Oxford Bibliographies: trial available from June 17 through July 31, 2024.
Read MoreOn Tuesday June 11th, 2024, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 hosted a garden party to welcome its new Summer Session students.
Read MoreThe American School is pleased to announce the release of its annual report covering the 2022-2023 academic year.
Read MoreOn Thursday, May 9, 2024, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 hosted its eight annual Gala. Over 350 guests enjoyed an evening replete with culture, education, and inspiration at the majestic Gotham Hall in New York City.
Read MoreRenowned classicist Emily Wilson captivated a full house on May 8 at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue in New York City, as she explored the theme of The Wisdom of Stories.
Read MoreWatch the short film about our exhibition entitled "In the Name of Humanity".
Read MoreWatch the recording of our symposium on "Orthodoxy and the Ottoman World around it"
Read MoreWatch the video archive of the concert by Natalia Geraki (flute), Apostolos Palios (piano), and Irini Karaianni, who performed works by Greek composers, born or raised in Alexandria, as well as compositions by Dimitri Mitropoulos, Argyris Kounadis, and Thodoros Antoniou, who were inspired by the poetry of the Alexandrian poet Constantine P. Cavafy.
Read MoreWatch a recording of our 2024 Annual Open Meeting
Read MoreIn conjunction with L. Rupprechts lecture The Renaissance Sappho on March 28, an exhibition in the Reading Room of the Gennadius Library showcases rare Renaissance editions of Sapphos poetry.
Read MoreThe Gennadius Library recently acquired an extremely rare book entitled the 峔峇PION TO峊 峊 . This is a psalter printed in 1584, probably in Venice by Giacomo Leoncini (fl. 1560-1589).
Read MoreWatch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
Read MoreWatch the video archive of the lecture with Professor Dimitris Kamouzis as he highlights briefly unknown aspects and grey areas of the aid provided by humanitarian organisations.
Read More窪蹋勛圖厙 is pleased to announce a new major gift fromDiana E. E. and Fred S. Kleiner: a room in Loring Hall named in honor of Hesperia.
Read MoreDirector of the Gennadius Library Maria Georgopoulou enthralled book collectors and classics fans with her recent talk at the illustrious Grolier Club on some of the Library's collection's important rare editions, fine bookbindings, and only known copies that belonged to Greek diplomat and bibliophile Joannes Gennadius (1844-1932).
Read MoreRead the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of the opening of the exhibition.
Read MoreRenowned classicist Emily Wilson lectured on The Vulnerability of Heroism to a capacity audience at Cotsen Hall, at the Gennadius Library, while thousands more watched online.
Read MoreHaris Kalligas, Director of the Gennadius Library from 1995 to 2004, died on September 24, 2023 at the age of 82. Her nine years as Director of the Library not only saw the renovation of the Gennadius and its surroundings, but also went far to shape the Librarys leading role in the intellectual and cultural life of Athens today.
Read MoreThe 窪蹋勛圖厙 is pleased to announce that a suite on the second floor of the McCredie House has been named in honor of Francis R. Walton.
Read MoreOn the occasion of the bestowal of the Gennadius Prize to Mark Mazower for his contribution to the study of the history of Modern Greece at the gala of the American School of Classical Studies in New York City on May 11, 2023, the American School is proud to present this new film.
Read MoreIra D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University and a member of the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library honored at Gotham Hall in New York City.
Read MoreBeata Maria Kitsikis-Panagopoulos was Kress Professor and Director of the Gennadius Library from 1982 to 1986. She died peacefully last week, 97 years old, in her beloved Paris.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of our annual Open meeting and learn about the important work that was carried out at the American School, for the past year, as well as the amazing new finds at the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.
Read MoreNew donations from the collections of Curtis Runnels reach the Gennadius Library: Newspapers from 1825-1834.
Read MoreOn February 23, Smyrna offers special honors to Saint Polycarp, a disciple of Saint John the Theologian, who is considered the first bishop of the city (in the 2nd century A.D.).
Read MoreThe American School is pleased to announce the release of its annual report covering the 2021-2022 academic year.
Read More峇ake a virtual tour of the exhibition "Books of Asia Minor. Cultural Traces of Asia Minor Hellenism [1764-1922]"
Read MoreWatch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
Read MoreRead the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of our lecture with Gail Holst-Warhaft.
Read MoreThe diplomat Antoine Galland informs us about books and book buying in Constantinople as well as the reading habits of the Ottomans in the 1672.
Read MoreMark Mazower has been selected as the next recipient of the prestigious Gennadius Prize. He will be honored in New York City at the May 2023 Gala of the 窪蹋勛圖厙.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of our lecture with Prof. David Ricks
Read MoreWatch the archive of our lecture with Bruce Clark for "The Economist"
Read MoreWatch our lecture with Prof. Jeffrey Olick
Read MoreAmong the wealth of historical information recorded by Western European travelers and analyzed in the digital platform TravelTrails, there is also information of medical interest including vaccination.
Read MoreThe Gennadius Library of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 will launch its 2023-24 Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series, featuring esteemed classicist and translator of Homer's "Odyssey," Emily Wilson.
Read MoreThe Gennadius Library has acquired a unique hand-drawn map of the siege of Candia (Herakleion) by the Ottomans in 1669 thanks to the generosity of its Board of Overseers.
Read MoreA very important document for the history of Greek education was recently acquired by the Gennadius library: a handwritten notebook (MSS 827.5) that belonged to Germanos (n矇 Niketas) Michaelos, a teacher born on the island of Syme in 1791.
Read More帢帢庥怷弇怷庛峸庰 怷 帣巹彖庰怷 庢 帤庣峎弇庰徆庢 怷 庥. 峎彖怷 帢弇怷帠庰怷弇怷, 峟帣庢 庰.. 怷 帢彖帢弇怷弮庰 庢彖 庣怷庣庥峸 庰徆峟弇庣徆庢 怷 怷帤峸帠庢庰 庢 庢弮庰庣彖峸 帢帠弮帢庣庥庢帢 怷 峎怷 庢 弇庢 怷 帢庣庥帢彖怷 庥帢庣 庣 峟庰庣 怷 弮庰 庢彖 弇弇峎帤帢.
Read MoreWatch the video of a lecture by Professor Harriet Blitzer and learn about the magical world of one of the most beautiful places on earth, the Perivoli or Baxes.
Read MoreIn remembrance of the life of Nick Bacopoulos (March 13, 1949 July 12, 2021), longtime Overseer and supporter of the Gennadius Library, his widow Calypso Gounti has donated to the Gennadeion important rare books.
Read MoreProfessor Curtis Runnels recently donated to the Gennadius Library a manuscript (MSS 891), containing a collection of legal texts dating to the second half of the 17th century or the beginning of the 18th century
Read MoreDue to the increase of Covid-19 cases and for the safety of us all, masks are strongly recommended in the premises of the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreThe world of Modern Greek studies is poorer since the passing of Peter Mackridge (March 12, 1946 June 16, 2022), Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek at the University of Oxford, Fellow of St Cross College, and a dear friend of the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreThe Encheiridion Methodikon is the very rare first edition of a Confession book written by Nikiphoros Paschaleus; it was printed in Venice by Antonio Pinelli in 1622.
Read MoreWatch our lecture with Professor Robert Ousterhout, and learn about the characteristic aspects of Helladic architecture and ask if we might view these within a broader geographical perspective, as participants in the global" Middle Ages.
Read MoreWatch a lecture on Konstantinos Kavafis, with Nuccion Ordine, Renata Lavagnini and Cristianno Luciani, that was organized by the Friends of the Gennadius Library, under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Greece.
Read MoreWatch our latest lecture, with Alexis Alexandris, organized by the Friends of the Gennadius Library and learn about the Greeks of Cappadocia.
Read MoreThe first musical lecture by the award-winning American ethnomusicologist Christopher C. King entitled "On the Margins of History: The Music of Greek Jewish Women in the Early 20th Century" was completed with great success. As a strategic partner, the Gennadius Library hosted the event in Cotsen Hall at the 窪蹋勛圖厙.
Read MoreWatch our lecture with Anne McCabe, and learn about Simon of Athens, a recognized authority during the 5th century BC, who was name-checked by Aristophanes, quoted reverently by Xenophon, and remembered for criticizing the painter Mikon for inaccurate representation of a horse's eyelashes.
Read MoreWatch the award-winning American ethnomusicologist, Christopher C. King, as he presents the untold stories and songs of the Romaniote Jewish singers from Ioannina. Amalia Vaka (Matsa), and the Sephardic Jewish singers from Thenassaliniki, Rosa Eskenazi and Stella Haskil.
Read MoreFrom Monday May 9, 2022, the Gennadius Library returns to its usual opening hours without the need of an appointment. Vaccination / infection certificate or temperature check is no longer required to access the Library. The use of a mask remains mandatory.
Read MoreWatch the latest Byzantine dialogues lecture, with Professor John Penniman, and learn how olive oil moved between medical, magical, and cultic contexts in the broader Greco-Roman world.
Read MoreDr. Peter Frankopan presented his second Thalia Potamianos lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreGreek Printing Presses during the Revolution of 1821: the exhibition traces the trajectory of printing in Revolutionary Greece based on the collections of the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreWatch the opening lecture of our new virtual exhibition on Heinrich Schliemann, with Dr. Michaela Zavadil, and learn about Schliemann's excavations in Greece.
Read MoreTake a virtual tour of the exhibition "The Free and the Brave: American Philhellenes and the 'Glorious Struggle of the Greeks' (17761866)"
Read MoreWatch our latest video with Professor Kotsonas to learn the fascinating story of Pirate Mermelechas, a semi-legendary hero of Mykonos in 1827.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar organized by Gennadius Library and learn more about how many of Greece's key ideological and political struggles from the First World War to the present have been played out through and around shifting historical interpretations of 1821.
Read MoreWatch the video of archive from our inspirational lecture with Gonda Van Steen and Mary Cardaras, regarding the adoption movement of Greece in 1948 - 1968
Read MoreWatch the latest webinar, organized by the Friends of the Gennadius Library
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar with Professor Hostetler and learn about the weaponization of relics in Byzantium.
Read More帢帢庥怷弇怷庛峸庰 怷 帣巹彖庰怷 庢 庰彖帤庣帢峟怷帢 帤庣峎弇庰徆庢 怷 庢弮峸庢 彖彖巹怷, 庰庣庥峎 弮庰 怷 峇峎弮帢 怷 庛彖怷 庥帢庣 庢彖 弮彖峸弮庢 怷 '21 帢 彖庣帢 庢 帤庣庥帢怷巹帢.
Read More峇怷 怷庰巹怷 峇怷帠帢巹帢, 帤庣怷帠峎彖庰 庣 9 & 10 庥帣巹怷, 彖峟帤庣怷 帠庣帢 庢彖 弮帣怷弇峸 怷 峇怷 庢彖 帢彖峎帢庢 怷 1821. 峉怷 彖峟帤庣怷 弮弮庰庰巹庰 庥帢庣 庢 庣庥庰帢弇峸 庣帣弇庣怷庛庢庥峎庣怷 庢 庰彖彖帢帤庰巹怷 庣帣弇庣怷庛峸庥庢, 庣峸彖庢 峉怷弇怷弮彖巹帤庢.
Read More帢帢庥怷弇怷庛峸庰 庢彖 怷弇 庰彖帤庣帢峟怷帢 帤庣峎弇庰徆庢 弮庰 怷彖 帢帠庣庢 峇怷彖庣庥庣庢, 庥帢庛庢帠庢峸 庛庰巹帢 庢 帢庣庰庥怷彖庣庥峸 怷 庛彖庣庥 庰帣庰庣怷 怷弇庰彖庰巹怷 帠庣帢 怷 怷 庢 帢彖峎帢庢, 庥帢庣 弮峎庛庰庰 帢 峎彖帢 帠庣帢 庣 怷峎庰庣 庥帢帢庥庰峸 怷 弮彖庢弮庰巹怷 帢怷.
Read More帢帢庥怷弇怷庛峸庰 怷 帣巹彖庰怷 帢 庢彖 帤庣帢帤庣庥帢庥峸 庤峸庢庢 帠庣帢 怷 1821, 弮庰 庢彖 弮弮庰怷峸 彖 庥帢庛庢帠庢庣彖 怷 帢彖庰庣峸弮庣怷 怷 峟庥弇庰, 帢巹帢 帢怷帤庢 庥帢庣 峓庣巹彖帢 峖巹弇庣怷 庥帢庛 庥帢庣 怷 帢巹彖怷 峉帢庢帠庣峎彖彖庢, 庣庰庛彖峸 庰彖彖 怷 彖庣怷怷 庰怷帠庰庣帢庥彖 峉怷帤彖 怷 帤弮帢怷 峇庰彖怷弇怷帠巹帢 庥帢庣 庰彖帢 怷 峞峟庛弮彖怷.
Read MoreWatch the recording of our 39th Annual Walton Lecture with Professor Greenblatt
Read MoreA capacity crowd attended Cotsen Hall and thousands more watched online as Dr. Peter Frankopan delivered his first lecture of the Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series.
Read MoreThe Byroniana collection of the Gennadius Library that focuses on Lord Byron, contains a valuable testimony from Messolonghi: a very rare issue of the newspaper The Greek Chronicles (issue 29) that announces his death.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that as of Monday June 14, both Gennadius and Blegen Library will be open for registered users, by appointment.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar with Professor Santelli and learn how humanitarian aid to Greece, following the Greek Revolution of 1821, initially became an appropriate outlet for women and later played a key role in the abolitionist movement.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar with Vangelis Raptopoulos and travel through the beautiful allegories that we find in the texts of Nikos Kazantzakis. *The webinar is in Greek.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar that was organized by the Association of the Friends of the Gennadius Library, with Dr. Dimakopoloulou.
Read MoreWatch our the latest webinar by Gennadius Library with Professor Gallant, and learn about the critical role played by a small group of Greek children who had been relocated from the war-torn eastern Mediterranean to the US during the 1820s.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar with Professor Drpic and learn more about the restoration of icons in the premodern world.
Read MoreUpcoming exhibition will be held in the Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library from May 25, 2021, to December 12, 2021.
Read MoreThe Makriyannis paintings are an important treasure of the Gennadius Library that give us the opportunity to revisit the worldviews of General Makriyannis.
Read MoreThe Gennadius Library recently acquired from Vergos Auctions another Venetian rare first edition of the 17th century.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar from Gennadius Library, with Professor Koulouri and learn more about the he process of the creation of a "historical gallery" for 1821, as the dominant visual narrative of the major event of Greek national history.
Read MoreThanks to the generosity and support of the Schwarz Foundation the Gennadius Library is pleased to announce two new fellowships for study at the Gennadius Library: the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music and the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Urban Architecture. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2021.
Read MoreWatch the latest webinar organised by the Philoi with Mr. Kourkoulas, and learn about the ecumenical patriarchate in Constantinople during the post cold war years.
Read MoreThe Gennadius Library recently acquired the 17th-century first Greek editions of two liturgical texts.
Read MoreIt is with great sadness that I report the passing of Cyril Alexander Mango on February 8, 2021.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar with Prof. Alexander Alexakis and learn just how much fun it was to be an intellectual in Justinian's Constantinople.
Read MoreWorld-renowned historian and award-winning author will present lectures entitled Global Greece: A History.
Read MoreWatch our latest webinar with Prof. Koray Durak and learn more about the fascinating world of commercial relations between Byzantium and the Near East in the central Middle Ages. The purpose of this talk is to discuss the commodities exchanged, the merchants who traded them, and the routes that these merchants used to travel within a framework organized by political structures.
Read MoreOur latest webinar from Gennadius Library, about the fruitless proposals of building a Panhellenic heroon, is now available for viewing online. *Webinar is in Greek.
Read MoreDid you know about a secret society, called "Organization of Constantinople" - "帠峎彖庣 彖帢彖庣彖怷弇庰". Watch a very interesting webinar with Aikaterini Boura and Natasha Lemos and learn more about this secret society that promoted the ideal of dialogue and collaboration of the peoples of the Ottoman Empire. *The webinar is in Greek
Read MoreNew Greek interface offers easier access to incunabula database.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of our annual Open Meeting, that was held in a new virtual format. Jenifer Neils, the Director of the School, was joined, for the first time, by members of the academic staff, in a discussion on the Schools diverse initiatives.
Read MoreWatch the 3rd episode of the Byzantine Dialogues by Gennadius Library with Baukje van den Berg and learn about Eustathios of Thessaloniki on Homer and Excellent Oratory.
Read MoreOn the occasion of Baukje van den Berg's webinar on Eustathios of Thessaloniki (November 24, 2020), watch a short video on one of the treasures of the Gennadius Library.
Read MoreInterested to know more about the Red Monastery Church, located in the Egyptian desert? Watch our latest, Byzantine Dialogues webinar, with Professor Elizabeth Bolman as she discusses this remarkable conservation project.
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