June 19-July 3, 2014 Over the next few weeks, teams of undergraduate researchers and faculty mentors will convene at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC for the 2014 Homer Multitext summer seminar. The seminar will provide an introduction to fundamental ideas about the oral composition and transmission… Read more
Becoming a Citizen and Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America August 1-2, 2014 This two-day workshop will introduce those with an interest in civic participation and leadership to aspects of democracy, one of the ancient world’s most lasting legacies. We will focus on the type of… Read more
Kyklos@Classics@ is a program devoted to new and developing scholarship concerning the Greek Epic Cycle. Its primary purpose is to foster a new generation of classical scholars by offering them, at an early stage in their academic careers, an opportunity to test their ideas in an international environment. The… Read more
Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. to develop the upcoming year’s courses. They hold two 3-day planning seminars, one for the Greek course and another for the Latin course. The faculty also invite an expert in the subject area… Read more
The Summer Internship Program, sponsored for the eighth consecutive year by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, started on May 29 with a week-long orientation. The fourteen American and Greek interns attended introductory seminars on the history and culture of Modern Greece, and began intensive courses of… Read more
Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε την Τετάρτη 4 Ιουνίου, 2014 στις 8:00 μ.μ., στο Ναύπλιο στην διάλεξη με θέμα: «Η Ελλάδα των ερειπίων και οι Ευρωπαίοι περιηγητές (18ος-19ος αιώνας)» Κεντρική Ομιλήτρια: Δρ Αφροδίτη Κούρια, Ιστορικός της Τέχνης, Ανεξάρτητη Επιμελήτρια Εκθέσεων Η διάλεξη θα δοθεί στην ελληνική γλώσσα στην αίθουσα διαλέξεων «Οικογενείας Νίκου Μαζαράκη» στο Κέντρο Ελληνικών… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 8.00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Greece among ruins and European travelers (18th-19th century)” Lecturer: Dr. Aphrodite Kouria, Art Historian, Independent Curator The lecture will be delivered (in Greek) in the “Nikos Mazarakis Family Lecture Hall” at Harvard University’s Center… Read more
On Friday, May 23rd at 4:00 p.m. EDT Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) welcomes Professor Leonard Muellner (Brandeis University) for a CHS Open House Discussion. The discussion will focus on the Odyssey, the depiction of kingship, and Nestor’s role in the Odyssey. Please join us for the live hangout and… Read more
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 the Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière were in the spotlight. The Modern Greek Studies Program of the Classics Department at Georgetown University and the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. presented a program of lectures, held at Georgetown University, on the mosaics, their… Read more
Eric Shimelonis, an award-winning composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, inspired by the two art deco mosaic panels by Hildreth Meière and the story behind them, composed an original piece to celebrate their installation at the Center for Hellenic Studies in D.C. You can view a party picture compilation accompanied by part of Eric’s… Read more
