Boston Area Classics Calendar 2006/2007: #22 (2/23/07)
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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, 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 Humanities Center
John Matthews (Yale University)
"From Byzantium to Constantinople: Origins and Early Development of
an Urban Landscape"
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)
Thurs., Mar. 8, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the Harvard
University Art Museums
Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (University of California, Berkeley)
"Highlights of Archaeological Fieldwork at Sardis, 2002-2006"
Reception following
Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage on Felton
Street between Cambridge Street
and Broadway
*Fri. Mar. 2, 5:00 pm
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Mencoff Hall, 2nd Floor, 68 Waterman Street,
Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient
World
Alison Wylie (University of Washington)
"Collaborative Stewardship: Epistemic Pluralism and Collaborative
Practice in Archaeology"
Reception to follow at 70 Waterman Street
For more information, email Joukowsky_Institute at Brown.edu, call (401)
863-3188, or visit www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute
Free and open to the public
*Wed., Mar. 7, 5:30 pm
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Mencoff Hall, 2nd Floor, 68 Waterman Street,
Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient
World
Cyprian Broodbank (University College, London)
"Before Corruption: The Making of the Mediterranean"
For more information, email Joukowsky_Institute at Brown.edu, call (401)
863-3188, or visit www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute
Free and open to the public
Fri., Mar. 9 - Sat., Mar. 10
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH
Classical Association of New England, 2007 Annual Meeting
For preregistration and preliminary program, see www.caneweb.org
For more information contact Stephen Brunet (sabrunet(a)unh.edu) or
Cynthia Damon (cdamon(a)amherst.edu)
*Wed., Mar. 14, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 201, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
Carol L. Dougherty (Wellesley College)
"Just Visiting: The Mobile World of Classical Athens"
Reception to follow, with light refreshments
For more information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.brandeis.edu/
overview/directions.html)
*Thurs., Mar. 15, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sperry Hall, Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum and the Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations
Gernot Wilhelm (University of Wurzburg, Germany)
"'When the King Comes to Celebrate the Harvest Festivals', Hittite
Temples and Open Air Sanctuaries"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 2nd Floor, 6
Divinity Avenue
Free and open to the public
For more information contact Dena Davis (davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu or
617-495-4631)
*Sat., Mar. 17
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Brown Street at Meeting Street,
Providence, RI
Conference: "Re-Presenting the Past: Archaeology through Image and Text"
Organizers: Sheila Bonde and Stephen Houston
For more information, email Joukowsky_Institute at Brown.edu, call (401)
863-3188, or visit www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute
Free and open to the public
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
Thurs., Apr. 5, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Martha Nussbaum (Harvard Law School and University of Chicago)
"Stoic Laughter: A Reading of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis"
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. 12, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michel Amandry (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris)
"Hadrian's Journey in the East (AD 128-134) and its Impact on the
Local Coinage"
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)
Fri., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth
Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Thirteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston
University
"Poetry and the City"
A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference
For the online registration form and further information see http://
www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/
or contact Zsuzsa Várhelyi or Ben Thompson at the Department of
Classical Studies (617-353-2426 or
romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Andreas Scholl (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
"The Pergamon Altar: Sacrificial Site, Hero Tomb, or Victory Monument?"
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix
APPENDIX:
Fri., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth
Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Thirteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston
University
"Poetry and the City"
See Appendix for details
Kristina Milnor (Barnard College): "Speaks Latin, that Satin Doll:
Virgil's
Aeneid and 'Canonical
Taste' in Pompeian Graffiti"
Patricia Larash (Boston University): "Who Owns an Epigram? Authorship
Anxieties in Martial's
Rome"
Eleanor W. Leach (Indiana University): "Urban Perambulations: The
Politics of Textual Itineraries"
A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference.
For the online registration form and further information see http://
www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/
or contact Zsuzsa Várhelyi or Ben Thompson at the Department of
Classical Studies (617-353-2426 or
romstud(at)bu.edu).
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 or look online at www.mfa.org.
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: Expected to go off view Feb. 21
Early Black Figure
Greek Geometric: Expected to go off view Feb. 15
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: #21 (2/16/07)
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
Tues., Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Archaeology and Center for
Archaeological Studies, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 253, Boston, MA
Demetrios Michaelides (University of Cyprus, Onassis Foundation
Visiting Scholar)
"Nea Pafos: Capital of Ancient Cyprus"
A reception will follow the lecture
Thurs., Feb. 22, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover
Hall, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA); the Semitic Museum; the
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and Harvard
Divinity School
Demetrios Michaelides (University of Cyprus, Onassis Foundation
Visiting Scholar)
"Ayioi Pente at Yeroskipou: A New Early Christian Site in Cyprus"
For more information contact Annewies van den Hoek
(ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu) or Joseph Green (greene5(a)fas.harvard.edu)
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, 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 Humanities Center
John Matthew (Yale University)
"From Byzantium to Constantinople: Origins and Early Development of
an Urban Landscape"
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)
Thurs., Mar. 8, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the Harvard
University Art Museums
Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (University of California, Berkeley)
"Highlights of Archaeological Fieldwork at Sardis, 2002-2006"
Reception following
Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage on Felton
Street between Cambridge Street
and Broadway
Fri., Mar. 9 - Sat., Mar. 10
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH
Classical Association of New England, 2007 Annual Meeting
For preregistration and preliminary program, see www.caneweb.org
For more information contact Stephen Brunet (sabrunet(a)unh.edu) or
Cynthia Damon (cdamon(a)amherst.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
*Thurs., Apr. 5, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Martha Nussbaum (Harvard Law School and University of Chicago)
"Stoic Laughter: A Reading of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis"
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. 12, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michel Amandry (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris)
"Hadrian's Journey in the East (AD 128-134) and its Impact on the
Local Coinage"
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)
*Fri., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth
Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Thirteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston
University
"Poetry and the City"
A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference
For the online registration form and further information see http://
www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/
or contact Zsuzsa Várhelyi or Ben Thompson at the Department of
Classical Studies (617-353-2426 or
romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Andreas Scholl (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
"The Pergamon Altar: Sacrificial Site, Hero Tomb, or Victory Monument?"
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix
APPENDIX:
*Fri., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth
Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Thirteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston
University
"Poetry and the City"
See Appendix for details
Kristina Milnor (Barnard College): "Speaks Latin, that Satin Doll:
Virgil's
Aeneid and 'Canonical
Taste' in Pompeian Graffiti"
Patricia Larash (Boston University): "Who Owns an Epigram? Authorship
Anxieties in Martial's
Rome"
Eleanor W. Leach (Indiana University): "Urban Perambulations: The
Politics of Textual Itineraries"
A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference.
For the online registration form and further information see http://
www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/
or contact Zsuzsa Várhelyi or Ben Thompson at the Department of
Classical Studies (617-353-2426 or
romstud(at)bu.edu).
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 or look online at www.mfa.org.
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: Expected to go off view Feb. 21
Early Black Figure
Greek Geometric: Expected to go off view Feb. 15
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: #20 (2/9/07)
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
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 Departments of Classics and Religion
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
LaFollette Lecture: "Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance
Against Rome"
Reception following
For more information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Wed., Feb. 14, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building Room 010,
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
A lecture in the series "Medieval Archaeology in the 21st Century"
Richard Hodges (University of East Anglia)
"At the Crossroads of the Mediterranean: Butrint A.D. 400-1000,
Excavations and New Research"
The lecture will be followed by a public reception at the Harvard
Faculty Club
*Tues., Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Archaeology and Center for
Archaeological Studies, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 253, Boston, MA
Demetrios Michaelides (University of Cyprus, Onassis Foundation
Visiting Scholar)
"Nea Pafos: Capital of Ancient Cyprus"
A reception will follow the lecture
*Thurs., Feb. 22, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover
Hall, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA); the Semitic Museum; the
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and Harvard
Divinity School
Demetrios Michaelides (University of Cyprus, Onassis Foundation
Visiting Scholar)
"Ayioi Pente at Yeroskipou: A New Early Christian Site in Cyprus"
For more information contact Annewies van den Hoek
(ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu) or Joseph Green (greene5(a)fas.harvard.edu)
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, 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 Humanities Center
John Matthew (Yale University)
"From Byzantium to Constantinople: Origins and Early Development of
an Urban Landscape"
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)
*Thurs., Mar. 8, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the Harvard
University Art Museums
Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (University of California, Berkeley)
"Highlights of Archaeological Fieldwork at Sardis, 2002-2006"
Reception following
Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage on Felton
Street between Cambridge Street
and Broadway
*Fri., Mar. 9 – Sat., Mar. 10
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH
Classical Association of New England, 2007 Annual Meeting
For preregistration and preliminary program, see www.caneweb.org
For more information contact Stephen Brunet (sabrunet(a)unh.edu) or
Cynthia Damon (cdamon(a)amherst.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"
*Thurs., Apr. 12, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michel Amandry (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris)
"Hadrian's Journey in the East (AD 128-134) and its Impact on the
Local Coinage"
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)
*Tues., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Andreas Scholl (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
"The Pergamon Altar: Sacrificial Site, Hero Tomb, or Victory Monument?"
Spring 2007
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix
APPENDIX:
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 or look online at www.mfa.org.
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: Expected to go off view Feb. 21
Early Black Figure
Greek Geometric: Expected to go off view Feb. 15
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: #19 (2/2/07)
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
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 Departments of Classics and Religion
Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
LaFollette Lecture: "Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance
Against Rome"
Reception following
For more information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu)
*Wed., Feb. 14, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building Room 010,
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
A lecture in the series "Medieval Archaeology in the 21st Century"
Richard Hodges (University of East Anglia)
""At the Crossroads of the Mediterranean: Butrint A.D. 400-1000,
Excavations and New Research"
The lecture will be followed by a public reception at the Harvard
Faculty Club
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.
