Directors’ Welcome
Welcome to the Center for Hellenic Studies at UC San Diego.
As the incoming co-directors of the Center for Hellenic Studies, we would like to thank Seth Lerer for his stewardship of the Center during the difficult past two years. Although the Center's events were all remote, we were able to support faculty and student projects, including awarding travel fellowships to five students who studied in Greece in 2022, supporting graduate students, and featuring our faculty's research.
We are excited to be able to bring back some in-person programming this year. We hope that you will join us for the annual Ranglas and Vassiliadis lectures and other events. We have also added several categories of fellowships for undergraduates to support their research endeavors, engage them in faculty research projects, and award their outstanding work. And we also have some new affiliated faculty members, who recently joined the UC San Diego's Philosophy Department.
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, and Canada, 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.
We hope to see you at our events soon.
Denise Demetriou, Co-Director and Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Chair in Ancient Greek History
Ed Watts, Co-Director and Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair in Byzantine History
