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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<mailto:cjlonda@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
*Mon., Apr. 2
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Michalis Psalidopoulos (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University)
"The development model in Greece that led to the current situation"
This lecture is part of the GREEKS SPEAK Lecture Series.
All talks are open to the public and will take place at the Greek Institute, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. For more information, please call the Institute at 617.547.4770.
http://www.thegreekinstitute.org/events.html
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
*Wed., Apr. 4
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center room 133,
Celia M. Chazelle (The College of New Jersey)
"Bede and his Accusers"
*Thurs., Apr. 5
5:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yenching Institute Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Timothy Pauketat (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Rethinking Religion in Archaeology: Experience and Movement in Ancient North
America"
Harvard University Standing Committee on Archaeology (SCA)'s 2012 Spring Lecture and Reception
Reception will precede the lecture and begin at 5:15 p.m. Lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m.
http://archaeology.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k68827&pageid=icb.page396…
Fri., Apr. 6
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anastasia Bakogianni (Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Open University)
"Electra on the Silver Screen: Michael Cacoyannis' Cinematic Reception of Euripides' Tragedy"
Dr Bakogianni's research specialism is ancient Greek tragedy and its reception. She is particularly interested in modern Greek receptions of the classical past. She has published a number of articles as well as a monograph entitled Electra Ancient & Modern: Aspects of the Reception of the Tragic Heroine. Institute of Classical Studies (London 2011).
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, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks)
"Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition"
Thurs., Apr. 12
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459
Andreas Thomas Zanker (Harvard University)
"Why Did the Romans Talk About Decline? Why Do We?"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu<mailto:dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu>) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
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
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Sixth Biannual Harvard Graduate Student Conference
"The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Aesthetics and Classics"
Keynote speaker: James I. Porter (UC Irvine)
Closing remarks: Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University)
For conference schedule and registration information: http://tinyurl.com/HarvardAestheticsConference
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<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org>.
*Tues., Apr. 17
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall 104, Medford, MA 02155
Josephine Crawley Quinn (University of Oxford)
2012 Classics and Archaeology Speaker Series: "Phoenicianisms"
Lecture 1: Imagining Phoenicians
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
**Wed., Apr. 18
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahondra Humanities Center, Kresge Room, Cambridge, MA 02138
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
"Christians and Jews in Pompeii. Literary Evocations of Religion in Ancient Pompeii"
*Wed., Apr. 18
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall 104, Medford, MA 02155
Josephine Crawley Quinn (University of Oxford)
2012 Classics and Archaeology Speaker Series: "Phoenicianisms"
Lecture 2: Constructing a Punic World
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
Thurs., Apr. 19
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 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.
*Thurs., Apr. 19
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall 104, Medford, MA 02155
Josephine Crawley Quinn (University of Oxford)
2012 Classics and Archaeology Speaker Series: "Phoenicianisms"
Lecture 3: Roman Phoenicianisms
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
Fri., Apr. 20
4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, George Sherman Union, 5th fl., 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in Horace's Satires"
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century Rome"
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<mailto:sfox@bu.edu> / 617-353-2427.
Fri, April 20
Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 110, 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 (William E. Metcalf Lecture in Numismatics) and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
*Fri. & Sat., Apr. 20-21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Workshop: "Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in Antiquity: The Silk Trade"
This interdisciplinary workshop brings together historians, archaeologists and textile specialists to discuss questions and approaches concerning the silk trade between the Mediterranean world and Asia.
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen), Mary Harlow (The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research Copenhagen / University of Birmingham), Berit Hildebrandt (Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard / University of Hannover), Irene Good (University of Oxford), J. Mark Kenoyer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Xinru Liu (The College of New Jersey), Richard Meadow (Harvard University), Marie-Louise Nosch (The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research Copenhagen), Beate Wagner-Hasel (University of Hannover), Thelma K. Thomas (New York University), Lillian Lan-ying Tseng (New York University), Angela Sheng (McMaster University), Feng Zhao (China National Silk Museum Hangzhou).
The workshop is sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation in collaboration with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard. It is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Please register in advance with the organizer Berit Hildebrandt (bhildebrandt(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:bhildebrandt@fas.harvard.edu>). For more information, please visit http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/exchange-along-silk-roads…
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 8
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<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org/>.
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<mailto:calclass@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:
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<mailto:calclass@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
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<mailto:am_membership@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<mailto:atuck@classics.umass.edu>)
Thurs., Mar. 29
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ART MUSEUM, Gamble Auditorium, Lower Lake Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075-1499
William Metcalf (Yale University)
"Collection-building in the 21st Century"
In conjunction with the special exhibition, Reconstructing Antiquity
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum
**Fri., Mar. 30
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 202, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tonio Hölscher (University of Heidelberg)
"Penelope in Persepolis, or: The Power of an Image for Concluding War with an Arch-Enemy"
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<mailto:cjlonda@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
*Fri., Apr. 6
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anastasia Bakogianni (Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Open University)
"Electra on the Silver Screen: Michael Cacoyannis' Cinematic Reception of Euripides' Tragedy"
Dr Bakogianni's research specialism is ancient Greek tragedy and its reception. She is particularly interested in modern Greek receptions of the classical past. She has published a number of articles as well as a monograph entitled Electra Ancient & Modern: Aspects of the Reception of the Tragic Heroine. Institute of Classical Studies (London 2011).
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, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks)
"Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition"
*Thurs., Apr. 12
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459
Andreas Thomas Zanker (Harvard University)
"Why Did the Romans Talk About Decline? Why Do We?"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu<mailto:dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu>) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
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
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Sixth Biannual Harvard Graduate Student Conference
"The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Aesthetics and Classics"
Keynote speaker: James I. Porter (UC Irvine)
Closing remarks: Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University)
For more information and conference schedule: http://tinyurl.com/HarvardAestheticsConference
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<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org>.
Tues., Apr. 17
4 p.m. - 5 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, RI Hall 108, 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. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, George Sherman Union, 5th fl., 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in Horace's Satires"
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century Rome"
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<mailto:sfox@bu.edu> / 617-353-2427.
Fri, April 20
Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 110, 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 (William E. Metcalf Lecture in Numismatics) 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<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org/>.
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<mailto:calclass@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:
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<mailto:calclass@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:
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** = alteration or addition to a former entry
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<mailto:mjoseph@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<mailto:aoko@brandeis.edu>) or Heidi McAllister (hmallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmallis@brandeis.edu>) for additional information.
Mon., Mar. 5
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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.
*Mon., Mar. 12
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, The Heights Room, John M. Corcoran Commons, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
"The Greek Influence: Democracy Today"
A panel discussion featuring: H.E. Ambassador of Greece, Mr. Vassilis Kaskarelis; Dr. John Grossomanides (Supreme President, AHEPA); Robert Bartlett (Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies, Boston College); Elizabeth Prodromou (Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University, and Vice Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Presented by The Hellenic Alumni Network & The Hellenic Society of Boston College.
Reception to follow. Admission free. RSVP by Mar. 5 to Courtney Hough at courtney.hough(a)bc.edu<mailto:courtney.hough@bc.edu>
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, Mahindra Humanities 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<mailto:am_membership@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<mailto:atuck@classics.umass.edu>)
*Thurs., Mar. 29
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ART MUSEUM, Gamble Auditorium, Lower Lake Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075-1499
William Metcalf (Yale University)
"Collection-building in the 21st Century"
In conjunction with the special exhibition, Reconstructing Antiquity
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum
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<mailto:cjlonda@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, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks)
"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<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org>.
Tues., Apr. 17
4 p.m. - 5 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. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, George Sherman Union, 5th fl., 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in Horace's Satires"
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century Rome"
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<mailto:sfox@bu.edu> / 617-353-2427.
**Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 110, 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<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org/>.
