April 15, 2024
Blegen Library hours during Easter holidays
During the Easter holiday period, the Blegen Library will be closed to visitors from Good Friday, May 3, through Easter Tuesday, May 7. On Holy Thursday, May 2, the Library will close at 17:00.
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April 12, 2024
Gennadius Library in Open House 2024
On the occasion of Open House Athens 2024 the Main Reading Room of the Gennadius Library will be open to the public on Saturday, April 13 from 2.00pm to 8.00pm. Free admission with guided tours by volunteers.
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April 12, 2024
Η Γεννάδειος στο Open House Athens 2024
Στο πλαίσιο της δράσης Open House Athens 2024 το Κεντρικό Αναγνωστήριο της Γενναδείου θα είναι ανοικτό για τους επισκέπτες το Σάββατο 13 Απριλίου από τις 14.00 έως τις 20.00 με δωρεάν είσοδο. Εθελοντές θα υποδέχονται τους επισκέπτες, θα τους οργανώνουν σε γκρουπ και θα τους ξεναγούν στο κτήριο.
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April 11, 2024
Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Easter Holidays
The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: Thursday, May 2, 2024, from 5:00 pm Friday, May 3, 2024 Saturday, May 4, 2024 Monday, May 6, 2024 Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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April 11, 2024
Λειτουργία Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης κατά τις ημέρες του Πάσχα
H Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη θα παραμείνει κλειστή κατά τις ακόλουθες ημέρες: Μ. Πέμπτη, 2 Μαΐου 2024 μετά τις 17:00 M. Παρασκευή, 3 Μαΐου 2024 Μ. Σάββατο, 4 Μαΐου 2024 Δευτέρα, 6 Μαΐου 2024 Τρίτη, 7 Μαΐου 2024
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March 15, 2024
Hesperia 93.1 Now Online!
Topics in this issue include the grave of the Griffin Warrior, Athenian Hellenistic taxes, the work of the Western Argolid Regional Project, and a Tang Dynasty coin found at Corinth.
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March 11, 2024
«Η Αναγεννησιακή Σαπφώ» στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη. Έκθεση σε επιμέλεια της Ειρήνης Σολομωνίδη και του Louis A. Ruprecht Jr
Η έκθεση στήθηκε στο Αναγνωστήριο της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης σε συνδυασμό με τη διάλεξη του L. Rupprecht «Η Αναγεννησιακή Σαπφώ» στις 28 Μαρτίου, και παρουσιάζει σπάνιες αναγεννησιακές εκδόσεις της ποίησης της Σαπφούς.
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March 8, 2024
"The Renaissance Sappho" an exhibition at the Gennadius Library
In conjunction with L. Rupprecht’s lecture “The Renaissance Sappho” on March 28, an exhibition in the Reading Room of the Gennadius Library showcases rare Renaissance editions of Sappho’s poetry.
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February 23, 2024
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη αποκτά ένα Ψαλτήριο του 16ου αιώνα, πιθανότατα τυπωμένο στη Βενετία.
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη απέκτησε πρόσφατα ένα εξαιρετικά σπάνιο βιβλίο με τίτλο ΨΑΛΤΗPION TOΥ ΘΕΙΟΥ ΔΑΒΙΔ. Πρόκειται για ένα ψαλτήριο που τυπώθηκε το 1584, πιθανά στη Βενετία από τον Giacomo Leoncini (fl. 1560-1589).
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February 22, 2024
Lucy Talcott Honored With Room in Loring Hall
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a room in Loring Hall in memory of Lucy Talcott, who was Secretary of the Agora Excavations from 1931 to 1958.
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February 22, 2024
The Gennadius Library acquires a 16th century Psalterion probably printed in Venice
The Gennadius Library recently acquired an extremely rare book entitled the ΨΑΛΤΗPION TOΥ ΘΕΙΟΥ ΔΑΒΙΔ. This is a psalter printed in 1584, probably in Venice by Giacomo Leoncini (fl. 1560-1589).
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February 8, 2024
Παναγιώτης Γεννάδιος (1848-1917). Πρωτοπόρος της ελληνικής γεωπονίας
Ο Παναγιώτης Γεννάδιος, νεώτερος αδελφός του Ιωάννη Γενναδίου, υπήρξε διακεκριμένος γεωπόνος.
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February 7, 2024
41st Annual Walton Lecture - Achilles, Odysseus… Erotokritos?
Watch our video with Richard P. Martin (Stanford University). In this talk, Professor Martin shows how studying the Homeric epics in tandem with the Erotokritos, the masterpiece of the 17th-century Cretan Renaissance.
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February 2, 2024
Archives Annual Lecture 2024 - The Other Athenians: Members of a Foreign School at Athens
Watch Alexandre Farnoux and Lucile Arnoux talking at the Annual Archives Lecture about the history of the French School at Athens.
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January 26, 2024
Emily Wilson Captivates Crowd with Lecture on Destiny, Tradition, Choice
Renowned classicist Emily Wilson captivated a full house at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall as she explored the themes of “Destiny, Tradition, Choice.” The event drew an enthusiastic audience on-site, while thousands more engaged through live streaming.
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January 25, 2024
American School Receives National Arts Club Medal of Honor
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens received the Medal of Honor for Achievement in Archaeology from the National Arts Club (NAC).
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January 20, 2024
W. Kendrick Pritchett Honored With Room in Loring Hall
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a room in Loring Hall in memory of W. Kendrick Pritchett, Professor of Greek at the University of California at Berkeley.
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January 18, 2024
Markets in the Demes, A New Approach to the Attic Countryside
Watch our video with Edward Harris (University of Durham) and Sylvian Fachard (University of Lausanne and Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece) on the recent work in the Attic countryside to study several rural markets neglected by these scholars.
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January 11, 2024
American School to Receive National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Archaeology
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has been named as the 2023 recipient of The Medal of Honor for Achievement in Archaeology from the National Arts Club.
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January 9, 2024
Fred Kleiner Names Fitness Room in Memory of Diana Kleiner
This remarkable gift marks the Kleiners’ fourth substantial contribution to the Loring Hall complex.
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January 9, 2024
Ottoman No More: “Oi Mikrasiatai Yper tōn Deinopathountōn Adelfōn tōn”
Watch out video with Yiorgo Topalidis of Flagler College. For lecture on the first three decades of the 20th century, a wave of migrants arrived in the US from Europe. American immigration authorities documented a number of those migrants as Ottoman and Turkish nationals of the Greek race.
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January 4, 2024
John Camp to be honored with AIA’s 2024 Gold Medal
John Camp will be honored this weekend, with the AIA Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.
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December 31, 2023
Our Year in Review - 2023
Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
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