This open roundtable discussion brings together different experiences and ideas on teaching humanities to residents within prisons, domestically and abroad. We will also hear the perspective of a re-entering citizen after decades behind bars. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is deeply saddened by the loss of Gloria Pinney, former Senior Fellow (2000-2006, and 2016-2021), Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, Emerita at Harvard University. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family of the late Kurt A. Raaflaub, Professor Emeritus of Classics at Brown University, CHS Fellow in 1976-1977, and co-director of the Center for Hellenic Studies from 1992-2000 alongside his wife, Deborah Boedeker. Read more
Эта книга является переводом на русский язык книги Даниэля Л. Шварца — доцента факультета религиоведения, заместителя директора Центра цифровых гуманитарных исследований Техасского университета A&M (США). Автор обращается к феномену христианской пайдейи, акцентировав внимание на катехизации — понятии, которое было связано не только с глаголами «слушать» и «повторять», но и с… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) offers four postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for the 2024-25 academic year. These programs encourage and support research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greek civilization. Read more
Please join us for a selection of poetry readings and performance by Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi and Giannisi’s poet-translator Brian Sneeden, in conversation with Laura Jansen. Read more
This July Kallion Leadership, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to creating communities for translating the study of the humanities into leadership, will host its first Facilitator Training Workshop at the CHS. Read more
During the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3000–1500 BCE), the spread of woolen textiles triggered an increased demand for color. The dyes included those made from the labor-intensive processing of crocus stamens for saffron dye and even more costly dyes made from certain sea snails (the Muricidae/Murex). Minoan and Mycenaean textile… Read more
Kyklos is a program that represents an ever-regenerated discourse on the Greek Epic Cycle (Greek Kyklos) and it is devoted to new and developing scholarship on the subject. Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is proud to host and sponsor the Colloquium for Ancient Rhetoric, who provides a regular venue for the exchange of ideas and presentation of work-in-progress on ancient rhetoric and its reception. Read more
