When You Are in a Corner, Amen: Black Oedipus is called Sister Margaret
| April 6, 2020 | Posted by Moderator under Fellows |
“Being in a corner can be scary: There’s no escape, it’s a trap. Professional boxers know it very well. Being in a corner is also a metaphor for exclusion and marginalization. The black church James Baldwin focuses on in The Amen Corner knows this experience very well.” Read more…
CHS 2020 Spring Fellows | Erika L. Weiberg
| April 3, 2020 | Posted by Moderator under Fellows |
CHS 2019-2020 Fellow Erika L. Weiberg shares a preview of her work and research as part of her fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Read more…
Online Open House | Disease and Social Order: The Plague Narratives of Thucydides and Lucretius, with Robert Cioffi
| April 2, 2020 | Posted by Moderator under CHS US Programs & Events |
We are excited to welcome Robert Cioffi of Bard College for an Online Open House on Thursday, April 2 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Read more…
Reading Tragedy Together When Sheltering Alone
| April 1, 2020 | Posted by Moderator under CHS US Programs & Events |
Join us online on Wednesday, April 1, at 3 PM EDT for the reading of Sophocles’ Philoktetes on the CHS YouTube channel. Read more…
CHS 2020 Spring Fellows | Matthew Simonton
| March 31, 2020 | Posted by Moderator under Fellows |
CHS 2019-2020 Fellow Matthew Simonton shares a preview of his work and research as part of his fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Read more…