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CHS Greece Event: Aristoula Georgiadou, “A journey to the moon: Lucian’s True History and utopian novels in ancient Greek literature”

Please join us on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “A journey to the moon: Lucian’s True History and utopian novels in ancient Greek literature” Lecturer: Aristoula Georgiadou, Associate Professor, Department of Philology, University of Patras Respondent: Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Lecturer, Department of Philology, University of… Read more

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Εκδήλωση ΚΕΣ: Αριστούλα Γεωργιάδου, «Ένα ταξίδι στη σελήνη: Τα Αληθή Διηγήματα του Λουκιανού και το ουτοπικό μυθιστόρημα στην Αρχαιοελληνική Γραμματεία»

Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε την Τετάρτη 19 Νοεμβρίου, 2014 στις 7:00 μ.μ., στο Ναύπλιο στην διάλεξη με θέμα: «Ένα ταξίδι στη σελήνη: Τα Αληθή Διηγήματα του Λουκιανού και το ουτοπικό μυθιστόρημα στην Αρχαιοελληνική Γραμματεία» Κεντρική Ομιλήτρια: Αριστούλα Γεωργιάδου,  Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών Συνομιλήτρια: Κατερίνα Οικονομοπούλου, Λέκτορας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών… Read more

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Visiting Scholar Maria Schoina at CHS

This week Maria Schoina, Assistant Professor of English literature at the School of English of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will be staying at CHS and using the library.  She is the author of Romantic Anglo-Italians: Configurations of Identity in Byron, the Shelleys, and the Pisan Circle (Ashgate 2009). Currently,… Read more

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Dialogue with Professor Nagy – Live Event in Boston and Webcast

Heroes in Tragedy: A presentation and dialogue with Professor Gregory Nagy HeroesX participants living in the Greater Boston area and learners around the world are invited to participate in a dialogue session led by Professor Nagy on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. (EST). Be introduced to the joy of reading… Read more

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Apply Now | Course Planning Seminars 2015

Summer Seminars 2015 Latin Literature from the Neronian Period Dates: June 6-9, 2015 Consultant: James Ker (University of Pennsylvania) Greek Literature from the 4th Century BCE Dates: June 11-14, 2015 Consultant: Hakan Tell (Dartmouth College) Overview Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic… Read more

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Apply Now | Course Planning Seminars 2015

Summer Seminars 2015 Latin Literature from the Neronian Period Dates: June 6-9, 2015 Consultant: James Ker (University of Pennsylvania) Greek Literature from the 4th Century BCE Dates: June 11-14, 2015 Consultant: Hakan Tell (Dartmouth College) Overview Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic… Read more

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Now Available Online – The Singer of Tales

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord is now available online, for free, in an electronic form, on the newly redesigned CHS website. Albert Lord’s book builds on Milman Parry’s work in his search of the oral traditions in… Read more

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Upcoming Symposium – Undergraduate Research Symposium

Application Deadline: December 19, 2014 Apply Now! Undergraduate Research Symposium Dates: March 5-6, 2015 Overview This spring, the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. will invite undergraduate students to share their research on Greek comedy or Latin literature of the Late Republic in a workshop setting. Students will… Read more

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New CHS Publication – Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India by Shubha Pathak through Harvard University Press. The central character of Divine Yet Human Epics is the developing conception of epic itself. Its story unfolds as the… Read more

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Forthcoming Publication – Plato’s Four Muses: The Phaedrus and the Poetics of Philosophy

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Plato’s Four Muses: The Phaedrus and the Poetics of Philosophy by Andrea Capra in December 2014 through Harvard University Press. Plato’s Four Muses reconstructs Plato’s authorial self-portrait through a fresh reading of the Phaedrus, with an Introduction and Conclusion… Read more