Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Weaver as a Hero with Susan T Edmunds

We were pleased to welcome Susan T. Edmunds for our Open House discussion, about weaving and the weaver as hero. The following videos would be helpful in starting the conversation. Revealing of past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgHRwlXDX8 The Art of Making a Tapestry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIbu-dJuEh0 To prepare for this event you may like to read the following focus passages below. The event was recorded, and you can watch this discussion in the frame below,… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Herodotus, with Alexander Hollmann

We were pleased to welcome Alexander Hollmann (University of Washington) for an Open House discussion about Herodotus. The event was recorded. His book, The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation of Signs in Herodotus’ Histories, is available online. You can watch this discussion in the frame below, or on our YouTube channel. To prepare for this event you may like to read the following passages below. Members may like to… Read more

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Open House | Rhapsodes, Kitharôidia, and Performance in Ancient Greece, with Timothy Power

We were pleased to welcome Timothy Power (Rutgers University) for an Open House discussion on ‘Rhapsodes, Kitharôidia, and Performance in Ancient Greece’. For additional reading associated with this event, you might like to read the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Timothy Power’s book The Culture of Kitharôidia, available for free online. You can watch the event on our YouTube channel, or below. Members can start and continue discussion in this… Read more

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Open House | Making Connections: Exploring Beowulf, with Graeme Bird

We were pleased to welcome Graeme Bird (Gordon College) who joined us for a discussion exploring the Old English poem Beowulf, which is also our next Book Club selection. Handouts: Handout of focus passages that were featured in the discussion (updated with line numbers for those using different editions): Selection of focus passages for Beowulf-with line numbers (PDF) Handout of the first 11 lines in the original Old English: Beowulf… Read more

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Open House | Performance Traditions in Greece, with Panayotis Fragkiskos League

We were delighted to welcome Panayotis Fragkiskos League, PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology of Harvard University, for an Open House discussion. The video discussion was on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EST, and was recorded. The topic of this ‘Open House’ is ‘Performance Traditions in Greece.’ Paddy League also performs songs accompanied by laouto, and demonstrates the tsambouna. You can watch the event below or on our YouTube channel. Members… Read more