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**Mon., Feb. 27
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 114, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Rutherford (Christ Church, Oxford)
"Decorum and Sexuality in Greek Tragedy"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
*Tues., Feb. 28
5:15 p.m. - 7 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Herter Hall room 301, Amherst, MA 01003
Kirk Freudenburg (Yale University)
"Callimachean Refusals as Roman Poetry"
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics at UMass Amherst and Amherst College. For more information contact Brian Breed (bbreed(a)classics.umass.edu) or Christopher van den Berg (cvandenberg(a)amherst.edu)
Tues., Feb. 28
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall room 117, Providence, RI 02912
J. Strauss Clay (University of Virginia)
"Mapping the Trojan Plain and Plotting the Greek Catalogue"
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 1
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
"Borrowed Gods? The Reception and Translation of Greek Myth in Archaic Cyprus"
A Kershaw Lecture in Near East Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America); co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 2-3
BROWN UNIVERSITY, JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012
Fri., Mar. 2
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm 409 (Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library), Boston, MA 02215
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"Tacitus' Germania. A Short History of a Most Dangerous Book"
For information, contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu or 617 353-2427.
Mon., Mar. 5
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Olin-Sang 101, Shapiro Forum, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
"The Marble and Wall Paintings in Nero's Golden House in Rome"
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.
Mon., Mar. 5
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center
Chris Livanos (University of Wisconsin)
"Amazons, Dragons, and Masculinity: Policing the Borders of Nature and Gender in *Digenes Akrites*"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Tues., Mar. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacFarlane House, 48 College St., Providence, RI 02912
Andre Malta (Sau Paulo)
"Dream, Reality, and the Rhesus' Death: *Illiad* 10.494-497"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
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.
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 16-17
St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
Classical Association of New England (CANE) 2012 Annual Meeting
Site for annual meeting: http://www.caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=255.
The program, registration (printable and online), and hotel info are available on that page.
**Wed., Mar. 21
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge, King's College)
"The Lyric Voice of Sophocles"
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Thurs., Mar. 22
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Simon Goldhill (Cambridge University)
"Breaking the Lyric Voice: Sophocles' Choral Experiments"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 22
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Carol Mattusch (George Mason University)
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42068
**Fri., Mar. 23
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room TBA, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
"Ancient Bronzes"
Lisa Anderson (Harvard Art Museums), Francesca Bewer (Harvard Art Museums), Ruth Bielfeldt (Harvard University), Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums), Katherine Eremin (Harvard Art Museums), Seán Hemingway (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Henry Lie (Harvard Art Museums), Carol Mattusch (George Mason University), Josef Riederer (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich), Adrian Staehli (Harvard Art Museums) This workshop, organized in conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture "Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies," brings together archaeologists, art historians, conservators, and scientists to discuss Greek and Roman bronzes, both sculptural and utilitarian. The workshop is complimentary, but space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, call 617-495-4544, or email am_membership(a)harvard.edu. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42071
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
Thurs., Mar. 29
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) will offer a paper relating to the revolt of the Maccabees, with Joseph Manning (Yale University) will be the respondent. Further details TBA.
*Thurs., Mar. 29
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, School of Management, Room 137 Amherst, MA 01002
Margarita Gleba (University College London)
"The Fabric of Society: Textile Production in pre-Roman Italy"
8th Annual David F. Grose Memorial Lecture
Sponsored by Charles Grose and the Dept. of Classics
Contact: Tony Tuck (atuck(a)classics.umass.edu)
*Fri., Mar. 30
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 202, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tonio Hölscher (University of Heidelberg)
Title: TBA
Sat., Mar. 31
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Harvard Certamen 2012
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature. Both area and national high schools are invited to register teams. Lunch will be sold, and a Harvard Classics professor will give opening remarks and a lecture for students. Registration required. For more information and a complete event schedule, contact Christopher Londa (cjlonda(a)college.harvard.edu).
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics/
**Mon., Apr. 2
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Nicholas Purcell (Oxford University)
"Roman Diasporas and the Texture of Empire"
46th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Apr. 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks)
Graduate International Colloquium
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Mon., Apr. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Stray (Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London)
"Our Two Friends: The Making and Remaking of Liddell and Scott's *Greek-English Lexicon*"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Wed., Apr. 11
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks Fellow)
Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition
Fri.-Sun., Apr. 13-15
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
W. Scheidel (Standford University) and John Bodel (Brown University)
Conference: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and Social Death"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Sat., Apr. 14
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA 01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org.
Tues., Apr. 17
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Title: TBA
**Thurs., Apr. 19
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
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, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBA, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Tues., May 8th
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Sat., Jul. 14, 2012, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA 01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st Century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org.
Alyson A. Lynch [alynch(a)fas.harvard.edu]
Dept. of the Classics, 204 Boylston Hall
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: 617-495-4120; fax: 617-496-6720
http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/
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:
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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
Tues., Feb. 21
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, (Barker Center) Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Maria Tatar (Harvard University)
"'Disturbing the Airwaves': Writing about Greece under Nazi Occupation"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
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
Tues., Feb. 28
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall room 117, Providence, RI 02912
J. Strauss Clay (University of Virginia)
"Mapping the Trojan Plain and Plotting the Greek Catalogue"
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 1
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
"Borrowed Gods? The Reception and Translation of Greek Myth in Archaic Cyprus"
A Kershaw Lecture in Near East Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America); co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 2-3
BROWN UNIVERSITY, JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012
Fri., Mar. 2
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm 409 (Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library), Boston, MA 02215
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"Tacitus' Germania. A Short History of a Most Dangerous Book"
For information, contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu or 617 353-2427.
*Mon., Mar. 5
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Olin-Sang 101, Shapiro Forum, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
"The Marble and Wall Paintings in Nero's Golden House in Rome"
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.
Mon., Mar. 5
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center
Chris Livanos (University of Wisconsin)
"Amazons, Dragons, and Masculinity: Policing the Borders of Nature and Gender in *Digenes Akrites*"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Tues., Mar. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacFarlane House, 48 College St., Providence, RI 02912
Andre Malta (Sau Paulo)
"Dream, Reality, and the Rhesus' Death: *Illiad* 10.494-497"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
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.
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 16-17
St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
Classical Association of New England (CANE) 2012 Annual Meeting
Site for annual meeting: http://www.caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=255.
The program, registration (printable and online), and hotel info are available on that page.
*Wed., Mar. 21
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge, King's College)
Title TBA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Thurs., Mar. 22
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Simon Goldhill (Cambridge University)
"Breaking the Lyric Voice: Sophocles' Choral Experiments"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 22
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Carol Mattusch (George Mason University)
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42068
Fri., Mar. 23
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room TBA, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
"Ancient Bronzes"
Lisa Anderson (Harvard Art Museums), Francesca Bewer (Harvard Art Museums), Ruth Bielfeldt (Harvard University), Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums), Katherine Eremin (Harvard Art Museums), Henry Lie (Harvard Art Museums), Carol Mattusch (George Mason University), Adrian Staehli (Harvard Art Museums)
This workshop, organized in conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture "Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies," brings together archaeologists, art historians, conservators, and scientists to discuss Greek and Roman bronzes, both sculptural and utilitarian. The workshop is complimentary, but space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, call 617-495-4544, or email am_membership(a)harvard.edu. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42071
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
Thurs., Mar. 29
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) will offer a paper relating to the revolt of the Maccabees, with Joseph Manning (Yale University) will be the respondent. Further details TBA.
Sat., Mar. 31
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Harvard Certamen 2012
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature. Both area and national high schools are invited to register teams. Lunch will be sold, and a Harvard Classics professor will give opening remarks and a lecture for students. Registration required. For more information and a complete event schedule, contact Christopher Londa (cjlonda(a)college.harvard.edu).
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics/
Mon., Apr. 2
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Nicholas Purcell (Oxford University)
"Roman Diasporas and the Texture of Empire"
46th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Apr. 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks)
Graduate International Colloquium
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Mon., Apr. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Stray (Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London)
"Our Two Friends: The Making and Remaking of Liddell and Scott's *Greek-English Lexicon*"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Wed., Apr. 11
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks Fellow)
Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition
Fri.-Sun., Apr. 13-15
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
W. Scheidel (Standford University) and John Bodel (Brown University)
Conference: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and Social Death"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Sat., Apr. 14
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA 01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org.
*Tues., Apr. 17
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Title: TBA
Thurs., Apr. 19
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
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, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBA, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Tues., May 8th
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Sat., Jul. 14, 2012, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA 01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st Century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org.
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://classics.fas.harvard.edu
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Mon. & Tues., Feb. 13 & 14
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Petteruti Lounge, Providence RI 02912
"Ancient Religion/Modern Technology"
For more information, visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Judaic_Studies/AncientReligionModernTechno….
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. 13
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
"How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Early Modern Views of the Last Supper"
Anthony Grafton, a leading cultural and intellectual historian of Renaissance Europe, will speak about important historical developments in the understanding of the Last Supper. He will posit that the Christian discovery of a Jewish Jesus began not in the 19th century but in the Renaissance.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 617-495-8600.
Mon., Feb. 13
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon Hall Room 001, 69-91 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Agocs (University of Cambridge)
Title TBA
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Feb. 14
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 008, Providence, IR 02912
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
"The Great Dionysia of 404 BCE"
Tues., Feb. 14
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Robsham Theater, 140 Commonwealth Ave Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3815
Yannis Simonides (Elliniko Theatro)
Plato's The Apology of Socrates: A Dramatic Performance
Free Admission but Tickets Required
For tickets and information, contact Robert Bartlett at robert.bartlett(a)bc.edu or 617 552-4163.
Thurs., Feb. 16
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 110, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
David Ferry (Wellesley College) & Richard Thomas (Harvard University)
"Translating Vergil"
on Aeneas Remembering the Fall of Troy
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
*Tues., Feb. 21
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, (Barker Center) Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Maria Tatar (Harvard University)
"'Disturbing the Airwaves': Writing about Greece under Nazi Occupation"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
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
Tues., Feb. 28
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall room 117, Providence, RI 02912
J. Strauss Clay (University of Virginia)
"Mapping the Trojan Plain and Plotting the Greek Catalogue"
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 1
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
"Borrowed Gods? The Reception and Translation of Greek Myth in Archaic Cyprus"
A Kershaw Lecture in Near East Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America); co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 2-3
BROWN UNIVERSITY, JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012
Fri., Mar. 2
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm 409 (Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library), Boston, MA 02215
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"Tacitus' Germania. A Short History of a Most Dangerous Book"
For information, contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu or 617 353-2427.
*Mon., Mar. 5
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center
Chris Livanos (University of Wisconsin)
"Amazons, Dragons, and Masculinity: Policing the Borders of Nature and Gender in *Digenes Akrites*"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Tues., Mar. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacFarlane House, 48 College St., Providence, RI 02912
Andre Malta (Sau Paulo)
"Dream, Reality, and the Rhesus' Death: *Illiad* 10.494-497"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
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.
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 16-17
St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
Classical Association of New England (CANE) 2012 Annual Meeting
Site for annual meeting: http://www.caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=255.
The program, registration (printable and online), and hotel info are available on that page.
Thurs., Mar. 22
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Simon Goldhill (Cambridge University)
"Breaking the Lyric Voice: Sophocles' Choral Experiments"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 22
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Carol Mattusch (George Mason University)
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42068
Fri., Mar. 23
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room TBA, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
"Ancient Bronzes"
Lisa Anderson (Harvard Art Museums), Francesca Bewer (Harvard Art Museums), Ruth Bielfeldt (Harvard University), Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums), Katherine Eremin (Harvard Art Museums), Henry Lie (Harvard Art Museums), Carol Mattusch (George Mason University), Adrian Staehli (Harvard Art Museums)
This workshop, organized in conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture "Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies," brings together archaeologists, art historians, conservators, and scientists to discuss Greek and Roman bronzes, both sculptural and utilitarian. The workshop is complimentary, but space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, call 617-495-4544, or email am_membership(a)harvard.edu. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42071
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
Thurs., Mar. 29
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) will offer a paper relating to the revolt of the Maccabees, with Joseph Manning (Yale University) will be the respondent. Further details TBA.
*Sat., Mar. 31
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Harvard Certamen 2012
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature. Both area and national high schools are invited to register teams. Lunch will be sold, and a Harvard Classics professor will give opening remarks and a lecture for students. Registration required. For more information and a complete event schedule, contact Christopher Londa (cjlonda(a)college.harvard.edu).
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics/
Mon., Apr. 2
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Nicholas Purcell (Oxford University)
"Roman Diasporas and the Texture of Empire"
46th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Apr. 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks)
Graduate International Colloquium
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Mon., Apr. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Stray (Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London)
"Our Two Friends: The Making and Remaking of Liddell and Scott's *Greek-English Lexicon*"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Wed., Apr. 11
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks Fellow)
Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition
Fri.-Sun., Apr. 13-15
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
W. Scheidel (Standford University) and John Bodel (Brown University)
Conference: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and Social Death"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
*Sat., Apr. 14, 2-3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA 01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org.
Thurs., Apr. 19
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
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, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBA, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Tues., May 8th
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
*Sat., Jul. 14, 2012, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA 01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st Century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org.
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/
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:
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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., Feb. 6
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Marjorie Curry Woods (University of Texas at Austin)
"Weeping for Dido: Teaching Rhetoric, Gender, and Emotion"
Please join us at a reception following the lecture at the Faculty Club.
Tues., Feb. 7
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Hellenic College, Maliotis Center, Zanetos Room, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline MA 02445
George Kalogeris (Suffolk University)
Poetry Reading: Kalogeris will read from his collections of poems "Dialogos" and "Camus: Carnets."
For more information, please contact Stamatia Dova at sdova(a)hchc.edu or (617) 850-1506.
*Thurs., Feb. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, List 120, Providence, RI 02912-1856
Athena Kirk (Wellesley College)
"The Semantics of Showcase in Herodotus' Histories"
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. 13
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
"How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Early Modern Views of the Last Supper"
Anthony Grafton, a leading cultural and intellectual historian of Renaissance Europe, will speak about important historical developments in the understanding of the Last Supper. He will posit that the Christian discovery of a Jewish Jesus began not in the 19th century but in the Renaissance.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 617-495-8600.
**Mon., Feb. 13--CANCELLED
4:15 p.m. - 5:34 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
*This event has been cancelled.* Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School)
Please note that this event has been cancelled.
*Mon., Feb. 13
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon Hall Room 001, 69-91 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Agocs (University of Cambridge)
Title TBA
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
*Mon. & Tues., Feb. 13
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Petteruti Lounge, Providence RI 02912
"Ancient Religion/Modern Technology"
For more information, visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Judaic_Studies/AncientReligionModernTechno….
*Tues., Feb. 14
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 008, Providence, IR 02912
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
"The Great Dionysia of 404 BCE"
Tues., Feb. 14
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Robsham Theater, 140 Commonwealth Ave Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3815
Yannis Simonides (Elliniko Theatro)
Plato's The Apology of Socrates: A Dramatic Performance
Free Admission but Tickets Required
For tickets and information, contact Robert Bartlett at robert.bartlett(a)bc.edu or 617 552-4163.
*Thurs., Feb. 16
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 110, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
David Ferry (Wellesley College) & Richard Thomas (Harvard University)
"Translating Vergil"
on Aeneas Remembering the Fall of Troy
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome 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
*Tues., Feb. 28
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall room 117, Providence, RI 02912
J. Strauss Clay (University of Virginia)
"Mapping the Trojan Plain and Plotting the Greek Catalogue"
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 1
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
"Borrowed Gods? The Reception and Translation of Greek Myth in Archaic Cyprus"
A Kershaw Lecture in Near East Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America); co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University
*Fri. & Sat., Mar. 2-3
BROWN UNIVERSITY, JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012
*Fri., Mar. 2
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm 409 (Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library), Boston, MA 02215
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"Tacitus' Germania. A Short History of a Most Dangerous Book"
For information, contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu or 617 353-2427.
*Tues., Mar. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacFarlane House, 48 College St., Providence, RI 02912
Andre Malta (Sao Paulo)
"Dream, Reality, and the Rhesus' Death: *Illiad* 10.494-497"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
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.
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 16-17
St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
Classical Association of New England (CANE) 2012 Annual Meeting
Site for annual meeting: http://www.caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=255.
The program, registration (printable and online), and hotel info are available on that page.
*Thurs., Mar. 22
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Simon Goldhill (Cambridge University)
"Breaking the Lyric Voice: Sophocles' Choral Experiments"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 22
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Carol Mattusch (George Mason University)
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42068
Fri., Mar. 23
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room TBA, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
"Ancient Bronzes"
Lisa Anderson (Harvard Art Museums), Francesca Bewer (Harvard Art Museums), Ruth Bielfeldt (Harvard University), Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums), Katherine Eremin (Harvard Art Museums), Henry Lie (Harvard Art Museums), Carol Mattusch (George Mason University), Adrian Staehli (Harvard Art Museums)
This workshop, organized in conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture "Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies," brings together archaeologists, art historians, conservators, and scientists to discuss Greek and Roman bronzes, both sculptural and utilitarian. The workshop is complimentary, but space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, call 617-495-4544, or email am_membership(a)harvard.edu. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42071
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
Thurs., Mar. 29
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) will offer a paper relating to the revolt of the Maccabees, with Joseph Manning (Yale University) will be the respondent. Further details TBA.
*Mon., Apr. 2
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Nicholas Purcell (Oxford University)
"Roman Diasporas and the Texture of Empire"
46th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
*Tues., Apr. 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks)
Graduate International Colloquium
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
*Mon., Apr. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Stray (Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London)
"Our Two Friends: The Making and Remaking of Liddell and Scott's *Greek-English Lexicon*"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Wed., Apr. 11
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks Fellow)
Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition
*Fr.-Sun., Apr. 13-15
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
W. Scheidel (Standford University) and John Bodel (Brown University)
Conference: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and Social Death"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
*Thurs., Apr. 19
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
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, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
*Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBA, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
*Tues., May 8th
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
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