Ion – Euripides
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17 May 2022
On Wednesday, May 18th at 3:00pm EDT, Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Euripides's Ion. Read more
Events
Night of Ideas 2022
6 May 2022, 6:00 pm ET
Date: May 6Time: 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm EDTAddress: William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 This event will be recorded. Welcome to Boston’s Night of Ideas, an all-night marathon of philosophical discussions, artistic performances, and academic debates! About this event The Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Boston,… Read more
Lucrezia Maniscotti
6 May 2022, 11:00 am ET
Fascinated by the richness of Greek mythology, especially in connection to the ancient world of theater, Lucrezia found many relatable parallels between Greek and Indian cultures during her Indological academic studies and through the decades of her performing experience. Read more
The Danaid Legacy – Aeschylus
4 May 2022, 3:00 pm ET
Reading Greek Tragedy Online Season 4 Episode 3 On Wednesday, May 4th at 3:00pm EDT, Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Aeschylus’s Danaid trilogy. In this week’s episode, we take a theatrical deep dive into the story of the Daughters of Danaus and how the legacy of Aeschylus’ Danaid trilogy… Read more
Stories and Archives: A Conversation with Mark Mazower and Ersi Sotiropoulos
29 April 2022, 12:30 pm ET
How do writers present a coherent story without oversimplifying? What are the boundaries between writing history and fiction? Read more
Antigone
20 April 2022, 3:00 pm ET
Reading Greek Tragedy Online Season 4 Episode 2 On Wednesday April 20th at 3:00pm EDT, Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Sophocles’s Antigone. Directed by Argyris Xafis, with host Joel Christensen, and special guest, Angeliki Tzanetou. Translators: Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Ian Johnston Featured Performers Nikos Hatzopoulos – KreonDimitra Vlagopoulou… Read more
Medical Ethics: From Antiquity to the Current Pandemic
28 April 2022, 12:00 pm ET
What are the main ethical dilemmas faced by the medical profession today? And how do advances in technology affect the ethics of medical care? We will examine these questions with the help of specialists in the field of medicine and bioethics. Read more
Ellen McLaughlin
15 April 2022, 11:00 am ET
Ellen will speak specifically about the process of working with a fragment of Euripides’ Protesilaus. Read more
The Battle of Plataea 2.5K
7 April 2022
Taking place 2500 years after the battle of Plataea, this interdisciplinary conference on the battle brings together researchers to examine key problems connected to the battle, its multiple contexts, and its ancient and modern reverberations. Read more
Philoctetes
30 March 2022, 3:00 pm ET
Reading Greek Tragedy returns with Sophocles Philoctetes. This event will be streamed to Youtube and broadcast live from Hilles Cinema at Harvard University. If you are on campus, join us! Read more