Center for Hellenic Studies

06/02/2025

https://chs.harvard.edu/meet-the-2025-26-fellows-in-hellenic-studies/

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the 2025-26 Fellows in Hellenic Studies. The fellowship programs encourage research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greece.

04/15/2025

The CHS library is pleased to welcome Allison Thornton as its new library assistant! Learn more about Allison through the link below.

The CHS library is pleased to welcome Allison Thornton as its new library assistant. Most recently, she comes to us from St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, Indiana, where she was the City Branch Assistant Manager.

03/28/2025

03/25/2025

Χρόνια πολλά! Happy Greek Independence Day!

To mark Greek Independence Day, Nevila Pahumi, Modern Greek specialist at the Library of Congress, offers a historical background in this blogpost and presents items in the LC collection pertaining to the era of the Greek Revolution from 1821 and the birth of the modern Greek nation. Rebecka Lindau, chief librarian at the CHS, goes back some 2,500 years to the birth of Athenian democracy and features some rare books on the subject from a physical exhibition at the Center in connection with a celebratory evening organized by the Greek Embassy in cooperation with the CHS.

Read the post here!

To mark Greek Independence Day on March 25, 2025, Nevila Pahumi, Modern Greek specialist at the Library of Congress, offers a historical background in this blogpost and presents items in the LC collection pertaining to the era of the Greek Revolution from 1821 and the birth of the modern Greek natio...

03/12/2025

Call for submissions: Young Scholars' Panel & The Lyceum Project 2025 🌟

The Lyceum Project invites young scholars (PhD students or those within seven years of their PhD) to submit a 500-word abstract for a 15-minute talk related to this year’s theme of “Children in the Age of AI,” including, but not limited to, the topics of Human Nature and AI, AI as Intelligent Tools, and Policy and Governance.

🎓 Open to scholars from all disciplines
✈️ Selected presenters receive economy airfare and accommodation in Athens
🗓️ Event date: June 20, 2025
📍 Location: Athens Conservatory
🕒 Submission deadline: March 31, 2025

The Lyceum Project 2025 is organized by the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” the World Human Forum, the Special Secretariat of Foresight in the Presidency of the Greek Government, and the Athens Conservatory. CHS is the academic partner of The Lyceum Project 2025.

Learn more on The Lyceum Project 2025 and the Young Scholars' Panel website: https://thelyceumproject.ai/

Apply here: https://forms-greece.chs.harvard.edu/the-lyceum-project-application/

03/10/2025

On Sunday, May 4 we will be holding a teacher workshop! If you or someone you know is a teacher in the DMV, consider registering here:
https://chs.harvard.edu/event/teaching-the-athenian-acropolis/

02/07/2025

To honor the International Greek Language Day on February 9, Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and Dumbarton Oaks, and the Library of Congress have joined together to offer a brief history of the language from antiquity to the present, and a presentation of Greek language highlights from the collections of the three institutions.

To honor the International Greek Language Day on February 9, Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and Dumbarton Oaks, and the Library of Congress have joined together to offer a brief history of the language from antiquity to the present, and a presentation of Greek language highlights from the c...

01/27/2025

New Fellowship Opportunity!

The Center for Hellenic Studies offers one fellowship to a postdoctoral researcher from any discipline to conduct original research on topics related to AI Ethics. The 12-month fellowship (July-June) focuses on examining the ethical, societal, and philosophical implications of artificial intelligence as it continues to evolve and integrate into various aspects of everyday life.
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The fellowship award includes:
• Year-long access to Harvard University's online databases and resources
• A 10-day educational trip to CHS in Washington DC
• A stipend of $12,000 (USD)
• Invitations to present and publish the outcomes of the research project
• Academic support and mentorship during the fellowship appointment by the academic committee of the program

This fellowship underscores CHS's commitment to collaborating with authorities and organizations in Greece and supporting AI Ethics related initiatives in the country and abroad.

🗓️ Application deadline: March 5, 2025

Learn more on our website: https://greece.chs.harvard.edu/research-fellowships/ai-ethics

Image taken from "Blueprint for Greece's AI Transformation." Kind courtesy of the Special Secretariat of Foresight, Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic.
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Το Κέντρο Ελληνικών Σπουδών προσφέρει μία ερευνητική υποτροφία σε μεταδιδακτορικό ερευνητή ή ερευνήτρια από οποιοδήποτε επιστημονικό πεδίο για τη διεξαγωγή πρωτότυπης έρευνας σε θέματα που αφορούν την Ηθική της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης (AI). H υποτροφία διάρκειας 12 μηνών (Ιούλιος-Ιούνιος) εστιάζει στη διερεύνηση των ηθικών, κοινωνικών και φιλοσοφικών επιπτώσεων της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης καθώς αυτή διαρκώς εξελίσσεται και ενσωματώνεται σε διάφορες πτυχές της καθημερινής ζωής.
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Η ερευνητική υποτροφία περιλαμβάνει:
• Πρόσβαση για ένα έτος στις ηλεκτρονικές βάσεις δεδομένων του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard
• Ένα δεκαήμερο εκπαιδευτικό ταξίδι στις εγκαταστάσεις του Κέντρου στην Ουάσιγκτον
• Προσκλήσεις για να παρουσιάσει και να δημοσιεύσει τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνάς του/της
• Χρηματικό ποσό ύψους 12.000$ (δολαρίων)
• Ακαδημαϊκή και συμβουλευτική υποστήριξη κατά τη διάρκεια της υποτροφίας από τα μέλη της ακαδημαϊκής επιτροπής του προγράμματος

Αυτή η ερευνητική υποτροφία υπογραμμίζει τη δέσμευση του Κέντρου στη συνεργασία με αρχές και οργανισμούς στην Ελλάδα και στην υποστήριξη πρωτοβουλιών σχετικών με την ηθική της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης στη χώρα και στο εξωτερικό.

🗓️ Προθεσμία υποβολής αιτήσεων: 5 Μαρτίου 2025

Μάθετε περισσότερα στην ιστοσελίδα μας: https://el.greece.chs.harvard.edu/research-fellowships/ai-ethics

01/17/2025

480 (BCE): The Modern Making of a World Historical Date

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. EST

Please join us the evening of February 5 for a lecture by Suzanne Marchand, LSU Systems Boyd Professor of European Intellectual History.

Learn more about the lecture and register for the zoom by following the link below:

Please join us the evening of February 5 for a lecture by Suzanne Marchand, LSU Systems Boyd Professor of European Intellectual History. This paper will discuss the ways in which the significance of the date 480/79 was elevated in the course of historiographical developments of the eighteenth and ni...

01/10/2025

January 9, 2025 Application deadline: Sunday, February 16, 2025 CHS grants up to 3 fellowships per year to Ph.D. candidates from Greek universities, regardless of their faculty of enrollment, who conduct research on topics related to ancient Greek civilization. The duration of each fellowship is 12....