The theme of this one-day colloquium is the margins of German Hellenism, in its geographical, temporal and disciplinary sense. German Hellenism is here broadly understood as the active interest taken ...

Probably the most famous living Greek is Giannis Antetokounmpo, better known as the “Greek Freak.” Not only is Antetokounmpo a celebrity athlete in the U.S., he is the face of Greece in a recent ...

Pandemic is a Greek word, but in 2021 the Greeks have had more than a virus to commemorate. This year marks the bicentennial of their revolution against the Ottoman Empire, a decadelong war in which a ...

This course investigates the Hellenistic Period, defined as the era from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the death of Cleopatra and the conquest of Rome in 31 BCE. In these centuries, ...

This is Hanukkah season. In Hebrew schools across the country the Hanukkah story will be told, and the story usually goes like this: The wicked king Antiochus IV Epiphanes attacked the innocent and ...

The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life. The affective ties of the protagonists of ...

Hanukkah celebrates our national renaissance. Sadly, the Second Temple never matched the splendor of the First Temple, and many who had been exiled at its destruction remained in Persia or Alexandria ...

After centuries lost beneath layers of sand, war, and shifting rivers, an ancient city once central to East-West trade has resurfaced. A team of international researchers has confirmed the rediscovery ...