Boston Area Classics Calendar 2007/2008: #25 (3/28/08)
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Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
Tues., Apr. 1, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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)
Wed., Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot (Asean) Auditorium, Medford, MA
Graduate Student Council, Perseus Project and Past & Present
"Byzantium and Armenia: The Larger Picture"
Helen C. Evans (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Reception to follow
For more information contact David Proctor (david.proctor(a)tufts.edu)
Co-sponosored by the Fares Center, Department of Art History,
Department of History, Department of
Classics, Archaeology Program, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta Chapter of
Massachusetts), and the Office of the
Dean of Undergraduate Education
*Fri., Apr. 4 - Sun., Apr. 6
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall, Room 115, 167 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
"Highways and Byways in the Pre-modern World"
A conference organized by Sue Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard Talbert
(Brown University)
Free and open to the public
See Appendix for details
Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
John Papadopoulos (UCLA)
"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (Boston University) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston
University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Classical Traditions Seminar
Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism:
Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century
Germany"
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University)
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 15, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Ancient Greece and Rome
Clemence E. Schultze (Durham University)
"The Sole Glory of Death: Dying and Commemoration in Dionysius of
Halicarnassus"
Tues., Apr. 15, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
Apr. 15, 5:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA
AIA George Hanfmann Lecture
Guy P.R. Metraux (York University)
"Venus and the Christians at Carthage"
Free and open to the public
Directions: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml
For more information contact bbergman(a)mtholyoke.edu
Wed., Apr. 16, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IIC, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge, MA
Dean Abernathy (IATH, University of Virginia)
"Digital Models of Ancient Rome"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 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
Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dance in Satyr Play"
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
See Appendix for details
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations
have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term
begins, the following galleries
will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art
(1A01); Archaic Greek Art
(1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the
Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
*Fri., Apr. 4 - Sun., Apr. 6
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall, Room 115, 167 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
"Highways and Byways in the Pre-modern World"
A conference organized by Sue Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard Talbert
(Brown University)
Free and open to the public
Friday, April 4th, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 5th, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 6th, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
This conference explores issues of human movement, and of local and
regional connectivity, in the
pre-modern world. It brings together papers from six areas of the
globe (Africa, the Americas, China,
Egypt and Western Asia, Japan, and the Mediterranean) that consider
both the routes running through
these regions maintained by an overarching authority and those
developed independent of any
centralized control. For a complete schedule, visit:
http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/events/Posters/
Roads.html
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss,
violence, dislocation, and defeat
have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and
the individuals who felt them.
The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained
with these individuals
for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through
its trauma? In particular,
what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How
were injuries healed,
memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and
performance alleviate
anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did
public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have
its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit
the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/
conferences/trauma/index.html
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the
difficulties of adolescence and the best way to raise a child. When
Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to facilitate the romantic
inclinations of his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own
romance in peril. Meanwhile, the brothers' father Demea is running
all over Athens (literally) to find his brother Micio to admonish his
indulgent lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two
pairs of brothers work out their various issues and everything comes
to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the Classical Club with a
new, outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with
traditional sets and costumes, this masterpiece of Roman drama is
full of vivid characters and roles with great comedic opportunity.
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 2007/2008: #25 (3/28/08)
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
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the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
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Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
Tues., Apr. 1, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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)
Wed., Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot (Asean) Auditorium, Medford, MA
Graduate Student Council, Perseus Project and Past & Present
"Byzantium and Armenia: The Larger Picture"
Helen C. Evans (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Reception to follow
For more information contact David Proctor (david.proctor(a)tufts.edu)
Co-sponosored by the Fares Center, Department of Art History,
Department of History, Department of
Classics, Archaeology Program, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta Chapter of
Massachusetts), and the Office of the
Dean of Undergraduate Education
*Fri., Apr. 4 - Sun., Apr. 6
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall, Room 115, 167 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
"Highways and Byways in the Pre-modern World"
A conference organized by Sue Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard Talbert
(Brown University)
Free and open to the public
See Appendix for details
Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
John Papadopoulos (UCLA)
"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (Boston University) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston
University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Classical Traditions Seminar
Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism:
Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century
Germany"
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University)
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 15, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Ancient Greece and Rome
Clemence E. Schultze (Durham University)
"The Sole Glory of Death: Dying and Commemoration in Dionysius of
Halicarnassus"
Tues., Apr. 15, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
Apr. 15, 5:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA
AIA George Hanfmann Lecture
Guy P.R. Metraux (York University)
"Venus and the Christians at Carthage"
Free and open to the public
Directions: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml
For more information contact bbergman(a)mtholyoke.edu
Wed., Apr. 16, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IIC, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge, MA
Dean Abernathy (IATH, University of Virginia)
"Digital Models of Ancient Rome"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 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
Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dance in Satyr Play"
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
See Appendix for details
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations
have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term
begins, the following galleries
will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art
(1A01); Archaic Greek Art
(1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the
Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
*Fri., Apr. 4 - Sun., Apr. 6
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall, Room 115, 167 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
"Highways and Byways in the Pre-modern World"
A conference organized by Sue Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard Talbert
(Brown University)
Free and open to the public
Friday, April 4th, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 5th, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 6th, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
This conference explores issues of human movement, and of local and
regional connectivity, in the
pre-modern world. It brings together papers from six areas of the
globe (Africa, the Americas, China,
Egypt and Western Asia, Japan, and the Mediterranean) that consider
both the routes running through
these regions maintained by an overarching authority and those
developed independent of any
centralized control. For a complete schedule, visit:
http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/events/Posters/
Roads.html
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss,
violence, dislocation, and defeat
have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and
the individuals who felt them.
The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained
with these individuals
for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through
its trauma? In particular,
what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How
were injuries healed,
memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and
performance alleviate
anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did
public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have
its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit
the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/
conferences/trauma/index.html
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the
difficulties of adolescence and the best way to raise a child. When
Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to facilitate the romantic
inclinations of his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own
romance in peril. Meanwhile, the brothers' father Demea is running
all over Athens (literally) to find his brother Micio to admonish his
indulgent lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two
pairs of brothers work out their various issues and everything comes
to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the Classical Club with a
new, outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with
traditional sets and costumes, this masterpiece of Roman drama is
full of vivid characters and roles with great comedic opportunity.
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 2007/2008: #24 (3/21/08)
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Fri., Mar. 21, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA
Myth and Religion Study Group
Marc Mastrangelo (Dickinson College)
"The Decline of Latin Poetry in the Fourth Century"
Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Stacy Fox
(sfox(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2426)
Thurs., Mar. 27, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Paul Cartledge (New York University)
"Herodotus: A Personal Odyssey"
Sponsored by Lurcy Fund, Five Colleges, Inc., and Five College
Classics Departments
Reception to follow
For further information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu) or
Rebecca Sinos (rhsinos(a)amherst.edu)
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
Tues., Apr. 1, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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)
*Wed., Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot (Asean) Auditorium, Medford, MA
Graduate Student Council, Perseus Project and Past & Present
"Byzantium and Armenia: The Larger Picture"
Helen C. Evans (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Reception to follow
For more information contact David Proctor (david.proctor(a)tufts.edu)
Co-sponosored by the Fares Center, Department of Art History,
Department of History, Department of
Classics, Archaeology Program, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta Chapter of
Massachusetts), and the Office of the
Dean of Undergraduate Education
Sun., Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
John Papadopoulos (UCLA)
"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (poet) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Classical Traditions Seminar
Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism:
Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century
Germany"
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University)
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 15, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Ancient Greece and Rome
Clemence E. Schultze (Durham University)
"The Sole Glory of Death: Dying and Commemoration in Dionysius of
Halicarnassus"
Tues., Apr. 15, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
Apr. 15, 5:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA
AIA George Hanfmann Lecture
Guy P.R. Metraux (York University)
"Venus and the Christians at Carthage"
Free and open to the public
Directions: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml
For more information contact bbergman(a)mtholyoke.edu
Wed., Apr. 16, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IIC, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge, MA
Dean Abernathy (IATH, University of Virginia)
"Digital Models of Ancient Rome"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 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
Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dance in Satyr Play"
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
See Appendix for details
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations
have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term
begins, the following galleries
will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art
(1A01); Archaic Greek Art
(1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the
Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss,
violence, dislocation, and defeat
have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and
the individuals who felt them.
The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained
with these individuals
for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through
its trauma? In particular,
what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How
were injuries healed,
memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and
performance alleviate
anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did
public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have
its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit
the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/
conferences/trauma/index.html
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the
difficulties of adolescence and the best way to raise a child. When
Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to facilitate the romantic
inclinations of his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own
romance in peril. Meanwhile, the brothers' father Demea is running
all over Athens (literally) to find his brother Micio to admonish his
indulgent lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two
pairs of brothers work out their various issues and everything comes
to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the Classical Club with a
new, outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with
traditional sets and costumes, this masterpiece of Roman drama is
full of vivid characters and roles with great comedic opportunity.
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 2007/2008: #24 (3/21/08)
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., Mar. 21, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA
Myth and Religion Study Group
Marc Mastrangelo (Dickinson College)
"The Decline of Latin Poetry in the Fourth Century"
Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Stacy Fox
(sfox(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2426)
Thurs., Mar. 27, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Paul Cartledge (New York University)
"Herodotus: A Personal Odyssey"
Sponsored by Lurcy Fund, Five Colleges, Inc., and Five College
Classics Departments
Reception to follow
For further information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu) or
Rebecca Sinos (rhsinos(a)amherst.edu)
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
Tues., Apr. 1, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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)
*Wed., Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot (Asean) Auditorium, Medford, MA
Graduate Student Council, Perseus Project and Past & Present
"Byzantium and Armenia: The Larger Picture"
Helen C. Evans (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Reception to follow
For more information contact David Proctor (david.proctor(a)tufts.edu)
Co-sponosored by the Fares Center, Department of Art History,
Department of History, Department of
Classics, Archaeology Program, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta Chapter of
Massachusetts), and the Office of the
Dean of Undergraduate Education
Sun., Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
John Papadopoulos (UCLA)
"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (poet) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Classical Traditions Seminar
Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism:
Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century
Germany"
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University)
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 15, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Ancient Greece and Rome
Clemence E. Schultze (Durham University)
"The Sole Glory of Death: Dying and Commemoration in Dionysius of
Halicarnassus"
Tues., Apr. 15, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
Apr. 15, 5:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA
AIA George Hanfmann Lecture
Guy P.R. Metraux (York University)
"Venus and the Christians at Carthage"
Free and open to the public
Directions: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml
For more information contact bbergman(a)mtholyoke.edu
Wed., Apr. 16, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IIC, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge, MA
Dean Abernathy (IATH, University of Virginia)
"Digital Models of Ancient Rome"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 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
Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dance in Satyr Play"
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
See Appendix for details
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations
have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term
begins, the following galleries
will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art
(1A01); Archaic Greek Art
(1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the
Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss,
violence, dislocation, and defeat
have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and
the individuals who felt them.
The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained
with these individuals
for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through
its trauma? In particular,
what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How
were injuries healed,
memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and
performance alleviate
anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did
public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have
its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit
the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/
conferences/trauma/index.html
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the
difficulties of adolescence and the best way to raise a child. When
Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to facilitate the romantic
inclinations of his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own
romance in peril. Meanwhile, the brothers' father Demea is running
all over Athens (literally) to find his brother Micio to admonish his
indulgent lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two
pairs of brothers work out their various issues and everything comes
to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the Classical Club with a
new, outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with
traditional sets and costumes, this masterpiece of Roman drama is
full of vivid characters and roles with great comedic opportunity.
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 2007/2008: #23 (3/14/08)
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
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Please circulate as widely as possible.
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Fri., Mar. 21, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA
Myth and Religion Study Group
Marc Mastrangelo (Dickinson College)
"The Decline of Latin Poetry in the Fourth Century"
Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Stacy Fox
(sfox(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2426)
Thurs., Mar. 27, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Paul Cartledge (New York University)
"Herodotus: A Personal Odyssey"
Sponsored by Lurcy Fund, Five Colleges, Inc., and Five College
Classics Departments
Reception to follow
For further information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu) or
Rebecca Sinos (rhsinos(a)amherst.edu)
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
**Tues., Apr. 1, 5:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE WAS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR TUES., MAR. 18)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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)
Sun., Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
John Papadopoulos (UCLA)
"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (poet) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Classical Traditions Seminar
Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism:
Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century
Germany"
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University)
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
See Appendix for details
*Tues., Apr. 15, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Ancient Greece and Rome
Clemence E. Schultze (Durham University)
"The Sole Glory of Death: Dying and Commemoration in Dionysius of
Halicarnassus"
Tues., Apr. 15, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
*Apr. 15, 5:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA
AIA George Hanfmann Lecture
Guy P.R. Metraux (York University)
"Venus and the Christians at Carthage"
Free and open to the public
Directions: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml
For more information contact bbergman(a)mtholyoke.edu
*Wed., Apr. 16, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IIC, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge, MA
Dean Abernathy (IATH, University of Virginia)
"Digital Models of Ancient Rome"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
*Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 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
Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dance in Satyr Play"
*Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
See Appendix for details
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations
have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term
begins, the following galleries
will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art
(1A01); Archaic Greek Art
(1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the
Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss,
violence, dislocation, and defeat
have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and
the individuals who felt them.
The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained
with these individuals
for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through
its trauma? In particular,
what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How
were injuries healed,
memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and
performance alleviate
anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did
public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have
its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit
the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/
conferences/trauma/index.html
*Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the
difficulties of adolescence and the best way to raise a child. When
Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to facilitate the romantic
inclinations of his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own
romance in peril. Meanwhile, the brothers' father Demea is running
all over Athens (literally) to find his brother Micio to admonish his
indulgent lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two
pairs of brothers work out their various issues and everything comes
to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the Classical Club with a
new, outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with
traditional sets and costumes, this masterpiece of Roman drama is
full of vivid characters and roles with great comedic opportunity.
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 2007/2008: #22 (3/7/08)
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., Mar. 7 - Sun., Mar. 9
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Lounge at the Inn at Brown, 101 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
Ancient Studies Conference
"Sixty Years After: Revisiting "The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient
Man"
Free and open to the public
For more information visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/
Ancient_Studies
*Mon., Mar. 10, 8:00 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, 5 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA
David Frankfurter (University of New Hampshire)
"Domestic Devotion and Religious Change: Theoretical Perspectives and
the Christianization of Egypt"
Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the Boston Theological
Institute,
an association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston
area. For more information,
contact Annewies van den Hoek, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
or visit the website at http://www.bostontheological.org/academic/
patristica_bostoniensia.htm
Wed., Mar. 12, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS (Center for Government and International
Studies) South Building,
Room S010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard
Center for the Humanities, and
the Jewish Societies & Cultures Seminar of Harvard University, and
the Harry Elson Lecture and
Publications Fund
Ehud Netzer (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
"Was Herod Buried in the Mausoleum Recently Found at Herodium?"
Free and open to the public; handicapped accessible
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
*Wed, Mar. 12, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, Murkland Hall,
Durham, NH
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"Live Free or Die: Democracy, Liberty, and Imperialism in Ancient
Athens"
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Lecture Series and the Discovery Program
For more information contact Scott Smith (rss3(a)cisunix.unh.edu)
Tues., Mar. 18, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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)
*Fri., Mar. 21, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA
Myth and Religion Study Group
Marc Mastrangelo (Dickinson College)
"The Decline of Latin Poetry in the Fourth Century"
Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Stacy Fox
(sfox(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2426)
Thurs., Mar. 27, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Paul Cartledge (New York University)
"Herodotus: A Personal Odyssey"
Sponsored by Lurcy Fund, Five Colleges, Inc., and Five College
Classics Departments
Reception to follow
For further information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu) or
Rebecca Sinos (rhsinos(a)amherst.edu)
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
Sun., Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
*Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
John Papadopoulos (UCLA)
"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (poet) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
*Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Classical Traditions Seminar
Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism:
Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century
Germany"
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
*Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University)
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 15th, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations have been temporarily de-
installed. We expect that as the spring term begins, the following
galleries will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11);
Etruscan Art (1A01); Archaic Greek Art (1A06); Classical Greek Art
(2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding. If you have questions about particular
pieces, you can reach the Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
*Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
"Working through Trauma in the Ancient World"
Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University
Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss,
violence, dislocation, and defeat
have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and
the individuals who felt them.
The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained
with these individuals
for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through
its trauma? In particular,
what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How
were injuries healed,
memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and
performance alleviate
anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did
public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have
its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit
the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/
conferences/trauma/index.html
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.
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*Wed., Mar. 5, 7:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Main Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Peter E. Knox (University of Colorado)
"Virgil's Borrowed One-Liners"
Sponsored by the Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the Humanities and
the Department of Classics
For more information contact Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Wed., Mar. 5, 7:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
"Portrait of a Priestess: The Hidden History of Women and Religion in
Ancient Greece"
A conversation with Prof. Joan Breton Connelly (New York University
and author of
"Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece") and
MFA Curator Christine Kondoleon
Thurs., Mar. 6, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Pollack (Fine Arts) Auditorium, 415 South
Street, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan)
"'A Spectacle Worthy of Caesar': Film Versions of Quo Vadis"
Reception to follow, with light refreshments
For further information: 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).
Fri., Mar. 7 - Sun., Mar. 9
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Lounge at the Inn at Brown, 101 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
Ancient Studies Conference
"Sixty Years After: Revisiting "The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient
Man"
Free and open to the public
For more information visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/
Ancient_Studies
Wed., Mar. 12, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS (Center for Government and International
Studies) South Building,
Room S010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard
Center for the Humanities, and
the Jewish Societies & Cultures Seminar of Harvard University, and
the Harry Elson Lecture and
Publications Fund
Ehud Netzer (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
"Was Herod Buried in the Mausoleum Recently Found at Herodium?"
Free and open to the public; handicapped accessible
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Tues., Mar. 18, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 123, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of
Classical Studies
Umit Singh Dhuga (Brandeis University)
"On Translating Homer, Again"
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. 27, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Paul Cartledge (New York University)
"Herodotus: A Personal Odyssey"
Sponsored by Lurcy Fund, Five Colleges, Inc., and Five College
Classics Departments
Reception to follow
For further information contact Sara Upton (swupton(a)amherst.edu) or
Rebecca Sinos (rhsinos(a)amherst.edu)
*Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 31, 3:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
Alfred Miller (Catholic University/Boston University)
"The Aristotelian Foundations of Modern Biology"
*Sun., Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
"'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman
Genealogies
in Early Christian Art"
Free to the public; museum admission not required
Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist)
Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and Visual Arts
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University)
"Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by
Homer's Odyssey
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME
Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present
Rosanna Warren (poet) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston University)
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl
Lectureship in the Humanities, and the
Departments of Classics and English
For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak
(jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or
Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu)
*Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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
Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical
Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 15th, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Pierre Briant (College de France)
"The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the
Preservation and Exhibition of
Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture
hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
"The Coinage of the Persians"
Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Michael Putnam (Brown University)
"Virgil and History"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Judith Herrin (King's College London)
"Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors"
Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT
Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife"
Light refreshments
For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070)
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/
classics/directions.html)
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations have been temporarily de-
installed. We expect that as the spring term begins, the following
galleries will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11);
Etruscan Art (1A01); Archaic Greek Art (1A06); Classical Greek Art
(2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding. If you have questions about particular
pieces, you can reach the Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
*Fri., Mar. 28 - Sat., Mar. 29
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, CT
Epic Heroes Then and Now
Conference organized by Corinne Pache (Classics) and Kathryn Slanski
(NELC)
Speakers: Anna Bonifazi, David Damrosh, David Ferry, Simon Goldhill,
Emily Greenwood, Stefan Maul, Gregory Nagy, Oliver Taplin, Rosanna
Warren
For more information contact Corinne Pache (corinne.pache(a)yale.edu)
or Kathryn Slanski (kathryn.slanski(a)yale.edu)
This two-day conference explores the relationships between
masterworks of ancient Near Eastern and
Classical epic and their re-workings by later Western authors and
artists. We seek to raise questions
about how ancient narratives and characters remain inspiring -- self-
consciously or not --
for writers and artists of the Western tradition through the modern
period, and how the modern works
in turn can help us understand the ancient ones. Members of the Yale
community from the Classics,
Comparative Literature, and NELC departments will participate, and
the World Performance Project
will preview their forthcoming work, "Project O" (a multimedia
performance about Orpheus)
*Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA
The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation of Boston University
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 Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department
of Classical Studies
by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu)
Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY):
"Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer
Alternatives in Ancient Rome"
Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston):
"Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue"
Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY):
"Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions"
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.
> From: John Duffy <duffy2(a)fas.harvard.edu>
> Subject: Memorial Service for Zeph Stewart
>
> The memorial service for Zeph Stewart, who passed away on December
> 1, 2007, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7th, in
> Harvard's Memorial Church, Harvard Yard. A reception will follow,
> from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., at Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, opposite
> the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, and between Lamont
> Library and Emerson Hall in the New Yard.
>
> I would ask you to please spread word of the Memorial Service to
> colleagues, students, and friends of Zeph.
>
> Thank you,
> John Duffy
> Chair
