Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #22 (3/20/09)
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Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21
YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven,
CT
Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as
Second Languages from
Antiquity to the Present Day"
Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris)
See Appendix for details
Thurs., Mar. 26, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Frank Sear (University of Melbourne)
"Interior Design: The Excavation of Roman Theaters"
Reception to follow
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or
Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Mon., Mar. 30, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Frank Sear (University of Melbourne)
"Grand Designs: Building a Roman Theater"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Mar. 30, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA
Andrew Riggsby (University of Texas, Austin)
"Hiding in Plain Site: How Caesar Doesn't Write Politics"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Tues., Mar. 31, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Comparative Literature Lecture
Charles Butterworth (University of Maryland)
"What Might We Learn from al-Farabi about Plato and Aristotle with
Respect to Lawgiving?"
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
Wed., Apr. 1, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 240 DeMeritt Hall, Durham, NH
Stratis Papaioannou (Brown University and Dumbarton Oaks)
"The Unknown Narcissus: Mirrors in Byzantium"
For more information contact Thelma Sidmore (tss(a)cisunix.unh.edu)
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series
Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Symposium
"In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in
Euripides' Hecuba"
A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
See Appendix for details
Mon., Apr. 6, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Claudia Rapp (UCLA)
"Christians on Earth, Citizens in Heaven: The City as Metaphor in
Early Byzantine Political Thought"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Alexander S.
Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Mon., Apr. 13, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Jane Lightfoot (New College, University of Oxford)
"'Running Water is Beautiful Water': Rivers in the Geographical
Writing of Dionysius the Periegete"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Eva Jakab (University of Szeged, Hungary)
"Women in Roman Private Legal Documents"
Tues., Apr. 14, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA
John Younger (University of Kansas)
"Mycenae Invents Itself"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Society
Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Susanna Braund (University of British Columbia)
"Taking Sides: Issues of Allegiance in the Reception of Lucan's Civil
War"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Gerhard Thuer (Universities of Graz)
"Jurisdiction in Archaic Gortyn and Athens"
Wed., Apr. 15, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Gerhard Thuer (University of Graz)
"How to Lease an Orphan's Estate in Classical Athens: New Data from
the Archimedes Palimpsest"
Co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Department of the Classics
Thurs., Apr. 16 - Sat, Apr. 18, 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle Street,
Cambridge, MA
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
The Harvard Classical Club presents its annual play, translated from
the Greek by members of the Club
Please note there is also a matinee performance on Saturday, April 18,
at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are free of charge and can be reserved by e-mailing lysistrata.loeb.ex(a)gmail.com
Thurs., Apr. 16, 8:00 p.m.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Bernhard Music Center, Brooks Rogers Recital Hall,
54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Life and Art in Roman Villas on the Bay of Naples"
Sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program
Fri., Apr. 17, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Pantelis Nigdelis (Institute for Advanced
Study)
"The Institution of Ephebeia in Roman Macedonia. A Particular Kind of
Ephebeia?"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Apr. 20, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Tomas Hejduk (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic; visiting
scholar, Brown University)
"Socrates' Unconventional Eros"
*Tues., Apr. 21, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Jane Fejfer (University of Copenhagen)
"Marble Mania: Sculptural Materiality and Roman Cyprus"
Wed., Apr. 22, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Chapin Lounge, Amherst, MA
Alan Boegehold (Brown University)
"What Do We Mean When We Say 'Most'?"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
*Wed. Apr. 22, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fairchild Hall, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
David Schloen (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)
"The Soul in the Stone: The New 'Kuttamuwa Stele' from Iron Age
Zincirli (Sam'al), Turkey"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue,
2nd floor
Free and open to the public
For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu
)
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum and Dept. of Near Eastern Languages
and Civilizations
Fri., Apr. 24, 3:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
BU Annual Roman Studies Conference and Dinner
"Novel Ideas"
Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University), "Petronius and the Greek Novel"
Niall Slater (Emory University), "Various Asses"
Judith Perkins (St. Joseph College), "Imagined Communities in Ancient
Fictions"
For further information contact Prof. Ann Vasaly (vasaly(a)bu.edu) or
Ms. Stacy Fox (sfox(a)bu.edu) or call 617-353-2427
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation
*Thurs., Apr. 30, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Andrew Burnett (The British Museum)
"What were Roman Emperors Really Called? Coins as Models of
Dissemination"
Reception to follow; free and open to the public
APPENDIX:
Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21
YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven,
CT
Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as
Second Languages from Antiquity to the Present Day"
Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris)
A conference program is available at http://www.yale.edu/classics/news.html
For free registration, please email your name and institutional
affiliation (if any) to william.brockliss(a)yale.edu
Sponsored by the Yale Department of Classics, the Deputy Provost for
the Arts, the Woodward Fund, the Edward J. & Dorothy Clarke Kempf
Fund, the Graduate School, the Beinecke Library, the Hellenic Studies
Program, the Renaissance Studies Program, and the Departments of
English, French, Italian, and History
Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Symposium
"In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in
Euripides' Hecuba"
Buffet refreshments available throughout
Free and open to the public
For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html);
for ticket information see
http://www.brandeis.edu/btc/tickets.html
For further 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)
A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
Event I: 2:00 p.m.
"'What's Hecuba to him...?' The Dangerous Grief of Euripides' Hecuba"
Helene Foley, (Barnard Classics and Ancient Studies)
Event II: 3:10 p.m.
"Euripides' Hecuba: The Limits of Sympathy, Past and Present"
Eirene Visvardi (Brandeis Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ancient Greek
Theater)
Event III: 4:10 p.m.
A Demonstration of Dramatic Method in Ancient Greek Theater
Participants: Eric H. Hill (Brandeis Theater Arts), with actors from
the April 2009 Brandeis production of Euripides' Hecuba
Event IV: 5:10 p.m.
Round Table Discussion with the Audience
Participants: Professors Helene Foley (Barnard Classics), Eric H. Hill
(Brandeis Theater Arts), Eirene
Visvardi (Brandeis Classical Studies), and Leonard C. Muellner
(Brandeis Classical Studies)
N.B.: At 8:00 p.m.: A Brandeis Department of Theater Arts Production
of Euripides' Hecuba at
The Mainstage Theater, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Directed and adapted for the stage by Eric H. Hill, Sherman Chair of
the Brandeis Department of
Theater Arts; Translated from the Ancient Greek by Professors Leonard
Muellner and Eirene Visvardi,
with the Fall Term 2008 students of GRK 115b
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: #21 (3/13/09)
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the following week.
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Fri., Mar. 13, 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, Room 224, 675
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Rosemary A. Joyce (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Early History of Chocolate"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Archaeology Department
Sat., Mar. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Annual Harvard Certamen
Keynote address: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on
classical
history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 16, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus)
"'Towards a Higher Vision' and 'Into the Depths of Words': The
Aesthetics of Layering in Byzantine Art and Literature"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Thurs., Mar. 19, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, Middle Gallery, 21 Brown
Street, Providence, RI
Medieval Studies Lecture
Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus)
"From Persia to the Provence: Tales of Love in Byzantium and Beyond"
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21
YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven,
CT
Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as
Second Languages from
Antiquity to the Present Day"
Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris)
See Appendix for details
Thurs., Mar. 26, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Frank Sear (University of Melbourne)
"Interior Design: The Excavation of Roman Theaters"
Reception to follow
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or
Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Mon., Mar. 30, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Frank Sear (University of Melbourne)
"Grand Designs: Building a Roman Theater"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Mar. 30, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA
Andrew Riggsby (University of Texas, Austin)
"Hiding in Plain Site: How Caesar Doesn't Write Politics"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Tues., Mar. 31, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Comparative Literature Lecture
Charles Butterworth (University of Maryland)
"What Might We Learn from al-Farabi about Plato and Aristotle with
Respect to Lawgiving?"
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
*Wed., Apr. 1, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 240 DeMeritt Hall, Durham, NH
Stratis Papaioannou (Brown University and Dumbarton Oaks)
"The Unknown Narcissus: Mirrors in Byzantium"
For more information contact Thelma Sidmore (tss(a)cisunix.unh.edu)
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series
Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Symposium
"In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in
Euripides' Hecuba"
A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
See Appendix for details
Mon., Apr. 6, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Claudia Rapp (UCLA)
"Christians on Earth, Citizens in Heaven: The City as Metaphor in
Early Byzantine Political Thought"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Alexander S.
Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Mon., Apr. 13, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Jane Lightfoot (New College, University of Oxford)
"'Running Water is Beautiful Water': Rivers in the Geographical
Writing of Dionysius the Periegete"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Eva Jakab (University of Szeged, Hungary)
"Women in Roman Private Legal Documents"
Tues., Apr. 14, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA
John Younger (University of Kansas)
"Mycenae Invents Itself"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Society
Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Susanna Braund (University of British Columbia)
"Taking Sides: Issues of Allegiance in the Reception of Lucan's Civil
War"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Gerhard Thuer (Universities of Graz)
"Jurisdiction in Archaic Gortyn and Athens"
Wed., Apr. 15, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Gerhard Thuer (University of Graz)
"How to Lease an Orphan's Estate in Classical Athens: New Data from
the Archimedes Palimpsest"
Co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Department of the Classics
Thurs., Apr. 16 - Sat, Apr. 18, 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle Street,
Cambridge, MA
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
The Harvard Classical Club presents its annual play, translated from
the Greek by members of the Club
Please note there is also a matinee performance on Saturday, April 18,
at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are free of charge and can be reserved by e-mailing lysistrata.loeb.ex(a)gmail.com
Thurs., Apr. 16, 8:00 p.m.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Bernhard Music Center, Brooks Rogers Recital Hall,
54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Life and Art in Roman Villas on the Bay of Naples"
Sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program
Fri., Apr. 17, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Pantelis Nigdelis (Institute for Advanced Study)
"The Institution of Ephebeia in Roman Macedonia. A Particular Kind of
Ephebeia?"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Apr. 20, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Tomas Hejduk (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic; visiting
scholar, Brown University)
"Socrates' Unconventional Eros"
Wed., Apr. 22, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Chapin Lounge, Amherst, MA
Alan Boegehold (Brown University)
"What Do We Mean When We Say 'Most'?"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Fri., Apr. 24, 3:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
BU Annual Roman Studies Conference and Dinner
"Novel Ideas"
Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University), "Petronius and the Greek Novel"
Niall Slater (Emory University), "Various Asses"
Judith Perkins (St. Joseph College), "Imagined Communities in Ancient
Fictions"
For further information contact Prof. Ann Vasaly (vasaly(a)bu.edu) or
Ms. Stacy Fox (sfox(a)bu.edu) or call 617-353-2427
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation
APPENDIX:
*Sat., Mar. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Annual Harvard Certamen
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on
classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar
and literature
All area high schools are invited to submit up to five teams
Lunch will be provided, and Prof. Kathleen Coleman will give a lecture
for students
Registration required
For more information and a complete event schedule, contact Veronica
Koven-Matasy (vkoven(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21
YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven,
CT
Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as
Second Languages from Antiquity to the Present Day"
Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris)
A conference program is available at http://www.yale.edu/classics/news.html
For free registration, please email your name and institutional
affiliation (if any) to william.brockliss(a)yale.edu
Sponsored by the Yale Department of Classics, the Deputy Provost for
the Arts, the Woodward Fund, the Edward J. & Dorothy Clarke Kempf
Fund, the Graduate School, the Beinecke Library, the Hellenic Studies
Program, the Renaissance Studies Program, and the Departments of
English, French, Italian, and History
Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Symposium
"In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in
Euripides' Hecuba"
Buffet refreshments available throughout
Free and open to the public
For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html);
for ticket information see
http://www.brandeis.edu/btc/tickets.html
For further 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)
A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
Event I: 2:00 p.m.
"'What's Hecuba to him...?' The Dangerous Grief of Euripides' Hecuba"
Helene Foley, (Barnard Classics and Ancient Studies)
Event II: 3:10 p.m.
"Euripides' Hecuba: The Limits of Sympathy, Past and Present"
Eirene Visvardi (Brandeis Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ancient Greek
Theater)
Event III: 4:10 p.m.
A Demonstration of Dramatic Method in Ancient Greek Theater
Participants: Eric H. Hill (Brandeis Theater Arts), with actors from
the April 2009 Brandeis production of Euripides' Hecuba
Event IV: 5:10 p.m.
Round Table Discussion with the Audience
Participants: Professors Helene Foley (Barnard Classics), Eric H. Hill
(Brandeis Theater Arts), Eirene
Visvardi (Brandeis Classical Studies), and Leonard C. Muellner
(Brandeis Classical Studies)
N.B.: At 8:00 p.m.: A Brandeis Department of Theater Arts Production
of Euripides' Hecuba at
The Mainstage Theater, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Directed and adapted for the stage by Eric H. Hill, Sherman Chair of
the Brandeis Department of
Theater Arts; Translated from the Ancient Greek by Professors Leonard
Muellner and Eirene Visvardi,
with the Fall Term 2008 students of GRK 115b
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: #20 (3/6/09)
**PLEASE NOTE**
WE HAVE ADDED A GOOGLE CALENDAR LISTING FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS
CALENDAR. YOU CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
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THE FOLLOWING URL:
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events and subscription requests should be sent to an address
dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu.
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instead
of as word-processor file attachments.
NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL
APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK.
Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued
the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Mon., Mar. 9, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lamont Forum Room, Lamont Library, Cambridge, MA
Mary A. Rouse (UCLA)
"A Princely Gift: The French Translation of Vegetius, 1284-1300"
Reception follows in the Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library
Sponsored by the Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, in
collaboration with the
Houghton Library
Tues., Mar. 10, 4:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE)
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106, 95 Cushing Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Jonathan Edmondson (York University, Canada)
"A Tale of Two Colonies in Roman Spain: Augusta Emerita (Mérida) and
Metellinum (Medellín)"
*Tues., Mar. 10, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Dirk Steuernagel (University of Frankfurt)
"The Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora: Signal of Romanization or
Monument to the Greek Past?"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wed., Mar. 11, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Alice-Mary Talbot (Dumbarton Oaks)
"A Dossier for Canonization in 14th Century Byzantium: The Miracles of
Gregory Palamas"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
*Wed., Mar. 11, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Ticknor Lounge, Cambridge, MA
Guy Raz (2008-09 Nieman Journalism Fellow, Harvard University;
Pentagon/Defense Correspondent, National Public Radio)
"History as a Weapon: Lessons Learned as a Foreign Correspondent"
Raz discusses his career as a foreign correspondent for NPR and CNN in
the Middle East and Central Asia and how ancient history can be used
as a powerful tool to inform the decisions our leaders make today
Thurs., Mar. 12, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA
Houghton Library Workshop*
Richard Rouse (UCLA)
"Florilegia & Glosses: Books for Reference rather than Reading"
*N.B. This workshop requires advance registration. Places are strictly
limited to 12, and priority
will be given to members of the Harvard community. If interest
warrants, we will schedule
a second session on Tuesday, March 10, but only once the Thursday
session is fully subscribed.
Please indicate your interest by e-mailing Prof. Jeffrey Hamburger (jhamburg(a)fas.harvard.edu
).
Thurs., Mar. 12, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge,
MA
Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (University of California, Berkeley)
Nicholas D. Cahill (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"Archaeology at Sardis in Turkey: New Discoveries and Puzzles"
Reception following; free and open to the public
Free parking in Broadway Garage on Felton Street between Cambridge
Street and Broadway
Sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the Harvard
Art Museums
Fri., Mar. 13, 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, Room 224, 675
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Rosemary A. Joyce (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Early History of Chocolate"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Archaeology Department
*Sat., Mar. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Annual Harvard Certamen
Keynote address: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on
classical
history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature
See Appendix for details
Mon., Mar. 16, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus)
"'Towards a Higher Vision' and 'Into the Depths of Words': The
Aesthetics of Layering in Byzantine Art and Literature"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Thurs., Mar. 19, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, Middle Gallery, 21 Brown
Street, Providence, RI
Medieval Studies Lecture
Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus)
"From Persia to the Provence: Tales of Love in Byzantium and Beyond"
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21
YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven,
CT
Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as
Second Languages from
Antiquity to the Present Day"
Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris)
See Appendix for details
*Thurs., Mar. 26, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Frank Sear (University of Melbourne)
"Interior Design: The Excavation of Roman Theaters"
Reception to follow
Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or
Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu)
*Mon., Mar. 30, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Frank Sear (University of Melbourne)
"Grand Designs: Building a Roman Theater"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Mar. 30, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA
Andrew Riggsby (University of Texas, Austin)
"Hiding in Plain Site: How Caesar Doesn't Write Politics"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Tues., Mar. 31, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Comparative Literature Lecture
Charles Butterworth (University of Maryland)
"What Might We Learn from al-Farabi about Plato and Aristotle with
Respect to Lawgiving?"
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics
Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Symposium
"In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in
Euripides' Hecuba"
A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
See Appendix for details
Mon., Apr. 6, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Claudia Rapp (UCLA)
"Christians on Earth, Citizens in Heaven: The City as Metaphor in
Early Byzantine Political Thought"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Alexander S.
Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Mon., Apr. 13, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Jane Lightfoot (New College, University of Oxford)
"'Running Water is Beautiful Water': Rivers in the Geographical
Writing of Dionysius the Periegete"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Eva Jakab (University of Szeged, Hungary)
"Women in Roman Private Legal Documents"
Tues., Apr. 14, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA
John Younger (University of Kansas)
"Mycenae Invents Itself"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Society
Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Susanna Braund (University of British Columbia)
"Taking Sides: Issues of Allegiance in the Reception of Lucan's Civil
War"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Gerhard Thuer (Universities of Graz)
"Jurisdiction in Archaic Gortyn and Athens"
Wed., Apr. 15, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Gerhard Thuer (University of Graz)
"How to Lease an Orphan's Estate in Classical Athens: New Data from
the Archimedes Palimpsest"
Co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Department of the Classics
*Thurs., Apr. 16 - Sat, Apr. 18, 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle Street,
Cambridge, MA
Aristophanes’ Lystrata
The Harvard Classical Club presents its annual play, translated from
the Greek by members of the Club
Please note there is also a matinee performance on Saturday, April 18,
at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are free of charge and can be reserved by e-mailing lysistrata.loeb.ex(a)gmail.com
Thurs., Apr. 16, 8:00 p.m.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Bernhard Music Center, Brooks Rogers Recital Hall,
54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Life and Art in Roman Villas on the Bay of Naples"
Sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program
Fri., Apr. 17, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Pantelis Nigdelis (Institute for Advanced Study)
"The Institution of Ephebeia in Roman Macedonia. A Particular Kind of
Ephebeia?"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Mon., Apr. 20, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Tomas Hejduk (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic; visiting
scholar, Brown University)
"Socrates' Unconventional Eros"
Wed., Apr. 22, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Chapin Lounge, Amherst, MA
Alan Boegehold (Brown University)
"What Do We Mean When We Say 'Most'?"
Free and open to the public
For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Fri., Apr. 24, 3:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
BU Annual Roman Studies Conference and Dinner
"Novel Ideas"
Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University), "Petronius and the Greek Novel"
Niall Slater (Emory University), "Various Asses"
Judith Perkins (St. Joseph College), "Imagined Communities in Ancient
Fictions"
For further information contact Prof. Ann Vasaly (vasaly(a)bu.edu) or
Ms. Stacy Fox (sfox(a)bu.edu) or call 617-353-2427
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation
APPENDIX:
*Sat., Mar. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Annual Harvard Certamen
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on
classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar
and literature
All area high schools are invited to submit up to five teams
Lunch will be provided, and Prof. Kathleen Coleman will give a lecture
for students
Registration required
For more information and a complete event schedule, contact Veronica
Koven-Matasy (vkoven(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21
YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven,
CT
Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as
Second Languages from Antiquity to the Present Day"
Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris)
A conference program is available at http://www.yale.edu/classics/news.html
For free registration, please email your name and institutional
affiliation (if any) to william.brockliss(a)yale.edu
Sponsored by the Yale Department of Classics, the Deputy Provost for
the Arts, the Woodward Fund, the Edward J. & Dorothy Clarke Kempf
Fund, the Graduate School, the Beinecke Library, the Hellenic Studies
Program, the Renaissance Studies Program, and the Departments of
English, French, Italian, and History
Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
A Classical Studies Symposium
"In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in
Euripides' Hecuba"
Buffet refreshments available throughout
Free and open to the public
For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html);
for ticket information see
http://www.brandeis.edu/btc/tickets.html
For further 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)
A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
Event I: 2:00 p.m.
"'What's Hecuba to him...?' The Dangerous Grief of Euripides' Hecuba"
Helene Foley, (Barnard Classics and Ancient Studies)
Event II: 3:10 p.m.
"Euripides' Hecuba: The Limits of Sympathy, Past and Present"
Eirene Visvardi (Brandeis Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ancient Greek
Theater)
Event III: 4:10 p.m.
A Demonstration of Dramatic Method in Ancient Greek Theater
Participants: Eric H. Hill (Brandeis Theater Arts), with actors from
the April 2009 Brandeis production of Euripides' Hecuba
Event IV: 5:10 p.m.
Round Table Discussion with the Audience
Participants: Professors Helene Foley (Barnard Classics), Eric H. Hill
(Brandeis Theater Arts), Eirene
Visvardi (Brandeis Classical Studies), and Leonard C. Muellner
(Brandeis Classical Studies)
N.B.: At 8:00 p.m.: A Brandeis Department of Theater Arts Production
of Euripides' Hecuba at
The Mainstage Theater, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Directed and adapted for the stage by Eric H. Hill, Sherman Chair of
the Brandeis Department of
Theater Arts; Translated from the Ancient Greek by Professors Leonard
Muellner and Eirene Visvardi,
with the Fall Term 2008 students of GRK 115b
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.