Center for Hellenic Studies

Center for Hellenic Studies

The CHS is dedicated to the reassertion of the humanism of the ancient world, centering on Hellenic civilization in its widest sense. Today, it stands as a premier research facility, cultivating a repository of materials that attracts scholars, researchers, and students from all over the world. 

Located in Washington, DC, Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies was founded by means of an endowment made “exclusively for the establishment of an educational center in the field of Hellenic Studies designed to rediscover the humanism of the Hellenic Greeks.” This humanistic vision remains the driving force of the Center for Hellenic Studies.

At the Center, current fellows, elected annually, pursue research in one of the world’s premier research libraries. Conferences and programs are a regular part of the educational mission of the Center. New initiatives have expanded this mission far beyond the Center’s campus in Washington. These initiatives include Web-based publications; various on-line teaching, research, and discussion projects; an interactive multitext of Homer (modeled on the editorial research of the ancient Alexandrian scholars); and full-text online books and articles. 

The Center for Hellenic Studies
3100 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington, DC   20008

Phone: 202-745-4400