May 29, 2017
NEH Fellow’s work on antiquities as state gifts has far-reaching implications
Nassos Papalexandrou received a NEH fellowship from the School to spend a year researching “Greek Antiquities as Diplomatic Gifts in Greek-U.S. Relationships after WWII.”
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May 26, 2017
Votive Reliefs in the Agora: An Interview with Carol L. Lawton
An interview with Carol L. Lawton about the newest volume in our Athenian Agora series.
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May 23, 2017
Hesperia 86.2 Now Online!
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.2. Topics in this issue include an overview of Archaic and Classical Butrint, a reconstruction of the sculptural program of the Temple of Apollo Patroos in the Agora, the initial publication of a Hellenistic decree from Athens, and a revisiting of the location of the Battle of Philippi.
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One-day meeting in experimental archaeology at the Wiener Laboratory
The use of stone tools and the observation of wear patterns; a theoretical and practical one-day meeting at the Wiener Laboratory
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May 22, 2017
American School Celebrates Annual Gala in New York City
Nearly 350 guests attended the Annual Gala Dinner celebrating the School and the Gennadius Library on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Malcolm H. Wiener and Lloyd E. Cotsen were honored at the event.
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May 22, 2017
New Publication: Votive Reliefs (Agora XXXVIII)
Votive Reliefs (Agora XXXVIII) is now published and available for purchase!
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May 18, 2017
Meet a Member: Maria Papaioannou
Meet Maria Papaioannou, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation on Early Greek Epigram.
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May 15, 2017
Conductor and artistic director Peter Tiboris at the Gennadius Library
Conductor, artistic director, and collector Peter Tiboris visited the Gennadius Library where ASCSA director Jim Wright, librarian Irini Solomonidi, and archivist Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan showed him rare editions from the collections of the Library, and the papers of Dimitri Mitropoulos from the Archives. Thrilled to see some of Mitropoulos's scores and letters, Peter shared with us that he collects batons and that he is proud of owning one of Leonard Bernstein's four batons. He also shared with us Bernstein's memoirs of his rival Dimitri Mitropoulos.
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May 12, 2017
In Memoriam: Lloyd Cotsen
The American School is saddened to learn of the death of Lloyd Cotsen on May 8, 2017. His love of Greece and the Greek people was on view at the School's Annual Gala Wednesday night and his family accepted the Gennadius Prize on his behalf. See the video tribute here.
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May 12, 2017
Azoria Project Excavations Wins New Grants
The Azoria Project excavations on Crete has won grants this year from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the National Geographic Society
Read MoreMay 10, 2017
VIDEO: The First Greek Editions of Homer
Take a peek inside our Gennadius Library rare book room with Senior Librarian Irini Solomonidi to learn about the first printed Greek editions of Homer.
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May 10, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Excavations on the Ismenion Hill in Thebes, 2011-2016
Professors Stephanie Larson, Associate Professor, Bucknell University, and Kevin Daly, Mellon Professor of Classical Studies, ASCSA
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May 9, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Plagues and Pestilence in Thebes
Prof. Maria Liston, Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Canada; Whitehead Professor, ASCSA
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May 9, 2017
VIDEOCAST - The Colonel’s Dictatorship: the View from London, Thirty-Sixth Annual Walton Lecture
Richard Clogg is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford
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April 28, 2017
Published: Corinth Excavations Field Manual
Corinth Excavations Archaeological manual has been published by the The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
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April 28, 2017
VIDEOCAST - Human-Environment Dynamics in the Peloponnese and Beyond: Ideas-Methods-Results
Conference on Environment and Human Activity in the Peloponnese, 6-9 April, organized in cooperation with the Swedish Institute at Athens.
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April 27, 2017
Constantine (Deno) and Marie Macricostas and the Macricostas Family Foundation Name West Wing in honor of General Ioannis Makriyannis
Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library announces that Constantine (Deno) and Marie Macricostas, through the Macricostas Family Foundation, have pledged a $1.5 million gift in support of the Library’s new west wing. In acknowledgment of this significant gift, the space will be named the “Ioannis Makriyannis Wing” at the wishes of Mr. and Mrs. Macricostas, in honor of the Greek patriot General Makriyannis (1797–1864).
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April 27, 2017
Gennadius Library Overseers to Award Gennadius Prize to Lloyd E. Cotsen
The Overseers of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) will honor Lloyd E. Cotsen, former President of the ASCSA Trustees and the first Chairman of the Overseers, as the second recipient of the Gennadius Prize for “outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece” at the ASCSA Gala in New York City on May 10, 2017.
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April 27, 2017
Malcolm Wiener to be Awarded American School’s Athens Prize
The Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have named Malcolm Hewitt Wiener, Aegean prehistorian and Chairman Emeritus of the Trustees, as the second recipient of the School’s Athens Prize for “outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of ancient Greece.” Wiener will accept the award on May 10, 2017 at the ASCSA Gala in New York City.
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April 21, 2017
Sacher Named Next Editor of Hesperia
The ASCSA has chosen Jennifer Sacher to be the next editor of its journal, Hesperia.
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April 21, 2017
Meet a Member: Carissa Nicholson
Meet Carissa Nicholson, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation in Art History at the University of Florida.
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April 17, 2017
Panagiotis Karkanas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the U.S.’s oldest and most esteemed learned societies, has elected Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the American School's Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, to its 237th class of members. He is the 24th person in the ASCSA's venerable history to receive this honor.
Read MoreApril 13, 2017
Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Εκατό Χρόνια Διαλόγου. Λατινοαμερικανικές Προσεγγίσεις στον Ελληνισμό”, 18-20 Μαΐου 2017
Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα διοργανώνει από κοινού με τον Gregory Jusdanis από το Πολιτειακό Πανεπιστήμιο του Οχάιο στις ΗΠΑ συνέδριο με τίτλο «Εκατό Χρόνια Διαλόγου. Λατινοαμερικανικές Προσεγγίσεις στον Ελληνισμό». Το συνέδριο θα διεξαχθεί από τις 18 έως τις 20 Μαΐου στο αμφιθέατρο της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Cotsen Hall (Αναπήρων Πολέμου 9).
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International Conference “One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism”, May 18-20, 2017
The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is organizing with Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Ohio State University, a three-day conference entitled “One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism” on May 18-20, 2017.
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April 10, 2017
Documenta 14 Comes to the Gennadius Library
The famed international art exhibition Documenta 14 is officially open in Athens, and the Gennadius Library is one of the hosts.
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