# Newsletter Vol. 24 July 04, 2014 ## Recent Events ### CHS GR’s Events Series 2014 On 4th June the 2014 ‘Events Series’ ended with a lecture by art historian Dr Aphrodite Kouria, entitled “Greece among ruins and European travelers (18th – 19th centuries).” The lecture was delivered in the Center’s Nikos Mazarkis Family lecture hall. ### The CHS’s Summer Internship Program concludes The 8th Summer Internship Program ended on 27th June. The 14 Greek and U.S. students conducted their internships at collaborating cultural institutions in Nafplio, including the National Archaeological Museum, the Peloponnesian Folklore Museum, the branch of the National Gallery, Fougaro Cultural Center, and Europe Direct European Information Center of Nafplion. The American interns attended seminars on modern Greek; their Greek counterparts studied American literature and culture. All participated in diverse activities (e.g. community service in cooperation with the Municipality of Nafplion) and educational excursions. ### Expanding collaboration between Greek Schools and Charter Schools on the East Coast of the U.S. This year the collaboration program between Greek schools and U.S. charter schools continued to make significant progress. Teachers and students at the Odyssey Charter School (OCS) in Wilmington, Delaware cooperated with several Greek schools. The OCS and the Primary School of Nemea developed common projects on a wide range of subjects: regional history and mythology; rivers and their role in myth and legend; mathematics; international commerce and trade between Greece and the U.S. Numerous teleconferences enabled students to share their work and to exchange ideas. The OCS also undertook a program in cooperation with the 2nd Gymnasium of Nafplion. Students at both schools, under the guidance of their art teachers, studied the lives and work of famous Greek and U.S. painters. They were inspired to create paintings of their own. Students from the OCS from the 3rd Primary School of Nafplion also worked together, their collaboration resulting in parallel exhibitions at these schools. Students and their teacher at the 7th Primary School of Argos joined forces with students and teachers from Socrates Academy Charter School near Charlotte, North Carolina, recording two joint radio broadcasts which were transmitted by the European School Radio. The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece coordinated communication between schools, providing a SAKAI web-based platform. The collaboration program is ongoing and will include additional common activities and involve even more schools in the next school year. ### CHS GR hosts Duke University for third consecutive year On 27th and 28th May Duke University’s Summer Program in Greece, led by Professor Michael Ferejohn, Duke Department of Philosophy, visited the Center for a third consecutive year. The Center offered use of its lecture hall for the group’s seminars. ### Europe Direct offers Europe Day seminar On 14th May CHS GR hosted an event organized by the European Information Center, Europe Direct. Writer and illustrator Leda Varvaroussi was guest speaker. The two-day hands-on seminar in visual communication was addressed to teachers and educators. It was held in collaboration with the Primary and Secondary Offices of the Region of the Peloponnese and the Office of the Primary Education of the province of Argolis on the occasion of Europe Day (5th May). ### “Introduction to Digital Resources for Knowledge: The Digital Library of the Center for Hellenic Studies” The program "Introduction to Digital Resources for Knowledge: The Digital Library of the Center for Hellenic Studies" has finished for this academic year. Schools from throughout Greece attended the program at the Center. CHS GR is already working on further developing the DL Program for the next academic year. ### IHC.Digital: Field Project wraps up five-week stay in Nafplion From 19th May – 13th June the second session of the Initiative for Heritage Conservancy Digital Historic Nafplion Project, organized by the Initiative for Heritage Conservancy in cooperation with the Municipality of Nafplion, was hosted by CHS in Greece. The group of experts, along with a new group of students, will return to Nafplion in 2015 to continue 3D laser scanning and recording. ## Upcoming Events ### The Harvard Summer Program in Greece (CCSP) commenced on 30th June Harvard's Summer Program in Greece was launched on Monday, 30th June. The first three weeks of the program will take place in Olympia and will culminate in Nafplion on 3rd August. The 26 participating students will attend seminars in comparative cultural studies and will visit archaeological sites and museums in the Peloponnese and central Greece. ### Third International Scholars’ Symposium on “Sports, Society and Culture” will take place in Ancient Olympia ( 9th- 12th July) Participating students for the 3rd International Scholars’ Symposium “Sports, Society, and Culture” have been selected. The symposium is co-organized by the International Olympic Academy and Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies. Participants will include 85 undergraduates, graduates, and PhD students from several Greek universities. The symposium will take place on 9th-12th July at the IOA facilities in Ancient Olympia. ### The High School Summer Program (HSSP) 2014 to commence on 17th July Beginning on 17th July, seventeen students from the general high schools of the province of Argolis will participate in the High School Summer Program (HSSP), which will run until 1st August. This year the program will include a participating student from Arsakeion Tositseion Lyceum of Ekali. Nicolas Prevelakis, Program Director, and teaching fellows Adrianna Lucero and David Neustadt, both Harvard undergraduates, have prepared the syllabus and activities for the high school students. Visiting professors and administrators from Harvard will also participate in the program, including Professor Gregory Nagy, Director of the CHS and Harvard Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, who will meet with students during his visit to Nafplion. ## Useful Information Throughout August the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece will remain open to the public. Opening hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. In early September the Center will return to its ordinary operating hours. See also:- [ Newsletter ](/activities-type/newsletter) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)