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March 21, 2018

Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Easter holidays

The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days:

March 19, 2018

VIDEOCAST - “Making a Byzantine Holy Land- The Impact of Monastic Activity in the Mazi Plain, Attica”

by Fotini Kondyli, University of Virginia

March 16, 2018

An Interview with Daniel B. Levine, 2018 Gertrude Smith Summer Session Director

Daniel B. Levine shares his stories from the past 40 years with ASCSA

March 14, 2018

Meet a Member: Aimee Michelle Genova

Meet Associate Member and Gennadeion/M. Alison Frantz Fellow, Aimee Michelle Genova

March 14, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Diachronic Survey on the Borders of Attica: The Mazi Archaeological Project

Sylvian Fachard, Mellon Professor, ASCSA, Alex Knodell, Carleton College, Kalliope Papangeli, Ephorate of West Attica “Diachronic Survey on the Borders of Attica: The Mazi Archaeological Project”

March 9, 2018

Hesperia 87.1 Now Online!

Topics include the decipherment of Linear B, the language of scholarship on the Early Iron Age of Greece, the economy of gratitude in 5th-century Athens, the iconography of deceased maidens on Classical Attic grave reliefs, and the acoustic properties of two Byzantine churches in Thessaloniki.

March 7, 2018

New Publication: The Monuments of the Eastern Hill (Samothrace 9)

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Monuments of the Eastern Hill (Samothrace 9) by Bonna D. Wescoat.

March 1, 2018

VIDEOCAST - The Road to Piraeus: Athenian Realien and Plato’s Republic

Geoff Bakewell, Whitehead Professor, ASCSA

March 1, 2018

Corinth Excavations Celebrates 100th Educational Program

On-site and online, Corinth Excavations connects with students from around the world.

February 27, 2018

American School Newsletter Winter 2018

The winter 2018 edition of the newsletter is now online.

February 27, 2018

New Publication: The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion (AAAC 4)

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion (AAAC 4) by Barbara Barletta.

February 20, 2018

American School of Classical Studies at Athens Heads to Florida

This week the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will visit Naples, Miami (Coral Gables) and Boca Raton.

February 12, 2018

Q&A with Corinth’s Director Christopher Pfaff

Christopher Pfaff, Associate Professor of Classics at Florida State University, began as Director of the Corinth Excavations in July. He shares his reflections on and plans for the site in this Q&A.

February 12, 2018

Q&A with New Mellon Professor Sylvian Fachard

The American School's Mellon Professor Sylvian Fachard tells us what he is excited about in his first year teaching as Mellon Professor, his research interests, and what it was like to see the Olympic flame pass through Greece in this extended Q and A.

February 12, 2018

Georges Names Courtyard

John A. Georges recently donated $500,000 to name the Georges Family Courtyard Terrace. Thanks to Georges’s gift, the School is delighted to announce that the new Ioannis Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library will be inaugurated on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

January 31, 2018

Reopening of the Library

We are proud to announce that during the months of August, September and October 2017, the research collections of the Gennadius Library were tagged with RFID security tags and the books, including the periodicals of the “Dory Papastratou Reading Room,” were moved to new mobile shelving in the new Ioannis Makriyannis Wing, which will be officially inaugurated in June 2018.

January 31, 2018

Επαναλειτουργία της Βιβλιοθήκης

Είμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουμε ότι κατά το τρίμηνο Αυγούστου - Οκτωβρίου 2017 ολοκληρώθηκε η πρώτη φάση του εκσυγχρονισμού των συλλογών της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, η οποία πραγματοποιείται χάρη σε χρηματοδότηση των ιδρυμάτων Σταύρος Νιάρχος, Mellon και Goldsmith.

January 29, 2018

New Publication: The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries (Agora XXXVI)

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries (Agora XXXVI) by John K. Papadopoulos and Evelyn Lord Smithson.