Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Themis, thesmos and nomos: are there “divine laws” in ancient Greece?, with Vinciane Pirenne

We were excited to welcome Vinciane Pirenne for an Open House entitled “Themis, thesmos, and nomos: are there “divine laws” in ancient Greece?” The event took place on Friday, April 30 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. In connection with this discussion, you might like to read: Hesiod, Theogony, 392–396, 901–906 Solon, Solon fragments Aeschylus, Eumenides, 169–172, 389–396, 483–484, 570–579, 614–615, 681–693, 778–779. Xenophon Cyropedia 1.6.6 You can watch… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | A Middle Ground in the Middle Sea: the “Marriage” of Salmakis and Halikarnassos, with Jan-Mathieu Carbon

We were excited to welcome Jan-Mathieu (Mat) Carbon for an Open House entitled “A Middle Ground in the Middle Sea: the “Marriage” of Salmakis and Halikarnassos.” The event took place on Friday, April 16 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. He provides this overview of the topic: A—literary, archeological, epigraphical—survey of the city of Halikarnassos can help us to understand how the identity of this multicultural community was constructed.… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis, with Robert Romanchuk

We were excited to welcome Robert Romanchuk for an Open House entitled “Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis.” The event took place on Friday, April 9 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to read these handouts (PDFs): “Slavic ‘Abduction’ episode (reconstructed)” “Greek ‘Abduction’ episode (MS G)” You can watch on our YouTube channel,… Read more

History,  Visiting Scholars

Open House | The End of the Histories, with Scarlett Kingsley and Timothy Rood

We were excited to welcome Scarlett Kingsley and Timothy Rood for an Open House entitled “The End of the Histories.” The event took place on Friday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to read these handouts: Bolingbroke On Luxury (PDF) Kosmos Society Readings (PDF) You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel, or in the frame below.… Read more

History,  Visiting Scholars

Open House | Lysias, his Funeral Oration, and Collective Memories in Classical Athens, with Julia L. Shear

We were excited to welcome Julia L. Shear for an Open House entitled “Lysias, his Funeral Oration, and Collective Memories in Classical Athens.” The event took place on Friday, March 5 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to read: Lysias 2, the Funeral Oration Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 2.34, description of the burial of the war-dead. You can… Read more