017

VIDEOCAST - They Both Sent Their Women Home: C.M. Woodhouse’s War in Greece in Fiction, Memoir,

Prof. David Roessel, School of Arts and Humanities, Stockton University. Naijasia Thomas of Stockton University will perform on stage Woodhouse's "The Saddle"

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VIDEOCAST - The Sanctuary of Hera on Samos from its Minoan origins to the time of Polycrates

February 3, 2017

VIDEOCAST - The Sanctuary of Hera on Samos from its Minoan origins to the time of Polycrates

Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Director Emeritus, German Archaeological Institute at Athens

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