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The Origins of the Center for Hellenic Studies / Eric N. Lindquist.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1174Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1990Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (100 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691600017
  • 9781400861880
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 938/.006/0753 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE ORIGINS OF THE CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES -- APPENDIX. THE JUNIOR FELLOWS, WITH THEIR NATIONALITIES AND THEIR TOPICS -- ENDNOTES -- PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
Summary: 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, philosophy, or history. The idea behind this arrangement began with the preeminent philanthropist Paul Mellon's interest in finding a project to advance the humanities. Eric Lindquist traces the ten-year evolution of the center from Mellon's first general notion. In the process he portrays some of the hopes and fears for the humanities, especially the classics, in America during the period following World War II and the climate of opinion that led to the establishment of the center. The study concludes with a short account of the subsequent development of the center. This is the first published account of the origins of the center.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE ORIGINS OF THE CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES -- APPENDIX. THE JUNIOR FELLOWS, WITH THEIR NATIONALITIES AND THEIR TOPICS -- ENDNOTES -- PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS

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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, philosophy, or history. The idea behind this arrangement began with the preeminent philanthropist Paul Mellon's interest in finding a project to advance the humanities. Eric Lindquist traces the ten-year evolution of the center from Mellon's first general notion. In the process he portrays some of the hopes and fears for the humanities, especially the classics, in America during the period following World War II and the climate of opinion that led to the establishment of the center. The study concludes with a short account of the subsequent development of the center. This is the first published account of the origins of the center.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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