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The Origins of the Center for Hellenic Studies
By (Author) Eric N. Lindquist
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
Historiography
938.0060753
Hardback
100
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
312g
A case study in American philanthropy, this book describes the beginnings of the Center for Hellenic Studies, a research institute established in 1961 in Washington, D.C. as an outpost of Harvard University. Each year eight post-doctoral fellows come from all over the world to live at the center and do research in ancient Greek literature, philosop