CYA Trustee and alumnus, Nicholas Hatsopoulos, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, presented the second illuminating discussion in the fall season of CYA’s Virtual Lecture Series.

After a series of fascinating virtual lectures over the summer, CYA has renewed its Virtual Lecture Series for the fall season. The first riveting lecture featured CYA Trustee Emeritus, Professor John McK. Camp II, Director of the Athenian Agora Excavations at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. CYA professor of archaeology John Karavas facilitated the discussion.

Recently, CYA was featured in an article in both Greek and English titled “College Year in Athens an Enduring Institution,” in the newspaper Kathimerini.

On Wednesday, July 22, CYA’s Virtual Lecture Series hosted former faculty and long term advisor, Michael Herzfeld,  the Ernest E. Monrad Research Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University for a presentation on “Stereotypes and Realities: Reflections from Rural Greece.” 

On Wednesday, July 15, Dr.Christine Kondoleon, CYA trustee and the George D. and Margo Behrakis Chair, Department of Art of Ancient Greece and Rome at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and Dr. Phoebe Segal (CYA ‘98), the Mary Bryce Comstock Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, offered a virtual tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s rich collection of significant works of Greek art.

Although international travel is not an option for many at the moment, followers of CYA Professor Robert Pitt were able to journey to Athens through the eyes of travelers from antiquity to the nineteenth century  during his lecture Travels to Athens from Cyriac to Baedeker  on Wednesday 8 July 2020. The lecture, which is part of CYA’s Virtual Lecture Series, highlighted the rich history of travel and tourism in Greece through the study of travel writing from many different periods. The lecture was moderated by CYA Professor Christine Harrison, who offers a course in travel writing.