Checklist for Palaeography Course

Congratulations on your acceptance to the Palaeography Course. We look forward to seeing you online and at the School.

Below lists tasks and required forms to prepare for your the course and for your arrival at the School. If you have been provided the link to this webpage, submit all forms by the required deadlines, unless otherwise noted. 

Questions? Contact the Programs Office in Princeton, New Jersey at application@ascsa.org.

Ολοκλήρωση και Παρουσίαση του Έργου: «Αναδεικνύοντας το πολιτιστικό περιεχόμενο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα με τη βοήθεια της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης»

June 2, 2025

Ολοκλήρωση και Παρουσίαση του Έργου: «Αναδεικνύοντας το πολιτιστικό περιεχόμενο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα με τη βοήθεια της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης»

Με απόλυτη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε την Τρίτη 27 Μαΐου 2025, στο αμφιθέατρο Cotsen Hall της Αμερικανικής Σχολής, η τελική ημερίδα παρουσίασης των αποτελεσμάτων του έργου «Αναδεικνύοντας το πολιτιστικό περιεχόμενο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής με τη βοήθεια της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης», σηματοδοτώντας την ολοκλήρωση μίας καινοτόμου και πολυδιάστατης προσπάθειας για την αξιοποίηση της ψηφιακής τεχνολογίας στον τομέα του πολιτισμού.

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New Episode - Agora Scholars Speak with Nick Hudson

May 31, 2025

New Episode - Agora Scholars Speak with Nick Hudson

Watch the latest episode of our Agora Scholars Speak Series with Nick Hudson

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American School Wins Anthropology Short Film Award at Palenque International Film Festival 2025

May 29, 2025

American School Wins Anthropology Short Film Award at Palenque International Film Festival 2025

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is honored to announce that its short film, Mary Lefkowitz & Women in Ancient Greece has been awarded the Anthropology Short Film Award at the 2025 Palenque International Film Festival.

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Enjoy the Discussion - Guardians of Hellenism: The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Enduring Legacy

May 20, 2025

Enjoy the Discussion - Guardians of Hellenism: The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Enduring Legacy

The event explored the vital role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in preserving and promoting Hellenism across the centuries, from the Byzantine Empire to the present day.

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New Publication: <em>In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918–1929</em>

May 16, 2025

New Publication: In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918–1929

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918–1929, edited by Eleftheria Daleziou, Maria Georgopoulou, and Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan.

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Ecumenical Patriarchate Honored with Gennadius Prize at Gala

May 15, 2025

Ecumenical Patriarchate Honored with Gennadius Prize at Gala

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is proud to announce the tremendous success of its Annual Gala, held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Gotham Hall in New York City.

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Muhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations - The Banality of Good and Evil: a conversation between two historians

May 15, 2025

Muhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations - The Banality of Good and Evil: a conversation between two historians

The last muhabbet of the term will take place on Friday, May 23, in Cotsen Hall (Anapiron Polemou 9, Athens) at 19:00. The Banality of Good and Evil: a conversation between two historians. Speakers: Cemal Kafadar and Anthony Molho

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Muhabbet: Συζητήσεις για την Ανατολική Μεσόγειο - The Banality of Good and Evil: a conversation between two historians

May 9, 2025

Muhabbet: Συζητήσεις για την Ανατολική Μεσόγειο - The Banality of Good and Evil: a conversation between two historians

Το τελευταίο Muhabbet της περιόδου θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Παρασκευή, 23 Μαΐου, στο αμφιθέατρο Cotsen (Αναπήρων Πολέμου 9, Κολωνάκι, Αθήνα) στις 19.00. Οι Cemal Kafadar και Anthony Molho θα μιλήσουν με θέμα The Banality of Good and Evil: a conversation between two historians. Η συζήτηση θα γίνει στα αγγλικά και δεν θα προβληθεί ζωντανά. Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη για το κοινό.

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Τελική Ημερίδα Παρουσίασης του Έργου -

May 2, 2025

Τελική Ημερίδα Παρουσίασης του Έργου - "Αναδεικνύοντας το πολιτιστικό περιεχόμενο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα με τη βοήθεια της τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης"

Με πολλή χαρά σας προσκαλούμε στην τελική εκδήλωση των αποτελεσμάτων του Εργου: "Αναδεικνύοντας το πολιτιστικό περιεχόμενο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα με τη βοήθεια της τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης"

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Agora Scholars Speak with Carol Lawton

April 30, 2025

Agora Scholars Speak with Carol Lawton

Watch the latest episode of our Agora Scholars Speak Series with Carol Lawton

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New Publication: <em>54 Souidias: A History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens</em>

April 11, 2025

New Publication: 54 Souidias: A History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of 54 Souidias: A History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, edited by Jenifer Neils.

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Sophie Papageorgiou - Necrology

April 2, 2025

Sophie Papageorgiou - Necrology

It is our sad duty to report the passing of Sophie Papageorgiou on March 24, 2025. She was a librarian at the Gennadius Library for 36 years.

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Αncient Corinth remembers... through its photographs!

April 2, 2025

Αncient Corinth remembers... through its photographs!

Organized by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, in close collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinthia, the event entitled "Collective Memory: The People in the Photographs of the Corinth Excavations Archive" was a celebration of emotion, remembrance, and history.

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Νεκρολογία Σόφης Παπαγεωργίου

April 2, 2025

Νεκρολογία Σόφης Παπαγεωργίου

Με λύπη ανακοινώνουμε τον θάνατο της Σόφης Παπαγεωργίου στις 24 Μαρτίου 2025. Υπηρέτησε στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη από τη θέση της Βιβλιοθηκαρίου για 36 συναπτά έτη.

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Hesperia 94.1 Now Online!

March 28, 2025

Hesperia 94.1 Now Online!

We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 94.1! Topics in this issue include an inscribed bronze strigil dedicated to Apollo at Despotiko, depictions of hares in funerary art memorializing young males in Archaic and Classical Athens, inscriptions found on athletic equipment including stone and metal jumping weights and discuses, and the purposeful placement of funerary monuments along routes connected to famous battle sites in Attica.

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A groundbreaking project for Greek Culture!

March 24, 2025

A groundbreaking project for Greek Culture!

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, with the support of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and national resources under the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-2020, is developing Greece’s first-ever digital platform for cultural content, powered by Artificial Intelligence!

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Στα «άδυτα» της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης: Εκεί που φυλάσσεται η πλούσια κληρονομιά του ελληνισμού

March 21, 2025

Στα «άδυτα» της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης: Εκεί που φυλάσσεται η πλούσια κληρονομιά του ελληνισμού

Το CNN Greece μίλησε με το προσωπικό της βιβλιοθήκης, που μάς ξενάγησαν στους μοναδικούς χώρους της και μάς εξήγησαν την ιστορία και τη σημασία σπάνιων βιβλίων.

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Παρουσίαση Έργου στον Ετήσιο Απολογισμό της Σχολής

March 11, 2025

Παρουσίαση Έργου στον Ετήσιο Απολογισμό της Σχολής

Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε, την Παρασκευή 11 Μαρτίου 2025, η παρουσίαση του έργου με τίτλο «Αναδεικνύοντας το πολιτιστικό περιεχόμενο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα με τη βοήθεια της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης» (ΟΠΣ 6004550), κατά τη διάρκεια της εκδήλωσης απολογισμού του ετήσιου έργου της Σχολής, την οποία παρουσίασε η Διευθύντρια, Καθηγήτρια Bonna D. Wescoat.

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Gennadius Library Year in Review

March 7, 2025

Gennadius Library Year in Review

The Gennadius Library is dedicated to fostering a meaningful dialogue with the community through exhibitions, lectures, and concerts that celebrate the richness of Hellenic culture.

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Agora Scholars Speak with Miltiades Kylindreas and Samantha Martin

March 6, 2025

Agora Scholars Speak with Miltiades Kylindreas and Samantha Martin

Watch the latest episode of our Agora Scholars Speak Series with Miltiades Kylindreas and Samantha Martin.

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Katherine E. Fleming to Present on Judaism, Hellenism, and Modern Greece  at the 2025–2026 Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series

February 27, 2025

Katherine E. Fleming to Present on Judaism, Hellenism, and Modern Greece at the 2025–2026 Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will launch its 2025-26 Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series, featuring eminent scholar and thought leader, Katherine E. Fleming.

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School closed for the public on February 28th

February 27, 2025

School closed for the public on February 28th

The Blegen and Gennadius libraries, the Archives, and the Wiener Laboratory will be closed to the public on February 28th.

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Finding Great Value in Empty Graves

February 18, 2025

Finding Great Value in Empty Graves

Michael Lindblom discusses his new book, The Shaft Graves and Other Late Helladic I and II Remains (Lerna X).

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John Travlos Honored with Room in Loring Hall

February 11, 2025

John Travlos 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 John Travlos.

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The Only Known Copy of the Second Edition of K. M. Koumas's (1777–1836) work, Ιστορίαι των ανθρώπινων πράξεων [Histories of Human Actions], Smyrna, 1879, now housed in the Gennadius Library.

February 10, 2025

The Only Known Copy of the Second Edition of K. M. Koumas's (1777–1836) work, Ιστορίαι των ανθρώπινων πράξεων [Histories of Human Actions], Smyrna, 1879, now housed in the Gennadius Library.

The copy originally belonged to Frangiskos Vasileiou Kampanis of Paros, likely born around 1860. His great-grandson Dimitris, a historian, donated the volume to the Gennadius Library, ensuring its preservation and accessibility for the scholarly community and all interested readers.

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