Director's Welcome

Welcome to the Center for Hellenic Studies at UC San Diego!

As I enter my second year as director, I am thrilled about the year ahead. We have much to look forward to: a busy Fall Quarter of programming, expanded institutional partnerships, and our continued work supporting undergraduates interested in the Greek world. 

Our programming this year puts that dynamism on fine display. Whether the modern resonances of an ancient Greek author, the continued inspiration that modern poets draw from Classical Greece, or the lessons to be learned from modern Greek history, there is something to be gained from giving Greece our time and critical attention. I am excited to continue to work with our neighbors to the north, UCLA, to help build Southern California as a burgeoning place to discuss the Greek world and its resonances. Especially in a time of uncertainty in higher education, the study of the Greek world and its complex legacy remain more essential than ever. The enthusiasm our undergraduates continue to show for things Greek is wonderful proof of the vibrancy of our community here at UCSD.

The Center for Hellenic Studies at UC San Diego offers a unique way to examine the history, culture and physical remains of over 3,000 years of Greek history.  The Center is a vibrant modern forum that fosters an intellectual community nationally and internationally, where local and international faculty, researchers, and students can collaborate and study the Hellenic world. Our affiliated faculty members and graduate students are housed in the History, Literature, Philosophy, Anthropology, Political Science, and Theater and Dance Departments, we have partnerships with institutions in Greece, Italy, Israel, China, Canada, and New Zealand, and we often host visiting scholars from other countries. Our work at the Center embraces history and literature, digital scholarship, and the history of ideas and sciences in the ancient and the modern Greek-speaking world. 

I hope to see you at our events soon.

Edward Kelting, Director and Associate Professor of Mediterranean Studies