Philosophy

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Philosophical Essay Competition Final at the University of Patras

March 6, 2024

On Sunday, March 3, the final phase of the annual Panhellenic philosophical essay competition for high school students concluded successfully. The qualifying stage saw the participation of 450 students from 69 schools across Greece, with 15 advancing to the final competition, which coincided with a two-day scientific conference at the University of Patras held from March 1-3. The winners of the international leg of the...

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High School Summer Program 2024 poster featuring organizing and supporting institutions' logos, dates, program's title and contact information. Program participants with hands in the air and smiles blurred in the background.

Applications are open for the High School Summer Program 2024

January 24, 2024

Application deadline: March 31st, 2024

The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece invites high school students from the General High Schools (Lyceums) and the Music School of Argolis and the 1st General High School of Tripolis in Arcadia, as well as the Odyssey Charter School in Delaware, USA, to apply for the High School Summer Program in Greece (HSSP).

HSSP is organized by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece in...

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High School Summer Program in Greece concluded - Press release

July 21, 2023

On July 14, the 12th cycle of Harvard's CHS Greece High School Summer Program (HSSP 2023) was completed. The group's in situ meetings were held at CHS Greece and the 1st Senior High School of Nafplio.

HSSP 2023 was organized in collaboration with the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies and with the support of the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. The Summer Program was coordinated by Harvard faculty: Nicolas...

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2023 May 29

The King's College in New York City visiting program

Mon - Fri, May 29 to Jun 2, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location: 

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

Full title:

"Ancient Greek Philosophy in Archaeological and Geographical Context" Summer Study Program in Greece

Organized by:

The King's College in New York City

Academic coordination:

David Talcott (Associate Professor of Philosophy) and...

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2023 May 19

Study weekend at CHS: Animal Ethics and Law

Fri - Sat, May 19 to May 20, 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location: 

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

Full Title:

Study weekend at CHS Greece of the Interinstitutional MA Program “Animal Welfare, Ethics and the Law”

Organized by:

MA Program “Animal Welfare, Ethics and the Law” of the Department of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & the Hellenic Pasteur Institute,...

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Learn about our fellows’ research projects: Andreas Athanasakis on the Reception of the Distance-Period Relationship in the Capellan and Copernican Cosmologies

Learn about our fellows’ research projects: Andreas Athanasakis on the Reception of the Distance-Period Relationship in the Capellan and Copernican Cosmologies

May 9, 2023

Guest post by Andreas Athanasakis, Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2022–23

Research topic during fellowship: The Platonic Forma Mundi Problem

The pre-doctoral fellowship in Hellenic Studies at CHS has afforded me a unique opportunity to undertake a comprehensive investigation of the Platonic forma mundi problem (i.e., the exact necessary order of the planets), particularly as it relates to the cosmological frameworks posited by the Capellan and Copernican perspectives. Although Plato did not solve the forma mundi problem, he did...

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