Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2024–25 Introduction In an era marked by the redefinition of education, social inclusion, and cultural participation, the issue of access to culture gains special significance—particularly for vulnerable populations such as incarcerated individuals. The MuTourIn project, which was formed as part of a broader postdoctoral… Read more
Fellow in Philhellenism 2024–25 Introduction The fellowship from the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University offered me an exceptional opportunity to explore a field that, for various reasons, remains largely unknown. This is the philhellenic movement that developed, not as a result of the Greek revolution of 1821, but… Read more
Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2024–25 Introduction The primary objective of my postdoctoral research, conducted under the auspices of the 2024–2025 CHS Fellowship, is to deepen our understanding of Minoan cooking traditions and to reconstruct the sociocultural dimensions of cooking practices on Crete during the second millennium BC. This… Read more
Despite appearances, interpreting Plato’s Republic as abolishing the household (oikos) for the Auxiliaries and the Guardians or treating them as one big household are both perfectly legitimate and actually not mutually incompatible interpretations. [1] Either way, the oikos demonstrably plays a central part in Plato’s… Read more
Introduction During my tenure at the Center for Hellenic Studies, I carried out research related to a book project exploring the impacts of rapid climate change ( sensu Holmes et al. 2011) on Athens during the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age transition (ca. 1300–700 BCE). The resources of… Read more
