March 26, 2021

Webinar - Neourgia: The Restoration of Icons in the Premodern World

Watch our latest webinar with Professor Drpic and learn more about the restoration of icons in the premodern world.

March 25, 2021

"The Free and the Brave" Exhibition to Highlight American Philhellenism

Upcoming exhibition will be held in the Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library from May 25, 2021, to December 19, 2021.

March 25, 2021

Makriyannis's Paintings for the Greek War of Independence

The Makriyannis paintings are an important treasure of the Gennadius Library that give us the opportunity to revisit the worldviews of General Makriyannis.

March 23, 2021

Thesauros Tetraglossos: a new acquisition, a provenance story.

The Gennadius Library recently acquired from Vergos Auctions another Venetian rare first edition of the 17th century.

March 22, 2021

Webinar - «Η ιστορική πινακοθήκη της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και η διαμόρφωση της εθνικής μνήμης»

Watch our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, with Professor Koulouri and learn more about the he process of the creation of a "historical gallery" for 1821, as the dominant visual narrative of the major event of Greek national history.

March 16, 2021

NEW FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE

Thanks to the generosity and support of the Schwarz Foundation the Gennadius Library is pleased to announce two new fellowships for study at the Gennadius Library: the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music and the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Urban Architecture. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2021.

February 15, 2021

Webinar - Το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Μετά τον Ψυχρό Πόλεμο

Watch the latest webinar organised by the Philoi with Mr. Kourkoulas, and learn about the ecumenical patriarchate in Constantinople during the post cold war years.

February 11, 2021

New acquisition of two 17th century Greek editions.

The Gennadius Library recently acquired the 17th-century first Greek editions of two liturgical texts.

February 9, 2021

Obituary for Cyril Mango

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Cyril Alexander Mango on February 8, 2021.

February 8, 2021

Webinar - Byzantine Intellectuals Having Fun in Justinianic Constantinople

Watch our latest webinar with Prof. Alexander Alexakis and learn just how much fun it was to be an intellectual in Justinian's Constantinople.

February 3, 2021

Peter Frankopan Selected as Inaugural Speaker for the Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series

World-renowned historian and award-winning author will present lectures entitled “Global Greece: A History.”

January 28, 2021

Webinar - A Prosperous Realm Beyond Borders: Byzantine-Islamic Trade in the Early Middle Ages, 9th-11th Centuries

Watch our latest webinar with Prof. Koray Durak and learn more about the fascinating world of commercial relations between Byzantium and the Near East in the central Middle Ages. The purpose of this talk is to discuss the commodities exchanged, the merchants who traded them, and the routes that these merchants used to travel within a framework organized by political structures.

January 21, 2021

Monuments for 1821: Fruitless Proposals for a Panhellenic Heroon

Our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, about the fruitless proposals of building a Panhellenic heroon, is now available for viewing online.
*Webinar is in Greek.

January 14, 2021

Webinar - The Organization of Constantinople

Did you know about a secret society, called "Organization of Constantinople" - "Οργάνωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως". Watch a very interesting webinar with Aikaterini Boura and Natasha Lemos and learn more about this secret society that promoted the ideal of dialogue and collaboration of the peoples of the Ottoman Empire. *The webinar is in Greek

January 13, 2021

Material Evidence in Incunabula

New Greek interface offers easier access to incunabula database.

December 11, 2020

Open Meeting 2020

Watch the video archive of our annual Open Meeting, that was held in a new virtual format. Jenifer Neils, the Director of the School, was joined, for the first time, by members of the academic staff, in a discussion on the School’s diverse initiatives.

November 30, 2020

Webinar - Eustathios of Thessaloniki on Homer and Excellent Oratory

Watch the 3rd episode of the Byzantine Dialogues by Gennadius Library with Baukje van den Berg and learn about Eustathios of Thessaloniki on Homer and Excellent Oratory.

November 25, 2020

Gennadius Library Treasures - Eustathios of Thessaloniki

On the occasion of Baukje van den Berg's webinar on Eustathios of Thessaloniki (November 24, 2020), watch a short video on one of the treasures of the Gennadius Library.

November 13, 2020

Webinar - The Red Monastery Church (Upper Egypt): Its Significance and Conservation

Interested to know more about the Red Monastery Church, located in the Egyptian desert? Watch our latest, Byzantine Dialogues webinar, with Professor Elizabeth Bolman as she discusses this remarkable conservation project.

November 9, 2020

Webinar - Ίων Δραγούμης: Από το εγώ στις μυλόπετρες της ιστορίας

Watch our webinar on Ion Dragoumis that was organised by The Philoi (Association of Friends of the Gennadius Library), with former ambassadors, Theodore Sotiropoulos and Alexis Alexandris. (The webinar is in Greek)

October 23, 2020

Webinar: Byzantine Literature: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About It (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Watch the inaugural episode—featuring Professor Papaioannou—of a new series of Byzantine webinars from the Gennadius Library.

October 17, 2020

Gennadius Library acquires an exceedingly rare Ottoman map

The Gennadius Library purchased a very rare issue of one of the most iconic Ottoman works of visual propaganda. Entitled ‘Revenge,’ the map laments the loss of numerous European Ottoman territories during the Balkan Wars, with the forfeited lands dramatically bathed in black.

October 15, 2020

Exhibition - Ion Dragoumis: Between East and West

Visit our latest exhibition on the life and work of Ion Dragoumis, a legendary figure in the Greek imagination because of his untimely death.

October 1, 2020

Premiere: Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library

Curtis on Tour is back October 1st! Watch a free virtual performance in lieu of the live concerts that had been planned for this year’s Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library.

October 1, 2020

Gennadius Library Featured in the Greek National Opera's Second Online Festival

The Gennadius Library was featured in "Counterpoints," the Greek National Opera's second online festival curated by its artistic director George Koumentakis.

September 24, 2020

Byzantine Dialogues from the Gennadius Library

The Gennadius Library is organizing a new series of webinars that explore recent work in Byzantine studies.

September 22, 2020

New acquisition of 17th century rare book

Thanks to a gift of Gennadius Library Overseer Lana J. Mandilas, in memory of the former MP Sotiris Papapolitis, the Library acquired from the Vergos Auctions a rare Venetian edition of the 17th century.

August 25, 2020

Gennadius Library Extended Opening Hours

From August 31, 2020, the Library has been open to registered users as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:30 to 17:00; Thursday 9:30 to 20:00 and Saturday 9:30 to 14:00. Due to the epidemiological condition, free access to the bookstacks will not be allowed. The number of readers will be limited to a maximum of 9, who will only be allowed to use the Main Reading Room. The use of a non-surgical mask is obligatory.

June 30, 2020

Blegen Library's Reopening

The Blegen Library will remain closed to non-members for the summer. We hope to open to non-members in September so please consult the School’s website at that time for further information.

June 26, 2020

Webinar: Museums, Society, and the Public Interest

Join us in watching the video archive of the discussion of Daniel Weiss, President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library, ASCSA.

June 22, 2020

Free Digital Access for Libraries on degruyter.com

We are pleased to announce that access to 75,000+ eBooks from over thirty imprints, publishers and presses from degruyter.com, is now available through the American School domain

June 3, 2020

Webinar: Gender, Cultural Elites and the Cold War in Greece. A Case Study Approach Based on the Life and Work of Alison Frantz and Ekaterini Myrivili

Join us in watching the video archive of our webinar.

June 2, 2020

Phokion Potamianos Establishes Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series on the Impact of Greek Culture

We are pleased to announce that Gennadius Library Overseer Phokion Potamianos has established a new lecture series that will examine the reception and continuing relevance and impact of Greek thought and culture.

June 2, 2020

Gennadius Library gradual reopening

The Gennadius Library will gradually resume its readers’ services on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

May 29, 2020

Γεωγραφία, Κοινωνία και Ασθένεια: Μαθήματα από την ιστορία της ελονοσίας στην Ελλάδα

Παρακολουθήστε το βίντεο από το διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο της κας. Γαρδίκα.

May 18, 2020

OnLine Exhibition - History of Greek Printing

Explore our OnLine exhibition by Irini Solomonidi, Senior Librarian of The Gennadius Library

May 14, 2020

ASCSA Responses to COVID-19

Please read our responses to COVID-19
Updated May 14th

May 12, 2020

Special Services during the Closure of the Library

During the closure of the Gennadius Library we are trying our best to facilitate your research.

May 8, 2020

Q&A - COVID-19 - Updated

Please read our Q&A about current prevention measures and changes in Greece.

April 28, 2020

Discover the Stathatos Room

Interested to find out the history of the Stathatos Room in Gennadius Library?

April 23, 2020

World Book Day 2020: Celebrating the 94th Birthday of the Gennadius Library

The Gennadius Library was inaugurated on April 23, 1926. The Feast of Saint George was chosen to celebrate the memory of the father of Joannes Gennadius. By sheer coincidence in 1995 UNESCO chose to celebrate this very day as World Book and Copyright Day.

April 21, 2020

Richard Clogg lectures on the Colonel's Dictatorship (April 25, 2017)

April 21, 2020

“The Incredulity of Thomas.” An Icon by Theodore Poulakis

On the occasion of Easter and recent concerns about social distancing, we are presenting an icon whose subject focuses on the crucial importance of touch and faith. The icon represents the Doubting Thomas and is a gift of Helen Stathatos to the Gennadius Library.

April 20, 2020

Travel Trails and the plague in the Ottoman Empire

The indexing of hundreds of travelogues of the 16th to the 19th centuries in the digital platform TravelTrails is a rich source of information for various subjects. Based on recent events we searched the term (tag) ‘plagues,’ which was endemic for centuries in the Byzantine and later in the Ottoman Empire.

April 16, 2020

Gennadius Library acquires 18th century manuscript map of Corfu

April 2, 2020

Ambassador Boura Appointed as President of Gennadius Library Philoi

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Gennadius Library are honored to announce the recent appointment of Dr. Catherine Boura to the position of President of The Philoi: Association of Friends of the Gennadius Library in Greece.

March 14, 2020

Update on COVID-19 – School Closed

March 11, 2020

Important Notice - Libraries Closed

March 9, 2020

Videocast - Conference - The Legacy of Francesco Morosini in Crete, Athens and the Morea (January 23-24)

The video archive from our two day conference entitled "The Legacy of Francesco Morosini in Crete, Athens and the Morea" is now available.

January 29, 2020

Group from Kalamata visits the Gennadius Library

Professor Ioannis Theodorakopoulos with a group from Kalamata, among them the former mayor Geogios Koutsoulis, visited the Gennadius Library on Saturday January 25.

January 28, 2020

Delaware University students visit the Gennadius Library

Professors Dr. David Satran, and Dr. Tyson Sukava, visited the Gennadius Library on Wednesday, January 22, leading a group of 34 students from the University of Delaware.

January 23, 2020

Hunter College Students Visit the American School

Robert B. Koehl, Professor of Archaeology at the Hunter College, City University of New York, with a group of his students, visited Gennadius Library and the ASCSA Archives on Thursday, January 16.

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 donated by Curtis Runnels

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

Gennadius Library Hours

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.