Friday and Saturday, October 6-7, 2006.
YALE UNIVERSITY, venue to be determined, New Haven, CT.
"The Romans in Asia," a conference celebrating
the revival of numismatics at Yale and the
acquisition of the collection of Peter R. and
Leonore Franke. The conference will feature
papers by Michel Amandry (Paris), François de
Callataÿ (Brussels), Peter R. Franke (Munich),
Ann Johnston (Cambridge), Christopher Jones
(Harvard), Dietrich Klose (Munich), Katherine
Welch (NYU-IFA), Greg Woolf (St. Andrews) and
William E. Metcalf (Yale). The conference is free
and open to the public. Details will be available
on the Yale website over the summer, or contact william.metcalf(a)yale.edu.
William E. Metcalf
Curator of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
P O. Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271
Telephone 203-432-1801
Fax 203-432-6019
Department of Classics
Yale University
P. O. Box 208266
New Haven, CT 06520-8266
Telephone 203-432-0982
(PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO NEW CALENDAR ENTRIES THIS WEEK.)
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Thurs., Fri., Sat., Apr. 27, 28, 29, 7:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE TIME
CHANGE)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents:
Aristophanes' "The Birds" in original translation
Ticket Prices: $5 for students, $7 for non-students
Sat., Apr. 29, 11:00 a.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Art Building, Northampton, MA
16th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"Industrial Religion: Ritual Pyres in Ancient Athens"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
Mon., May 1, 1:30 - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
BACCHUS COMES TO BRANDEIS: A Symposium on Euripides and Athenian Tragedy
Refreshments will be served
For further information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow at 781-736-2183
or <aoko(a)brandeis.edu> or Janet Barry at 781-736-2180 or
<jbarry(a)brandeis.edu>
For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
All symposium, lecture, round table, and theatre events are free and
open to the public;
see details below
Mon., May 1, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
The Classical Colloquium Series
Eric H. Hill (Brandeis University)
"Dionysus' Body: In Search of the God on Stage"
Mon., May 1, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Mary Ebbott (Holy Cross)
"'How Do I Look?': Dynamics of Performance in Euripides' 'Bacchae'"
Mon., May 1, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
The Classical Colloquium Series
"Round Table on Performing 'The Bacchae'"
Eric H. Hill, Director, with the Cast of "The Bacchae" (Brandeis
University)
Moderators Leonard C. Muellner, Classics and Tom King, English
Mon., May 1, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, alfresco, the Spingold Theater grounds, Waltham, MA
SPECIAL Director's Performance of Euripides' "Bacchae"
Eric H. Hill, Director (Brandeis University)
Free admission; all are welcome
Wed., May 3, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Marek Wecowski (Warsaw University and Center for Hellenic Studies)
"Symposion, Homeric Banquet, and Early Greek Conviviality"
Thurs., May 18, 7:30 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
David Reeve (UNC, Chapel Hill)
"Plato's Goat-Stags: Philosophers and Cities in the Republic"
Commentary by Mark McPherran (U Maine, Farmington)
For more information contact Margaret Graver
<margaret.r.graver(a)dartmouth.edu>
APPENDIX:
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 2005/2006: #29 (4/21/06)
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Fri., Apr. 21, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Twelfth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Denis Feeney (Princeton University), "Founding and Re-founding the City
of Rome"
Ann Vasaly (Boston University), "Characterization and Complexity:
Caesar, Sallust, and Livy"
Tony Woodman (University of Virginia), "Mutiny and Madness: Annals
1.16-51"
A reception and dinner conclude conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Pat Larash or
Mr. Ben Thompson <romstud(at)bu.edu>, 617-353-2426
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Sat., Apr. 22 - Sun., Apr. 23
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
The Third Biennial Graduate Student Conference of the Department of the
Classics
"Imagined Places: The Construction of Space in the Ancient World"
Keynote Speaker: Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University/Universita
di Siena ad Arezzo)
Closing Comments: Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
For the full schedule of events and information on panelists see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/conferences/ImaginedPlaces/
ImaginedPlaces.html
Mon., Apr. 24, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, PH 407, New Haven, CT
Classics and Theory Colloquium
Alessandro Barchiesi (University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford
University)
"Phaethon and the Monsters"
Mon., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Hermann Parzinger (German Archaeological Institute)
"Monumental Kurgans in the Siberian Steppe: The Scythian Elite Burial
from Arzhan in Tuva"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard Art Museums, and
the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Mon., Apr. 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 4: "Identity and Discrepancy"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Tues., Apr. 25, 5:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall, College
Street (Rt 9), Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Emma Dench (Harvard University and Birkbeck College, University of
London)
Schedule: 5:30 Wine and Cheese, 6:30 Dinner, 7:30 Paper, Response, and
Discussion
For more information contact Cynthia Damon <cdamon(a)amherst.edu>,
413-542-8126
Wed., Apr. 26, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy,
54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
"Why Physics? Stoic Views on the Contributions of Natural Science to
Human Happiness"
*Wed., Apr. 26, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sperry Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis
Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Dr.Tomasz Waliszewski (Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University)
"Chhîm above Berytus: Recent Excavations in the Agricultural Hinterland
of Beirut"
Reception at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
For more information contact Dena Davis <davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu>, 617
495 4631
Wed., Apr. 26, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall,
Durham, NH
John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series spring lecture
Monica Cyrino (University of New Mexico)
"From Helen of Sparta to Helen of Troy"
Presented with the support of the UNH College of Liberal Arts and the
Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Eta Sigma Phi
Open and free to the public; small reception to follow
For more information contact Thelma Sidmore <tss(a)cisunix.unh.edu>
*Thurs., Apr. 27, 6:30 p.m.
M.I.T., Stratton Student Center, Lobdell Court (2nd floor), Cambridge,
MA
"Three Tongues of the Muse"
A Poetic Banquet of French, Greek and Persian Poetry and Ethnic Cuisine
Entrance Fee: $5, dinner included
**Thurs., Fri., Sat., Apr. 27, 28, 29, 7:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE TIME
CHANGE)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents:
Aristophanes' "The Birds" in original translation
Ticket Prices: $5 for students, $7 for non-students
Sat., Apr. 29, 11:00 a.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Art Building, Northampton, MA
16th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"Industrial Religion: Ritual Pyres in Ancient Athens"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
*Mon., May 1, 1:30 - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
BACCHUS COMES TO BRANDEIS: A Symposium on Euripides and Athenian Tragedy
Refreshments will be served
For further information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow at 781-736-2183
or <aoko(a)brandeis.edu> or Janet Barry at 781-736-2180 or
<jbarry(a)brandeis.edu>
For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
All symposium, lecture, round table, and theatre events are free and
open to the public;
see details below
*Mon., May 1, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
The Classical Colloquium Series
Eric H. Hill (Brandeis University)
"Dionysus' Body: In Search of the God on Stage"
*Mon., May 1, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Mary Ebbott (Holy Cross)
"'How Do I Look?': Dynamics of Performance in Euripides' 'Bacchae'"
*Mon., May 1, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
The Classical Colloquium Series
"Round Table on Performing 'The Bacchae'"
Eric H. Hill, Director, with the Cast of "The Bacchae" (Brandeis
University)
Moderators Leonard C. Muellner, Classics and Tom King, English
*Mon., May 1, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, alfresco, the Spingold Theater grounds, Waltham, MA
SPECIAL Director's Performance of Euripides' "Bacchae"
Eric H. Hill, Director (Brandeis University)
Free admission; all are welcome
*Wed., May 3, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Marek Wecowski (Warsaw University and Center for Hellenic Studies)
"Symposion, Homeric Banquet, and Early Greek Conviviality"
Thurs., May 18, 7:30 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
David Reeve (UNC, Chapel Hill)
"Plato's Goat-Stags: Philosophers and Cities in the Republic"
Commentary by Mark McPherran (U Maine, Farmington)
For more information contact Margaret Graver
<margaret.r.graver(a)dartmouth.edu>
APPENDIX:
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 2005/2006: #29 (4/21/06)
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.
Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below
instead of 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:
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** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Fri., Apr. 21, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Twelfth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Denis Feeney (Princeton University), "Founding and Re-founding the City
of Rome"
Ann Vasaly (Boston University), "Characterization and Complexity:
Caesar, Sallust, and Livy"
Tony Woodman (University of Virginia), "Mutiny and Madness: Annals
1.16-51"
A reception and dinner conclude conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Pat Larash or
Mr. Ben Thompson <romstud(at)bu.edu>, 617-353-2426
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Sat., Apr. 22 - Sun., Apr. 23
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
The Third Biennial Graduate Student Conference of the Department of the
Classics
"Imagined Places: The Construction of Space in the Ancient World"
Keynote Speaker: Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University/Universita
di Siena ad Arezzo)
Closing Comments: Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
For the full schedule of events and information on panelists see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/conferences/ImaginedPlaces/
ImaginedPlaces.html
Mon., Apr. 24, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, PH 407, New Haven, CT
Classics and Theory Colloquium
Alessandro Barchiesi (University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford
University)
"Phaethon and the Monsters"
Mon., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Hermann Parzinger (German Archaeological Institute)
"Monumental Kurgans in the Siberian Steppe: The Scythian Elite Burial
from Arzhan in Tuva"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard Art Museums, and
the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Mon., Apr. 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 4: "Identity and Discrepancy"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Tues., Apr. 25, 5:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall, College
Street (Rt 9), Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Emma Dench (Harvard University and Birkbeck College, University of
London)
Schedule: 5:30 Wine and Cheese, 6:30 Dinner, 7:30 Paper, Response, and
Discussion
For more information contact Cynthia Damon <cdamon(a)amherst.edu>,
413-542-8126
Wed., Apr. 26, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy,
54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
"Why Physics? Stoic Views on the Contributions of Natural Science to
Human Happiness"
*Wed., Apr. 26, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sperry Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis
Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Dr.Tomasz Waliszewski (Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University)
"Chhîm above Berytus: Recent Excavations in the Agricultural Hinterland
of Beirut"
Reception at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
For more information contact Dena Davis <davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu>, 617
495 4631
Wed., Apr. 26, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall,
Durham, NH
John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series spring lecture
Monica Cyrino (University of New Mexico)
"From Helen of Sparta to Helen of Troy"
Presented with the support of the UNH College of Liberal Arts and the
Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Eta Sigma Phi
Open and free to the public; small reception to follow
For more information contact Thelma Sidmore <tss(a)cisunix.unh.edu>
*Thurs., Apr. 27, 6:30 p.m.
M.I.T., Stratton Student Center, Lobdell Court (2nd floor), Cambridge,
MA
"Three Tongues of the Muse"
A Poetic Banquet of French, Greek and Persian Poetry and Ethnic Cuisine
Entrance Fee: $5, dinner included
**Thurs., Fri., Sat., Apr. 27, 28, 29, 7:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE TIME
CHANGE)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents:
Aristophanes' "The Birds" in original translation
Ticket Prices: $5 for students, $7 for non-students
Sat., Apr. 29, 11:00 a.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Art Building, Northampton, MA
16th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"Industrial Religion: Ritual Pyres in Ancient Athens"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
*Mon., May 1, 1:30 - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
BACCHUS COMES TO BRANDEIS: A Symposium on Euripides and Athenian Tragedy
Refreshments will be served
For further information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow at 781-736-2183
or <aoko(a)brandeis.edu> or Janet Barry at 781-736-2180 or
<jbarry(a)brandeis.edu>
For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
All symposium, lecture, round table, and theatre events are free and
open to the public;
see details below
*Mon., May 1, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
The Classical Colloquium Series
Eric H. Hill (Brandeis University)
"Dionysus' Body: In Search of the God on Stage"
*Mon., May 1, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture in Classical Studies
Mary Ebbott (Holy Cross)
"'How Do I Look?': Dynamics of Performance in Euripides' 'Bacchae'"
*Mon., May 1, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA
The Classical Colloquium Series
"Round Table on Performing 'The Bacchae'"
Eric H. Hill, Director, with the Cast of "The Bacchae" (Brandeis
University)
Moderators Leonard C. Muellner, Classics and Tom King, English
*Mon., May 1, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, alfresco, the Spingold Theater grounds, Waltham, MA
SPECIAL Director's Performance of Euripides' "Bacchae"
Eric H. Hill, Director (Brandeis University)
Free admission; all are welcome
*Wed., May 3, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Marek Wecowski (Warsaw University and Center for Hellenic Studies)
"Symposion, Homeric Banquet, and Early Greek Conviviality"
Thurs., May 18, 7:30 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
David Reeve (UNC, Chapel Hill)
"Plato's Goat-Stags: Philosophers and Cities in the Republic"
Commentary by Mark McPherran (U Maine, Farmington)
For more information contact Margaret Graver
<margaret.r.graver(a)dartmouth.edu>
APPENDIX:
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 2005/2006: #28 (4/14/06)
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.
Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below
instead of 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
Mon., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Donald Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley)
"Males as Agents in Euripides"
Tues., Apr. 18, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics,
48 College Street, Providence, RI
Erwin Cook (Trinity University)
"Nestor's Big Adventure: Making Sense of Iliad, Book 8"
Tues., Apr. 18, 5:15 p.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Hall, Northampton MA
James Tatum (Dartmouth College)
"Hector's Tomb: The War Memorial as Side Show" (illustrated lecture)
An event in the series "Nostoi: Stories of War and Return from Troy to
Iraq"
Tues., Apr. 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Goddard Chapel, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 1: "From Imperium to Imperialism: Writing the Roman Empire"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Wed., Apr. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 2: "Ruling Regions, Exploiting Resources"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Thurs., Apr. 20, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Christof Boehringer (Curator Emeritus of the Collection of the
University of Gottingen, Germany)
"Signing and Non-Signing Engravers in the Classical Greek Coinage of
Sicily"
Thurs., Apr. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 3: "Power, Sex, and Empire"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Fri., Apr. 21, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Twelfth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Denis Feeney (Princeton University), "Founding and Re-founding the City
of Rome"
Ann Vasaly (Boston University), "Characterization and Complexity:
Caesar, Sallust, and Livy"
Tony Woodman (University of Virginia), "Mutiny and Madness: Annals
1.16-51"
A reception and dinner conclude conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Pat Larash or
Mr. Ben Thompson <romstud(at)bu.edu>, 617-353-2426
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Sat., Apr. 22 - Sun., Apr. 23
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
The Third Biennial Graduate Student Conference of the Department of the
Classics
"Imagined Places: The Construction of Space in the Ancient World"
Keynote Speaker: Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University/Universita
di Siena ad Arezzo)
Closing Comments: Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
For the full schedule of events and information on panelists see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/conferences/ImaginedPlaces/
ImaginedPlaces.html
*Mon., Apr. 24, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, PH 407, New Haven, CT
Classics and Theory Colloquium
Alessandro Barchiesi (University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford
University)
"Phaethon and the Monsters"
Mon., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Hermann Parzinger (German Archaeological Institute)
"Monumental Kurgans in the Siberian Steppe: The Scythian Elite Burial
from Arzhan in Tuva"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard Art Museums, and
the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Mon., Apr. 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 4: "Identity and Discrepancy"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Tues., Apr. 25, 5:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall, College
Street (Rt 9), Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Emma Dench (Harvard University and Birkbeck College, University of
London)
Schedule: 5:30 Wine and Cheese, 6:30 Dinner, 7:30 Paper, Response, and
Discussion
For more information contact Cynthia Damon <cdamon(a)amherst.edu>,
413-542-8126
Wed., Apr. 26, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy,
54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
"Why Physics? Stoic Views on the Contributions of Natural Science to
Human Happiness"
*Wed., Apr. 26, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall,
Durham, NH
John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series spring lecture
Monica Cyrino (University of New Mexico)
"From Helen of Sparta to Helen of Troy"
Presented with the support of the UNH College of Liberal Arts and the
Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Eta Sigma Phi
Open and free to the public; small reception to follow
For more information contact Thelma Sidmore <tss(a)cisunix.unh.edu>
*Thurs., Fri., Sat., Apr. 27, 28, 29, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents:
Aristohanes' "The Birds" in original translation
Ticket Prices: $5 for students, $7 for non-students
Sat., Apr. 29, 11:00 a.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Art Building, Northampton, MA
16th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"Industrial Religion: Ritual Pyres in Ancient Athens"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
Thurs., May 18, 7:30 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
David Reeve (UNC, Chapel Hill)
"Plato's Goat-Stags: Philosophers and Cities in the Republic"
Commentary by Mark McPherran (U Maine, Farmington)
For more information contact Margaret Graver
<margaret.r.graver(a)dartmouth.edu>
APPENDIX:
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 2005/2006: #27 (4/7/06)
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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Fri., Apr. 7, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Crane Room, Paige Hall, 12 Upper Campus Road,
Medford, MA
"At Home with the Past: Boston's Brandegee Collection of Roman
Sculpture"
A symposium with six presentations by Michael Thomas, Anthony Tuck,
Penelope Davies,
Rabun Taylor, Keith Doherty in absentia, and Esen Ogus
For more information contact Michael Thomas <michael.thomas(a)tufts.edu>
or Anthony Tuck <anthony.tuck(a)tufts.edu>
Mon., Apr. 10, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA
Simon James (University of Leicester)
"Desert Fortress: Life and Violent Death in Roman Dura-Europos, Syria"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
Mon., Apr. 10, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics,
48 College Street, Providence, RI
Jeffrey Wills (Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine)
"Why is Vergil an Alexandrian? The Maximization of Minimalism"
*Tues., Apr. 11, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Department of the Classics, PH 407, New Haven, CT
Woodward Lecture
Alan Griffiths (University College London)
"Famous Last Words: The Pythia Shuts Up Shop (Parke-Wormell 476,
Fontenrose Q263)"
Reception to follow
Tues., Apr. 11, 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Conference Room 5-6, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
The Richard Lobban Family Endowed Lecture
David Mattingly (University of Leicester, UK)
"Town and Country in Roman Libya"
Sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America
Wed., Apr. 12, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Alan Griffiths (University College London)
"The 'Milan Poseidippos': Work in Progress"
*Wed., Apr. 12, 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 114, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar in Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Kevin McGrath (Harvard University)
"Philhellenism and English Poetry"
Thurs., Apr. 13, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA
Myth and Religion Study Group
Rainer Friedrich (Boston University)
"Odysseus and Achilleus in Iliad IX: Fatal Readings from Antiquity to
the Present"
Refreshments will be served
For more information contact Sal <salvy(a)bu.edu>, 617-353-2427
Thurs., Apr. 13, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Erik Thuno (Rutgers University)
"Text, Image, and Time in Some Early Christian Mosaics"
Mon., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Donald Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley)
"Males as Agents in Euripides"
Tues., Apr. 18, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics,
48 College Street, Providence, RI
Erwin Cook (Trinity University)
"Nestor's Big Adventure: Making Sense of Iliad, Book 8"
Tues., Apr. 18, 5:15 p.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Hall, Northampton MA
James Tatum (Dartmouth College)
"Hector's Tomb: The War Memorial as Side Show" (illustrated lecture)
An event in the series "Nostoi: Stories of War and Return from Troy to
Iraq"
Tues., Apr. 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Goddard Chapel, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 1: "From Imperium to Imperialism: Writing the Roman Empire"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Wed., Apr. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 2: "Ruling Regions, Exploiting Resources"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Thurs., Apr. 20, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Christof Boehringer (Curator Emeritus of the Collection of the
University of Gottingen, Germany)
"Signing and Non-Signing Engravers in the Classical Greek Coinage of
Sicily"
Thurs., Apr. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 3: "Power, Sex, and Empire"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Fri., Apr. 21, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Twelfth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Denis Feeney (Princeton University), "Founding and Re-founding the City
of Rome"
Ann Vasaly (Boston University), "Characterization and Complexity:
Caesar, Sallust, and Livy"
Tony Woodman (University of Virginia), "Mutiny and Madness: Annals
1.16-51"
A reception and dinner conclude conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Pat Larash or
Mr. Ben Thompson <romstud(at)bu.edu>, 617-353-2426
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Sat., Apr. 22 - Sun., Apr. 23
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
The Third Biennial Graduate Student Conference of the Department of the
Classics
"Imagined Places: The Construction of Space in the Ancient World"
Keynote Speaker: Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University/Universita
di Siena ad Arezzo)
Closing Comments: Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
For the full schedule of events and information on panelists see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/conferences/ImaginedPlaces/
ImaginedPlaces.html
Mon., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Hermann Parzinger (German Archaeological Institute)
"Monumental Kurgans in the Siberian Steppe: The Scythian Elite Burial
from Arzhan in Tuva"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard Art Museums, and
the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Mon., Apr. 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 4: "Identity and Discrepancy"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Tues., Apr. 25, 5:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall, College
Street (Rt 9), Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Emma Dench (Harvard University and Birkbeck College, University of
London)
Schedule: 5:30 Wine and Cheese, 6:30 Dinner, 7:30 Paper, Response, and
Discussion
For more information contact Cynthia Damon <cdamon(a)amherst.edu>,
413-542-8126
Wed., Apr. 26, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy,
54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
"Why Physics? Stoic Views on the Contributions of Natural Science to
Human Happiness"
Sat., Apr. 29, 11:00 a.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Art Building, Northampton, MA
16th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"Industrial Religion: Ritual Pyres in Ancient Athens"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
Thurs., May 18, 7:30 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
David Reeve (UNC, Chapel Hill)
"Plato's Goat-Stags: Philosophers and Cities in the Republic"
Commentary by Mark McPherran (U Maine, Farmington)
For more information contact Margaret Graver
<margaret.r.graver(a)dartmouth.edu>
APPENDIX:
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.
