Kenchreai Summer Program

March 8th, 2010

View from north of modern harbor (2002)The application deadline for the Kenchreai Summer Program is just a few weeks away. This four-week summer program from May 26-June 23 introduces students to the archaeology, history and culture of Greece through participation in a field school and accompanying seminars and excursions. The Kenchreai Excavations, directed by Professor Rife, provide a unique opportunity to learn about the past first-hand at one of Greece’s most spectacular seaside archaeological sites. Although the 2010 season will not involve digging, participants will learn about data analysis, artifactual processing, conservation, and architectural survey, all important components in archaeological fieldwork. Students will also attend a series of seminars by leading experts in several fields, from ancient religion to Mediterranean geology, and they will join excursions to major sites and museums in the region, such as Corinth, Perachora, Mycenae, Nemea, Epidauros, and Nafplion. The excavation team stays at a family-run boarding house in Archaia Korinthos, on the site of ancient Corinth, where we enjoy the natural beauty of the countryside and the easy rhythms of a traditional village community.

Students should apply online here. Applications are due March 20, 2010. For more details, see Excavations.

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Ashes2Art: Virtual Reconstructions of Ancient Monuments

February 22nd, 2010

A white paper is now available about the exciting Ashes2Art project at Coastal Carolina University. Faculty and students involved in the project are developing digital models of Delos and Delphi. To learn more about the project, see the Ashes2Art website or download the white paper from the NEH’s Library of Funded Projects.

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Consultant for the 2010 Greek Course

February 16th, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Michael Gagarin, the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor at the University of Texas, Austin, will serve as the faculty consultant for Greek 394: Literature of the 4th Century. Professor Gagarin’s research interests include Greek law, literature, and philosophy. He is the author of seven books, most recently Writing Greek Law (Cambridge UP, 2008), and the series editor for “the Oratory of Classical Greece,” published by the University of Texas. For his work on the laws of ancient Crete, Professor Gagarin received an NEH Collaborative Research Grant with Paula Perlman in 2006. For more information, please see his faculty page. 

More information about the Faculty Development Seminars in June is available here.

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Consultant for the 2010 Latin Course

February 16th, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Richard Tarrant, the Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at Harvard University, will serve as the faculty consultant for Latin 393: Literature of the Neronian Period. Professor Tarrant’s main areas of interest include Latin poetry and Greek and Roman tragedy. He has written commentaries of Seneca’s Agamemnon (Cambridge UP 1977) and Thyestes (Scholars Press 1985). In 2004, he completed a critical edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Oxford Classical Texts). Currently, he is writing a commentary on Aeneid XII, and a book on Horace’s Odes. For more information, please see his faculty page.

More information about the Faculty Development Seminars in June is available here.

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Undergraduate Research Symposium 2010

February 10th, 2010

The Undergraduate Research Symposium will be March 26-28, 2010 at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Students should submit abstracts at http://chs.surs.questionpro.com/ by February 22, 2010.

Program and hotel information will be available shortly. If students and their faculty sponsors are unable to come to Washington, D.C., the CHS will make arrangements for virtual participation.

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Kenchreai Summer Program

January 28th, 2010

Reading potterySunoikisis is now accepting applications for Kenchreai. This four-week summer program (May 26-June 23, 2010) introduces students to the archaeology, history and culture of Greece through participation in a field school and accompanying seminars and excursions. The Kenchreai Excavations, directed by Professor Rife, provide a unique opportunity to learn about the past first-hand at one of Greece’s most spectacular seaside archaeological sites. Although the 2010 season will not involve digging, participants will learn about data analysis, artifactual processing, conservation, and architectural survey, all important components in archaeological fieldwork. Students will also attend a series of seminars by leading experts in several fields, from ancient religion to Mediterranean geology, and they will join excursions to major sites and museums in the region, such as Corinth, Perachora, Mycenae, Nemea, Epidauros, and Nafplion. The excavation team stays at a family-run boarding house in Archaia Korinthos, on the site of ancient Corinth, where we enjoy the natural beauty of the countryside and the easy rhythms of a traditional village community.

For more information see the Excavations page. The application is available at http://sunoikisis.kenchreai.questionpro.com/ and is due March 20, 2010.

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Adaptations of Classics in the D.C. Theater Scene

January 20th, 2010

Classicists in the Washington D.C. area may be interested in the following performances:

DANCE

THEATER

  • Orestes, A Tragic Romp adapted by Anne Washburn from the play by Euripides at the Folger Shakespeare Library
  • By the Bog of Cats, a play loosely based on Euripides’ Medea by Marina Carr at the 1st Stage Theater in Tysons Corner, VA
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Theater of War

January 13th, 2010

Check out Theater of War, an organization that performs Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes for military communities. Recent performances have been at the Center for Deployment Psychology (Bethesda, MD), St. Vincent’s Hospital Trauma and Wellness Center (New York, NY), and Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, D.C.).

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Video of Sunoiksis Meeting at APA

January 12th, 2010

If you missed the meeting at the American Philological Association in Anaheim earlier this month, you can now watch clips from the meeting to learn more about Sunoikisis and the upcoming events. The videos are available in our archives and on YouTube. Here is Part 1 with Miriam Carlisle’s introduction and Kenny Morrell’s history of Sunoikisis:

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Update: Sunoikisis Meeting and Reception at APA

November 19th, 2009

Come to the Sunoikisis Meeting and Reception to learn about our upcoming events and to meet other Sunoikisis participants. The meeting begins at 7:00PM on Friday, January 8 in the La Jolla/Los Angeles room at the Anaheim Marriott.

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