December 12, 2019

Hours of the Blegen library during the Christmas holidays

During the Christmas holiday period, the Blegen library will be closed to visitors on the following days: December 24, 25, 26, 31, January 1 and January 6. No new cards will be issued and no orientations will take place between December 24th and January 6th.

December 6, 2019

Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Holidays

The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: December 18 from 1:30 pm, December 20 from 2:00 pm, December 24, December 25, December 26, December 31, January 1, and January 6.

November 25, 2019

New Book on Ottoman Athens

We are very proud to announce the publication of “Ottoman Athens: Archaeology, Topography, History” edited by Maria Georgopoulou (Director of the Gennadius Library) and Konstantinos Thanasakis [289 pages, 95 illustrations]. The book was published by the Gennadius Library and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, with the support of the Association of the Philoi of the Gennadius Library.

November 9, 2019

Descendants of Clarence G. Lowe, second Libarian of the Gennadeion, at the ASCSA

The son of Clarence G. Lowe, Charles E. Lowe, and his wife Robbi, visited the School on Wednesday, October 23rd. Clarence G. Lowe (1897-1965), Professor of Classics at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, served as Librarian of the Gennadius Library for six years, from 1931 to 1937.

October 17, 2019

Notes sur le siège de Château de Morée. Notes sur l'expédition de Morée en 1828

Professor Jack Davis donated to the Gennadius Library a manuscript by Colonel Antoine-Charles-Félix Hecquet who headed a battalion of the 54th infantry regiment during the Morea expedition.

September 17, 2019

Opening of the exhibition "Spolia: Transcripts of the Stones of the Little Metropolis"

The opening of the exhibition "Spolia: Transcripts of the Stones of the Little Metropolis" that took place on Tuesday September 10 in the Ioannis Makriyannis Wing was a great success.

September 12, 2019

Gennadius Library at the 85th IFLA Congress

The new Digital Humanities project Traveltrails was presented as a Poster Session at the 85th IFLA Congress at the Athens Megaron on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 August, 2019.

September 9, 2019

Gennadius Library acquires 18th century paper icon of Mount Sinai

The Library acquired a very rare paper icon with a general view of Mount Sinai (Γενική ἄποψις τοῦ Ὄρους Σινᾶ), at the June Vergos Auction in Athens

September 9, 2019

Πίναξ Γεωγραφικός της Ελλάδος, Vienna, 1800

Professor Curtis Runnels donates to the Gennadius Library, Anthemos Gazis’s printing of the first map of modern Greece based on an original by Reghas Ferraios (Πίναξ Γεωγραφικός της Ελλάδος, Vienna, 1800) with contemporary hand coloring.

September 5, 2019

A visit to Gennadius Library – ARA Greece

ARA Greece recently visited Gennadius Library, one of the most important libraries in Greece. It came into existence from a donation by Joannes Gennadius, a collector and bibliophile, who gave his personal collection of 25.000 (!) volumes back in 1922 for its creation. This number has kept growing ever since, reaching today a total of 138.000.

August 21, 2019

Re-opening of the Gennadius Library August 19, 2019

The Gennadius Library has undergone a major reclassification project of its collections according to the Library of Congress system. This change allows stack access to the Library’s research collections.

July 3, 2019

Videocast - Συνάντηση με το Σταύρο Ξαρχάκο: Ένας περίπατος σε μια δημιουργική πορεία που συνεχίζεται αδιάκοπα.

Σύλλογος Φίλων Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης

May 29, 2019

Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze Events

The American School invites you to four upcoming events in conjunction with the exhibition Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze, on display now in the Ioannis Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library.

April 16, 2019

Denis Rhodes and the Incunabula Colloquium

Dennis Rhodes, the writer of the very important bibliography "Incunabula in Greece: A first census", visited the Gennadius and the British School of Archaelogy Libraries. On Friday April 12, he was welcomed by ASCSA Director Jenifer Neils, GL Director Maria Georgopoulou, BSA Library Penny Wilson and GL Senior Librarian, Irini Solomonidi.

April 14, 2019

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the Gennadius Library

On Wednesday 10th April, ten students of the postgraduate program "Greek-Italian Studies: History, Literature and Classical Tradition", together with their professors Gerasimos Pagkratis, Roumbini Dimopoulou and Ioannis Tsalkos, visited the Gennadius library.

April 9, 2019

The Hellenic Open University at the Gennadius Library

Twenty students of The Hellenic Open University and their professors Ioannis Theodorakopoulos and Maria Papadaki visited Gennadius Library on Wednesday April 4.

March 26, 2019

VIDEOCAST - Ο Ρόλος των Ελλήνων στη Διαμόρφωση της Σύγχρονης Αιγύπτου 19ος-20ος αιώνες

Αλέξανδρος Κιτροέφ Επίκουρος καθηγητής Ιστορίας, Haverford College - Πενσυλβάνια

February 12, 2019

HARRIS XENOS, Collage - Transubstantiation: A Dialogue with the Collection of Joannes Gennadius

The opening of the exhibition "HARRIS XENOS, Collage - Transubstantiation: A Dialogue with the Collection of Joannes Gennadius" took place on February 7 in the Gennadius Library Reading Room.

February 7, 2019

TravelTrails: Travels and Explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1500 – 1830

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation present TravelTrails: Travels and Explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1500-1830.

December 10, 2018

VIDEOCAST - The Glittering Sound of Imperial Violence: The Music for the Feast of the Exaltation on the Cross of Hagia Sophia

Bissera V. Pentcheva, Professor of Art History, Stanford University

December 7, 2018

Gennadius Library hosts the 9th meeting of the Athens Archaeological Research Libraries

At the meeting of the Athens Archaeological Research Libraries, the Gennadius Library shared recent programming and updates to the reclassification project.

November 29, 2018

Modernizing the Libraries: Q&A with Librarians Maria Tourna and Irini Solomonidi

The Library Reclassification Project to integrate, customize, and modernize the classification systems of the Blegen and Gennadius Libraries will improve the experience of the thousands of international patrons who use them each year.

November 16, 2018

George Castriot Skanderbeg at the Gennadius Library

An exhibition of rare books marks the 550th anniversary of the death of the Albanian hero George Castriot Skanderbeg in the Reading Room of the Gennadius Library.

November 14, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Celebrating the 550th Anniversary of George Castriot Skanderbeg’s Death

November 13, 2018

Leda Costaki Discusses Stratis Myrivilis on the ERT News

On the occasion of OXI day (October 28th), Archivist Leda Costaki, who has processed the personal papers of novelist Stratis Myrivilis, was interviewed by ERT about Myrivilis's coverage of the Greek-Italian War in 1940, as a war correspondent.

November 12, 2018

ΟΙ "ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ ΤΟΠΟΙ" ΞΕΝΑΓΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΑΡΧΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΣΧΟΛΗΣ ΚΛΑΣΙΚΩΝ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ

Οι "Βιβλίων Τόποι" και η εμπνεύστριά τους δημοσιογράφος και φιλόλογος Λαμπρινή Κουζέλη ξεναγήθηκαν το Σάββατο 10 Νοεμβρίου 2018 στην ανακαινισμένη Ανατολική Πτέρυγα της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, όπου έχουν μετεγκατασταθεί όλες οι αρχειακές συλλογές της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών.

October 2, 2018

Closure of the exhibition “Ioannis Makriyannis. Vital Expression”

The Gennadius Library and the Association of the People of Krokylion organized an event to celebrate the conclusion of the "Ioannis Makriyannis. Vital Expression" exhibition.

September 28, 2018

Presentation of a short video on the life of Makriyannis

The curator of the exhibition “Ioannis Makriyannis. Vital Expression,” Maria Georgopoulou gave a tour to the friends of the Benaki Museum three days before the closing of the exhibition.

June 29, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Inauguration Ceremony of the Ioannis Makriyannis Wing

Please click "Read More" below to watch the video of the ceremony

June 25, 2018

Finally in Our New Home!: The “New” Consolidated ASCSA Archives

After several months of extensive remodeling (Nov.2017-March 2018), two months of relocating (April -May 2018), we finally made it to our new home: The East Wing of the Gennadius Library (a.k.a Gennadeion East).

June 15, 2018

Summer Hours of the Gennadius Library

New hours in effect from July 2 through September 2, 2018

June 6, 2018

The History of Greek Printing (15th-20th century)

From May 10 to May 25 the Gennadius Library, presented “The History of Greek Printing (15th-20th century) through the Gennadius Library Collections.

May 18, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Diving into the Wreck - The Antikythera Mechanism, Lord Byron_s Last Days, Tear Gas in the Lyceum, a Poetry Reading

Douglas Burnet Smith

April 26, 2018

VIDEOCAST - 37th Annual Walton Lecture “English Collectors of Greek Manuscripts at the British Library: Lord Guilford and Anthony Askew”

Dr. Scot McKendrick, Head of Western Heritage Collections, British Library

April 4, 2018

Tour of the 2nd Gymnasium of Glyka Nera

You can watch a short video of the tour of the 2nd Gymnasium of Glyka Nera to the Gennadius Library by Irini Solomonidi.

April 4, 2018

The Ηistory of Greek Printing (15th-20th century) through the Collections of the Gennadius Library

The Senior Librarian of the Gennadius Library, Irini Solomonidi, presents “The Ηistory of Greek Printing (15th-20th century) through the Collections of the Gennadius Library.” The program is part of the activities of Athens 2018 World Book Capital.

March 29, 2018

VIDEOCAST - “Found in Τranslation”

A panel discussion with Karen Van Dyck, Alicia E. Stallings and Fr. John Raffan. Haris Vlavianos, discussion moderator

March 21, 2018

Έργα πέρα από τις γραφές του Καβάφη στην πτέρυγα “Ιωάννης Μακρυγιάννης”

Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκαν τη Δευτέρα 19 Μαρτίου τα εγκαίνια της έκθεσης της Αλεξάνδρας Αθανασιάδη 'Έργα πέρα από τις γραφές του Καβάφη' στην πτέρυγα "Ιωάννης Μακρυγιάννης¨.

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 14, 2018

Meet a Member: Aimee Michelle Genova

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

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 24, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Συρία. Ιστορία, άνθρωποι, μνημεία

Εισαγωγικές ομιλίες - Μαρία Γεωργοπούλου, Γιώργος Μαγγίνης, Μαρία Φακίδη & Ντόρα Μηναΐδη

November 22, 2017

VIDEOCAST - 70 Χρόνια Fulbright στην Ελλάδα «Παιδεία και Ανάπτυξη»

Γιάννης Στουρνάρας, Ευαγγελία Κουνέλη, Δημήτρη Α. Σωτηρόπουλος

November 9, 2017

VIDEOCAST - The Enigma of Cappadocia

Robert Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania

November 3, 2017

Overseers Announce Recipient of the 2018 Gennadius Prize

The Overseers of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have announced the Stavros Niarchos Foundation as the winner of the Gennadius Prize awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece.

November 1, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Con que soavità… Με πόση γλυκύτητα

Με την ευκαιρία της επετείου των 450 χρόνων από τη γέννηση του Claudio Monteverdi, το σύνολο Canto Secreto θα ερμηνεύσει μουσική από την Ιταλία του 17ου αιώνα.

October 12, 2017

RECLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Starting September 2017, the libraries of ASCSA (the Blegen, the Gennadius and the Wiener Laboratory) are undergoing a major reclassification project for their collections following the Library of Congress system of call numbers.

September 8, 2017

Lectures and Events Schedule Set for 2017-18

The New York Times Democracy Forum and a lecture by Professor Mary Lefkowitz, later followed by the Nights Classical Music at the Gennadeion in September begin a year of diverse lectures and events ahead.

August 4, 2017

Generous Funding Modernizes and Updates ASCSA Libraries

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) has been awarded three program grants totaling $900,000 to modernize and update its library holdings.

August 3, 2017

Gennadius Library closed August 5 - October 31, 2017

Due to the transfer of books to the new mobile shelving in the refurbished West Wing of the Gennadeion, the Library will remain closed to the public from August 5 to October 31, 2017. We apologize for the inconvenience.

July 24, 2017

Gennadius Library acquires manuscript with eyewitness testimony of the 1826-1827 siege of Athens

At the most recent Vergos Auction the Library acquired a rare manuscript bearing the title "Short Description of the Events around the Siege of Athens" (Σύντομος περιγραφή τῶν διατρεξάντων εἰς τήν Ἀκρόπολιν τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, εἰς τήν πολιορκίαν) [c. 1827].

July 10, 2017

Gennadius Librarian attends training at Oxford

Gennadius Senior Librarian attended The History of Libraries Summer School – 15cBOOKTRADE at Oxford, Lincoln College from July 3 to July 5.

July 7, 2017

School Summer Newsletter

The American School's Summer 2017 issue of the newsletter is now online for viewing.

June 29, 2017

NEH Fellow’s work on antiquities as state gifts has far-reaching implications

Nassos Papalexandrou, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, received a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship from the School to spend a year researching “Greek Antiquities as Diplomatic Gifts in Greek-U.S. Relationships after WW II.” An alumnus and former faculty of the ASCSA, Papalexandrou shares insights from his present work in this Q&A.

June 29, 2017

Juan Carmona Zabala sheds light on tobacco trade in modern Greece and Germany

Associate Member Juan Carmona Zabala’s project, “Politics, Work, Leisure: Oriental Tobacco in Greece and Germany (1880–1945)” has led him through archives at the Gennadius Library and Athenian banks; to once-prosperous tobacco farming villages in northern Greece; to the port of Trieste; and to German centers of the interwar cigarette industry Dresden, Hamburg, and Berlin. The emerging story of how the political and economic culture of the day affected the peasants who grew and sold the tobacco has yet to be told. Carmona Zabala shares his insights and findings in this Q&A.

June 28, 2017

Psychiatrists and psychotherapists from “Antistixi” Visit the ASCSA

To Σάββατο 24 Ιουνίου, ο Δημήτρης και η Ελένη Καραγιάννη, ψυχίατροι-ψυχοθεραπευτές και οι συνεργάτες τους από το θεραπευτικό και εκπαιδευτικό Ινστιτούτο «Αντίστιξη» ξεναγήθηκαν στις εγκαταστάσεις της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών.

June 15, 2017

Access to the Archives of the Gennadius Library

Researchers will not be able to access the Archives of the Gennadius Library between November 1, 2017 and June 15, 2018. H πρόσβαση των ερευνητών στα Αρχεία της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης δεν θα είναι δυνατή από 1/11/2017 έως 15/6/2018.

June 14, 2017

VIDEOCAST - ‘One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism’

Presented by Maria Georgopoulou & Gregory Jusdanis

June 13, 2017

Graduate Students from the University of Athens at the ASCSA

Οι μεταπτυχιακοί φοιτητές του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στο πρόγραμμα Διαχείρισης Μνημείων (Cultural Heritage Management) επισκέφτηκαν τα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών, με πρωτοβουλία του καθηγητή τους κ. Διονύση Μουρελάτου.

June 2, 2017

One Hundred Years of Dialogue. Latin American Approaches to Hellenism

International Conference explores the reception of Hellenism in Latin America.

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.

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.

May 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.

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

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).

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.

April 13, 2017

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.

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.

April 10, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017

Σεμινάριο: Ασφάλεια, συντήρηση, καταλογογράφηση, ψηφιοποίηση και χρηματοδότηση

April 5, 2017

Nea Erythraia Lyceum Visits the Gennadius Library

Το Λύκειο της Νέας Ερυθραίας στη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη για να δει από κοντά τα αρχεία της "Γενιάς του '30"

March 29, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Οπτικοποίηση 500 χρόνων διακίνησης ελληνικών αρχετύπων σε ευρωπαϊκές και αμερικανικές συλλογές

Dr. Cristina Dondi, Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, Univ. of Oxford, Secretary of the CERL

March 23, 2017

Διεθνές Συνέδριο “Ιδιωτικές, δημόσιες και εκκλησιαστικές βιβλιοθήκες στην Ελλάδα”, 20-21 Μαρτίου 2017

Με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε το συνέδριο που διοργανώθηκε, από κοινού, από τη Γεννάδειο Βιβλιοθήκη της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα και το Ίδρυμα Αικατερίνης Λασκαρίδη και τελούσε υπό την αιγίδα της Κοινοπραξίας Ερευνητικών Βιβλιοθηκών της Ευρώπης (CERL).

March 23, 2017

Construction Works and Access to the Gennadius Library

Work continues in the West Wing of the Gennadius Library but the dates of the necessary move are not fixed yet. We anticipate the closing to happen sometime in the summer months and not in the spring as previously announced. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

March 23, 2017

Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Easter Holidays

The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: Thursday, April 13, 2017 from 5:00 pm Friday, April 14, 2017 Saturday, April 15, 2017 Monday, April 17, 2017 Tuesday, April 18, 2017

March 7, 2017

Ανάγνωση σεναρίου βασισμένου στο έργο του Μυριβήλη “Ο Βασίλης ο Αρβανίτης”

Η Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη διοργάνωσε την Τετάρτη 22 Φεβρουαρίου μία πρωτότυπη βραδιά με την ανάγνωση ενός κινηματογραφικού σεναρίου που βασίζεται στο έργο του Στράτη Μυριβήλη «Ο Βασίλης ο Αρβανίτης». Η εκδήλωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στο αναγνωστήριο της Βιβλιοθήκης και το σενάριο διαβάστηκε στο σύνολό του.

February 6, 2017

Newsletter of the Gennadius Library: Winter 2017 edition

The winter edition of the Gennadeion News is now available to download or read online

January 20, 2017

Announcement Concerning Access to the Archives in the Gennadius Library

Researchers will not be able to access the Archives of the G.L. between July 1, 2017 and February 28, 2018. H πρόσβαση των ερευνητών στα Αρχεία της Βιβλιοθήκης δεν θα είναι δυνατή από 1/7/2017 έως 28/2/2018.

December 13, 2016

VIDEOCAST- Η παρουσία του Γιάννη Μόραλη σε ποικίλες μορφές της εικαστικής έκφρασης

Σύλλογος Φίλων Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης - Φανή- Μαρία Τσιγκάκου, Δρ Ιστορίας της Τέχνης

December 5, 2016

New AMBROSIA Launched

The online home to the catalogues of the Gennadius, Blegen,Wiener Laboratory, and the British School, the new AMBROSIA is simpler and easier to use.

December 1, 2016

Hours of the Gennadius Library during the Holidays

The Gennadius Library will remain closed the following days: Thursday, December 15, 2016 from 3:00 pm Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 3:00 pm Saturday, December 24, 2016 Monday, December 26, 2016 Saturday, December 31, 2016 Friday, January 6, 2017

November 28, 2016

VIDEOCAST - Η περιφερειακή πολιτιστική πολιτική: Η αξία και η μαγεία των συνεργειών

Σταύρος Μπένος, Πρόεδρος του Σωματείου ΔΙΑΖΩΜΑ

November 22, 2016

VIDEOCAST - Ακολουθίες Αγίων και Χάρτινες Εικόνες

Η Αναστασία Τούρτα, Κρίτων Χρυσοχοΐδης

October 26, 2016

VIDEOCAST - History in Shadows: Shadow Theater Venues and Audiences in Greece and Turkey

Anna Stavrakopoulou will talk on "Karaghiozis Performances from the Cities to the Countryside" while Serdar Öztürk will give a speach on "The Affective Public Sphere: Karagöz Talks to Ottoman Coffeehouse Frequenters".

October 14, 2016

Seminar of Textual Interpretation visits the Gennadius Library

The Gennadius Library generously shared treasures from their rare collection of books with a group of scholars studying textual interpretation.

October 12, 2016

VIDEOCAST - Fairy Tale Logic: The Philosophy of Mythology through the Eyes of Poetry

Ginger F. Zaimis is an American poet, essayist and polymath who specializes in architectural forms. She is the Arts and Literary Chair (Greece) for the International Friends of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The Library of Alexandria.

September 27, 2016

VIDEOCAST - Glimpses of the Past in the Cultural Expressions of Greece and Turkey - Session I

History in Motion: Relating the Past through Cinema and Televized Serials Yannis Papadopoulos & Thanassis Agathos, “Byzantium in Greek Cinema and Television”

September 13, 2016

News and Events Schedule Set for 2016-17

The New York Times Democracy Forum and the Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadeion highlight a year of stimulating lectures and events ahead.

August 11, 2016

VIDEOCAST - An Earthly Paradise. Μπαξές, Περιβόλι and Ύπαιθρος in the Aegean

Harriet Blitzer, Professor of Art History, Buffalo State College

August 5, 2016

Gennadius Librarian takes course on incunabula

Irini Solomonidi attended a course on incunabula at the Institut d’histoire du livre in Lyon.

August 5, 2016

New Acquisitions on Display

Some of the most important recent acquisitions of the Gennadius Library are on display in the Reading Room.

August 5, 2016

Indian Director of Archaeology & Museums tours the campus

N. R. Visalatchy, Director of the Department of Archaeology & Museums of the Government of Telangana (India) visited the American School.

July 26, 2016

Contemporary Art Project Donated to the Gennadius Library

In June 2016, visual artist Judith Allen-Efstathiou donated to the Gennadius Library the Mapping the Walk archive, which consists of 36 original graphite and gouache drawings.

July 12, 2016

Blegen Library collection: Highlights of new acquisitions

The Blegen library is happy to announce the acquisition of four new online subscriptions. As always, we value your feedback and welcome any comments you may have.

July 1, 2016

VIDEOCAST - The Flora Graeca before Sibthorp

Alain Touwaide, Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions

June 29, 2016

Summer Hours of the Gennadius Library

The summer hours of the Gennadius Library take effect this Friday, July 1. The Library will close at 3:00pm on July 1 and will remain closed on Saturday July 2 as well as on Monday July 4 (U.S. Independence Day). From July 1 to August 31, 2016 the Gennadius Library will be open to the public: Monday–Thursday: 9:00 – 16:30 Friday: 9:00 – 15:00 Saturday: closed The Gennadius Library will be closed: August 15 - 20, 2016

June 24, 2016

Οι κήποι της Αθήνας χθες, σήμερα …αύριο.

Σεμινάριο στο πλαίσιο της έκθεσης "Flora Graeca" πραγματοποιήθηκε την Πέμπτη 23 Ιουνίου στο Αναγνωστήριο Σπάνιων Βιβλίων Μανδύλα από την κα Σταυρούλα Κατσογιάννη, Γεωπόνο, Αρχιτέκτονα Τοπίου Msc.

June 13, 2016

Explore “Flora Graeca” on your smart phone

Tour the exhibition "Flora Graeca" with a new app by ClioMuse.

June 11, 2016

Εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα «Flora Graeca: Ανακαλύπτοντας το μυστικό κήπο της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης»

Στo πλαίσιo της έκθεσης Flora Graeca και με αφορμή την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Περιβάλλοντος, η Γεννάδειος άνοιξε τις πόρτες της στους μαθητές της Β’ τάξης του 1ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου Σπάτων την Τετάρτη 8 Ιουνίου 2016.

June 9, 2016

Ανθοδετική Τέχνη ΙΚΕΒΑΝΑ

Σεμινάριο στο πλαίσιο της έκθεσης "Flora Graeca" πραγματοποιήθηκε την Τρίτη 7 Ιουνίου στο Αναγνωστήριο Σπάνιων Βιβλίων Μανδύλα της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης. Η κα Ιωάννα Χαρίτου Μπάρτσικ παρουσίασε την Ανθοδετική Τέχνη Ikebana της Σχολής Ohara της Ιαπωνίας.