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CHS Director Mark Schiefsky lighting up the Olympic torch flame at the altar in Nafplio's Syntagma Square.

The Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies participates in the Olympic Torch Relay "Paris 2024"

April 17, 2024

Mark Schiefsky, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, was selected and proudly participated as a torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay "Paris 2024" route in Nafplio on April 17. He was among the flame bearers of the city, running with the torch from Syntagma Square to Philhellene Square, which is located right in front of our headquarters in Greece. Following the route in Nafplio, the flame was delivered to the members of the International Olympic Committee, who carried it to its next destination.

The Olympic Torch Relay embodies the rich tradition of the Games,...

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2024 Jul 05

Summer Course on Refugee Studies

Fri Jul 5 (All day) to Sun Jul 28 (All day)

Location: 

Athens, Ancient Olympia, Nafplio, Lesvos (Greece)

Full title:

Intensive Summer Course on Migration and Refugee Studies in Greece

Organized by:

François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and Refugee and Migration Studies Hub at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), supported by CHS Greece and CHS US

Language:

English

Faculty:

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2023 Feb 03

Office of International Education Photo Contest awards ceremony

(All day)

Location: 

Lamont Library, Forum Room, Harvard University, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, US

Language:

English

Organized by:

Office of International Education (OIE), Harvard College

Synopsis:

This annual photo contest attracts Harvard students college-wide, who wish to exhibit their photography skills and share special moments and views from their international trips during the past academic year. Since 2013, the Center for Hellenic Studies contributes to the photo contest by sponsoring...

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Meet the inaugural Museum of Philhellenism Intern

Meet the inaugural Museum of Philhellenism Intern

September 22, 2023

Guest post by Catherine Mignone

I was the 2023 Philhellenism Intern at the program organized by Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) and the Philhellenism Museum in Athens. The internship provided curatorial training and research experience both in the United States and abroad in Athens, Greece. In Athens, I worked at the Philhellenism Museum. The Philhellenism Museum opened in 2020 and focuses on 18th-19th century art inspired by Greece and antiquity: The movement reflected not only interest in Greek Independence and its ideals but also broader social...

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A group of people standing and posing smiling for the camera in a sunlit room.

CHS Greece Research Workshop 2023 completed

August 24, 2023
CHS Greece's third annual Research Workshop in Nafplio successfully concluded earlier this month. The workshop hosted a group of 14 participants who have been CHS fellows in Greece for the 2022-2023 academic year and other CHS-affiliated researchers. Participants presented a topic of interest related to the research project that is part of their affiliation with CHS and engaged in out-of-class group activities. The workshop was coordinated by Evan Katsarelis (CHS Greece & University of Athens) and Melina Tamiolaki (University of Crete). This three-day event offered the Center in Greece... Read more about CHS Greece Research Workshop 2023 completed
2023 Jul 31

University of Washington visiting program

Mon - Fri, Jul 31 to Aug 11, 9:30am - 11:30am

Location: 

CHS Greece, Philhellene Square & Otto Street, 21 100, Nafplio, Greece

Full Title:

"Greece and Europe-Travelers, Migrants & Tourists" Hellenic Studies Study Abroad

Organized by:

Center for West European Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

Academic coordination:

Nektaria Klapaki (program director, University of Washington),...

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