Summer Institute: Graduate Student Workshop on Ancient Greek Tragedy - aTHENS, GREECE
JULY 1–6, 2024

OVERVIEW:

This week-long workshop will bring together a small group of graduate students from Princeton University and Greek universities for a week of study of ancient Greek tragedy as text, matter, and performance. The workshop will be based at the Princeton Athens Center for Research and Hellenic Studies. Five days of intensive reading and discussion in Athens, will be followed by an excursion to the Athens-Epidaurus Festival for site visits and performances.

This year, the focus will be Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis (due to be performed at the Epidaurus Festival). The program will be led by Professors Joshua Billings and Katerina Stergiopoulou (Princeton University) and Professor Ioanna Karamanou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), with further invited guests to be confirmed. Students will be expected to collaborate on presenting a portion of the text for group discussion.

All participants are expected to command Ancient Greek at an advanced level, and the language of discussion will be English.

Tuition for the program is free, and all participants will receive a certificate of participation.  All graduate student participants will be required to submit a report on the workshop by July 31, 2024.

Travel, Accommodation, Funding

Princeton students: Students are expected to use travel funding available in their home departments.

Students at Greek Universities:  Travel expenses (home institution/place of residence to Athens) will be covered by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies.

Students requiring accommodation in Athens will be housed in double rooms at a nearby hotel. All program expenses in Athens and Epidaurus (including transport, local accommodation and performance tickets) will be covered by the Workshop, along with opening and closing group meals.