We are pleased to share the following video discussion with Professor Norman Sandridge (Howard University) on Xenophon, Agamemnon, and how these ancient leaders inform and enrich our discussions about leaders and leadership today. You can watch on our YouTube channel, or in the frame below If you have any comments, questions, or observations, members can post in the Forum. Read more
We were delighted that classicist Douglas Frame joined Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) in conversation with members of Hour 25 (now Kosmos Society) for a second, follow-up, discussion on Herakles, on twins, and on The Best of the Achaeans. You can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel. In his previous visit on May 1st 2014, Professor Nagy discussed topics and questions raised by participants and audience members,… Read more
On Thursday May 1st 2014, at 12:00 noon EDT, Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) joined members of Hour 25 (now Kosmos Society) for a live discussion and broadcast via Google Hangout. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel or via the frame embedded in this post below. Thanks to all who submitted questions in the Forum, and who participated in and watched the hangout. Discussion with Gregory Nagy You… Read more
We are pleased to share the following video dialogue featuring CHS Sunoikisis Fellow in Curricular Development Ryan Fowler. Fowler is currently helping to teach an innovative Sunoikisis course titled “Reading the Iliad,” in which over 100 students from multiple universities are working together to engage deeply and slowly with one Homeric epic over an entire semester. Students in this course are also using portions of the content available through HeroesX. We hope… Read more
We are pleased to share the following video featuring classicist Douglas Frame in which he talks about the role of Nestor in the Homeric poems. He is joined by members of the Hour 25 (now Kosmos Society) community. Together they also discuss absent signifiers, nostos, and Indo-European twin myths. You can watch on our YouTube channel, or in the frame below. You may also download the transcript for this video:… Read more