Boston Area Classics Calendar
November 19, 2010
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Mon., Nov. 22
4:15 p.m. – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Katharine Park (Harvard University)
"The Science of the Senses: Observation and Experience in Medieval
Europe"
Tues., Nov. 23
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Ezra S. Marcus (Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies University of
Haifa, Israel)
"Maritime Trade and Coastal Settlement at Middle Bronze Age IIa Tel
Ifshar, Israel"
Lecture jointly presented by The Semitic Museum, Harvard Near East
Society. For more information please call email
Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu.
Mon., Nov. 29
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD DIVINITY School, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-
Harvard Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Prof. Max Deeg (Cardiff University, Wales)
"The 'Brilliant Teaching': The Rise and Fall of
'Nestorianism' (Jingjiao) in Tang China"
For more information, please, contact Karen Manning (Karen_Manning(a)harvard.edu
) or Annewies van den Hoek (ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu).
Tues., Nov. 30
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Herbert Golder (Boston University)
"Medea's Afterlife in Film"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Tues., Nov. 30
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, room G12, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Emma Dench (Harvard University)
Jennifer Eastman lecture
"Who did the Romans think they were?"
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow the talk.
For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallister(a)brandeis.edu
) or Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu).
Thurs., Dec. 2
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Peter Machinist (Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, NELC, Harvard)
“The Alphabet: its Origins and Early History” Visible Language Lecture
series, Peabody Museum
**Friday-Sunday, December 3-5
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138
Conference: Singers and Tales in the 21st Century: The Legacies of
Milman Parry and Albert Lord
Organized by the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard
University
Some 30 scholars from around the world will present papers on
theoretical and practical aspects of the study of oral traditions.
This conference is free and open to the public. Please e-mail singersandtales(a)chs.harvard.edu
to register, and see the following website for more information: http://chs.harvard.edu/wa/pageR?tn=ArticleWrapper&bdc=12&mn=3141
*Friday-Sunday, December 3-5
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient
World, Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02912
Symposium--Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, and Ethics
Keynote Address: Matthew W. Stolper (U. Chicago) - "Crises of the
Persepolis Fortification Archive"
Rhode Island Hall, room 108
December 3, 2010 5:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
http://proteus.brown.edu/archaeologiesoftext/Home
*Fri., Dec. 3
5:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient
World, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI
02912
Matthew W. Stolper (University of Chicago)
Keynote Address for Symposium
"Crises of the Persepolis Fortification Archive"
http://proteus.brown.edu/archaeologiesoftext/Home
Mon., Dec. 6
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Providence, RI 02912
63rd Annual Latin Carol Celebration
The Department of Classics will present its sixty-third annual program
of readings and songs in the spirit of the season, conducted entirely
in Latin.
Thurs., Feb. 17
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Constanze Güthenke (Princeton University)
"The Language of Classical Scholarship: Philology, Empathy, and
Wilamowitz' Plato"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Mon., Mar. 7
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Harvard University, Barker Center, Rm. 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Jonas Grethlein (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
Title: TBA
Sat., Mar. 26
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall (School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue), Boston, MA 02215
Boston Univ. Grad. Conference
Keynote speaker: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
3rd Annual Boston University Department of Classics Graduate Conference
"Quis spectatores spectabit?: Voyeurism and Spectatorship in Antiquity"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston
University Humanities Foundation. The deadline for submission of
abstracts will be December 21, 2010. Time subjected to change. For
more information, please email bugradconference(a)gmail.com.
April 11, 12, 14, and 15 at 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lectures
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Titles and location TBA
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The Anthony Grafton (Princeton) Lecture to be hosted at Brown on Nov.
18, as appended, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. This list will be apprised of any
reschedule. Contact 401 863 1267 with questions.
*Thursday, November 18
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Wilson Hall, Room 101, Providence, RI 02912
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Memorial Lecture
"Ancient Scholarship in the Printing House: The Culture of Correction
in Renaissance Europe"
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Boston Area Classics Calendar
November 12, 2010
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Mon., Nov. 15
4 p.m. 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 409,
Boston, MA 02215
Ilaria Ramelli (University of Milan)
"Platonic (Pagan and Christian) Responses to Stoic Allegory"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies, the Department of Religion, the
School of Theology Brown Lecture Series, and the Boston University Humanities
Foundation. Refreshments will be served.
Tues., Nov. 16
4:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Martin West (All Souls, Oxford)
"Zeus in Aeschylus"
Lecture in honor of H. Lloyd-Jones
Tues., Nov. 16
5 p.m. 7 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street, New
Haven, CT 06510
Stephen Haber (Standford University)
The Third Annual Michael I. Rostovtzeff Lecture in Ancient History
Keynote speaker: Stephen Haber (A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor in the
School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University)
"Natural Resources and the Institutions of Governance: Evidence from the Ancient
and Modern Worlds"
Response by: (Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics & History, Yale
University)
Reception to follow in room 108.
http://www.yale.edu/classics/rostovtzeff_lecture.html
Wed., Nov. 17
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Phelps Hall, Room 401, 344 College Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Symposium Topic: "The Resource Curse in Historical Perspective"
Presenters:
Alain Bresson (Department of Classics, University of Chicago)
Fabian Drixler (Department of History, Yale University)
Timothy Guinnane (Department of Economics, Yale University)
John Haldon (History Department, Princeton University)
Bruce R. Hitchner (Department of Classics, Tufts University)
Joseph G. Manning (Department of Classics, Yale University)
Peter C. Perdue (Department of History, Yale University)
Walter Scheidel (Department of Classics, Stanford University)
Admission is free for the symposium, but space is limited. Please call to
register.
For more information contact Nancy Genga at 203-432-0978 or nancy.genga(a)yale.edu
or visit our website: http://www.yale.edu/classics/about.html
Wed., Nov. 17
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 113, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College 01002
Elisabeth Dutton (Worcester College, University of Oxford)
"Stage Latin" Text and Side-Text Before the Professional Playhouse
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics, English, and Theater and Dance
Free and Open to the Public
https://www.amherst.edu/map/index.html
Thurs., Nov. 18
4:15 p.m. 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ruldolf Haensch (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Munich)
"The Christian Appropriation of Temples and Synagogues in Late Antiquity: Its
Frequency and Significance."
Thurs., Nov. 18
5:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Peter Der Manuelian (Egyptology, NELC, Harvard)
"Art as Writing: the Magic of Egyptian Hieroglyphs"
Visible Language Lecture series, Peabody Museum.
Thurs., Nov. 18
6 p.m. 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Wilson Hall, Room 102, Providence, RI 02912
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Memorial Lecture
"Ancient Scholarship in the Printing House: The Culture of Correction in
Renaissance Europe"
*Thurs., Nov. 18
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM, Titian Room, 280 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Dr. Anne-Marie Eze (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
"The Painters Bible: Illustrated Editions of Ovids Metamorphoses"
Free with admission. For more details see:
http://connect.gardnermuseum.org/site/Calendar/853003287?view=Detail&id=105…
Fri., Nov. 19
3:30 p.m. 5 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, 101 Devlin Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan University)
"Controversial Pietas: Ovid's Myrrha and the Incestuous Undertones of Roman
Marriage." Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information,
contact Kendra Eshleman (eshleman(a)bc.edu). map:
http://www.bc.edu/about/maps/s-approach.html)
*Mon., Nov. 22
4:15 p.m. 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Katharine Park (Harvard University)
"The Science of the Senses: Observation and Experience in Medieval Europe"
*Tues., Nov. 23
1 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Ezra S. Marcus (Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies University of Haifa,
Israel)
"Maritime Trade and Coastal Settlement at Middle Bronze Age IIa Tel Ifshar,
Israel"
Lecture jointly presented by The Semitic Museum, Harvard Near East Society. For
more information please call email Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu.
*Mon., Nov. 29
5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD DIVINITY School, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-Harvard
Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Prof. Max Deeg (Cardiff University, Wales)
"The 'Brilliant Teaching': The Rise and Fall of 'Nestorianism' (Jingjiao) in
Tang China"
For more information, please, contact Karen Manning (Karen_Manning(a)harvard.edu)
or Annewies van den Hoek (ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu).
Tues., Nov. 30
4 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Herbert Golder (Boston University)
"Medea's Afterlife in Film"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Tues., Nov. 30
5 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, room G12, 415 South
Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Emma Dench (Harvard University)
Jennifer Eastman lecture
"Who did the Romans think they were?"
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow the talk.
For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister
(hmcallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu).
Thurs., Dec. 2
5:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Peter Machinist (Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, NELC, Harvard)
"The Alphabet: its Origins and Early History" Visible Language Lecture series,
Peabody Museum
Friday-Sunday, December 3-5
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Conference: Singers and Tales in the 21st Century: The Legacies of Milman Parry
and Albert Lord
Organized by the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard
University
Some 30 scholars from around the world will present papers on
theoretical and practical aspects of the study of oral traditions. This
conference is free and open to the public. Please e-mail
singersandtales(a)chs.harvard.edu to register, and see the following website for
more information:
http://chs.harvard.edu/wa/pageR?tn=ArticleWrapper&bdc=12&mn=3141
Mon., Dec. 6
8 p.m. 10 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Providence, RI 02912
63rd Annual Latin Carol Celebration
The Department of Classics will present its sixty-third annual program of
readings and songs in the spirit of the season, conducted entirely in Latin.
Thurs., Feb. 17
4 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Constanze Güthenke (Princeton University)
"The Language of Classical Scholarship: Philology, Empathy, and Wilamowitz'
Plato"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Mon., Mar. 7
5 p.m. 7 p.m.
Harvard University, Barker Center, Rm. 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Jonas Grethlein (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
Title: TBA
Sat., Mar. 26
9 a.m. 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall (School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue),
Boston, MA 02215
Boston Univ. Grad. Conference
Keynote speaker: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
3rd Annual Boston University Department of Classics Graduate Conference
"Quis spectatores spectabit?: Voyeurism and Spectatorship in Antiquity"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston University
Humanities Foundation. The deadline for submission of abstracts will be
December 21, 2010. Time subjected to change. For more information, please email
bugradconference(a)gmail.com.
April 11, 12, 14, and 15 at 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lectures
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Titles and location TBA
Wed., Nov. 10
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Teresa Shawcross (Amherst and Mt. Holyoke Colleges)
"'Listen, all of you, both Franks and Romans': The Narrator in the
Chronicle of Morea"
MODERN GREEK LITERATURE AND CULTURE (HUMANITIES CENTER SEMINAR)
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Boston Area Classics Calendar
November 5, 2010
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We have a Google Calendar: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/calendar/calendar.html
One can subscribe to it using their own Google Calendar account by
clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One
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Mon., Nov. 8
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave,
Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215
David Hillman (University of Wisconsin Colleges)
"A Woman Inspired: Founders of Greek Civilization and the Christian
lens of Classical Studies"
David Hillman is the author of "The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the
Roots of Western Civilization, St. Martin's Press, 2008). He will be
in conversation with Carl Ruck (Boston University).
Refreshments will be served. Funded by the Department of Classical
Studies and the Boston University Humanities Foundation
Tues., Nov. 9
5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
Brown-Yale Meeting
Seminar for Classics graduate students and faculty of both institutions
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
"Plutarch as a Source for the Athenian Theater"
Respondent: Pauline LeVen (Yale University)
Wed., Nov. 10
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown building, auditorium 2, 415 South Street,
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Professor David Elmer (Harvard University)
Martin Weiner lecture
"It's Not Me, It's You, Socrates: The Problem of the Charismatic
Teacher in Plato's Symposium"
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow the talk.
For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallister(a)brandeis.edu
) or Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu).
Thurs., Nov. 11
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Paino Lecture Hall, Earth Sciences Building, Amherst,
MA 01002
Anthony Corbeill (University of Kansas)
"Androgynous Gods, Androgynous Nouns, and the Invention of
Heterosexuality in Ancient Rome"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Eastman Fund
Free and Open to the Public
Thurs., Nov. 11
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Devlin Hall 101, 140 Commonwealth, Chestnut Hill, MA
02467
Hildtrud Westermann-Angerhausen (Director Emeritus, Schnuetgen Museum,
Cologne)
"Statements of Rank and Sanctity: Spolia in Royal Reliquaries"
A free lecture open to the public.
Sponsored by the McMullen Museum and Forsyth Lecture on Medieval Art,
International Center of Medieval Art.
For more information call 617-552-8587.
*Fri., Nov. 12
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Eaton Hall, Room 2015, The Green, Medford, MA 02155
Louis-André Dorion (University of Montreal)
"The Nature and Status of Sophia in the Memorabilia"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Archaeology Program
For more information, please contact David Proctor at david.proctor(a)tufts.edu
Mon., Nov. 15
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave,
Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215
Ilaria Ramelli (University of Milan)
"Platonic (Pagan and Christian) Responses to Stoic Allegory"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies, the Department of
Religion, the School of Theology Brown Lecture Series, and the Boston
University Humanities Foundation. Refreshments will be served.
Tues., Nov. 16
4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium in Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
02138
Martin West (All Souls, Oxford)
"Zeus in Aeschylus"
Lecture in honor of H. Lloyd-Jones
Tues., Nov. 16
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street,
New Haven, CT 06510
Stephen Haber (Standford University)
The Third Annual Michael I. Rostovtzeff Lecture in Ancient History
Keynote speaker: Stephen Haber (A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan
Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University)
"Natural Resources and the Institutions of Governance: Evidence from
the Ancient and Modern Worlds"
Response by: (Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics & History, Yale
University)
Reception to follow in room 108.
http://www.yale.edu/classics/rostovtzeff_lecture.html
Wed., Nov. 17
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Phelps Hall, Room 401, 344 College Street, New Haven,
CT 06511
Symposium Topic: "The Resource Curse in Historical Perspective"
Presenters:
Alain Bresson (Department of Classics, University of Chicago)
Fabian Drixler (Department of History, Yale University)
Timothy Guinnane (Department of Economics, Yale University)
John Haldon (History Department, Princeton University)
Bruce R. Hitchner (Department of Classics, Tufts University)
Joseph G. Manning (Department of Classics, Yale University)
Peter C. Perdue (Department of History, Yale University)
Walter Scheidel (Department of Classics, Stanford University)
Admission is free for the symposium, but space is limited. Please call
to register.
For more information contact Nancy Genga at 203-432-0978 or nancy.genga(a)yale.edu
or visit our website: http://www.yale.edu/classics/about.html
Wed., Nov. 17
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 113, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College
01002
Elisabeth Dutton (Worcester College, University of Oxford)
"Stage Latin" – Text and Side-Text Before the Professional Playhouse
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics, English, and Theater and Dance
Free and Open to the Public
https://www.amherst.edu/map/index.html
Thurs., Nov. 18
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ruldolf Haensch (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Munich)
"The Christian Appropriation of Temples and Synagogues in Late
Antiquity: Its Frequency and Significance."
Thurs., Nov. 18
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Peter Der Manuelian (Egyptology, NELC, Harvard)
"Art as Writing: the Magic of Egyptian Hieroglyphs"
Visible Language Lecture series, Peabody Museum.
Thurs., Nov. 18
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Wilson Hall, Room 102, Providence, RI 02912
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Memorial Lecture
"Ancient Scholarship in the Printing House: The Culture of Correction
in Renaissance Europe"
*Fri., Nov. 19
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, 101 Devlin Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill,
MA 02467
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan University)
"Controversial Pietas: Ovid's Myrrha and the Incestuous Undertones of
Roman Marriage." Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For
more information, contact Kendra Eshleman (eshleman(a)bc.edu). map: http://www.bc.edu/about/maps/s-approach.html)
Tues., Nov. 30
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Herbert Golder (Boston University)
"Medea's Afterlife in Film"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Tues., Nov. 30
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, room G12, 415
South Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Emma Dench (Harvard University)
Jennifer Eastman lecture
"Who did the Romans think they were?"
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow the talk.
For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallister(a)brandeis.edu
) or Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu).
Thurs., Dec. 2
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Peter Machinist (Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, NELC, Harvard)
"The Alphabet: its Origins and Early History" Visible Language Lecture
series, Peabody Museum
Friday-Sunday, December 3-5
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Conference: Singers and Tales in the 21st Century: The Legacies of
Milman Parry and Albert Lord
Organized by the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard
University
Some 30 scholars from around the world will present papers on
theoretical and practical aspects of the study of oral traditions.
This conference is free and open to the public. Please e-mail singersandtales(a)chs.harvard.edu
to register, and see the following website for more information: http://chs.harvard.edu/wa/pageR?tn=ArticleWrapper&bdc=12&mn=3141
Mon., Dec. 6
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Providence, RI 02912
63rd Annual Latin Carol Celebration
The Department of Classics will present its sixty-third annual program
of readings and songs in the spirit of the season, conducted entirely
in Latin.
Thurs., Feb. 17
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Constanze Güthenke (Princeton University)
"The Language of Classical Scholarship: Philology, Empathy, and
Wilamowitz' Plato"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Mon., Mar. 7
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Harvard University, Barker Center, Rm. 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Jonas Grethlein (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
Title: TBA
Sat., Mar. 26
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall (School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue), Boston, MA 02215
Boston Univ. Grad. Conference
Keynote speaker: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
3rd Annual Boston University Department of Classics Graduate Conference
"Quis spectatores spectabit?: Voyeurism and Spectatorship in Antiquity"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston
University Humanities Foundation. The deadline for submission of
abstracts will be December 21, 2010. Time subjected to change. For
more information, please email bugradconference(a)gmail.com.
April 11, 12, 14, and 15 at 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lectures
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Titles and location TBA
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