Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #17 (12/17/04)
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*Tues., Jan. 18, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Yenching Building, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by Harvard University (Semitic Museum, Department of Near
Eastern Languages & Civilizations, and Center for Middle Eastern
Studies), American Schools of Oriental Research, and Massachusetts
College of Art
Joanne Farchakh (Lebanese journalist)
"Mesopotamia Endangered -- Witnessing the Loss of History"
Reception preceding lecture at 6:00 p.m., Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
For more information, call Dena Davis 617 495 4631, or e-mail
<davis4(a)fas.harvard.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)
Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center, 855
Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"From Model to Master: Local Constructions of the Emperor in the West"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.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.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO NEW ENTRIES FOR THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR.
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Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #16 (12/10/04)
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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NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL
APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK.
Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued
the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
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)
Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center, 855
Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"From Model to Master: Local Constructions of the Emperor in the West"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.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: #15 (12/3/04)
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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as word-processor file attachments.
NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL
APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK.
Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued
the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
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
*Tues., Dec. 7, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Olga Broumas (Brandeis University)
"A Reading"
**Tues., Dec. 7, 7:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE)
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
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)
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)
*Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center, 855
Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"From Model to Master: Local Constructions of the Emperor in the West"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.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.
Thurs., April 14, 2005
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT at Storrs
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"From Model to Master: Local Constructions of the Emperor in the
West"
Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University) will do the commentary
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward <ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.edu>
