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Boston Area Classics Calendar October 28th, 2011

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Boston Area Classics Calendar October 21, 2011

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We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as a plain text email in the format shown below. New items and corrections received after 5 p.m. on Wednesday may not appear in the calendar until the Friday of the following week. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215 Exhibit: Discovering Perge Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27 8 a.m.-8 p.m. EXHIBIT: "Discovering PERGE: Celebrating 65 Years of Excavations on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast" Free and open to the public. Tues., Oct. 25 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 114, Cambridge, MA 02138 Stefan Alexandru (Heidelberg University) "Galenus redivivus: Some Further Remarks on Codex Thessalonicensis Vlatadon 14" Lunch talk. Please RSVP to classics(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-4027 if you plan to attend. Tues., Oct. 25 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm. 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jacob Soll (Rutgers University) "A Lipsian Legacy? Neo-Stoicism, Natural Law and the Decline of Classical Prudence in Enlightenment Politics" Classical Traditions Seminar Tues., Oct. 25 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Ian Morris (Stanford University) "Archaeology and the Shape of Human History" Harvard University, Standing Committee on Archaeology, Fall Term Event Reception with food and drinks to follow at the Ticknor Lounge (next to the Fong Auditorium). http://map.harvard.edu/ Wed., Oct. 26 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215 İnci Delemen (İstanbul University) Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, the Turkish-American Cultural Society of New England, the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the Perge since 1946, the excavation project now celebrates its 65th anniversary, making it the longest-running all-Turkish excavation in the country. Coinciding with a traveling poster exhibition that marks this special occasion will be a lecture from Dr. İnci Delemen of İstanbul University, a long-time member of the excavation team. Both the exhibition and the lecture will highlight the remarkable archaeology of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site for understanding Classical antiquity. Free and open to the public. *Wed., Oct. 26 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center 110 (Thompson Room), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University) "Aesthetic Toleration: Lucretius and the Survival of Unacceptable Ideas" Respondents: Ann Blair and Robert Darnton Wed., Oct. 26 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall, Durham, NH 03824 Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University) "The Talk of the Town: Essays and Op-Ed Columns by the Younger Pliny" The John C. Rouman Lecture Thurs., Oct. 27 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. UMass Boston, Wheatley Building First Floor, Room 54, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 Raymond Cormier (Longwood University) "The Methods of Medieval Translators" A Comparison of Virgil's Latin Aeneid and its High Medieval Adaptation, with illustrations of manuscript glosses relevant to the Old French Roman d’Enéas Sponsored by The Department of Classics UMass Boston Questions: Kenneth.Rothwell(a)umb.edu Thurs., Oct. 27 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075 Eric Varner (Emory University) "Sex, Lies, and Politics: Portraits of Rome's 'Bad Empresses" In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum Thurs., Oct. 27 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Concert in tribute to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis The Department of Classical Studies at BU in cooperation with the BU Hellenic Association, the BU Center for the Humanities, the Greek Institute, the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, and Arion: a Journal of Humanities and the Classics, presents "Manos and Mikis," featuring The Greek Music Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Dept. of Classical Studies at 617-353-2427, The Tsai Center (bu.edu/tsai), or The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for students (with student ID). BU Faculty and Staff Members $15. Tickets will be also available at the door. For more information, contact the Department of Classical Studies Melissa Joseph josephmv(a)bu.edu 617-353-2427. URL: http://www.greekmusicensemble.com/ Thurs., Nov. 3 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 Marcus Folch (Columbia University) "How to Kill a Prisoner: the Poetics of Bondage in Ancient Greece" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ Fri., Nov. 4 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. (School of Theology Building) Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215 Egbert Bakker (Yale University) "Circe: Feasting in the Land of the Dawn" Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427. Sat., Nov. 5 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 02115 SYMPOSIUM: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, A Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 5th from 10:30 to 4:30 in Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with the exhibition (Torf Gallery, October 26, 2011 – February 20, 2011), the first devoted to the ancient goddess. An international team of experts, drawn largely from the contributors to the catalogue of the same title (available in the MFA bookshop and online), will present papers on different aspects of this complicated goddess: her cults and ancestors, the philosophy of beauty, and Eros. The symposium is funded by the Estelle Shohet Brettman Lecture Series supported by the International Catacomb Society. It is free and open to the public. Free tickets will be available at the Huntington and Fenway entrances on the day of the event, on a first come, first served basis. poster: http://tinyurl.com/AphroditeSymposiumMFA Tues., Nov. 15 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075 Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College) "Making Up A Woman In Ancient Greece" Co-sponsored by the Art History Program Amy M. Sacker Fund In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum Thurs., Nov. 17 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 James Uden (Boston University) "The Images and Ideology of Childhood Education in Statius' Achilleid" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ *Thurs., Dec. 1 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, Herter Hall, auditorium 231, Amherst, MA 01003 Sinclair Bell (Northern Illinois University) "From Ben Hur to Nascar: Fans, Fame and the Roman Circus" Sponsored by UMass Classics, UMass Art History, and the Archaeological Institute of America in Western Massachusetts Tues., Dec. 6 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Brown University, Religious Studies Seminar Room (Rm 101), Shirley Miller House, 59 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Christopher Krebs (Harvard University) "A Different Caesar: Neglected Aspects of his Writing" Mon., Feb. 13 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) "Isaac Casaubon and the Study of Ancient History" Classical Traditions Seminar Mon., Feb. 27 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 133, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Richard Rutherford (Christ Church, Oxford) "Decorum and Sexuality in Greek Tragedy" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar *Wed., Mar. 7 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA 01002 Susan Rotroff (Washington University) "The Unsolved Mystery of the Agora Bone Well" Abstract: http://www.umass.edu/aia/Abstracts.htm#Rotroff Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Massachusetts Society. *Tues., Mar. 27 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall,) Amherst, MA 01002 Katherine Schwab (Fairfield University) "Investigating the Surface: Hairstyles of the Athenian Caryatids" Sponsored by the Department of Classics, Amherst College Fri., Apr. 20 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Roger Bland (British Museum) "Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive deposits?" http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776 Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University Department of the Classics Thurs., Apr. 26 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Roger Bland (British Museum) title: TBA Mildenberg Lecture 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. CalClass phone: (617) 495-4027 fax: (617) 496-6720 calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics

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Boston Area Classics Calendar October 17, 2011

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We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as a plain text email in the format shown below. New items and corrections received after 5 p.m. on Wednesday may not appear in the calendar until the Friday of the following week. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Mon., Oct. 17 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. UMASS BOSTON, Campus Center, Room 3545, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 New England Ancient History Colloquium / Christopher van den Berg (Amherst College) Schedule of Events: 5:30-6:30 Gathering and Cash Bar 6:30-7:30 Dinner 7:30-9:30 Brief introduction and highlights of pre-circulated paper by Christopher van den Berg (Amherst College) entitled "Deliberative Oratory in the Annals and the Dialogus," followed by commentary by Elizabeth Keitel (UMass Amherst) and general discussion. Please see the registration form for more information: http://tinyurl.com/NEAHC10172011 Tues., Oct. 18 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel G12, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 Richard Thomas (Harvard University) "Virgil, the nineteenth century and the aesthetics of empathy" Martin Weiner Lecture Series Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking. Contact: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Heidi McAllister (hmallis(a)brandeis.edu) for additional information. Thurs., Oct. 20 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 Margaret Imber (Bates College) "Daughters, Whores and Anxious Fathers: the Function of Women in Roman Declamation" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ Thurs., Oct. 20 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Gregory Aldrete (University of Wisconsin at Green Bay) "Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome" Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University *Thurs., Oct. 20 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Clemens Reichel (University of Toronto) "Talk of the City: Early Urban Developments at Hamoukar in Northeastern Syria (4,500–2,000 BC)" Lecture jointly presented by The Semitic Museum and the Harvard Near East Society For more information please email Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu or visit http://www.semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu *Thurs., Oct. 20 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jessica Dello Russo (Northeastern University) "A Harvard Student's Journey through the Jewish Catacombs of Rome" Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, an association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston area. For more information, please, contact Annewies van den Hoek, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, or visit the website at http://www.bostontheological.org/patristica_bostoniensia.html Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215 Exhibit: Discovering Perge 8 a.m.-8 p.m. EXHIBIT: "Discovering PERGE: Celebrating 65 Years of Excavations on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast" Free and open to the public. *Tues., Oct. 25 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 114, Cambridge, MA 02138 Stefan Alexandru (Heidelberg University) "Galenus redivivus: Some Further Remarks on Codex Thessalonicensis Vlatadon 14" Lunch talk. Please RSVP to classics(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-4027 if you plan to attend. Tues., Oct. 25 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm. 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jacob Soll (Rutgers University) "A Lipsian Legacy? Neo-Stoicism, Natural Law and the Decline of Classical Prudence in Enlightenment Politics" Classical Traditions Seminar *Tues., Oct. 25 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Ian Morris (Stanford University) "Archaeology and the Shape of Human History" Harvard University, Standing Committee on Archaeology, Fall Term Event Reception with food and drinks to follow at the Ticknor Lounge (next to the Fong Auditorium). http://map.harvard.edu/ Wed., Oct. 26 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215 İnci Delemen (İstanbul University) Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, the Turkish-American Cultural Society of New England, the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the Perge since 1946, the excavation project now celebrates its 65th anniversary, making it the longest-running all-Turkish excavation in the country. Coinciding with a traveling poster exhibition that marks this special occasion will be a lecture from Dr. İnci Delemen of İstanbul University, a long-time member of the excavation team. Both the exhibition and the lecture will highlight the remarkable archaeology of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site for understanding Classical antiquity. Free and open to the public. Wed., Oct. 26 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall, Durham, NH 03824 Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University) "The Talk of the Town: Essays and Op-Ed Columns by the Younger Pliny" The John C. Rouman Lecture Thurs., Oct. 27 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. UMass Boston, Wheatley Building First Floor, Room 54, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 Raymond Cormier (Longwood University) "The Methods of Medieval Translators" A Comparison of Virgil's Latin Aeneid and its High Medieval Adaptation, with illustrations of manuscript glosses relevant to the Old French Roman d’Enéas Sponsored by The Department of Classics UMass Boston Questions: Kenneth.Rothwell(a)umb.edu *Thurs., Oct. 27 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075 Eric Varner (Emory University) "Sex, Lies, and Politics: Portraits of Rome's 'Bad Empresses" In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum Thurs., Oct. 27 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Concert in tribute to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis The Department of Classical Studies at BU in cooperation with the BU Hellenic Association, the BU Center for the Humanities, the Greek Institute, the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, and Arion: a Journal of Humanities and the Classics, presents "Manos and Mikis," featuring The Greek Music Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Dept. of Classical Studies at 617-353-2427, The Tsai Center (bu.edu/tsai), or The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for students (with student ID). BU Faculty and Staff Members $15. Tickets will be also available at the door. For more information, contact the Department of Classical Studies Melissa Joseph josephmv(a)bu.edu 617-353-2427. URL: http://www.greekmusicensemble.com/ Thurs., Nov. 3 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 Marcus Folch (Columbia University) "How to Kill a Prisoner: the Poetics of Bondage in Ancient Greece" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ *Fri., Nov. 4 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. (School of Theology Building) Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215 Egbert Bakker (Yale University) "Circe: Feasting in the Land of the Dawn" Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427. Sat., Nov. 5 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 02115 SYMPOSIUM: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, A Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 5th from 10:30 to 4:30 in Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with the exhibition (Torf Gallery, October 26, 2011 – February 20, 2011), the first devoted to the ancient goddess. An international team of experts, drawn largely from the contributors to the catalogue of the same title (available in the MFA bookshop and online), will present papers on different aspects of this complicated goddess: her cults and ancestors, the philosophy of beauty, and Eros. The symposium is funded by the Estelle Shohet Brettman Lecture Series supported by the International Catacomb Society. It is free and open to the public. Free tickets will be available at the Huntington and Fenway entrances on the day of the event, on a first come, first served basis. poster: http://tinyurl.com/AphroditeSymposiumMFA *Tues., Nov. 15 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075 Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College) "Making Up A Woman In Ancient Greece" Co-sponsored by the Art History Program Amy M. Sacker Fund In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum Thurs., Nov. 17 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 James Uden (Boston University) "The Images and Ideology of Childhood Education in Statius' Achilleid" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ Tues., Dec. 6 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Brown University, Religious Studies Seminar Room (Rm 101), Shirley Miller House, 59 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Christopher Krebs (Harvard University) "A Different Caesar: Neglected Aspects of his Writing" Mon., Feb. 13 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) "Isaac Casaubon and the Study of Ancient History" Classical Traditions Seminar *Mon., Feb. 27 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 133, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Richard Rutherford (Christ Church, Oxford) "Decorum and Sexuality in Greek Tragedy" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar Fri., Apr. 20 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Roger Bland (British Museum) "Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive deposits?" http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776 Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University Department of the Classics Thurs., Apr. 26 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Roger Bland (British Museum) title: TBA Mildenberg Lecture 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. CalClass phone: (617) 495-4027 fax: (617) 496-6720 calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics

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Boston Area Classics Calendar October 7, 2011

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We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as a plain text email in the format shown below. New items and corrections received after 5 p.m. on Wednesday may not appear in the calendar until the Friday of the following week. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Wed., Oct. 12 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS-S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Ananya Jahanara Kabir (University of Leeds) "Village Communities and Sacred Groves: Tacitus's Germania in British India" Center for History and Economics Seminar http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/index.html *Thurs., Oct. 13 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Yan Shaoxiang (Capital Normal University, Beijing) "Greek and Roman Historical Scholarship in China" Professor Shaoxiang is a Visiting Scholar in the Harvard University Department of the Classics. poster: http://tinyurl.com/YanShaoxiang Fri-Sun., Oct. 14-16 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 650 Beacon St, Suite 510, Boston, MA 02215 Association of Literature Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW) 17th Annual Conference This year's keynote speaker is Irish novelist Colum McCann (CUNY Hunter), who will read after Saturday night's dinner. The conference includes panels on The King James Bible, Horace, teaching the Odyssey, and Berryman's Dream Songs, to name just a few. The panel on Berryman will respond to Jim Vrabel's Homage to Henry, an hour-long performance of the poet's The Dream Songs. Registration and more information about the conference can be found at www.alscw.org. Fri., Oct. 14 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. (School of Theology Building) Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215 Ian Storey (Trent University) "Angling in Archippus" Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427. **Mon., Oct. 17 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. UMASS BOSTON, Campus Center, Room 3545, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 New England Ancient History Colloquium / Christopher van den Berg (Amherst College) Schedule of Events: 5:30-6:30 Gathering and Cash Bar 6:30-7:30 Dinner 7:30-9:30 Brief introduction and highlights of pre-circulated paper by Christopher van den Berg (Amherst College) entitled "Deliberative Oratory in the Annals and the Dialogus," followed by commentary by Elizabeth Keitel (UMass Amherst) and general discussion. Please see the registration form for more information: http://tinyurl.com/NEAHC10172011 Tues., Oct. 18 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel G12, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 Richard Thomas (Harvard University) "Virgil, the nineteenth century and the aesthetics of empathy" Martin Weiner Lecture Series Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking. Contact: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Heidi McAllister (hmallis(a)brandeis.edu) for additional information. Thurs., Oct. 20 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 Margaret Imber (Bates College) "Daughters, Whores and Anxious Fathers: the Function of Women in Roman Declamation" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ Thurs., Oct. 20 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Gregory Aldrete (University of Wisconsin at Green Bay) "Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome" Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University *Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215 Exhibit: Discovering Perge 8 a.m.-8 p.m. EXHIBIT: "Discovering PERGE: Celebrating 65 Years of Excavations on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast" Free and open to the public. Tues., Oct. 25 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm. 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jacob Soll (Rutgers University) "A Lipsian Legacy? Neo-Stoicism, Natural Law and the Decline of Classical Prudence in Enlightenment Politics" Classical Traditions Seminar *Wed., Oct. 26 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215 İnci Delemen (İstanbul University) Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, the Turkish-American Cultural Society of New England, the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the Perge since 1946, the excavation project now celebrates its 65th anniversary, making it the longest-running all-Turkish excavation in the country. Coinciding with a traveling poster exhibition that marks this special occasion will be a lecture from Dr. İnci Delemen of İstanbul University, a long-time member of the excavation team. Both the exhibition and the lecture will highlight the remarkable archaeology of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site for understanding Classical antiquity. Free and open to the public. Wed., Oct. 26 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall, Durham, NH 03824 Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University) "The Talk of the Town: Essays and Op-Ed Columns by the Younger Pliny" The John C. Rouman Lecture Thurs., Oct. 27 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. UMass Boston, Wheatley Building First Floor, Room 54, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 Raymond Cormier (Longwood University) "The Methods of Medieval Translators" A Comparison of Virgil's Latin Aeneid and its High Medieval Adaptation, with illustrations of manuscript glosses relevant to the Old French Roman d’Enéas Sponsored by The Department of Classics UMass Boston Questions: Kenneth.Rothwell(a)umb.edu Thurs., Oct. 27 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Concert in tribute to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis The Department of Classical Studies at BU in cooperation with the BU Hellenic Association, the BU Center for the Humanities, the Greek Institute, the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, and Arion: a Journal of Humanities and the Classics, presents "Manos and Mikis," featuring The Greek Music Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Dept. of Classical Studies at 617-353-2427, The Tsai Center (bu.edu/tsai), or The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for students (with student ID). BU Faculty and Staff Members $15. Tickets will be also available at the door. For more information, contact the Department of Classical Studies Melissa Joseph josephmv(a)bu.edu 617-353-2427. URL: http://www.greekmusicensemble.com/ Thurs., Nov. 3 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 Marcus Folch (Columbia University) "How to Kill a Prisoner: the Poetics of Bondage in Ancient Greece" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ **Sat., Nov. 5 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 02115 SYMPOSIUM: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, A Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 5th from 10:30 to 4:30 in Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with the exhibition (Torf Gallery, October 26, 2011 – February 20, 2011), the first devoted to the ancient goddess. An international team of experts, drawn largely from the contributors to the catalogue of the same title (available in the MFA bookshop and online), will present papers on different aspects of this complicated goddess: her cults and ancestors, the philosophy of beauty, and Eros. The symposium is funded by the Estelle Shohet Brettman Lecture Series supported by the International Catacomb Society. It is free and open to the public. Free tickets will be available at the Huntington and Fenway entrances on the day of the event, on a first come, first served basis. poster: http://tinyurl.com/AphroditeSymposiumMFA Thurs., Nov. 17 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 James Uden (Boston University) "The Images and Ideology of Childhood Education in Statius' Achilleid" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ Tues., Dec. 6 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Brown University, Religious Studies Seminar Room (Rm 101), Shirley Miller House, 59 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Christopher Krebs (Harvard University) "A Different Caesar: Neglected Aspects of his Writing" Mon., Feb. 13 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) "Isaac Casaubon and the Study of Ancient History" Classical Traditions Seminar Fri., Apr. 20 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Roger Bland (British Museum) "Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive deposits?" http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776 Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University Department of the Classics Thurs., Apr. 26 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Roger Bland (British Museum) title: TBA Mildenberg Lecture 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.

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