ASCSA Summer Travel/Study Programs for 2024:
Summer Session (6-weeks, June 10 to July 24, 2024)
<https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/summer-session>
Summer Seminars (18-day programs)
<https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/summerseminars>:
Warrior Sailors, Traders, and Pirates: Aegean Islands Through the Ages (June 17 to
July 5, 2024)
Alexander to Actium: The Archaeology of Hellenistic Greece (July 11 to July 29, 2024)
Application deadline: January 8, 2024
*NEW* One online application form
<https://ascsa.submittable.com/submit/270462/ascsa-summer-program-application> to
apply for any (or all) of these three summer program offerings!
Scholarships available for all programs.
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ASCSA SUMMER SESSION
The Summer Session program of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is a
six-week travel study course designed for those who wish to become acquainted with Greece
and its major monuments, and to improve their understanding of the country’s landscape,
history, material culture, and literature from antiquity to the present.
The 2024 Summer Session runs from June 10 to July 24, 2024, and its Directors are
Professor Amelia R. Brown, of the University of Queensland, and Professor Amy C. Smith, of
the University of Reading.
Format: The ASCSA Summer Session has provided extensive exposure to Greece, ancient and
modern, for generations of students of Classics and related fields. It has a strong
academic component with participants researching and presenting topics on site and offers
unique opportunities to interact with eminent archaeologists in the field. Roughly half of
the session is spent in travel throughout Greece. Three trips give participants an
introduction to the major archaeological sites and museum collections throughout the
country. The remainder of the session is devoted to study of the museums and monuments of
Athens and the surrounding area with day trips to such sites as Marathon, Sounion, and
Eleusis. The Summer Session Program is designed to present a comprehensive view of
Greece’s rich history and archaeology. Participants should expect long days at sites and
museums, extensive walking on uneven and rocky terrain, and Mediterranean temperatures
well above 30ºC/86ºF for extended periods without ready access to shade. Prospective
applicants uncertain about their ability to participate in all program activities are
encouraged to contact the ASCSA office for more information.
Eligibility: Enrollment is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and to
high school teachers and college/university faculty of Classics and related subjects.
Enrollment is limited to twenty participants. The language of instruction is English.
ASCSA SUMMER SEMINARS
The Summer Seminars of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens are 18-day
programs that focus on specific cultural themes, historical periods, or geographical
regions. The Seminars are led by exceptional scholars of Classics and related fields.
Under their direction, participants study texts, visit archaeological sites and museums,
and engage with expert guest speakers in order to deepen their understanding of Greece’s
landscape, history, literature, and material culture.
For Summer 2024, the two seminars are:
Warrior Sailors, Traders, and Pirates: Aegean Islands Through the Ages (June 17 to July 5,
2024)
This seminar will discuss issues of insularity and connectivity in the Mediterranean, from
the Bronze Age to the 20th century. Using a mix of chronological (e.g., Iron Age networks
and colonization) and thematic approaches (e.g., raw materials and trade routes) the
course explores the islands in their multifaceted cultural roles as places of inhabitation
and worship, sources of desired raw materials, marketplaces, strategic locations during
the wars –from the Delian League to World War II– as well as paradise destinations of
modern tourism. The course will spend time around Athens and Euboea, the Cycladic islands,
and Crete. Taught by Professors Emilia Oddo (Tulane University) and Bice Peruzzi (Rutgers
University).
Alexander to Actium: The Archaeology of Hellenistic Greece (July 11 to July 29, 2024)
This age of cultural globalization that followed in the wake of Alexander’s campaigns saw
great developments in science, medicine, literature, art, and political organization. In
Greece these developments played out under the clouds of state violence and imperialism as
foreign powers fought for control of Greece or fought each other in Greece for control of
more expansive Mediterranean empires. Participants will explore the material remains of
the programs of construction and commemoration, explore how foreign powers exploited
important routes and garrisoned strategic areas to transform Greece into a landscape of
control, and explore the ways in which varied Greek polities negotiated these
transformations by exploring the history and archaeology of Northwest and Central Greece.
Taught by Professors Jake Morton (Carleton College) and Thomas C. Rose (Randolph-Macon
College).
Internationally known scholars of Greek history, art, and archaeology will participate as
guest lecturers in both seminars. Students are expected to give on-site reports, which
they will prepare in their home libraries before the program begins. The program is
designed to present a comprehensive view of Greece’s rich history and archaeology.
Participants should expect long days at sites and museums, extensive walking on uneven and
rocky terrain, and Mediterranean temperatures well above 30ºC/86ºF for extended periods
without ready access to shade. Prospective applicants uncertain about their ability to
participate in all program activities are encouraged to contact the ASCSA office for more
information.
Eligibility: Enrollment is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, as well
as to high school and college/university teachers of classics and related subjects. Each
seminar is limited to twenty participants. The language of instruction is English.
For more information, link here:
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/summer-session-and-seminars
<https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/summer-session-and-seminars>.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of
age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national or
ethnic origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation when considering
admission to any form of membership or application for employment.
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