The Mary Jaharis Center is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024–2025 grant competition.
Dissertation Grants were awarded to Barış Altan, studying at the Brandenburg Technical University, for his dissertation, "Approaching Byzantine Heritage of Istanbul through Restoration…
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The Mary Jaharis Center invites applications for its 2024–2025 grant competition. Scholars working in any discipline of Byzantine studies broadly conceived are encouraged to apply. We offer Co-Funding…
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The Mary Jaharis Center is pleased to announce the winners of its 2023–2024 grant competition.
The Mary Jaharis Center awarded a Co-Funding Grant to Rev. Fr. Stefanos Alexopoulos, Catholic University of America, for the three-day conference “The Liturgies of the Church of Alexandria:…
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The Mary Jaharis Center is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022–2023 grant competition.
The Mary Jaharis Center awarded its first Co-Funding Grant to Dr. Sharon E. J. Gerstel, Director, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, for the one-day conference…
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The Mary Jaharis Center invites applications for its 2022–2023 grant competition. Scholars working in any discipline of Byzantine studies broadly conceived are encouraged to apply. We offer Dissertation…
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The Mary Jaharis Center is delighted to announce the results of the 2021–2022 grant cycle.
Alessandro Carabia, studying at the University of Birmingham, was awarded a Dissertation Grant for his dissertation, "Space, Population, and Economy in a Frontier Region: Liguria in the Context…
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The final talk of the Mary Jaharis Center’s 2015–2016 Lecture Series was delivered by Cecily J. Hilsdale, Associate Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, on May 4, 2016. In her lecture titled…
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On April 13, Anthony Eastmond, A.G. Leventis Reader in the History of Byzantine Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art and an expert on the arts of Georgia and Armenia, delivered the inaugural lecture for East of Byzantium, a partnership between…
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The Mary Jaharis Center is pleased to announce East of Byzantium, a new partnership with the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University. It explores the cultures of the eastern…
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On November 13 and 14, 2015, the Mary Jaharis Center For Byzantine Art and Culture, with the New York Life Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontus and Asia Minor, presented the third Boston…
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In May 2015, the Mary Jaharis Center awarded its first Dissertation Grants and Dissertation Development Grants. Dissertation Grants, which provide funding to help defray the costs of research-related expenses, were awarded to Shannon Steiner (Bryn Mawr) for her dissertation, “Byzantine Enamel…
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Trading Places: Byzantium and the Mediterranean World in the Later Middle Ages took place at Harvard University, April 16–17, 2015. The symposium was convened to explore the Mediterranean world as a “trading place” between Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, and Western…
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The Boston Byzantine Music Festival, held on the Hellenic College Holy Cross campus on November 14th and 15th, celebrated the music of the Byzantine Empire through lectures, workshops, and performances. Music lovers attended lectures by Dr. Alexander Lingas (Artistic Director, Cappella Romana) and…
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Friday, October 24 – 9:30 am ET
Grecian Echoes
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The Second Boston Byzantine Music Festival will feature performances by the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble Cappella Romana, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir, and the Grammy-nominated DÜNYA ensemble. Cappella Romana will perform The Fall of Constantinople, which includes…
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On February 24 and February 25, 2014, the Mary Jaharis Center with the New York Life Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontus and Asia Minor presented the Boston Byzantine Music Festival at the Maliotis Cultural Center on the Hellenic College Holy Cross campus in Brookline, MA. Audiences were treated…
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The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with the New York Life Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontus and Asia Minor at Hellenic College Holy Cross present the Boston Byzantine Music Festival at the Maliotis Center on the HCHC campus on February 24–25, 2014.
The…
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The Mary Jaharis Center has announced its inaugural Pre-College Program at Hellenic College. Aimed at rising juniors and seniors looking to experience the intellectual challenges of college coursework and the independence…
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On November 8, 2013, the Mary Jaharis Center sponsored an overnight trip to Washington, D.C. for Hellenic College Holy Cross students. The purpose of the trip was to tour Heaven and Earth: Art of…
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Brookline, MA. In conjunction with the Hellenic College Holy Cross 75th Anniversary Jubilee, on September 15 the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture sponsored an afternoon of Byzantine-themed children’s crafts and provided family entertainment.
As part of its 75th Jubilee…
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Kids can become Byzantine royalty on September 15. Or design their own mosaic. Or try their hand at goldsmithing. All this and more is available during the open house and family festival that will close the Hellenic College Holy Cross 75th…
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Brookline, MA, April 2, 2013 – Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC) announced today that Brandie Ratliff has been named the new Director of the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture. Ratliff is a well respected Byzantine art historian with extensive project management and curatorial…
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Inaugural Celebration October, 2, 2010
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture has been established on the campus of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts as a result of a generous donation from The Jaharis Family Foundation.…
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An exhibition of icons by Greek painter and iconographer Photis Kontoglou will be featured at the inaugural celebration of the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Saturday, October 2,…
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The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture has been established on the campus of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, as a result of a $3 million donation from The Jaharis Family Foundation. The Center will serve as a premier international…
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