On Wednesday, 30 June, CYA hosted a virtual discussion between scholars Mary Lefkowitz and Barbara Weiden Boyd on “The Future of Classics.”  It was a fitting time for the dialogue, as the field of classics has faced an eventful year. An estimated ten programs have closed at universities worldwide, and Princeton University’s classics program recently attracted attention for its choice to make Greek and Latin requirements optional for majors. 

On Wednesday, 17 March, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, CYA had the pleasure of co-hosting, together with the Consulate General of Greece in Boston, a celebratory lecture under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Washington.

Dr. Alexander Kitroeff, Professor of History at Haverford College and a Member of CYA’s Academic Advisory Roundtable, was invited as a guest speaker to discuss the American philhellenic movement during the Greek Revolution. 

The 3^rd Annual CYA Student Conference “The Iconography of Power: Art, Politics, Propaganda & Religion in the Mediterranean across Time” took place on May 2-3, 2019.

The conference stimulated a broad-based and multi-disciplinary discussion on the fundamental role of images in shaping ideologies, beliefs, and identities. The temporal focus of the papers extended from the 5th c. BCE to the present, and topics ranged from the study of statues and monumental structures to examination of modern day photographs and feminist graffiti daubed on the walls of contemporary Athens.

This 3rd student conference involved a record number of participants, and its success proves that an event which started as an academic experiment has now become a CYA institution.

The Urban Realities of Athens – Keynote Speech at CYA’s 2nd Annual Student Conference

We are pleased to invite you to the lecture “A Short History of Greece’s Modern Past” by Stathis N. Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science at Yale University. This public lecture will take place on Wednesday 5 April at 7.00 p.m. in the CYA Auditorium.