[MGSA-L] Waterloo Institute For Hellenistic Studies

[June Samaras]

 Waterloo Institute For Hellenistic Studies

The first interdisciplinary institute on Hellenistic Age has been
created at the University of Waterloo. This is the only Institute in
North America to conduct interdisciplinary research focusing on the
Hellenistic Age, a period when Greek culture and influence spread from
Spain in the West to India in the East.  The Waterloo Institute For
Hellenistic Studies, so far, includes some 60 scholars from around the
world, forming a network of experts in the history, literature,
material culture and philosophy of the Hellenistic period. The
institute draws on an impressive wealth of Hellenistic research and
teaching expertise in Waterloo’s department of classical studies.

You can visit the site here:
http://wihs.uwaterloo.ca/about_the_hellenistic_age.html

Spanning the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC
and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, the transformative Hellenistic
age dramatically increased interaction between Mediterranean, European
and Near Eastern cultures. Researchers consider the 300-year period a
forerunner of today's globalization. That's because for the first time
in western history, political, social and economic changes in one
region were felt all over the ancient world. Greece fully supports the
scientific research and work of the scholars of such a unique
Institute, in close cooperation not only with the Consulate of Greece
in Toronto but also with major and world renowned Universities and
Foundations.

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June Samaras
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