COTSEN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
The Gennadius Library offers the Cotsen Traveling Fellowship, a short-term grant awarded each year to scholars and graduate students pursuing research topics that require the use of the Gennadeion collections.
The grant was established by the Overseers of the Gennadius Library to honor Lloyd E.… more »
The next Classical Summer School, taking place June 19–July 21, 2023, is a five-week program that is designed to provide qualified graduate students and middle school, high school, and college/university teachers with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome through a careful study of material remains and literary… more »
The ancient Greek Temple of Aphaea on the Greek island of Aegina is one of the most impressive archaeological sites in the country.
The goddess Aphaea, who was associated with agriculture and fertility, is thought to be a local deity, because the sanctuary complex on Aegina is the only place where the goddess… more »
THE JACOB HIRSCH FELLOWSHIP Deadline: January 15, 2023
Field of Study: Archaeology
Eligibility: U.S. or Israeli citizens who are either Ph.D. candidates writing their dissertations in archaeology, or early-career scholars (Ph.D. earned within the last five years) completing a project that requires a lengthy residence in Greece.
Terms and Duration: Stipend of $11,500 plus room and board in Loring Hall,… more »
FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY 2023-2024
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the academic programs and fellowships for the 2023-2024 academic year at the Gennadius Library. Opened in 1926 with 26,000 volumes from diplomat and bibliophile Joannes Gennadius, the Gennadius Library now holds a richly diverse collection of… more »
The tomb of Saint Nicholas, also known as “Santa Claus,” and the floor on which he walked, inside the St. Nicholas Church in the town of Myra in today’s southern Turkey have been unearthed by archeologists.
Living between 270 and 343, Saint Nicholas, was an early Christian bishop during the time of the… more »
WILLIAM SANDERS SCARBOROUGH FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: January 15, 2023
This fellowship is intended to honor and remember Professor William Sanders Scarborough and to help foster diversity in the fields of Classical and Hellenic Studies and the Humanities more broadly by supporting students and teachers from underrepresented groups in their study and research at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
William Sanders Scarborough (1852–1926), the son of… more »
The CENSUS (= Checklist of ENglish-Language Sources Useful in the Study of Modern Greek Literature) facilitates access to modern Greek literature for speakers of English, by providing references to all the English-language translations of modern Greek literature and to all the critical studies in English that relate to modern Greek literature from the twelfth century AD to the present (a span of ca. 9 centuries!),… more »
A TEAM OF DIVERS FROM THE CIVITAVECCHIA NAVAL STATION, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, HAVE DISCOVERED THE ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS OF A ROMAN STRUCTURE OFF THE COAST OF PONZA, ITALY.
During the Roman Period, Ponza was a Roman port and colony which was constructed to control the central Tyrrhenian Sea.
The… more »
The recent rescue excavation of a 2nd century BCE burial site in the southern Tuscany region of Italy is providing a previously unseen glimpse of the Etruscan identity that survived the Roman conquest of Etruria, according to the results of a new paper by a University at Buffalo expert in Roman archeology.
Analysis… more »
