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Mon., Dec. 5
8 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY (at an off-campus location), First Baptist Meeting House, 75 North Main St., Providence, RI
Carols by Brown Classics Department Faculty and special guest President Ruth Simmons
Carols for all, with musical prelude and accompaniment by University Organist Mark Steinbach, plus the Chattertocks’ rendition of the XII days of Christmas and a special appearance by the Greek folk singing group, Apoichos. All this in Latin, Greek, and a bit of Sanskrit (with translations provided, for any whose ancient languages are a little rusty). A lovely Brown tradition. Admission free. Everyone is welcome.
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"
Wed., Dec. 7
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Devlin Hall 101, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
Mary Lefkowitz (Wellesley College)
"Why We Can't Understand Greek Drama: Some Theological and Practical Considerations"
*Fri., Dec. 9
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Phelps Hall (PH), Room 401, 334 College Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena)
"Missing Cosmogonies? The Case of Rome"
This is a session of "Lost in Time, "a one year colloquium on modern categories and ancient "realities." For additional information visit our website: http://www.yale.edu/classics/
poster: http://tinyurl.com/mbettini
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
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TBA, Boston, MA
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Title: The Worlds of Roman Satire
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century Rome"
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in Horace's Satires"
Joel Relihan (Wheaton College): "Apuleius and Lucian: A Menippean Moment in the Second Century"
Dinner to follow the conference.
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Contact Stacy Fox, Dept. of Classical Studies, Boston University, sfox(a)bu.edu / 617-353-2427
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
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics
