American School of Classical Studies

On Wednesday, November 20, K. Scarlett Kingsley graced the educational institution College Year in Athens (CYA) with an insightful look at the ever-interconnected relationship between agriculture and warfare.

Associate Professor Nikolas Bakirtzis explores how advanced scientific techniques are transforming our understanding of Cyprus' rich history in a lecture at the American School of Classical Studies (9 Anapiron Polemou).

The American School of Classical Studies (61 Souidias, Kolonaki, ascsa.edu.gr), in collaboration with the Excavations of the Ancient Agora of Athens, presents "Vrysaki: Reviving a Neighborhood Through the Archives," curated by Italian-American author Sylvie Dumont.

The American School of Classical Studies (54 Souidias) presents "Lord Byron and Greece, 200 Years On," commemorating the bicentennial of Byron's death at Messolonghi.

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.