May 17, 2022

School Awards Edward E. Cohen with Athens Prize at Sixth Annual Gala

Acclaimed economic historian, author, businessman, and educator honored at Gotham Hall in New York City.

May 14, 2022

Gala 2022 - Video Archive

Watch a replay of our sixth annual Gala honoring Edward E. Cohen at Gotham Hall in New York City.

May 6, 2022

Ωράριο Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης από 9 Μαΐου 2022

Από τη Δευτέρα 9 Μαΐου 2022 η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη επανέρχεται στο κανονικό ωράριο λειτουργίας της χωρίς ραντεβού. Για την είσοδο στη Βιβλιοθήκη δεν απαιτείται επίδειξη πιστοποιητικού εμβολιασμού/νόσησης ούτε θερμομέτρηση. Η χρήση μάσκας παραμένει υποχρεωτική.

May 6, 2022

Gennadius Library Opening Hours from May 9, 2022

From Monday May 9, 2022, the Gennadius Library returns to its usual opening hours without the need of an appointment. Vaccination / infection certificate or temperature check is no longer required to access the Library. The use of a mask remains mandatory.

May 1, 2022

Exhibition open on May 1st

Turn your May Day into a Neigh Day! Our exhibition “Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens” will be open tomorrow, May 1st, from 12:00 to 18:00!

April 29, 2022

The Athenian Agora Has Gone to the Dogs!

Colin Whiting speaks to us about his exciting new publication, Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 28)

April 15, 2022

New Publication! Dogs in the Athenian Agora

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 28) by Colin M. Whiting.

April 6, 2022

COVID-19 and the ASCSA

Please read the latest policies and measures adopted by the School, regarding Covid-19. As the situation is constantly evolving, we will be updating this page accordingly.

March 31, 2022

Hesperia 91.1 Now Online!

We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 91.1! Topics in this issue include an examination of the development of cooking dishes in the prehistoric Aegean, visual representations of the myth of Philomela and Prokne in Athenian vase painting, the concluding remarks regarding the comprehensive study of the sculptures from the Temple of Ares, and the publication of the Roman curse tablets from the Athenian Agora.

March 21, 2022

Video Archive: Athena’s Horsemen: Equestrian Dedications from the Athenian Acropolis

Watch our last Hippos lecture, with Professor Mary Ann Eaverly, and discover the fascinating world of equestrian monuments that were figured prominently among sculptural dedications on the Athenian Acropolis.

March 21, 2022

Video Archive: The Residue of Eden: Myth and Medicine in Early Christian Anointing Practices

Watch the latest Byzantine dialogues lecture, with Professor John Penniman, and learn how olive oil moved between medical, magical, and cultic contexts in the broader Greco-Roman world.

March 21, 2022

Dr. Peter Frankopan Presents Second Thalia Potamianos Lecture at Georgetown University

Dr. Peter Frankopan presented his second Thalia Potamianos lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

March 21, 2022

Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία η 2η διάλεξη Θάλειας Ποταμιάνου από τον Καθ. Peter Frankopan

Η δεύτερη διάλεξη του καθηγητή της Οξφόρδης Peter Frankopan, στο πλαίσιο της σειράς διαλέξεων Θάλεια Ποταμιάνου, έγινε με επιτυχία στο Πανεπιστήμιο Georgetown στην Washington στις 16 Μαρτίου.

March 18, 2022

Much Anticipated Book about John W. Gilbert is Out

John Lee's much anticipated book about the first African American archaeologist and member of the American School of Classical Studies in 1890-1891, John W. Gilbert, is finally out.

March 10, 2022

Video Achive: Περί Ιππικής: On Ancient Greek Horsemanship

Watch our latest Hippos Series lecture with Professor Mattusch and learn how Xenophon’s recommendations regarding buying, stabling, grooming, training and equipping the horse still hold true today.

March 4, 2022

Online exhibition “Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution: editions from the collections of the Gennadius Library”

Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution of 1821: the exhibition traces the trajectory of printing in Revolutionary Greece based on the collections of the Gennadius Library.

March 4, 2022

Ancient Selfies: Potters at Work on the Penteskouphia Pinakes

Eleni Hasaki discusses her new publication, Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51)

March 1, 2022

Hesperia Partners with Project MUSE

ASCSA Publications is pleased to announce a new journal-hosting partnership between Hesperia and Project MUSE!

March 1, 2022

Video Archive: History on Horseback - An Equestrian Perspective of the Ancient World

Watch our fourth Hippos Series Lecture with Professor Willikes where we look into horse as as living artifacts by exploring some of the ways in which we can use experimental archaeology, practical experience and equestrian knowledge, as well as comparative studies to reconsider different ideas and theories about ancient horses and horsemanship in order to build a more comprehensive picture of equines and equestrianism in the ancient world.

February 28, 2022

New Publication! Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51) by Eleni Hasaki.

February 25, 2022

Remembering Mike Keeley (1928-2022)

February 23, 2022

Video Archive: Aristocrats and Horses in Democratic Athens

Watch our latest Hippos Series lecture, with Professor Barringer, and learn how horses were associated with elite in Ancient Greece.

February 14, 2022

Video Archive: Reflections on the Athenian Cavalry

Watch the second lecture, of our Hippos Lecture Series, with Professor Bugh, and learn more about how Athenian cavalry inscriptions help to triangulate, traditional texts and material culture.

February 9, 2022

Online Exhibition Organized by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens to Mark the Bicentennial of Heinrich Schliemann’s Birth

February 7, 2022

Video Archive: Heinrich Schliemann …yet again! Why still delve into his biography 200 years after his birth?

Watch the opening lecture of our new virtual exhibition on Heinrich Schliemann, with Dr. Michaela Zavadil, and learn about Schliemann's excavations in Greece.