American School of Classical Studies

Fotini Kondyli explores the lives and experiences of ordinary people in Byzantine Athens in her talk at the American School of Classical Studies (54 Soudias) on March 5. The "Inhabiting Byzantine Athens" project seeks to reconstruct the topography and spatial layout of the city, alongside the living conditions and activities of its inhabitants, spanning from the 9th to the 15th centuries AD.

The Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies (ascsa.edu.gr) in Athens is hosting the 41st annual lecture in honor of Francis R. Walton - a noted bibliophile and classical scholar who specialized in the study of ancient Greek religion - on Tuesday, February 6. In this talk, professor of Greek and Latin literature at Stanford University Richard P.

Dr Yiorgo Topalidis will explore the social construction of Ottoman Greek migrant identity in an early 20th-century US context. This serves as a case study for decoupling Whiteness from White supremacist ideology in an insightful lecture at the American School of Classical Studies (ASCSA) in Athens.

The American School of Classical Studies invites US ethnomusicologist Christopher King for a discussion on the violin in the traditional music of the Epirus region of northern Greece. The discussion will be accompanied by rare vinyl records from the early 20th century, as well as live renditions by violinists Kostas Karapanos, Aurel Qirjo and Marios Toumpas.

The latest big exhibition at the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ascsa.edu.gr) focuses on the work of renowned Greek poet Dionysis Solomos and on pieces inspired by this work by acclaimed artist Manolis Charos.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents some of the Gennadius Library's most important specimens of Asia Minor editions, manuscripts and documents, focusing on the geographical dispersion of Greek printing houses in Smyrna, but also in Kydonies and Trebizond from 1764 to 1922. For a detailed description of the exhibition and visitor information, log on to ascsa.edu.gr.

Alexander Alexakis, professor of Byzantine philology at the University of Ioannina, will be speaking in the Byzantine Dialogues online lecture series organized by the American School of Classical Studies on February 2, starting at 7 p.m. Greek time.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has invited archaeologist James C. Wright, to deliver an online lecture on the prehistoric port at Kommos, in Southern Crete, which will be live streamed at 6.30 p.m. on January 27 Greek time.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has invited historian Koray Durak to deliver the next lecture in its Byzantine Dialogues series, which will be streamed live at 7 p.m. on January 26 Greek time.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is hosting a webinar titled "Monuments for 1821: Fruitless Proposals for a Panhellenic Heroon." The event will host Dr Dora Markatou, former Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Ioannina, as guest speaker.