American School of Classical Studies

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.

Archaeology buffs can log onto the website of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ascsa.edu.gr) to watch past online lectures and presentations, as well as its series of 10 short films on the School's history and work.

A short film by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens on its excavations at Corinth walked away from Spain's 20th International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa with Orona Foundation Award for best educational entry, the ASCSA has announced.

The year 2019 marked 400 years since the birth of Francesco Morosini (1619-94), who was elected doge of Venice in 1688, and Maria Georgopoulou, director of the Gennadius Library, and Alexis Malliaris, archivist at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, have curated an exhibition that showcases several important events in his military and administrative career.

College Year in Athens (CYA) hosts a talk by Jenifer Neils, classical archaeologist and director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Neils is an expert in ancient Greek art, with a specialization in iconography.

Julia Shear, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellow at the American School of Classical Studies (ASCSA), will deliver a lecture at the school on "Erasing Macedonians: The Politics of Athenian Space in 200 BC." In a note on the lecture, Shear says: "Under increasing external pressure, the Athenians… declared war on King Philip V of Macedon and engaged in a period of erasing Macedon

Emory University Professor Cynthia Patterson will deliver a lecture on "Socrates and the Health of Athens" at the American School of Classical Studies (ASCSA) on Thursday, November 14, starting at 7 p.m.

The Gennadius Library presents "Spolia: Transcripts of the Stones of the Little Metropolis" at the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), in which architect and artist Nora Okka exhibits 22 paper squeezes of relief sculpture from the Little Metropolis, a Byzantine-era church located in Mitropolis Square, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, and

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents "Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze," an exhibition presenting the work of British photographer Ian Walker, who captured the enduring presence of the Erechtheion's Caryatids and the Parthenon's frieze in various guises from London housing projects to a Cleveland mansion.

For its Annual Archives Lecture, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) has invited University of California historian John W.I.