Considering Comparables: Psychē Reconsidered
2 June 2021, 2:00 pm ET
with Lisa Raphals (University of California Riverside and Center for Hellenic Studies) Read more
Events
Proximity and Classics
11 June 2021, 12:00 pm ET
What ideas of proximity can we find in Classical Greek literature? How was intimacy understood, from Homer to Plato? What is the connection between proximity and friendship? What is the role of supplication? How can these ideas be mobilized to shed light on the notion of proximity today? Read more
Bad Emperors Obsessed with Foreign Cultures
19 May 2021, 3:00 pm ET
Yiqun Zhou on Nero and Emperor Wu of the Han Read more
El Monstruo de los Jardines
26 May 2021, 3:00 pm ET
Reading Greek Tragedy Online (Season 2, Episode 4) Read more
Visiting Artist Presentation: Cynthia Word
21 May 2021, 11:30 am ET
Sappho and Isadora: Once Again, This Time Read more
Polytheisms and Cosmologies
5 May 2021, 1:00 pm ET
with Cléo Carastro (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) Read more
Visiting Artist Presentation: Piero Marconi
7 May 2021, 11:30 am ET
Part of the CHS Visiting Artist Presentation Series, the event features Piero Marconi, an Italian musician currently teaching at the “Rossini” Conservatory, Pesaro. His interests connect philosophy, composition, piano and music history. Read more
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
28 April 2021, 3:00 pm ET
Join us for a live reading and discussion of the Argonautica with guest speaker Jackie Murray (University of Kentucky). Read more
Proximity and Ethics
30 April 2021, 12:00 pm ET
What is the relationship between physical closeness and the moral life? Does physical closeness matter for the cultivation of a moral life, and how should we think of empathy as a means of bridging the distance between us and them? Explore these questions and more. Read more
Comparatism from a Disciplinary Perspective
21 April 2021, 2:00 pm ET
Johannes Haubold (Princeton University) on Classics and Assyriology. Read more