The CHS is pleased to announce that The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry by Gregory Nagy is now available online on the CHS website. Despite widespread interest in the Greek hero as a cult figure, little was written about the… Read more
EVENTS SERIES 2014-2015 Ξεκίνησε στις 19 Νοεμβρίου η σειρά εκδηλώσεων του Κέντρου Ελληνικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard, “Events Series 2015”. Η θεματική της φετινής σειράς είναι: “Η Φαντασία στην Επιστήμη και την Τέχνη” Το Κέντρο Ελληνικών Σπουδών συμπράττει κάθε χρόνο με διαφόρους φορείς στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση των εκδηλώσεων. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that Dialoguing in Late Antiquity by Averil Cameron is now available online on the CHS website! Christians talked, debated, and wrote dialogues in late antiquity and on throughout Byzantium. Some were philosophical, others more literary, theological, or Platonic; Aristotle also came into the picture… Read more
We are happy to share the good news on the future of the Swedish research institutes in Rome, Athens and Istanbul! Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Minister for Higher Education and Research in Sweden, announced on November 18, 2014 that “the Swedish research institutes in the Mediterranean region will continue to receive… Read more
We are happy to share the good news on the future of the Swedish research institutes in Rome, Athens and Istanbul! Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Minister for Higher Education and Research in Sweden, announced on November 18, 2014 that “the Swedish research institutes in the Mediterranean region will continue to receive central… Read more
Hour 25 is a vibrant intellectual community that studies and creates open source content associated with and inspired by Gregory Nagy’s work on ancient Greek heroes. Drawing on the massive open online content (MOOC) known as HeroesX and in a collaborative partnership with the Center for Hellenic Studies, Hour 25… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Plato’s Wayward Path: Literary Form and the Republic by David Schur through Harvard University Press. Since Friedrich Schleiermacher’s work in the 1800s, scholars interested in the literary dimension of Plato’s writings have sought to reconcile the dialogue form with the expository imperative… Read more
Join us on Saturday, December 6 for a live webcast of the biannual Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium! The stream will be available at rtsp://stream.chs.harvard.edu/HouseA, viewable with VLC Media Player or Quicktime 7. To connect via VLC, go to File > Open Network… Read more
Registration is now open for Module 5 of the Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours (Hours 22-24), “Plato and Beyond”, on edX. HUM 2.5x, the fifth and final module in The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, “Hours 22-24: Plato and Beyond” challenges the idea that Socrates… Read more
The Hour 25 Community is very pleased to welcome David Elmer of Harvard University to discuss ‘epainos and the Poetics of Consent in Homer’, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, November 20. Members of Hour 25 can start and continue the conversations associated with this event in this Lyceum thread. Read more
