Summer 2024

PITHOS

Dates: May-September 2024

PITHOS (Princeton-Ioannina-Thessaly On-Site Seminars) is a collaboration of faculty at Princeton University, the University of Ioannina, and the University of Thessaly that aims to foster intellectual collaboration and exchange among scholars of ancient Greek art and archaeology. Every academic year, three…

Nature of Light Workshop

Dates: June 17-20, 2024

What is light? Although it is all around us, light’s true nature remained hidden from scientists for thousands of years. Since ancient times, many theories were developed and then challenged, modified, or abandoned, until Einstein proposed the currently accepted quantum model. But how did these scientists come up…

Classical Philosophy Workshop

Dates: July 8 to 12, 2024, Crete, Greece.

Title: “Aristotle, Poetics 1-16”

The 2024 summer workshop on Aristotle will take place from Monday, July 8th to Friday, July 12th, in Plakias, Crete, Greece.

The general topic of the workshops is Aristotle’s philosophy of nature, very broadly conceived, but in some years the group…

Global Seminar: Other Greeks, Another Greece

Dates: June 29–August 10, 2024

For travelers from the 19th century to today, the word “Greece” has evoked images of natural beauty, a landscape studded with ancient ruins, churches full of incense and Byzantine icons, the sounds and rhythms of ‘traditional’ music and dance. In recent years, these stereotypes have served as a counterpoint…

Summer 2023

Student Workshop, Meteora: A Unesco World Heritage Site

This eight day intensive interdisciplinary workshop, under the aegis of the Diocesan Academy of Theological and Historical Studies of the Holy Meteora, convened up to twenty graduate students from Princeton University and universities in Greece. The workshop introduced students to the rich heritage of the monastic community of Meteora,…

Classical Philosophy Reading Group

The general topic of the workshops was Aristotle’s philosophy of nature, very broadly conceived, but in some years the group tackles Aristotle’s ethical and political works.


The program aimed to give graduate students from different academic backgrounds the opportunity to collaborate closely and intensively with one another in an…

Mt. Menoikeion Seminar 2023: “Beyond the Monastic Gate: Sacred Landscapes and Socioeconomic Networks”

This year’s Mt. Menoikeion seminar will bring together a small group of Princeton students to explore the interconnected monastic and secular networks of northern Greece.  While our focus will be on the history, archaeology, art and architecture of the Monastery of St. John Prodromos (St. John the Baptist) and its surroundings, we will…

PITHOS - Graduate Exchange Program

PITHOS (Princeton-Ioannina-Thessaly On-Site Seminars) is a collaboration of faculty at Princeton University, the University of Ioannina, and the University of Thessaly that aims to foster intellectual collaboration and exchange among scholars of ancient Greek art and archaeology.

Summer Excavation In Greece: ART 304, Archaeology In The Field

A hands on experience in the archaeological field.

Global Seminar: A Land Of Light And Shadows: Modern Greek Literature And Photography

This seminar, based in Athens, traces the history of the relation between Modern Greek literature and photography. Students interacted with renowned Greek photographers and enrolled in weekly photography workshops.