Boston Area Classics Calendar 2006/2007: #18 (1/26/07)
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Thurs., Feb. 1, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
"History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historiographical Tradition"
Thurs., Feb. 1 - Fri., Feb. 2
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, and
Eliot House Library, Cambridge, MA
A workshop sponsored by the Department of the Classics
"Greek Historiography in the Fourth Century BCE: Decline or
Development?"
See Appendix for details
Wed. Feb. 7, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau (Tel Aviv University)
"Divine Banquets and Infernal Feasts: The Origins of Philistine
Iconography"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
Free and open to the public
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall, Room 008, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Department of Classics, Tufts University
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James"
Mon., Feb. 12, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather 115, Amherst, MA
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Chapter,
and Amherst College Department of Classics
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome"
Reception following
Mon., Feb. 26, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Herodotus on the Happiest Man in World We Have Lost"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Tues., Feb. 27, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Thucydides on Democratic Rationality and Military Efficiency"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Wed., Feb. 28, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Plato's Socrates on Wise Athenians and Wandering Cows"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Thurs., Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Aristotle on Political Animals"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
*Wed. March 21, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics and
the Standing Committee on Archaeology
Jutta Stroszeck (German Archaeological Institute, Athens)
"A Spartan Heroon in the Athenian Kerameikos"
Fri., Mar. 30, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by the International Catacomb Society, the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston,
and the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Joseph Rife (Macalester College)
"Death, Ritual and Society at a Port in Roman Greece: The Kenchreai
Cemetery Project"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
Wed., Apr. 11, 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 224,
725 Commonwealth
Avenue, Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America, the Department of
Archaeology at Boston University, and the Gabel Museum of Archaeology
at Boston University
Donald Easton (Independent Scholar)
"Troy: New Reflections on an Old Site"
*Mon., Apr. 16, 4:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA
AIA Lecture, co-sponsored by Mt. Holyoke Classics Department
Norton Lecture: "Living it up in the Late Roman World: the Country
Mansions of the Mega-Rich"
Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia)
For more information contact Geoffrey Sumi (gsumi(a)mtholyoke.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 19, 5:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, specific location TBA, Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Speaker: Serena Connolly (Yale University)
title and respondent TBA
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)
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix
APPENDIX:
Thurs., Feb. 1 - Fri., Feb. 2
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, and
Eliot House Library, Cambridge, MA
A workshop sponsored by the Department of the Classics
"Greek Historiography in the Fourth Century BCE: Decline or
Development?"
Thurs., Feb. 1 (Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street):
4:15 p.m.: Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), "History
and Historia: Inquiry in the
Greek historiographical tradition"
Fri., Feb. 2 (Eliot House Library):
9:00 a.m.: Jan Ziolkowski (Harvard University), "Remembering Herbert
Bloch"
9:20 a.m.: Pietro Vannicelli (Università; di Urbino), "The beginning
of history from Herodotus
to Pompeius Trogus"
10:00 a.m.: Roberto Nicolai (Università; di Sassari), "Historiography
on the borderline:
Xenophon and his corpus"
10:40 a.m.: coffee break
11:00 a.m.: Riccardo Vattuone (Università; di Bologna), "The use of
sources in Thucydides'
archaiologia and in Aristotle's Athenaion politeia"
11:40 a.m.: Rosalind Thomas (Balliol College, Oxford), "Historians
and their contemporary world: nostalgia and novelty in 4th c.
historiography"
3:00 p.m.: Michael Flower (Princeton University), "The place of
Ctesias of Cnidus in the development
of Greek historiography"
3:40 p.m.: John Marincola (Florida State University), "Rethinking
Isocrates and history"
4:20 p.m.: coffee break
4:40 p.m.: Giovanni Parmeggiani (Università; di Bologna), "The causes
of the Peloponnesian
War: Ephorus, Thucydides, and their critics"
5:20 p.m.: Nino Luraghi (Harvard University), "The return of the
Heraclidae in fourth-century
Peloponnesian politics"
6:00 p.m.: general discussion, introduced by Guido Schepens
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
FOR YOUR COURSE PLANNING, MFA NEWS:
The good news is that we are about to enter into a period of
extensive renovations and gallery changes that will ultimately result
in an expanded, unified, and updated galleries. The down side is
that we cannot keep everything on view while we are doing this. We
know that many of you use the collections for teaching, and we want
to provide an update so that you might be able to use the visible
parts of the collection in your classes.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at
(617) 369-3259.
Spring 2007
On view:
Assos and East Greek
Archaic and Classical Greek (1st and 2nd floor galleries)
Etruscan Art
Hellenistic Art
Roman art in so called Roman Court (newly relabeled, including the
Italian loan of Eirene)
East Mediterranean Art, includes Antioch mosaic (this gallery is
visible but not open)
Expected to go off view during Spring 2007:
Bronze Age
Early Black Figure
Currently off view:
Late Provincial Roman (although some pieces have been incorporated
into the East Mediterranean gallery)
Much of the Early Greek collection
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 2006/2007: #17 (1/19/07)
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
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Mon., Jan. 22, 1 - 5 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
A Symposium: "Aristotle and Today's Biology"
Devin Henry (University of Western Ontario)
"Natural Teleology in Aristotle's Generation of Animals"
Williams Wians (Merrimack College)
"Is Aristotle's Account of Sexual Differentiation Inconsistent?"
Alfred Miller and Maria Miller (Catholic University)
"An Aristotelian Analysis of Current Problems in the Foundations of
Embryology"
James Lennox (University of Pittsburgh)
"The Concept of Bios in Aristotle's Biology"
For more information contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu)
Thurs., Feb. 1, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
"History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historiographical Tradition"
Thurs., Feb. 1 – Fri., Feb. 2
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133 and
Eliot House Library, Cambridge, MA
A workshop sponsored by the Department of the Classics
"Greek Historiography in the Fourth Century BCE: Decline or
Development?"
See Appendix for details
Wed. Feb. 7, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau (Tel Aviv University)
"Divine Banquets and Infernal Feasts: The Origins of Philistine
Iconography"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
Free and open to the public
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall, Room 008, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Department of Classics, Tufts University
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James"
*Mon., Feb. 12, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather 115, Amherst, MA
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Chapter,
and Amherst College Department of Classics
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome"
Reception following
Mon., Feb. 26, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Herodotus on the Happiest Man in World We Have Lost"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Tues., Feb. 27, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Thucydides on Democratic Rationality and Military Efficiency"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Wed., Feb. 28, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Plato's Socrates on Wise Athenians and Wandering Cows"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Thurs., Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Aristotle on Political Animals"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
*Fri., Mar. 30, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by the International Catacomb Society, the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston,
and the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Joseph Rife (Macalester College)
"Death, Ritual and Society at a Port in Roman Greece: The Kenchreai
Cemetery Project"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
*Wed., Apr. 11, 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 224,
725 Commonwealth
Avenue, Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America, the Department of
Archaeology at Boston University, and the Gabel Museum of Archaeology
at Boston University
Donald Easton (Independent Scholar)
"Troy: New Reflections on an Old Site"
*Thurs., Apr. 19, 5:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, specific location TBA, Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Speaker: Serena Connolly (Yale University)
title and respondent TBA
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)
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix
APPENDIX:
Thurs., Feb. 1 - Fri., Feb. 2
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133 and
Eliot House Library, Cambridge, MA
A workshop sponsored by the Department of the Classics
"Greek Historiography in the Fourth Century BCE: Decline or
Development?"
Thurs., Feb. 1 (Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street):
4:15 p.m.: Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), "History
and Historia: Inquiry in the
Greek historiographical tradition"
Fri., Feb. 2 (Eliot House Library):
9:00 a.m.: Jan Ziolkowski (Harvard University), "Remembering Herbert
Bloch"
9:20 a.m.: Pietro Vannicelli (Università; di Urbino), "The beginning
of history from Herodotus
to Pompeius Trogus"
10:00 a.m.: Roberto Nicolai (Università; di Sassari), "Historiography
on the borderline:
Xenophon and his corpus"
10:40 a.m.: coffee break
11:00 a.m.: Riccardo Vattuone (Università; di Bologna), "The use of
sources in Thucydides'
archaiologia and in Aristotle's Athenaion politeia"
11:40 a.m.: Rosalind Thomas (Balliol College, Oxford), title TBA
3:00 p.m.: Michael Flower (Princeton University), "The place of
Ctesias of Cnidus in the development
of Greek historiography"
3:40 p.m.: John Marincola (Florida State University), "Rethinking
Isocrates and history"
4:20 p.m.: coffee break
4:40 p.m.: Giovanni Parmeggiani (Università; di Bologna), "The causes
of the Peloponnesian
War: Ephorus, Thucydides, and their critics"
5:20 p.m.: Nino Luraghi (Harvard University), "The return of the
Heraclidae in fourth-century
Peloponnesian politics"
6:00 p.m.: general discussion, introduced by Guido Schepens
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
FOR YOUR COURSE PLANNING, MFA NEWS:
The good news is that we are about to enter into a period of
extensive renovations and gallery changes that will ultimately result
in an expanded, unified, and updated galleries. The down side is
that we cannot keep everything on view while we are doing this. We
know that many of you use the collections for teaching, and we want
to provide an update so that you might be able to use the visible
parts of the collection in your classes.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at
(617) 369-3259.
Spring 2007
On view:
Assos and East Greek
Archaic and Classical Greek (1st and 2nd floor galleries)
Etruscan Art
Hellenistic Art
Roman art in so called Roman Court (newly relabeled, including the
Italian loan of Eirene)
East Mediterranean Art, includes Antioch mosaic (this gallery is
visible but not open)
Expected to go off view during Spring 2007:
Bronze Age
Early Black Figure
Currently off view:
Late Provincial Roman (although some pieces have been incorporated
into the East Mediterranean gallery)
Much of the Early Greek collection
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., Apr. 19, 5:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Speaker: Serena Connolly, Yale University
Title and Respondent TBA
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
Thank you, Sara Upton, Department of Classics, Amherst College
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2006/2007: #16 (1/12/07)
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., Jan. 22, 1 - 5 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
A Symposium: "Aristotle and Today's Biology"
Devin Henry (University of Western Ontario)
"Natural Teleology in Aristotle's Generation of Animals"
Williams Wians (Merrimack College)
"Is Aristotle's Account of Sexual Differentiation Inconsistent?"
Alfred Miller and Maria Miller (Catholic University)
"An Aristotelian Analysis of Current Problems in the Foundations of
Embryology"
James Lennox (University of Pittsburgh)
"The Concept of Bios in Aristotle's Biology"
For more information contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu)
Thurs., Feb. 1, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
"History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historiographical Tradition"
*Thurs., Feb. 1 – Fri., Feb. 2
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133 and
Eliot House Library, Cambridge, MA
A workshop sponsored by the Department of the Classics
"Greek Historiography in the Fourth Century BCE: Decline or
Development?"
See Appendix for details
Wed. Feb. 7, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau (Tel Aviv University)
"Divine Banquets and Infernal Feasts: The Origins of Philistine
Iconography"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
Free and open to the public
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall, Room 008, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Department of Classics, Tufts University
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James"
Mon., Feb. 26, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Herodotus on the Happiest Man in World We Have Lost"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Tues., Feb. 27, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Thucydides on Democratic Rationality and Military Efficiency"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Wed., Feb. 28, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Plato's Socrates on Wise Athenians and Wandering Cows"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Thurs., Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Aristotle on Political Animals"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
*Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix
APPENDIX:
*Thurs., Feb. 1 - Fri., Feb. 2
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133 and
Eliot House Library, Cambridge, MA
A workshop sponsored by the Department of the Classics
"Greek Historiography in the Fourth Century BCE: Decline or
Development?"
Thurs., Feb. 1 (Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street):
4:15 p.m.: Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), "History
and Historia: Inquiry in the
Greek historiographical tradition"
Fri., Feb. 2 (Eliot House Library):
9:00 a.m.: Jan Ziolkowski (Harvard University), "Remembering Herbert
Bloch"
9:20 a.m.: Pietro Vannicelli (Università di Urbino), "The
beginning of history from Herodotus
to Pompeius Trogus"
10:00 a.m.: Roberto Nicolai (Università di Sassari),
"Historiography on the borderline:
Xenophon and his corpus"
10:40 a.m.: coffee break
11:00 a.m.: Riccardo Vattuone (Università di Bologna), "The
use of sources in Thucydides'
archaiologia and in Aristotle's Athenaion politeia"
11:40 a.m.: Rosalind Thomas (Balliol College, Oxford), title TBA
3:00 p.m.: Michael Flower (Princeton University), "The place of
Ctesias of Cnidus in the development
of Greek historiography"
3:40 p.m.: John Marincola (Florida State University), "Rethinking
Isocrates and history"
4:20 p.m.: coffee break
4:40 p.m.: Giovanni Parmeggiani (Università di Bologna), "The
causes of the Peloponnesian
War: Ephorus, Thucydides, and their critics"
5:20 p.m.: Nino Luraghi (Harvard University), "The return of the
Heraclidae in fourth-century
Peloponnesian politics"
6:00 p.m.: general discussion, introduced by Guido Schepens
*Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
FOR YOUR COURSE PLANNING, MFA NEWS:
The good news is that we are about to enter into a period of
extensive renovations and gallery changes that will ultimately result
in an expanded, unified, and updated galleries. The down side is
that we cannot keep everything on view while we are doing this. We
know that many of you use the collections for teaching, and we want
to provide an update so that you might be able to use the visible
parts of the collection in your classes.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at
(617) 369-3259.
Spring 2007
On view:
Assos and East Greek
Archaic and Classical Greek (1st and 2nd floor galleries)
Etruscan Art
Hellenistic Art
Roman art in so called Roman Court (newly relabeled, including the
Italian loan of Eirene)
East Mediterranean Art, includes Antioch mosaic (this gallery is
visible but not open)
Expected to go off view during Spring 2007:
Bronze Age
Early Black Figure
Currently off view:
Late Provincial Roman (although some pieces have been incorporated
into the East Mediterranean gallery)
Much of the Early Greek collection
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 2006/2007: #15 (1/5/07)
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., Jan. 22, 1 - 5 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
A Symposium: "Aristotle and Today's Biology"
Devin Henry (University of Western Ontario)
"Natural Teleology in Aristotle's Generation of Animals"
Williams Wians (Merrimack College)
"Is Aristotle's Account of Sexual Differentiation Inconsistent?"
Alfred Miller and Maria Miller (Catholic University)
"An Aristotelian Analysis of Current Problems in the Foundations of
Embryology"
James Lennox (University of Pittsburgh)
"The Concept of Bios in Aristotle's Biology"
For more information contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu)
Thurs., Feb. 1, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Guido Schepens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
"History and Historia: Inquiry in the Greek Historiographical Tradition"
*Wed. Feb. 7, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau (Tel Aviv University)
"Divine Banquets and Infernal Feasts: The Origins of Philistine
Iconography"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
Free and open to the public
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall, Room 008, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Department of Classics, Tufts University
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James"
Mon., Feb. 26, time TBA
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Herodotus on the Happiest Man in World We Have Lost"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Tues., Feb. 27, time TBA
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Thucydides on Democratic Rationality and Military Efficiency"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Wed., Feb. 28, time TBA
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Plato's Socrates on Wise Athenians and Wandering Cows"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.edu)
Thurs., Mar. 1, time TBA
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Medford, MA
Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the
family and friends of the late
Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the
Invention of Modernity:
Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action"
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
"Aristotle on Political Animals"
For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts
University (617-627-3213 or
classics(a)tufts.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.
