Ancient Greece

Angelos Chaniotis, current Faculty in the School of Historical Studies, discusses the significance of Pope Francis' recent decision to donate fragments of the Parthenon sculptures held by the Vatican to Greece, and looks at whether this serves as an example for the British Museum to take similar action.

Christian Habicht, a celebrated historian of the Hellenistic period and leading authority on Greek epigraphy, died at the age of 92 on the morning of August 6, 2018, in Princeton, New Jersey. He was Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical...

Glen W. Bowersock, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, reviews Josephine Crawley Quinn's In Search of the Phoenicians for the New York Review of Books, writing, "What people call themselves speaks to us memorably about their...

In a ceremony held at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on March 7, 2018, Angelos Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, received the title of Doctor honoris causa in recognition of his contribution to the study of the...

The exhibition, A World of Emotions: Greece, 700 BC-200 AD, co-curated by Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Ancient History and Classics in the School of Historical Studies; Nikolaos Kaltsas, Director Emeritus at the National Archeological Museum in...

Angelos Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, joins Alexander Nehamas, Professor of the Humanities and of Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Princeton University, and New York Public Radio host Leonard Lopate, to discuss...

The exhibition "A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 B.C. – 200 A.D.," curated by Angelos Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, and currently on view at the Onassis Cultural Center, was featured on Channel Thirteen's NYC-ARTS...

The ancient Greeks were well acquainted with representing intense emotions . . . Love, hate, joy, sadness, fear, pity, confidence, jealousy, and hope are some of the emotions reflected in the pieces on display in “A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece...

The main body of the catalogue is general essays about emotions in antiquity, the middle ages and modern neuro-sciences, as well as essays dedicated to the main sections of the exhibition (The Art of Emotions, the Spaces of Emotions, Conflicting...