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    2016 Jun 01

    CHS Summer Internship Program in Greece

    Wed Jun 1 (All day) to Wed Jul 6 (All day)

    Location: 

    Nafplion

    The CHS Summer Internship Program in Greece marked its eleventh year. It was restructured in summer 2015; the program offered in 2016 internships closely linked to the academic studies and professional development of the participants.

    Interns worked with Kenny Morrell, Nicolas Prevelakis, Nicole Newendorp, and all supervisors. There was a wide variety of educational activities and lectures relevant to the interns’ field of study in addition to extra-curricular activities, including a two-day excursion to Athens and one-day trips to Mycenae, Epidaurus, and the Franchthi cave in...

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    2016 May 31

    Duke University

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    CHS Greece hosted for a 4th consecutive year sessions of the summer program of Duke University Global Education Office for Undergraduates.

    2016 May 25

    Rutgers University

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    A group of 25 students held their seminar on Mediterranean nutrition in the Center.

     
    2016 May 11

    Tourism globalization and social change, Events Series 2016

    7:30pm to 9:30pm

    Location: 

    Events Hall Lyceum of Kranidi Kranidi

    Full Title: Tourism globalization and social change: The insular worlds of South East Aegean in the 21st century

    Speaker: Despina Nazou (lecturer/research fellow at the University of the Aegean)

    Respondent: Andreas Nikolovgenis (Architecture, M.Arch II, Harvard GSD)

     
    2016 May 07

    Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    In 2016, for a 3rd consecutive year, CHS Greece organized workshops on “Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology.” These advanced workshops were addressed to literature instructors from the Argolis region who had attended the first series of workshops in 2015.

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    2016 Apr 22

    Annual Panhellenic Philosophical Competition

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Patras

    The Ministry of Education, the University of Patras (Department of Philosophy), the Greek Philosophical Society, and CHS GR co-organized the 5th Panhellenic Philosophical Competition for high schools in April 2016, with the support of the Panhellenic Association of Philologists. The final round of the competition was held in Patras. The CHS GR Director serves ex officio as a member of the National Organizing Committee. The Center provides book prizes for the three national winners every year.

    853 students from 102 schools and 36 prefectures competed; this year’s topic was “...

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    2016 Apr 20

    Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy, Events Series 2016

    8:00pm to 10:00pm

    Location: 

    Vouleftiko Hall, Staikopoulou Str. 21100, Nafplio

    Full title: Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy: the meaning of the mother tongue

    Speaker: George Babiniotis (professor of Linguistics, former rector of the University of Athens)

    The event was organized in collaboration with the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning (SPEL) and the Municipality of Nafplio.

     
    2016 Apr 16

    “The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools” program

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    Administered by the Newton, Massachusetts Public Schools in cooperation with Brandeis University, “The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools” professional program encourages US teachers and administrators, K-12, to apply for Greek Study Fellowships. The program is aimed at strengthening Greek studies in schools. The program leaders and thirty fellows visited Greece in April and CHS on April 16, 2016. The author in residence was Gregory Maguire, whose book Wicked is now running as a Broadway play. Gareth Hinds, artist-author of the graphic novel The Odyssey, was...

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    2016 Apr 06

    Tragedy as a universal good in the Greco-Roman world

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Cultural Center of Ligourio

    Speaker: Ioanna Karamanou (assistant professor in Ancient Greek Tragedy, Theatre Studies Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese)

    Respondent: Maria Mikedaki(assistant professor in Architecture and Scene Painting of Ancient Theatre, Theatre Studies Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese)

     
    2016 Mar 23

    The universality of Great Alexander’s myth in space and time

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Speaker: Maria Kampouri-Vamvoukou (professor in the School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

    Respondent: Vangelis Maladakis (PhD in Byzantine Archaeology)

     
    2016 Mar 19

    Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    In 2016, for a 3rd consecutive year, CHS Greece organized workshops on “Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology.” These advanced workshops were addressed to literature instructors from the Argolis region who had attended the first series of workshops in 2015.

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    2016 Mar 10

    Harvard Alumni Association Spring Break trip to Greece

    Thu Mar 10 (All day) to Sat Mar 19 (All day)

    Location: 

    Nafplio and Thessaloniki

    Through a series of lectures and meetings arranged by the CHS the program broadened the participants experience and exploration of ancient and modern Greece.

    For an 8th year, the Center supported this important HAA initiative, which featured a number of special events in Nafplio, including a reception at the CHS on March 14, 2016. Gregory Nagy led the group of undergraduate and postgraduate students and alumni on the tour.

     
    2016 Mar 02

    The practice of contemporary medical science in local societies, Events Series 2016

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Full title: The practice of contemporary medical science in local societies: Particularities from the interaction of science and tradition

    Speaker: Eleni Papadaki (professor of Haematology & head of Department of Haematology PAGNI (University Hospital), School of Medicine, University of Crete)

    Respondent: Leda Karagiannopoulou, Psychologist, MSc (Postgraduate Studies Program in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete / Phd candidate at University of Crete...

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    2016 Feb 19

    Harvard’s International Photo Contest

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Lamont Library’s Forum Room

    CHS GR, in cooperation with CHS DC and the Harvard Office of International Education, organized for a fourth year the Greek section of Harvard’s International Photo Contest.

    The contest is open to Harvard students who have participated in summer programs abroad. The CHS, represented by Nicolas Prevelakis and Teresa Wu, awarded a prize to undergraduate Frank DuBose for the best photo taken in Greece and honorary mention to three other contestants.

     
    2016 Feb 10

    Ecology and economy: the garden as cosmos and a microcosm, Events Series 2016

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Great Alexander Hall Argos

    Speaker: Fay Zika (assistant professor in Philosophy and Theory of Art, Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts)

    Respondent: Eleana Yalouri (assistant Professor in Social Anthropology, Department of Social Anthropology, School of Political Sciences, Panteion University)

    The event was in collaboration with the Municipality of Argos-Mycenae.

     
    2016 Feb 06

    Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    In 2016, for a 3rd consecutive year, CHS Greece organized workshops on “Digital resources of knowledge and their contribution to philology.” These advanced workshops were addressed to literature instructors from the Argolis region who had attended the first series of workshops in 2015.

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    2016 Feb 05

    9th Annual “Harvard Abroad” Workshop

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Cambridge, MA

    The workshop was held under the auspices of Harvard’s newly appointed Vice Provost for International Affairs, Professor Mark Elliott. Speakers included the Dean of Harvard College, Professor Rakesh Khurana, and the Senior Advisor to the President for Global Strategy at Harvard, Professor Krishna G. Palepu. CHS was represented by Kenny Morrell, Nicolas Prevelakis, and Teresa Wu.

     
    2016 Jan 20

    Economic globalization through a historic perspective, Events Series 2016

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Speaker: Μichel S. Zouboulakis (professor, Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Thessaly)

    Respondent: Nikolaos Theocarakis (associate professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / scientific director of KEPE)

    2015 Dec 18

    Digital Library Program for Schools

    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    Full Title:

    Introduction to Digital Resources for Knowledge: The Digital Library of the CHS Greece

    Activity Administration:

    Matina Goga (CHS Greece)

    Language:

    Greek

    Synopsis:

    The Center welcomed students from the 1st Lyceum of Nafplio. CHS Greece hosts several hundreds of high school students in this program,...

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