(PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO NEW ENTRIES THIS WEEK.)
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #13 (12/12/08)
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Fri., Dec. 12 - Sun., Dec. 14
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Cogut Center for the Humanities, Pembroke Hall, 3rd
floor,
172 Meeting Street, Providence, RI
Ancient Studies Conference
"Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World"
For details see http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Ancient_Studies/events/
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
Wed., Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Cities: Their Art & Architecture Lecture Series
Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museum)
"Persepolis: Royal City of Ancient Persia"
Individual lectures $18 (Members $12) or series of six lectures $90
(Members $60).
Space is limited, and registration is strongly encouraged. Please call
617-495-4544 for more
information or visit: http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/events/lectures.html
.
Mon., Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"The Archaeology of Economic Institutions"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
Tues., Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"Roman Technology: The Possibilities and Limits for Preindustrial
Growth"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
Wed., Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"Before the Pin Factory: Division of Labour and Mass Production"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
Thurs., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"Mining, Metal Supply, and the Supply of Money"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
Fri., Apr. 24, 3:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
"Novel Ideas": A Mini-conference on the Ancient Novel
Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University); Niall Slater (Emory
University); Judith Perkins (St. Joseph College)
For further information contact Prof. Ann Vasaly (vasaly(a)bu.edu) or
call 617-353-2427
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 2008/2009: #12 (12/5/08)
**PLEASE NOTE**
WE HAVE ADDED A GOOGLE CALENDAR LISTING FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS
CALENDAR. YOU CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
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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., Dec. 5, 4:45 - 9:30 p.m., and Sat., Dec. 6, 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Thompson Room,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
"Child’s Children: Ballad Study and its Legacies"
This conference is free to the public; no advance registration is
necessary; dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday are provided
Saturday's Session 2 and 3 will feature comments by members of the
Department of the Classics, including Richard Thomas, David Elmer,
Panagiotis Roilos, Dimitrios Yatromanolakis, and Jan Ziolkowski.
For more details see: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~folkmyth/childconference.htm
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Committee on Degrees in
Folklore & Mythology; the Department of English, the Department of the
Classics, Celtic Languages & Literatures, the Department of Music,
Houghton Library, and the Humanities Center at Harvard
Mon., Dec. 8, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Cambridge, MA
Josef Wegner (University of Pennsylvania)
"Excavations at South Abydos: Archaeological Perspectives on Egyptian
Society during the Late Middle Kingdom"
Part of the FAS faculty search in Egyptology
Mon., Dec. 8, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lecture Series
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg (Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 1: "Rabbi Isaac Casaubon: A Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Dec. 8, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, First Baptist Church in America, 75 North Main
Street, Providence, RI
Latin Carol Celebration
The Department of Classics will present its sixty-first annual program
of readings and songs in the
spirit of the season, conducted entirely in Latin. Admission is free;
street parking is available; the event
lasts a little more than an hour; all are welcome. For more
information see: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/events/latincarolservice.html
*Tues., Dec. 9, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
Knafel Building,
Room K450, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Cultural Politics
Seminar chairs: Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (yatroman(a)fas.harvard.edu)
and Panagiotis Roilos (roilos(a)fas.harvard.edu)
David Damrosch (Columbia University; Visiting Faculty, Harvard
University)
"Major Powers and Minor Literatures: The Cultural Politics of World
Literature"
For more information see: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/research_activities
Tues., Dec. 9, 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lecture Series
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg (Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 2: "How Casaubon Read Jewish Texts"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wed., Dec. 10, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lecture Series
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg (Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 3: "Casaubon and Baronio: Early Christianity in a Jewish
Setting"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Thurs., Dec. 11, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lecture Series
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg (Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 4: "The Teller and the Tale: What Casaubon Learned from Jews"
Reception to follow lecture
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Fri., Dec. 12 - Sun., Dec. 14
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Cogut Center for the Humanities, Pembroke Hall, 3rd
floor,
172 Meeting Street, Providence, RI
Ancient Studies Conference
"Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World"
For details see http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Ancient_Studies/events/
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
Wed., Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Cities: Their Art & Architecture Lecture Series
Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museum)
"Persepolis: Royal City of Ancient Persia"
Individual lectures $18 (Members $12) or series of six lectures $90
(Members $60).
Space is limited, and registration is strongly encouraged. Please call
617-495-4544 for more
information or visit: http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/events/lectures.html
.
*Mon., Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"The Archaeology of Economic Institutions "
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
*Tues., Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"Roman Technology: The Possibilities and Limits for Preindustrial
Growth"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
*Wed., Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"Before the Pin Factory: Division of Labour and Mass Production"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
*Thurs., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium 206, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lecture Series
Andrew Wilson (Institute of Archeaology, University of Oxford)
"Mining, Metal Supply, and the Supply of Money"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth
*Fri., Apr. 24, 3:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
"Novel Ideas": A Mini-conference on the Ancient Novel
Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University); Niall Slater (Emory
University); Judith Perkins (St. Joseph College)
For further information contact Prof. Ann Vasaly (vasaly(a)bu.edu) or
call 617-353-2427
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.
