Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #14 (11/24/04)
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*Wed., Dec 1, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street,
Shiffman 219, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Kenneth Rothwell (University of Massachusetts, Boston)
"Democracy: Greece, Rome, and America"
For further information: Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu), or Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu)
*Thurs., Dec. 2, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Phelps 407, New Haven, CT
The Harvard Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classics
Eric Robinson (Harvard University)
"Argos and the Struggle for Peloponnesian Democracy"
*Fri., Dec. 3, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth
Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
Myth and Religion Study Group
John Carlevale (Berea College)
"'I Went to an Orgy and I Couldn't Cut It': The Dionysian Revival in
Sixties Fiction"
For more information, please contact Sal Sordillo: 617-353-2427,
salvy(a)bu.edu.
Mon., Dec. 6, 8:00-9:15 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, First Baptist Church of America, 75 North Main Street,
Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Latin Carol Celebration
Free admission; open to the public
Thurs., Dec. 9, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Renate Schlesier (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dionysos in the Underworld: The Problem of the Bacchic Mysteries"
Thurs., Dec. 9, 8:00 p.m.
WESTON JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, 5 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA
Boston Area Patristics Group (Patristica Bostoniensia)
Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School)
"Empire and Apocalypse in Thessaloniki: Interpreting the Early
Christian Rotunda (Church of St. George)"
For more information, contact Annewies van den Hoek
(ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu, 617-495-4265)
Tues., Dec. 14, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Mark Lehner (Giza Plateau Mapping Project)
"Excavations at Giza 2004: The City of the Pyramids Expands"
Reception preceding lecture at 6:15 at Semitic Museum, 2nd floor, 6
Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
For more information, call Dena Davis, 617 495-4631, davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu
Wed., Feb. 9, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street,
Shiffman 201, Waltham, MA
The First Annual Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
"The Three Songs of Demodokos in *Odyssey* viii: A Reassessment"
For further information: Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or JBarry(a)brandeis.edu) or
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu)
Tues., Feb. 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, title TBA
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., March 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"De-orientalizing Prometheus: The Culture Hero in Mesopotamia and Greece"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to
the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the
basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the elevator
to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first
floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted
entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic
Museum at Harvard.
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #13 (11/19/04)
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Jul. 21 - Nov. 28
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
An exhibit on "Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
See Appendix for details
Fri., Nov. 19, 2:00 - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, "The Castle," 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
A conference sponsored by the Institute for the Classical Tradition and the
Department of Classical Studies, with the support of the International
Society for the Classical Tradition:
"The Aesthetics of Power and the Classical Epic Tradition" (marking ten
years of International Journal of the Classical Tradition)
For details and registration information, see the conference website:
www.bu.edu/ict/ijct/conf.html. For more information, contact the Institute
for the Classical Tradition by telephone at (617) 353-7370, by fax at (617)
353-7369, or by email (isct(a)bu.edu).
Sun. Nov. 21, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Dramatic Reading: Homer's *Iliad*
Equity actors directed by David Muse (Shakespeare Theater, Washington
D.C.) with commentary by Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
Reception following
General admission $18; seniors, students, and MFA members $15
For further information or to purchase tickets, call 617-369-3306
or go to http://www.mfa.org
Made possible by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)
*Mon., Nov. 22, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 114, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Emma Dench (Birkbeck College, University of London)
"Myths of Roman 'Multiculturalism'"
Reception to follow
Mon., Nov. 29, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Salomon, 001, Providence, RI
Kirk Lecture Series 2004-5: Writing History in the Ancient World
Wai-Yee Li (Harvard University)
"Guises of the historian in Early Chinese Historiography"
Made possible by a generous gift of the Kirk Foundation
and a contribution by the Charles K. Colver Lectureship Fund
For further information: Maria Sokolova
(401-863-1994, Maria_Sokolova(a)Brown.edu)
Wed., Dec. 1, 5:30-7:15 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Jewett Auditorium, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA
Sponsored by Wellesley College's Newhouse Center for the Humanities
David Ferry (Wellesley College)
"The Experience of Translating: A Reading, with Commentary"
Response by Lawrence Rosenwald (Wellesley College)
Reception to follow
*Thurs., Dec. 2, 5:00 p.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Dewey Common Room, Northampton, MA
Ann Vasaly (Boston University)
"Cicero's Verrines and the Politics of Imperialism"
Mon., Dec. 6, 8:00-9:15 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, First Baptist Church of America, 75 North Main Street,
Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Latin Carol Celebration
Free admission; open to the public
Thurs., Dec. 9, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Renata Schlesier (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dionysos in the Underworld: The Problem of the Bacchic Mysteries"
*Thurs., Dec. 9, 8:00 p.m.
WESTON JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, 5 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA
Boston Area Patristics Group (Patristica Bostoniensia)
Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School)
"Empire and Apocalypse in Thessaloniki: Interpreting the Early
Christian Rotunda (Church of St. George)"
For more information, contact Annewies van den Hoek
(ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu, 617-495-4265)
Tues., Dec. 14, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Mark Lehner (Giza Plateau Mapping Project)
"Excavations at Giza 2004: The City of the Pyramids Expands"
Reception preceding lecture at 6:15 at Semitic Museum, 2nd floor, 6
Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
For more information, call Dena Davis, 617 495-4631, davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu
Wed., Feb. 9, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street,
Shiffman 201, Waltham, MA
The First Annual Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
"The Three Songs of Demodokos in *Odyssey* viii: A Reassessment"
For further information: Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or JBarry(a)brandeis.edu) or
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu)
Tues., Feb. 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, title TBA
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., March 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"De-orientalizing Prometheus: The Culture Hero in Mesopotamia and Greece"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to
the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the
basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the elevator
to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first
floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted
entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic
Museum at Harvard.
APPENDIX:
July 21 - November 28
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
"Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
As in the United States today, sports were a vital part of daily life
in Ancient
Greece. "Games for the Gods" will be held in conjunction with the
celebration of
the Olympic Games in Greece in the summer of 2004 for the first time
since their
revival in 1896. The Greek Games were the site for the creation of local heroes
and the stage where the values of the society were played out.
The MFA exhibit will focus on the origins of the games, the gods
(Zeus, Herakles,
Hermes) and the sanctuaries associated with them (Olympic Sanctuary model), and
illustrate precisely the various athletic events, the prizes given,
and the names
and cities of the victors. We will also use ancient imagery and artifacts to
illustrate various athletic contests (running, jumping, javelins,
discus throwing,
wrestling, boxing, horse racing and chariot racing). The exhibit will
invite the
public into the ancient gymnasium and illustrate the preparations for
the games.
Finally, statues of the victors and their actual prizes will be on
view. We will
make connections between ancient and contemporary games by juxtaposing video
footage and photographs of today's athletes with the ancient
artifacts depicting
actual events.
More than three quarters of the exhibition of 180 objects will be
drawn from our
own world-class collection, but there will be important loans from other US
museums (Metropolitan, Los Angeles County, Princeton, Detroit, etc.) that will
enrich our presentation with the most dramatic and illustrative
objects. This is
the most comprehensive and largest exhibition of its kind to be organized by an
American museum on this topic.
For more information please contact Dr. Christine Kondoleon
(ckondoleon(a)mfa.org)
or Dr. John Herrmann (jherrmann(a)mfa.org), Curators of Greek and Roman
Art, Art of the Ancient World.
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #12 (11/12/04)
This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming
events and subscription requests should be sent to an address
dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu.
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the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
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Jul. 21 - Nov. 28
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
An exhibit on "Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
See Appendix for details
*Sat., Nov. 13, 3:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Goddard Chapel, Medford, MA
Memorial Service for Miriam S. Balmuth, Research Professor of Classics and
Art History at Tufts University
Speakers will include colleagues, students and friends from Tufts and
across the country. There will also be an opportunity for those in
attendance to share their
own memories of Professor Balmuth.
Reception to follow in the Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall
Please contact David Proctor at david.proctor(a)tufts.edu for more information
Mon., Nov. 15, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Avenue,
Room 409, Boston, MA
Kristina Milnor (Barnard College)
"We came here desiring: class and canon in Pompeian literary graffiti"
For more information, please contact Sal Sordillo, salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Mon., Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.
GREEK INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Author/Lecture Series 2004
Jonathan Harrington (zoologist)
"Classical Animals" (Part II)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Nov. 15, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Salomon, 001, Providence, RI
Kirk Lecture Series 2004-5: Writing History in the Ancient World
Marc Brettler (Brandeis University)
"The Historical Texts of the Bible and the Bible as History"
Made possible by a generous gift of the Kirk Foundation
and a contribution by the Charles K. Colver Lectureship Fund
For further information: Maria Sokolova
(401-863-1994, Maria_Sokolova(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Nov. 16, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Mary Rose D'Angelo (University of Notre Dame)
"Roman Imperial Family Values and Ancient Jewish and Christian Sexual Politics"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Nov. 16, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 222, Boston, MA
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Alessandra Fussi (University of Pisa)
"Gyges in Plato's Republic: Of What is He an Example?"
For more information, contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu,
617-353-4579)
Wed., Nov. 17, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 518, Boston, MA
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Alfredo Ferrarin (University of Pisa)
"Wisdom and Knowledge of Particulars: Nicomachean Ethics VI"
For more information, contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu,
617-353-4579)
Wed., Nov. 17, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Alumni House, Amherst, MA
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
"Lessons from Ancient History:" A Panel on Thucydides
Alan Boegehold (Brown University), Paula Debnar (Mount Holyoke College),
Barry Strauss (Cornell University)
Made possible by a generous gift from the Lamont Fund
For directions or information please contact swupton(a)amherst.edu
Thurs., Nov. 18, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 222, Boston, MA
Alfredo Ferrarin (University of Pisa)
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
"Aristotle on Phantasia"
For more information, contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu,
617-353-4579)
Thurs., Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Room 102,
Providence, RI
Christina Kraus (Yale University)
"Caesar's Account of the Battle of Massilia: Historiographical and
Narratological Approaches"
Fri., Nov. 19, 2 - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, "The Castle," 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
A conference sponsored by the Institute for the Classical Tradition and the
Department of Classical Studies, with the support of the International
Society for the Classical Tradition:
"The Aesthetics of Power and the Classical Epic Tradition" (marking ten
years of International Journal of the Classical Tradition)
For details and registration information, see the conference website:
www.bu.edu/ict/ijct/conf.html. For more information, contact the Institute
for the Classical Tradition by telephone at (617) 353-7370, by fax at (617)
353-7369, or by email (isct(a)bu.edu).
Sun. Nov. 21, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Dramatic Reading: Homer's *Iliad*
Equity actors directed by David Muse (Shakespeare Theater, Washington
D.C.) with commentary by Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
Reception following
General admission $18; seniors, students, and MFA members $15
For further information or to purchase tickets, call 617-369-3306
or go to http://www.mfa.org
Made possible by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)
Mon., Nov. 29, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Medieval Studies
Ihor Sevcenko (Harvard University)
"How to Edit the Life of a Ninth-Century Byzantine Emperor? Quandaries of a
Byzantinist as Compared to the Quandaries of a Classical Philologist"
Mon., Nov. 29, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Salomon, 001, Providence, RI
Kirk Lecture Series 2004-5: Writing History in the Ancient World
Wai-Yee Li (Harvard University)
"Guises of the historian in Early Chinese Historiography"
Made possible by a generous gift of the Kirk Foundation
and a contribution by the Charles K. Colver Lectureship Fund
For further information: Maria Sokolova
(401-863-1994, Maria_Sokolova(a)Brown.edu)
*Wed., Dec. 1, 5:30-7:15 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Jewett Auditorium, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA
Sponsored by Wellesley College's Newhouse Center for the Humanities
David Ferry (Wellesley College)
"The Experience of Translating: A Reading, with Commentary"
Response by Lawrence Rosenwald (Wellesley College)
Reception to follow
Mon., Dec. 6, 8:00-9:15 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, First Baptist Church of America, 75 North Main Street,
Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Latin Carol Celebration
Free admission; open to the public
Thurs., Dec. 9, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Renata Schlesier (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dionysos in the Underworld: The Problem of the Bacchic Mysteries"
*Tues., Dec. 14, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Mark Lehner (Giza Plateau Mapping Project)
"Excavations at Giza 2004: The City of the Pyramids Expands"
Reception preceding lecture at 6:15 at Semitic Museum, 2nd floor, 6
Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
For more information, call Dena Davis, 617 495-4631, davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu
Wed., Feb. 9, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street,
Shiffman 201, Waltham, MA
The First Annual Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
"The Three Songs of Demodokos in *Odyssey* viii: A Reassessment"
For further information: Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or JBarry(a)brandeis.edu) or
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu)
Tues., Feb. 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, title TBA
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., March 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"De-orientalizing Prometheus: The Culture Hero in Mesopotamia and Greece"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to
the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the
basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the elevator
to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first
floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted
entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic
Museum at Harvard.
APPENDIX:
July 21 - November 28
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
"Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
As in the United States today, sports were a vital part of daily life
in Ancient
Greece. "Games for the Gods" will be held in conjunction with the
celebration of
the Olympic Games in Greece in the summer of 2004 for the first time
since their
revival in 1896. The Greek Games were the site for the creation of local heroes
and the stage where the values of the society were played out.
The MFA exhibit will focus on the origins of the games, the gods
(Zeus, Herakles,
Hermes) and the sanctuaries associated with them (Olympic Sanctuary model), and
illustrate precisely the various athletic events, the prizes given,
and the names
and cities of the victors. We will also use ancient imagery and artifacts to
illustrate various athletic contests (running, jumping, javelins,
discus throwing,
wrestling, boxing, horse racing and chariot racing). The exhibit will
invite the
public into the ancient gymnasium and illustrate the preparations for
the games.
Finally, statues of the victors and their actual prizes will be on
view. We will
make connections between ancient and contemporary games by juxtaposing video
footage and photographs of today's athletes with the ancient
artifacts depicting
actual events.
More than three quarters of the exhibition of 180 objects will be
drawn from our
own world-class collection, but there will be important loans from other US
museums (Metropolitan, Los Angeles County, Princeton, Detroit, etc.) that will
enrich our presentation with the most dramatic and illustrative
objects. This is
the most comprehensive and largest exhibition of its kind to be organized by an
American museum on this topic.
For more information please contact Dr. Christine Kondoleon
(ckondoleon(a)mfa.org)
or Dr. John Herrmann (jherrmann(a)mfa.org), Curators of Greek and Roman
Art, Art of
the Ancient World.
Mon., Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.
GREEK INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Author/Lecture Series 2004
Jonathan Harrington (zoologist)
"Classical Animals" (Part II)
The eastern Mediterranean is an ecologically diverse region with a wide
variety of animals, many of which were described by Homer, Herodotus,
Aristotle, and other ancient authors. Jonathan Harrington, biologist and
author, will consider questions such as the following: Were there lions in
ancient Greece? What did Herodotus learn about animals during his visit to
Egypt? What did Aristotle know about elephants, fish, octopuses, and other
animals? What is being done now in Greece to protect endangered species such
as the monk seal and the bearded vulture (both described by Homer)? What use
did later authors make of the legacy of Greek zoology?
The lecture on November 15 will be devoted to the Ornithiaka of
Dionysius of Philadelphia, a ancient poem about birds, and its
illustrations in a sixth-century AD manuscript, the Vienna
Dioscurides.
For further information or directions call 617-547-4770 or see web
site at www.thegreekinstitute.org.
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #11 (11/5/04)
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Jul. 21 - Nov. 28
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
An exhibit on "Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
See Appendix for details
Sun. Nov. 7, 3:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Christine Kondoleon (Curator of Greek and Roman Art, MFA)
"Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
Free admission
For further information go to http://www.mfa.org
Made possible by the Lowell Institute
*Mon., Nov. 8, 7:00 p.m.
GREEK INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Author/Lecture Series 2004
Jonathan Harrington (zoologist)
"Classical Animals" (Part I)
See Appendix for details
*Tues., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Center for Remote Sensing, 635 Commonwealth
Avenue, Room 102,
Boston, MA
Sponsored by The American Research Center in Egypt, Boston/New England Chapter
Lawrence M. Berman (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"Collecting Egyptian Art: The Prehistory of the Egyptian Collection at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"
Free admission
For further information please contact John Pye
(mailto:pyebooks@tiac.net) or Ingrid Wood (iewood(a)att.net)
Thurs., Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, 407 Phelps Hall, New Haven, CT
Alexander Hardie (Oriel College, University of Oxford)
"Juno, Hercules and the Muses at Rome"
Reception to follow
Mon., Nov. 15, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Avenue,
Room 409, Boston, MA
Kristina Milnor (Barnard College)
"We came here desiring: class and canon in Pompeian literary graffiti"
For more information, please contact Sal Sordillo, salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
*Mon., Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.
GREEK INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Author/Lecture Series 2004
Jonathan Harrington (zoologist)
"Classical Animals" (Part II)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Nov. 15, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Salomon, 001, Providence, RI
Kirk Lecture Series 2004-5: Writing History in the Ancient World
Marc Brettler (Brandeis University)
"The Historical Texts of the Bible and the Bible as History"
Made possible by a generous gift of the Kirk Foundation
and a contribution by the Charles K. Colver Lectureship Fund
For further information: Maria Sokolova
(401-863-1994, Maria_Sokolova(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Nov. 16, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Mary Rose D'Angelo (University of Notre Dame)
"Roman Imperial Family Values and Ancient Jewish and Christian Sexual Politics"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
*Tues., Nov. 16, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 222, Boston, MA
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Alessandra Fussi (University of Pisa)
"Gyges in Plato's Republic: Of What is He an Example?"
For more information, contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu,
617-353-4579)
*Wed., Nov. 17, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 518, Boston, MA
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Alfredo Ferrarin (University of Pisa)
"Wisdom and Knowledge of Particulars: Nicomachean Ethics VI"
For more information, contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu,
617-353-4579)
Wed., Nov. 17, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Alumni House, Amherst, MA
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
"Lessons from Ancient History:" A Panel on Thucydides
Alan Boegehold (Brown University), Paula Debnar (Mount Holyoke College),
Barry Strauss (Cornell University)
Made possible by a generous gift from the Lamont Fund
For directions or information please contact swupton(a)amherst.edu
*Thurs., Nov. 18, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 222, Boston, MA
Alfredo Ferrarin (University of Pisa)
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
"Aristotle on Phantasia"
For more information, contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu,
617-353-4579)
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Room 102,
Providence, RI
Christina Kraus (Yale University)
"Caesar's Account of the Battle of Massilia: Historiographical and
Narratological Approaches"
Fri., Nov. 19, 2 - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, "The Castle," 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
A conference sponsored by the Institute for the Classical Tradition and the
Department of Classical Studies, with the support of the International
Society for the Classical Tradition:
"The Aesthetics of Power and the Classical Epic Tradition" (marking ten
years of International Journal of the Classical Tradition)
For details and registration information, see the conference website:
www.bu.edu/ict/ijct/conf.html. For more information, contact the Institute
for the Classical Tradition by telephone at (617) 353-7370, by fax at (617)
353-7369, or by email (isct(a)bu.edu).
Sun. Nov. 21, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Dramatic Reading: Homer's *Iliad*
Equity actors directed by David Muse (Shakespeare Theater, Washington
D.C.) with commentary by Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
Reception following
General admission $18; seniors, students, and MFA members $15
For further information or to purchase tickets, call 617-369-3306
or go to http://www.mfa.org
Made possible by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)
Mon., Nov. 29, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Medieval Studies
Ihor Sevcenko (Harvard University)
"How to Edit the Life of a Ninth-Century Byzantine Emperor? Quandaries of a
Byzantinist as Compared to the Quandaries of a Classical Philologist"
Mon., Nov. 29, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Salomon, 001, Providence, RI
Kirk Lecture Series 2004-5: Writing History in the Ancient World
Wai-Yee Li (Harvard University)
"Guises of the historian in Early Chinese Historiography"
Made possible by a generous gift of the Kirk Foundation
and a contribution by the Charles K. Colver Lectureship Fund
For further information: Maria Sokolova
(401-863-1994, Maria_Sokolova(a)Brown.edu)
Mon., Dec. 6, 8:00-9:15 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, First Baptist Church of America, 75 North Main Street,
Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Latin Carol Celebration
Free admission; open to the public
Thurs., Dec. 9, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Renata Schlesier (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dionysos in the Underworld: The Problem of the Bacchic Mysteries"
Wed., Feb. 9, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street,
Shiffman 201, Waltham, MA
The First Annual Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
"The Three Songs of Demodokos in *Odyssey* viii: A Reassessment"
For further information: Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or JBarry(a)brandeis.edu) or
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu)
Tues., Feb. 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, title TBA
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., March 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"De-orientalizing Prometheus: The Culture Hero in Mesopotamia and Greece"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to
the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the
basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the elevator
to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first
floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted
entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic
Museum at Harvard.
APPENDIX:
July 21 - November 28
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
"Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
As in the United States today, sports were a vital part of daily life
in Ancient
Greece. "Games for the Gods" will be held in conjunction with the
celebration of
the Olympic Games in Greece in the summer of 2004 for the first time
since their
revival in 1896. The Greek Games were the site for the creation of local heroes
and the stage where the values of the society were played out.
The MFA exhibit will focus on the origins of the games, the gods
(Zeus, Herakles,
Hermes) and the sanctuaries associated with them (Olympic Sanctuary model), and
illustrate precisely the various athletic events, the prizes given,
and the names
and cities of the victors. We will also use ancient imagery and artifacts to
illustrate various athletic contests (running, jumping, javelins,
discus throwing,
wrestling, boxing, horse racing and chariot racing). The exhibit will
invite the
public into the ancient gymnasium and illustrate the preparations for
the games.
Finally, statues of the victors and their actual prizes will be on
view. We will
make connections between ancient and contemporary games by juxtaposing video
footage and photographs of today's athletes with the ancient
artifacts depicting
actual events.
More than three quarters of the exhibition of 180 objects will be
drawn from our
own world-class collection, but there will be important loans from other US
museums (Metropolitan, Los Angeles County, Princeton, Detroit, etc.) that will
enrich our presentation with the most dramatic and illustrative
objects. This is
the most comprehensive and largest exhibition of its kind to be organized by an
American museum on this topic.
For more information please contact Dr. Christine Kondoleon
(ckondoleon(a)mfa.org)
or Dr. John Herrmann (jherrmann(a)mfa.org), Curators of Greek and Roman
Art, Art of
the Ancient World.
*Mon., Nov. 8 & 15, 7:00 p.m.
GREEK INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Author/Lecture Series 2004
Jonathan Harrington (zoologist)
"Classical Animals" (Part I and II)
The eastern Mediterranean is an ecologically diverse region with a wide
variety of animals, many of which were described by Homer, Herodotus,
Aristotle, and other ancient authors. Jonathan Harrington, biologist and
author, will consider questions such as the following: Were there lions in
ancient Greece? What did Herodotus learn about animals during his visit to
Egypt? What did Aristotle know about elephants, fish, octopuses, and other
animals? What is being done now in Greece to protect endangered species such
as the monk seal and the bearded vulture (both described by Homer)? What use
did later authors make of the legacy of Greek zoology?
The lecture on November 8 will consider accounts of animals by Homer,
Herodotus, Aristotle, Pliny, Plutarch, and Aelian. November 15 will
be devoted to the Ornithiaka of Dionysius of Philadelphia, a ancient
poem about birds, and its illustrations in a sixth-century AD
manuscript, the Vienna Dioscurides.
For further information or directions call 617-547-4770 or see web
site at www.thegreekinstitute.org.
