[MGSA-L] Princeton Hellenic Studies Newsletter: Fall 2018

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Newsletter: Fall 2018







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A Note from the Director
Greetings from Princeton! We are pleased to share with you the Fall 2018 newsletter of the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies. As you’ll see in the articles below, it’s been a busy summer in Athens and fall on campus. Next year we look forward to celebrating the 40th anniversary of Hellenic Studies at Princeton. In the meantime, a few exciting announcements:

Congratulations to Emmanuel Bourbouhakis<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=19bb9d9c0e&e=124bc2f3eb> and Karen Emmerich<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=b5ca294b2d&e=124bc2f3eb>, who were promoted with tenure in the Departments of Classics and Comparative Literature, respectively; Alexander Nehamas<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=ac6378aa66&e=124bc2f3eb>, who was elected to the Academy of Athens; and Molly Greene<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=4e73ea3d1f&e=124bc2f3eb>, who was appointed Director of the Program in Hellenic Studies.

Congratulations are also in order for our graduate alumni: Georgios Moschidis<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=b4819df884&e=124bc2f3eb>, who won the Jacobus Fellowship and is now a research fellow at the University of California-Berkeley; Gonda Van Steen<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=82fca5a2fe&e=124bc2f3eb>, who is now a professor and Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s College, London; Ioannis Branikas<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=cd43adc5a4&e=124bc2f3eb>, who is now assistant professor of finance at the University of Oregon; and Daniel Mendelsohn<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=d152a0f6e8&e=124bc2f3eb>, who was awarded Princeton’s Madison Medal.

A warm welcome to our 2018-19 postdoctoral<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=a407ce9dea&e=124bc2f3eb> and visiting research fellows<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=269c903885&e=124bc2f3eb>, and welcome back to Nikos Michailidis<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=958fa05cab&e=124bc2f3eb>, who returned to Princeton as a lecturer in Hellenic studies and anthropology.

This fall, we offered twelve undergraduate<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=2b68a9e118&e=124bc2f3eb> and seven graduate courses<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=15502519f6&e=124bc2f3eb> with very strong enrollments, as well as a wealth of events<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=9aff03833a&e=124bc2f3eb> on campus. If you’re in or near the Princeton area, we encourage you to join us.

Please visit our new website — hellenic.princeton.edu<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=8366823a89&e=124bc2f3eb> — and kindly share your feedback with us. You can also keep in touch via our new Facebook page<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=ca862129f2&e=124bc2f3eb>.

I hope you will enjoy the feature stories below. Happy holidays!
-Dimitri Gondicas ’78<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=d432fd1713&e=124bc2f3eb>, Director, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies




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This summer, graduate students from Princeton and the University of Patras convened at the Princeton Athens Center for the inaugural Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies Summer Institute 2018, led by Professor Mark Janse.





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Uncovering Antioch<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=03f74be42d&e=124bc2f3eb>
Graduate students from Princeton and Harvard studied artifacts discovered during Princeton's excavation at Antioch in the 1930s to learn about religious diversity in the ancient city.




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Athens anew: Experiencing contemporary culture in an ancient city<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=c18bf8b912&e=124bc2f3eb>
In the PIIRS Global Seminar “Athens Now: Culture and Politics in the Urban Space,” undergraduate students experienced the Greek capital’s thriving cultural scene and gained an understanding of Athens that goes beyond ancient ruins and Aristotle.




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Faculty Profile: Molly Greene<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=af81a06773&e=124bc2f3eb>
Greene, professor of history and Hellenic Studies and the new Director of the Program in Hellenic Studies, discusses her longtime involvement with the Seeger Center and her current research.




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Student Profile: Harrison Blackman '17<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=9fb7f9f1e6&e=124bc2f3eb>
Blackman, an alumnus from North Potomac, Maryland, discusses how his Princeton career shaped his undergraduate and post-graduate experiences.




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A Profile Of The Princeton Club Of Greece<https://princeton.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9092aecb13c4ee09c66d924eb&id=9361e2b610&e=124bc2f3eb>
A cornerstone of Princeton's Hellenic Studies community in Greece continues to grow and define new roles.




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