To Whom It May Concern:
Can you post this on the Boston Area Classics Calendar? Much obliged!
Wed., October 22, 7:30 pm
The University of New Hampshire, Murkland Hall, Richards Auditorium
Durham, NH
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Lecture Series
Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University
"Pericles the Squill-Head: Political Humor in the World's First
Democracy"
A small reception to follow. For questions please contact R. Scott
Smith (rss3(a)unh.edu or 603.862.2388)
R. Scott Smith
Associate Professor of Classics
University of New Hampshire
301 Murkland Hall
Durham, NH 03824
rss3(a)cisunix.unh.edu
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #2 (9/26/08)
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Sun., Oct. 5, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Miranda Marvin (Wellesley College)
"Looking at Ancient Sculpture with New Eyes"
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Oct. 6, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Thompson Room,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Luca Giuliani (Director of Wissenschaftskolleg, the Institute for
Advanced Study, Berlin)
"Infanticide as Patriotism? The Prokne Statue on the Athenian Acropolis"
Sponsored by The Department of the Classics, The Center for European
Studies,
and The Humanities Center
*Thurs., Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Author's reading by Alexis Stamatis (prominent Greek writer)
"American Fugue: An American Journey"
Thurs., Nov. 13, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Pollack (Fine Arts) Auditorium, 415 South Street,
Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
John Bodel (Brown University)
"Death Loves Company: Collective Burial in Pagan and Early Christian
Rome"
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)
Wed., Nov. 19 - Fri. Nov. 21
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Florence and Chafetz Hillel House, 213 Bay
State Road, Boston, MA
"What the Gods Demand: Blood Sacrifice in Mediterranean Antiquity"
An interdisciplinary conference at Boston University
For full details and registration information see: http://www.bu.edu/classics/news/sacrifice_conference.html
*Mon., Dec. 8, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 1: "Rabbi Isaac Casaubon: A Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
*Tues., Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 2: "How Casaubon Read Jewish Texts"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
*Wed., Dec. 10, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 3: "Casaubon and Baronio: Early Christianity in a Jewish
Setting"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
*Thurs., Dec. 11, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, exact location TBA, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 4: "The Teller and the Tale: What Casaubon Learned from Jews"
Reception to follow lecture
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to
the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the
basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the
elevator
to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first
floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted
entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic
Museum
at Harvard.
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #1 (9/19/08)
**PLEASE NOTE**
WE HAVE ADDED A GOOGLE CALENDAR LISTING FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS
CALENDAR. YOU CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bostonclassics%40gmail.com&ctz=Ame…
USERS OF ICAL CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR USING
THE FOLLOWING URL:
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This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming
events and subscription requests should be sent to an address
dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu.
Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below
instead
of as word-processor file attachments.
NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL
APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK.
Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued
the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
*Tues., Sept. 23, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Science Center 469, Cambridge, MA
Mary Fissell (Johns Hopkins University)
"Something Borrowed, Something Blue: The Long Career of Aristotle's
Masterpiece"
Sponsored by the Department of the History of Science
*Thurs., Sept. 25, 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
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"Challenges and Dreams: Presenting Greek and Roman Art at the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts"
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)
*Sun., Oct. 5, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Miranda Marvin (Wellesley College)
"Looking at Ancient Sculpture with New Eyes"
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
*Mon., Oct. 6, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Thompson Room,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Luca Giuliani (Director of Wissenschaftskolleg, the Institute for
Advanced Study, Berlin)
"Infanticide as Patriotism? The Prokne Statue on the Athenian Acropolis"
Sponsored by The Department of the Classics, The Center for European
Studies,
and The Humanities Center
*Thurs., Nov. 13, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Pollack (Fine Arts) Auditorium, 415 South Street,
Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
John Bodel (Brown University)
"Death Loves Company: Collective Burial in Pagan and Early Christian
Rome"
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)
*Wed., Nov. 19 - Fri. Nov. 21
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Florence and Chafetz Hillel House, 213 Bay
State Road, Boston, MA
"What the Gods Demand: Blood Sacrifice in Mediterranean Antiquity"
An interdisciplinary conference at Boston University
For full details and registration information see: http://www.bu.edu/classics/news/sacrifice_conference.html
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to
the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the
basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the
elevator
to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first
floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted
entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic
Museum
at Harvard.
