Gennadius Library Medieval Greek Summer Session

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens announces the 2013 summer session focused on the teaching of Medieval Greek.

LEVENTIS FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT FOR MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is very pleased to announce that the A.G. Leventis Foundation has generously awarded funding to underwrite the costs of the 2013 summer sessions focused on the teaching of Medieval Greek.

The Gennadius Library, which houses 118,000 volumes and archives, is devoted to post-classical Hellenic civilization, and will offer a month-long Summer Session for Medieval Greek at the Intermediate Level from late June to late July 2013.  The objective is to familiarize students who have a sound foundation in Classical Greek with Medieval Greek language and philology by exposing them to primary sources, different kinds of literary genres, paleography and epigraphy as well as bibliographic and electronic tools, drawing on the resources of the Gennadius Library. The program will also include site and museum visits.  The session will have approximately12 members. There will be two professors leading the session.

STRUCTURE
The month-long program will include daily analysis and translation of Byzantine texts; paleography; introduction to the bibliography of Byzantine philology and electronic resources; introduction to the collections of the Gennadius Library; visits to area museums and libraries including the Byzantine, the Benaki, and the Epigraphy Museums and the National Library; visits to sites, museums, and monuments outside Athens including Corinth, Mistra, Thessaloniki, and Hosios Loukas; and individual tutorials and assignments for each student determined by his/her specific needs and field of study. The language of instruction is English. 

ELIGIBILITY
The program is offered at the intermediate level, and will be geared to qualified students enrolled in a graduate program in any field of late antique, post-antique, Byzantine or medieval studies in any university worldwide. A minimum of two years of college level Classical Greek (or the equivalent) is required.  If there are available spots, college professors in any university worldwide, who have no access to the instruction of Medieval Greek in their home institutions may also be considered.  A diagnostic test (available electronically) may be administered to finalists before the final selection of students is made.

ACADEMIC CREDIT
The American School is not a degree-granting institution. No grades are given for its programs, nor are transcripts provided.  An optional final exam at the end of the program may be provided if requested, and the directors will write a letter to the participant’s home institution, if requested, recommending that credit be granted, provided that the student has satisfactorily participated in the program and passed the final exam.

COSTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
A generous grant from the A.G. Leventis Foundation is making possible up to 12 full scholarships for the Medieval Greek Summer Session. These Leventis Foundation scholarships will cover the costs of tuition and fees, lodging for the entire period, travel with the program within Greece, and museum and site fees. International airfare to and from Greece, meals, and incidental expenses are the participant’s responsibility. The scholarships will be awarded by the ASCSA on the basis of academic merit.

APPLICATION
Application information will be posted in fall 2012.

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2013.
The selection results will be announced March 15, 2013.