Ancient Greece

Learn about our fellows' research projects: Tina Kalantzopoulou on the findings of rural prehistoric communities in East Crete's Dikte mountain range

Learn about our fellows' research projects: Tina Kalantzopoulou on the findings of rural prehistoric communities in East Crete's Dikte mountain range

March 22, 2023

Guest post by Tina Kalantzopoulou, Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2022-2023

Research topic during fellowship: Narratives of Mountainous Areas in the Prehistoric Aegean: A Case-Study of the Dikte Mountains, Crete

My research consistently focuses on the economy, subsistence, social, and political organization of rural prehistoric communities, particularly those located in marginal and/or mountainous areas. The principal aim of my current postdoctoral research, facilitated by the fellowship with the CHS, is understanding the nature of the occupation of...

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Ιvor Zimmerman, Museum of Cycladic Art Summer 2022 Intern.

Meet the Museum of Cycladic Art Summer 2022 Intern

September 29, 2022

Guest post by Ivor Zimmerman

As someone that had always wanted to do work in a museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art summer internship seemed too good to be true. My academic focus in the Greek world is primarily the archaic period and social history, so the museum's collection and pedagogy were a perfect match. When the internship was first described to me by an advisor who thought it was a good fit, I assumed that it was out of my reach, but I applied as an optimistic reach. How glad I am that I did!

My experience before the internship mainly was with digitization...

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The winning poets at the Palamidi fortress with the town of Nafplio and Bourtzi in the background.

2022 July trip to Greece for the Michael Marks Award-winning poets

August 1, 2022

Last July CHS Greece welcomed the two winning UK poets of the Michael Marks Awards for poetry pamphlets: Rowan Evans, 2019 winner with "The Last Verses of Beccán" (Poetry Award), and Rhys Iorwerth, 2020 winner with "Carthen Denau" (Poetry in a Celtic Language Award).

As part of their awards, the two poets visited various places in Greece, starting off from Olympia where they attended the annual ...

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