Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Open House | The Lexeis project: The great Greek author-lexica of the 19th century, with Jeffrey Rusten

We were excited to welcome Jeffrey Rusten, along with Ethan Della Rocca, for an Open House entitled “The Lexeis project: The great Greek author-lexica of the 19th century.” The event took place on Friday, April 28, at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you can preview the topics that will be covered by reading this handout: The Lexeis Project Handout | Kosmos Open House… Read more

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Open House | Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue and its Reception, with Ivan Matijašić

We were excited to welcome Ivan Matijašić for an Open House entitled “Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue and its Reception.” The event took place on Friday, April 14 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to read the PDF handout linked below: Thucydides Melian Dialogue and its Reception Handout You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel or below. Ivan Matijašić Ivan… Read more

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Open House | Euclid Saves Us from Ignorance, with Graeme Bird

We were excited to welcome Graeme Bird for an Open House entitled “Euclid Saves Us from Ignorance.” The event took place on Friday, March 10, at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to read the PDF handout linked below: Passages for Euclid You can watch the video below, or on our YouTube channel. You may now view the slides that were… Read more

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Open House | Technolarynges and the Production of artificial voice in Antiquity, with Maria Gerolemou

We were excited to welcome Maria Gerolemou for an Open House entitled “Technolarynges and the Production of artificial voice in Antiquity.” The event took place on Friday, November 18 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to view the pdf file which includes the following passages: Aristotle, On the Soul 420b 5-31 Hero Pneumatics 1.15, 2.32 Lucian in his Alexander, The… Read more

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Open House | Choral Performance and Civic Virtues, with James Collins

We were excited to welcome James Collins for an Open House entitled “Performing Wisdom: Choral Performance and Civic Virtues.” The event took place on Friday, May 27 at 4:00 p.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event you might like to read: Xenophon’s Hellenica 2.4.19–23 Sophocles’ Antigone 332–375 You can watch the recording below or on our YouTube channel. For further videos please visit the Watch page.… Read more