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Hellenic Studies

The Seeger Center at Princeton University is an interdisciplinary community for the study of the Greek world from antiquity to the present.

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Princeton Athens Center

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The Reception of Ancient Philosophers in Early Modern France
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The Reception of Ancient Philosophers in Early Modern France

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By Jiani (Stephanie) Fan

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Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year
2026
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The Moods of Early Russian Art
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The Moods of Early Russian Art

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By Justin Willson

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The University of Chicago Press
Publication Year
2026
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Architecture and Sacred Landscape in Byzantium
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Architecture and Sacred Landscape in Byzantium: Making Prodromos Monastery on Mount Menoikeion

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By Nikolas Bakirtzis

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BAR Publishing
Publication Year
2025
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Curating the Commons
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Curating the Commons: Socially Engaged Public Art

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By Aikaterini (Katia) Arfara 

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University of Michigan Press
Publication Year
2025
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The Architect and the Animal
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The Architect and the Animal

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Edited by Kostas Tsiambaos

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MIT Press
Publication Year
2025
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Retrospective Columns
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Retrospective Columns: Ionic Capitals and Perceptions of the Past in Greek Architecture

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By Samuel Holzman

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Princeton University Press
Publication Year
2025
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 Living at the Margins African Peasants in an Age of Extremes 300 – 900 CE
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Living at the Margins: African Peasants in an Age of Extremes 300 – 900 CE

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By Paolo Tedesco

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Hiersemann
Publication Year
2025
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The Insular Worlds of Byzantium, ca. 550–ca. 900
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The Insular Worlds of Byzantium, ca. 550–ca. 900

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By Luca Zavagno

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Arc Humanities Press
Publication Year
2025
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C.P. Cavafy in the English and American Literary Scenes: Authorizing the Other
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C.P. Cavafy in the English and American Literary Scenes: Authorizing the Other

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By Foteini Dimirouli

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Oxford University Press
Publication Year
2025
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COURSES: FALL 2026

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Congratulations, Class of 2026!

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From left: Nadia Makuc, Olivia Lechner, Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies Jack Tannous, Joe Silva, Daniel Kaiser and Jack Geld. Photo by Chris Twiname.

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Samuel Holzman discusses Greek art and archaeology in "Exploring Art History" podcast interview

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Princeton professor Samuel Holzman (left) and graduate student Eirini Spyropoulou use L-squares to measure a block of the ancient limestone wall at the American Excavations Samothrace, Greece.

Photo by Kirstin Ohrt

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Alan Stahl retires after 22 years as Princeton's curator of numismatics

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Byzantine numismatics cataloger Elena Baldi and Alan Stahl view Hellenic coins at Princeton University Library. Photo by Catherine Curan.

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Teresa Shawcross and Will Stroebel are co-winners of the Mediterranean Seminar's 2026 book prize

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Early-career scholars based in Greece, Princeton, and Turkey Collaborate on Digital Numismatics Research

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Early-career scholars from universities in Greece and Turkey visit the Seeger Center to share research on medieval coins. 

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Students and Mentors Convene at the Center's Eighteenth International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies

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Students and Seeger Center postdoctoral fellows at the International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies. Photo by Monique Joseph. 

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Senior Joe Silva awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship for study at the University of Oxford

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Seniors Nadia Makuc and Joe Silva at the Seeger Center's senior thesis colloquium.

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History in Hand: Numismatics Training Sparks Hellenic Studies Graduate Students’ Research

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Students at the Hellenic Studies Graduate Reading Group examine medieval coins. Photo by Catherine Curan.

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Greek learning, Arabic afterlives, and 'meta' modern Greece: research spotlight on the Center's postdoctoral fellows, 2025-26

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The Center's 2025-26 postdoctoral fellows: Samet Budak, Stefano Di Pietrantonio, and Claudio Russello. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy. 

Upcoming Events

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PITHOS (Princeton-Ioannina-Thessaly On-Site Seminars) - Graduate Student Exchange Program 2026
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Lecture: Alexander Mazarakis-Ainian, "From Rulers Dwellings to Temples, Thirty Years On"
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CSLA Lecture: Christian C. Sahner, "Was Lebanon a Mountain Refuge? The View from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages"
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CSLA Lecture: Nicola Aravecchia, "Christian Landscapes in Egypt’s Western Desert: New Archaeological Evidence from Dakhla Oasis"
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One of the most exciting intellectual communities in Princeton—incorporating an extraordinary breadth and depth of disciplines rooted in Hellenic Studies.
Marina S. Brownlee, Robert Schirmer Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature
The Center promotes, maintains, and enhances an intimate linkage between scholarship, higher education, and global research communities with university resources for archives, museums, and special collections. In so doing, the Center plays a critical role in advancing the study of ancient and modern Greece in a transnational, cross-disciplinary and diachronic perspective.
Lidia Santarelli, Librarian, Modern Greek Specialty
This summer, I had the opportunity to experience modern monastic life in a Byzantine Monastery, visit a number of historical sites of interest, work on my research, and most of all, improve my modern Greek abilities.
Joseph Glynias, Graduate Student, History
The trip to the Mt Menoikeion Monastery was life-changing for me. It gave a new dimension of meaning to my work and to my life.
Alex Baron-Raiffe, Graduate Student, French and Italian
The Seeger Center leaves an impression on its visitors and members that our goals and aspirations not only are possible, but within our reach.
Nikitas Tampakis, Undergraduate Student, Class of 2014
My home away from home and a center that connects people studying any aspects of the Hellenic world.
Richard Calis, Graduate Student, History
Many appreciate coming to Princeton to conduct their research in our Center, and we enjoy learning from these scholars as well.
Monique Joseph, Office Coordinator EMAIL: [email protected]
A truly thriving place where many specialists in the field of Hellenic Studies with different backgrounds can develop their best their work and research.
Anna Calia, Ted and Elaine Athanassiades Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2017-2018
When I came to Princeton, I was looking for a home and 15 years later, The Seeger Center is still my home!
Chris Twiname, Administrative Coordinator, Graduate and Undergraduate Administrator EMAIL: [email protected]
Thanks to the generosity of the Stanley J. Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies I had the chance to do research in Athens and Naxos from July 27 to August 7. During this time, I could visit several archaeological sites and museums, and get to know the geographical context of the archaeological remains… This offers the possibility of an interesting new line of investigation.
Marc Domingo Gygax, Professor of Classics
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