Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24 1. Introduction The coastline as a maritime cultural landscape is possibly the most dynamic geographic space related with human activity, an ever-changing natural and anthropogenic landscape and the main interface between the land and the sea. This study, which was generously supported by… Read more
Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24 The “Isiac gods” is a term used to describe a dozen divine figures that share the same origins and belong to the same mythological circle. These deities originated in the Nile valley and were found outside Egypt from the 4th century BCE onwards. Read more
Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023–24 The CHS Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Hellenic Studies has been a transformative experience in my academic journey. The fellowship has significantly facilitated my research by granting me access to Harvard University’s online databases and resources, by offering me considerable financial support, and by allowing me… Read more
Visiting Scholar in Comparative Cultural Studies 2023-24 Abstract This research project examines the interplay between global and local in the Greco-Roman Eastern Mediterranean, using the Egyptian gods and the Syrian Goddess in Hellenistic and Roman Macedonia as case studies.* It is part of a broader… Read more
CHS Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023–24 Strauss’ first reference to Xenophon can be found in a letter to his close friend Jacob Klein: “Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon are not historians […] but authors of exoteric, protreptic writings.” [1] The time in which he addresses… Read more
