Visiting Scholars

Open House | Pindar’s Poetics of Homecoming, with Maša Ćulumović

We were pleased to welcome back Maša Ćulumović, Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, as a guest for a discussion on Pindar’s Poetics of Homecoming. The event took place on Thursday, November 15, at 11:00 a.m. EST, and was recorded. The main focus passages for this discussion are: the whole of Olympian 5 Olympian 1.1–24 Olympian 9.1–20 Pythian 11.1–16 although it might be helpful to read them all in… Read more

Open House | The Free First Thousand Years of Greek, with Leonard Muellner

We were pleased to welcome back Leonard Muellner, who introduces the features and plans for the CHS project entitled The Free First Thousand Years of Greek (FF1K). It forms part of the Open Greek and Latin Project (OGL), which aims to bring together in machine-actionable form all the Classical Greek and Latin texts from antiquity up to the present, to include both ancient and Neo-Latin and Neo-Greek texts, papyri, and… Read more

Open House | Song of Moses, Song of Deuteronomy, with Keith Stone

We were pleased to welcome back Keith Stone, CHS Fellow, as guest for a discussion about the textual development of the biblical book of Deuteronomy. This took place on Thursday, October 18th, at 11 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. He introduces the topic as follows: In most understandings of the textual development of the biblical book of Deuteronomy, the Song of Moses (32:1–43) is considered to be a late addition,… Read more

Open House | Theognis, earwax and the end of the Lelantine War, with Natasha Bershadsky

We were pleased to welcome Natasha Bershadsky, Fellow in Ancient Greek History at the Center for Hellenic Studies, for an Open House discussion on the Lelantine War, which she describes as “an ancient conflict between Chalcis and Eretria, two neighboring cities on the island of Euboea, over the Lelantine plain, situated between them.” The event was streamed live on Thursday, October 4, at 11 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. Before… Read more

Open House | Chalcidian regionality between Sithonia and Pallene, with Maria G. Xanthou

We were pleased to welcome back Maria G. Xanthou for an Open House discussion on the Chalcidian peninsula, from periphery to epichoric identity. This event took place on Thursday, September 20 2018 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. Before the event, you might like to read the PDF: XanthouEpichoricOpenHouse20092018Handout You can watch the event on our YouTube channel or in the frame below For further videos please visit the… Read more