Past Events

Professor Dimitris Papazachariou (University of Patras) re-examines the classic North–South divide in Greek dialects, revealing how new acoustic data challenge long-held linguistic boundaries.

Professor Gregory Jusdanis (Ohio State University) discusses the new biography Alexandrian Sphinx and how life-writing illuminates the enigmatic poet Constantine Cavafy.

Join poet Phoebe Giannisi and translator Brian Sneeden for the launch of Goatsong — a lyrical journey through myth, body, and transformation in Greek poetry.

Professor Andrej Petrovic presents a newly discovered verse-inscription from late Archaic Teos that sheds fresh light on Anacreon and the interplay between poetry, inscription, and performance.

Dr Andromache Karanika examines the figure of Danaë across myth, poetry, and performance, exploring how her shifting portrayals illuminate the interplay between maternal voice, genre, and Greek theatrical tradition.

Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, Director of CCGS, is the keynote speaker at this ground-breaking event, 

the first Summer School of the School of Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), on the island of Chios, titled: “Humanities: The School of Philosophy of NKUA Meets Society.” 13th to 18th July, 2025

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, the University of Ljubljana, and the Ohio State University are pleased to announce the 2025 International Modern Greek Seminar for Classicists

Professor Georgios Kritikos (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Harokopio University, Attica) explores the role of demotic Greek in shaping national identity, social integration of the Greek diaspora in interwar Asia Minor.

Prof Roberta Mazza discusses academic complicity in illegal papyrus trafficking, explored in her book Stolen Fragments, with a panel of experts

Prof. Felix Budelmann and Dr Saskia Peels-Matthey (both Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,) explore divine hospitality, sacred rituals, and the complex ways mortals envisioned sharing a table with the divine.