You are here American School of Classical Studies at Athens The Acrocorinth looking south into the Peloponnese, with American School students on top of the Frankish Tower. Photo taken by Regular Member Lucas Stephens. research | 1 4 7 11 19 16 AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS ANNUAL REPORT c 2014–2015 3 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT, MANAGING COMMITTEE CHAIR, AND DIRECTOR 4 ACADEMICS 7 ARCHAEO LOGICAL FIELDWORK 11 RESEARCH FACILITIES 16 OUTREACH 19 LECTURES AND EVENTS 20 U.S. ACTIVITIES 23 GOVERNANCE 24 STAFF, FACULTY, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL 28 COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 31 DONORS 34 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Q and g indicate special digital content 2 | research ABOUT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS The American School of Classical Studies at Athens was established in 1881 by a consortium of nine Ameri- can universities to foster the study of Greek thought and life and to enhance the education and experience of scholars seeking to become teachers of Greek. Since then it has become the leading American research and teaching institution in Greece, and indeed it is the largest of all the American overseas research centers. Today, the School pursues a multifaceted mission to advance knowledge of Greece from antiquity to the present day, including its connections with other areas of the ancient and early modern world, by training young scholars, conducting and promoting archaeological fieldwork, providing resources for scholarly work, and disseminating research. The ASCSA is also charged by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports with primary responsibility for all American archaeological research, and is actively engaged in supporting the investigation, preservation, and presentation of Greece’s cultural heritage. The American School operates under the stewardship of its Board of Trustees, the guidance of its Managing Committee, representing 192 affiliated North American institutions of higher learning, and the leadership of its Director in Athens and its Executive Director in Princeton. This report covers the academic year 2014–2015, summarizing the School’s accomplishments in education, excavation, research, publication, and outreach. research | 3 Message from the Board President, Managing Committee Chair, and Director The American School took many steps portant position not only considerable Halai and Kommos were developing during fiscal year 2014–15 to build on skills in administration, communica- their own master plans, and in Mt. its position as a leading center for re- tion, marketing, and development, but Lykaion, a fourth trail was opened in search and study of the Hellenic world. also a personal passion for Hellenic cul- the Parrhasian Heritage Park. In April, Foremost was the start of two ture. His father emigrated from Greece the ASCSA and the Archaeological In- construction projects that will trans- and gave his children an abiding appre- stitute of America held a workshop form the School. After two decades of ciation for their Greek heritage. George on “Telling the Story at Multiperiod being housed in the basement of the is fluent in the modern Greek language Sites,” which presented case studies and main building, the new Malcolm H. and proficient in ancient Greek as well. problems of preparing archaeological Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Panagiotis (Takis) Karkanas, a senior sites for presentation to visitors. Science broke ground in fall 2014. This geologist from the Greek Ministry of A highlight of the year’s event pro- new facility will have state-of-the-art Culture, was also hired as new Director gramming was the Gennadius Library’s laboratories for sampling and analyz- of the Wiener Laboratory in September exhibition and lectures on Ottoman ing materials, new storage for collec- 2014. His efforts to establish collabora- Athens. Supplementing those programs tions, and plenty of space for study and tions with other institutions and proj- were many tours through Ottoman collaboration. The West Wing renova- ects come at a key time for the lab. In Athens led by experts. Another stand- tion and expansion of the Gennadius addition, Kevin Daly, long associated out event was the first-ever conference Library, begun in July of 2014, opens with excavations at the Agora, became on the prehistory of Athens and Attica up the library to the general public our new Mellon Professor and Linny held at Cotsen Hall cosponsored by the by providing new exhibition space Schenck, who held several senior staff Ministry of Culture, the University of for exciting new programming. Ad- positions at Princeton University Press, Athens, and the Museum of Cycladic ditional much-needed storage space for was hired as Director of Publications. Art. This international conference our expanding collections and archives Other new staff can be found through- included a comprehensive presentation will ensure their preservation. out this report. of 60 papers and 20 posters. Several staff additions marked 2014– In excavations, the year could All this activity sets the stage for 15. A new Executive Director, George be characterized as one focusing a banner year to come. We thank all Orfanakos, was hired in March 2015 on heritage management. Ancient those who have supported the work of to oversee our Princeton office and will Corinth developed a master plan the School through philanthropy and work to engage people worldwide with outlining ways of conserving and pre- express our sincere gratitude for your the activities and mission of the Ameri- senting that site and the surrounding continued support of our mission. can School. George brings to this im- area. At our affiliated excavations, Robert A. McCabe Jenifer Neils James C. Wright President, Board of Trustees Chair, Managing Committee Director of the School 4 | ACADEMICS raining young scholars is at the field visits to major archaeological range of archaeological sites, at which heart of the American School’s sites of the Greek world, seminars and they studied inscriptions, identified mission, with its academic workshops presented by School faculty various architectural features, and Tprogram encompassing Greece and the and other School staff members, and presented site reports on the history Greek diaspora. Widely recognized as hands-on training in archaeological and finds of each place they visited. the most significant resource in Greece techniques at the School’s excavations Trips to Northern Greece and Central for North American scholars of ancient at Ancient Corinth. In this immersive Greece, led by Mellon Professor Daly, and post-classical Greek studies, the environment, Regular Program Mem- included a few unusual stops, such School supports a multidisciplinary bers benefited from the intellectual as the bread museum at Amphikleia approach to Hellenic studies, encom- generosity and diverse expertise of and the Arkitsa fault; other highlights passing the fields of archaeology, an- School personnel, excavators in the included an overview of the new finds thropology, the archaeological sciences, field, and the numerous researchers and at Kasta Hill in Amphipolis, delivered topography, architecture, epigraphy, scholars connected with the School, as by lead architect Michalis Lefantzis, numismatics, history, art, language, well as the vibrant academic commu- and a preview of the new installation at literature, philosophy, religion, and nity of the greater Athens area. the Thebes Museum, thanks to Ephor cultural studies. The program’s four customary Fall Alexandra Charami. Guy Sanders took The School, through its Regular and Trips, led by School faculty, covered the students to the Deep Peloponnese, Summer Programs, provides students, much of mainland Greece and pro- while Jim Wright led the students teachers, and scholars from North vided students with exposure to a wide through the Argolid and the Corinthia. America and elsewhere an opportunity for unparalleled immersion into the sites and monuments of Hellenic civili- zation and the culture of Greece. The Regular Program During academic year 2014–15, the School conducted a challenging and broad-based academic program under the leadership of School Director James C. Wright (Bryn Mawr Col- lege) and the oversight of Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies Kevin F. Daly (Bucknell University). Sixteen graduate students representing 14 institutions were admitted to the program; 13 of these students received support from School fellowships. The Wiener Laboratory Director Takis Karkanas (kneeling) talks about stratigraphy nine-month Regular Program featured at Corinth, part of a new initiative to engage students in archaeological science. The School welcomed new Mellon Professor Kevin academics | 5 Daly (standing, right) from Bucknell University this academic year. Kevin is an epigrapher and became interested in archaeology while a Regular Member of the School. He served for nearly 15 years as an excavator in the Athenian Agora and currently codirects an excavation at Thebes. What are our Regular Program Members researching? • Portrait statues in Hellenistic During the latter, students were joined Fellow Martha Risser, lead two trips Greece in Corinth by new Wiener Laboratory to the vase collection at the National • Roman architecture and sculp- Director Takis Karkanas, whose on-site Museum. ture from the Forum in Ancient demonstration of the methods and uses The winter term also featured semi- Corinth of micromorphological investigation of nars taught by Whitehead Professors

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