Greek Studies Fellowship

1. Study — take a graduate course

2. Travel — join the study tour to Greece

3. Develop Curricula — develop a study guide for classroom use

4. Join the Leadership Corps — become a member of The Examined Life Leadership Corps charged with strengthening Greek studies in the schools

“The program, in all aspects, is a profound intellectual and personal experience.”

— Bob McCarthy
’05 Fellow

	Gnothi Sauton Know Thyself

Invitation

Please join us as a Greek Study Fellow!  Earn professional development points (PDPs), continuing education units (CEUs), and 3 graduate credits, and at the same time, have the experience of a lifetime!!! This is a groundbreaking professional program open to educators and others interested in ExL’s mission to strengthen Greek studies in the schools and raise public consciousness and knowledge of the unparalleled legacy of ancient Greece to the world. Each participant is honored with the title Greek Study Fellow and awarded a stipend.

	ExL Fellows on study tour, passing through the Lion's Gate, Mycenae

The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools (ExL) is celebrating a decade of achievement with the launch of GreeceOnline.  Like its on-campus counterpart, GreeceOnline encompasses a dynamic website, fast becoming the premier website for the study of Greece in the schools; a study tour of Greece (optional for online participants); opportunities for publishing curricula on the website; and a growing Leadership Corps, committed to ExL’s mission.

Why Greece?  Why now?

ExL takes as its theme the Socratic call to the Examined Life. Through the eyes of world-class scholars, history, literature, philosophy, art, culture, government, and politics are explored in lectures and readings that include The Iliad and The Odyssey; the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, and Aeschylus; the comedies of Aristophanes; the writings of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato.  In addition, the influence of ancient Greece is examined in the works of such modern writers as American playwright Eugene O’Neill in Mourning Becomes Electra.  Lecturers take up several themes in the literature including democracy and the obligations of citizenship; war and peace; anger and reconciliation; the meaning of life, the ideal of heroism.  These themes have never been more important to the fabric of our civilization than they are today.

	Outdoor theater, Epidaurus

The Examined Life programs provide a time for reflection and renewal, a time to step away from teaching to ask such questions as Why do we teach?  What do we hope to impart?  And a time to explore the quality of our own lives and the legacy we choose to leave to our children. 

With the launch of GreeceOnline, ExL moves closer to its long-range goal to maintain and enhance its onsite program at Brandeis University, as a model for others,  and to extend the program’s reach nationally and globally. 

Additional Information and Application

To apply, please view additional information and complete an online application for the graduate program that you are interested in as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the program, contact Connie Carven, Teacher Specialist and Liaison with School Districts, connie_carven@teachgreece.org, or 781-405-6094.

Please note, each GreeceOnsite cohort is limited to 20 Greek Study Fellows and each application is processed on receipt of application and candidate is notified promptly.

Sincerely yours,
Barbara Harrison, PhD
Program Director

Advisory/Administrative Committee: Barbara Harrison, program director, Newton Public Schools; Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow, project humanist, Brandeis University; Connie Carven, Newton Public Schools, teacher specialist; Judith Malone-Neville, administrator; Stephen Coren, director of media production.