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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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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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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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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January 30, 2017
Meet a Member: Brandon Braun
Meet Brandon Braun, a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens getting a PhD in Archaeology.
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January 20, 2017
Announcement Concerning Access to the Archives in the Gennadius Library
Researchers will not be able to access the Archives of the G.L. between July 1, 2017 and February 28, 2018. H πρόσβαση των ερευνητών στα Αρχεία της Βιβλιοθήκης δεν θα είναι δυνατή από 1/7/2017 έως 28/2/2018.
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January 19, 2017
Dr. Zeder’s and Dr. Karkanas’ talk at the Boston Athenaeum, January 2017
On January 9th, 2017, Dr. Zeder and Dr. Karkanas gave a talk at the Boston Athenaeum related to the history and scope of the Wiener Laboratory and the School’s involvement in the groundbreaking Phaleron project.
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Meet a Member: Katie Petrole
Meet Katie Petrole, the Steinmetz Family Foundation Museum Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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Dorothy Burr Thompson’s Photography Gets Publicity in LIFO Magazine
Γαμήλιος χορός στα Παραπούγγια Βοιωτίας το 1924 και η αυστηρή ποίηση μιας παλιάς Ελλάδας. Από τον Στάθη Τσαγκαρουσιάνο της LIFO.
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Jim and Nancy Demetriades host Technology Innovation Summit for the American School in Lake Tahoe
Technology Innovation Summit looks to lay the foundation for the creation of a Global Innovation Technology Program at the American School.
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January 10, 2017
Winter 2017 Edition of Newsletter Now Online
New summer seminars, major event wrap-ups, a Q&A with our incoming Director Jenifer Neils and much more await you in this edition of the School newsletter.
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January 7, 2017
Trustee Leads Volunteer Team at Refugee Camps in Northern Greece
ASCSA Trustee Andrew P. Bridges, Co-Chair in Copyright Litigation at Fenwick & West LLP (San Francisco) shares his experience of working at refugee camps in Idomeni and Polykastro over four days this past April.
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January 5, 2017
Landscape Archaeology and the Medieval Countryside: An Interview with Effie Athanassopoulos
Effie Athanassopoulos discusses her work studying the medieval component of the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP) survey conducted from 1985-1990.
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January 4, 2017
New ASCSA Traveling Seminars Kick Off This Summer
The American School is unveiling a new summer program for 2017: the Summer Seminars. In addition to the School’s long-running Summer Session program (one session of which is still being offered in 2017), two 18-day sessions will provide competitive students the opportunity to explore specific topics in Greece. Read this Q and A with the professors leading these seminars to find out more. (Deadline to apply is January 15!)
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January 3, 2017
Q&A with Incoming Director Jenifer Neils
Jenifer Neils, the Elsie B. Smith Professor in the Liberal Arts in the Department of Classics at Case Western Reserve University, is the new Director of the American School, beginning July 2017. An internationally renowned scholar in classics and art history, her work on the Parthenon has earned her the reputation as one of the world’s most established authorities on the monument. Prof. Neils shares here her perspectives on the School, Hellenic studies, and Greece as she prepares for the post.
Read MoreDecember 29, 2016
NVAP II: Landscape Archaeology and the Medieval Countryside Published
NVAP II: Landscape Archaeology and the Medieval Countryside is now published and available for purchase.
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December 21, 2016
Member Dr. Stephanie Larson Is Working to Help Our Refugee Neighbors
Senior Associate Member Dr. Stephanie Larson has spent much of her time this past year aiding the needs of the 5th Lyceum School refugee housing and a redistribution center in Exarchia, Athens.
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Meet a Member: Phil Katz
Meet Phil Katz, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens writing a dissertation on the ideology of the ship in Greece and Rome.
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Additions to the Wiener Lab Library
The Wiener Laboratory is excited to announce the addition of the following publications to our collection.
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December 13, 2016
VIDEOCAST- Η παρουσία του Γιάννη Μόραλη σε ποικίλες μορφές της εικαστικής έκφρασης
Σύλλογος Φίλων Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης - Φανή- Μαρία Τσιγκάκου, Δρ Ιστορίας της Τέχνης
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Meet a Member: Ching-Yuan (Dwight) Wu
Meet Ching-Yuan (Dwight) Wu, a Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, working on a dissertation on Roman provincial administration.
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VIDEOCAST - The Polychromy of Greek Architecture: Two Centuries of Research
Arnd Hennemeyer (ETH Zurich)
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VIDEOCAST - Choices, Iterations, and Virtual Representation
Closing Keynote Lecture: Bonna Wescoat (Emory University) Choices, Iterations, and Virtual Representation in the Fragmentary World of Ancient Greek Architecture
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