Angelos Chaniotis

Angelos Chaniotis on “A World of Emotions”

April 04, 2017

The main body of the catalogue is general essays about emotions in antiquity, the middle ages and modern neuro-sciences, as well as essays dedicated to the main sections of the exhibition (The Art of Emotions, the Spaces of Emotions, Conflicting...

In the Media

“A World of Emotions’’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces

March 23, 2017

The first line of one of the oldest poems in Western literature, Homer’s “Iliad,” begins with the ancient Greek word for anger, or superanger: wrath. And from that emotion an entire epic driven by hatred, hubris, lust, grief and violence spins out....

IAS News

A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC–200 AD Co-Curated by Angelos Chaniotis

March 08, 2017

The exhibition, A World of Emotions: Greece, 700 BC-200 AD, co-curated by Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Ancient History and Classics in the School of Historical Studies; Nikolaos Kaltsas, Director Emeritus at the National Archeological Museum in...

Press Release

Diverse Topics Explored in Two Public Lectures

October 03, 2016

On Friday, October 14, the Institute for Advanced Study will host a pair of public lectures—one on the history of night in the Greek world and the other on memory projects about World War II and the Cold War. Kristen Ghodsee, Professor and Director...

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Metro Station vs. Monuments? A Controversial Project in Greece

September 26, 2021 | 12:00pm

The IAS and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA will host on Sunday, September 26, 2021, an international forum on the unique antiquities discovered at Venizelos station in Thessaloniki, with the participation of Angelos Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, and former Member Sharon Gerstel, Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at UCLA.

Register for the panel discussion here.

Institute Letter, Spring 2022

Explore the legacy of civil rights activist and educator Bob Moses from the perspective of Distinguished Visiting Professor Karen Uhlenbeck; read about the current struggle of Ukrainians and its ties to the past; and take a tour of the Institute’s intellectual heritage with IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor David Nirenberg.

Click to download a PDF of the Spring 2022 Letter or read the digital edition here.