Ancient Greece

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,...

Poster for the 2024 Sport and Education Program.

Applications are open for the new summer Sport and Education Program in Olympia

April 11, 2024

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2024 Apr 20

"Men and Women in the Ancient World: opposition or complementarity?" Workshop

Sat - Sun, Apr 20 to Apr 21, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Location:

Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, 12 Theorias Street, 105 55, Athens, Greece

Organized by:

Canellopoulos Museum, CHS Greece

Academic Coordination:

Spyridon Rangos (Professor of Ancient Greek Philology and Philosophy, Department of Philology, University of Patras) and Chryssanthi Papadopoulou (Maritime Archaeologist, Harvard CHS Fellow in Comparative...

A woman standing and addressing an audience in a wel-lit lecture hall.

The Spring Break trip for Harvard Students and Alumni in Nafplio

March 13, 2024

The "Spring Break in Greece for Students and Alumni" trip, organized by the Harvard Alumni Association Travels and CHS Greece, has commenced under the academic leadership of Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Comparative Literature, and Naomi Weiss, Professor of the Classics and as of July 1st Chair of the Department of the Classics at Harvard University. The group of 31 students and alumni started...

2024 Jul 01

Museum of Cycladic Art Summer Internship

Mon Jul 1 (All day) to Sun Aug 4 (All day)

Location:

Museum of Cycladic Art, Neophytou Douka 4, Athens, Greece

Museum of Cycladic Art Internship poster 2024. A Cycladic sculpted figure mirrored and blurred in black background.

Organized by:

Museum of Cycladic Art, CHS Greece

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Museum of Cycladic Art Internship poster 2024. A Cycladic sculpted figure mirrored and blurred in black background.

Applications are open for the Museum of Cycladic Art Summer Internship 2024

January 18, 2024

Museum of Cycladic Art Internship poster 2024. A Cycladic sculpted figure mirrored and blurred in black background.

Application deadline: March 3, 2024
Open to: Harvard College and Harvard graduate students

2023 Dec 12

Event about the case of Myrtis

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location:

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

Event poster with the title of the event, the logos of the organizers, and the time and location of the event. On the left is a portrait of the Myrtis figure as reconstructed.

Topic:

Every bone...

Workshop poster on Men and Women in the Ancient World with information about its implementation and pictures of the coordinators. Faces of a man and a woman as depicted in ancient Greek pottery in the middle.

Applications are open for the workshop "Men and Women in the Ancient World: opposition or complementarity?"

December 5, 2023

Workshop poster on Men and Women in the Ancient World with information about its implementation and pictures of the coordinators. Faces of a man and a woman as depicted in ancient Greek pottery in the middle.

Workshop's...

2024 Feb 03

"Men and Women in the Ancient World: opposition or complementarity?" Workshop

Sat - Sun, Feb 3 to Feb 4, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Location:

Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, 12 Theorias Street, 105 55, Athens, Greece

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2024 Mar 08

Spring Break Trip to Macedonia

Fri Mar 8 (All day) to Sat Mar 16 (All day)

Location:

Veria, Ioannina, and Thessaloniki (Greece)

Organized by:

Harvard Department of the Classics, in collaboration with CHS Greece

Open to:

Harvard undergraduate students enrolled in the spring semester course CLS-STDY 112 Regional Study: Macedonia

Language:

English

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2024 Mar 08

Spring Break program for Harvard students and alumni

Fri Mar 8 (All day) to Sat Mar 16 (All day)

Location:

Nafplio, Olympia, Delphi, Athens (Greece)

Full title:

Harvard Spring Break in Greece for Students and Alumni

Organized by:

Harvard Alumni Association Travels, in collaboration with CHS Greece and CHS US

Open to:

Harvard alumni,...

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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 08

International Conference on Patterns of Evil

(All day)

Location:

Conference & Cultural Center, University of Patras, Greece

Conference poster with information on the organisers, title, dates, location, participants' names & affiliations, contact information: 2 bridges, in Greece and in China sketched & nearly connecting in the middle.

2023 Sep 20

Wentworth Institute of Technology visiting program

9:20am to 10:20am

Location:

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

Full Title:

Global Research Studio in Greece 2023

Organized by:

Architecture Masters Degree program (M. Arch program), Wentworth Institute of Technology

Academic coordination:

Meliti Dikeos (Wentworth Institute of Technology)

Open to:

Graduate...

Graffiti of a woman with spread arms against a red background next to a black background with the caption \"Playing Bacchae\".

Announcing the results of the student competition Playing Bacchae

June 20, 2023

The Out of Chaos theater in the context of the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, with the support of CHS US & Greece and the Department of Theatre Studies, School of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese implemented the Greek leg of the “Playing Bacchae...

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