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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 22, 2013

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We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<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 **Thurs. & Fri., Feb. 28 & Mar. 1 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200, Boston, MA 02215 Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond: An interdisciplinary conference in medieval studies This 2-day international conference brings together scholars in literature, theology, law, art history, history, and musicology, to examine the practices and values attached to the human voice in medieval cultures. The topic of voice and voicelessness engages with issues of law and representation; theology and embodiment; historicist models of subjectivity; the poetics and esthetics of marginality; and the linguistic dynamics of intercultural encounter. The conference seeks a common ground for interdisciplinary dialogue by examining how distinct areas of scholarly endeavor approach a problem of universal resonance but elusive definition. To support the project's commitment to fostering dialogue, paper abstracts and selected passages from works to be discussed will be available online shortly in advance of the conference event. For the complete program, see www.bu.edu/medieval/voice<http://www.bu.edu/medieval/voice>. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact kleiman(a)bu.edu<mailto:kleiman@bu.edu> Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities; the BU Center for the Study of Europe; the BU Departments of English, History, and Romance Studies; the BU Italian Interdisciplinary Fund; and by the Institut universitaire de France. **POSSIBLY BEING RESCHEDULED.** 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 John Clarke (University of Texas, Austin) "Archaeology and the Digital Humanities: Going Hi-Tech with the Ancient Roman Villa at Oplontis (50 BC-AD 79)" Sponsored by the Amy M. Sacker Fund, Department of Art and Art History Tues., Mar. 5 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Eva Stehle (University of Maryland) "The Ninnion Pinax: A Woman's View of the Eleusinian Mysteries" Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies Tues., Mar. 5 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02906 Manuela Mari (University of Cassino) "Preserving or forging the past? Delphic monuments and 'documents' in ancient literature" Tues., Mar. 5 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Susan McIntosh (Rice University) "Mali’s Disappearing Archaeological Heritage: Is There a Solution?" Harvard’s Standing Committee on Archaeology Reception with refreshments and appetizers will follow in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall **Wed., Mar. 6 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 110, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jeff Beneker (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Capstone Panel Discussion: Teaching Classics in a Challenging Economy Panelists: Prof. Mark Schiefsky, Prof. Emma Dench, Prof. Kathleen Coleman, Bert Lain (Associate), Alexa Zahl ('13), Laura Hogikyan ('14), Elliot Wilson ('15) Reception to Follow, Boylston Hall 2nd Floor Wed., Mar. 6 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Science Center 377, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Lynne Lancaster (Ohio University) "Technological Innovation in Imperial Rome: What Can Ancient Concrete Tell Us about Roman Society?" Cosponsored by the Departments of Art and Physics Prof. Lancaster will trace the role that the introduction of concrete had on the development of imperial architecture in Rome, from 80 – 305 AD. Her examination emphasizes the particular building methods relating to concrete vaulting that were developed to allow the builders to construct larger and more complex structures. Wed., Mar. 6 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Science Center, Hall A, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Elaine Sullivan (Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA, Project Coordinator for the Digital Karnak Project) "The Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 2000 Years of Rituals and Renovations in 3D" Famous for its hypostyle hall and its sphinx-lined processional, Amun-Ra’s temple at Karnak is one of the largest, most spectacular archaeological sites in Egypt. Newly developed reconstructions using 3D virtual reality show the different architectural phases of the temple complex in four dimensions, moving forward and back through time, allowing us to visualize and understand each phase of the temple’s history. Dr. Sullivan will lead the audience through a virtual tour of the temple, clarifying the historical, political, and social developments in Thebes and the Egyptian state. A Free public lecture sponsored by the Harvard Standing Committee on Archaeology, and the Harvard Semitic Museum. Thurs., Mar. 7 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Mount Holyoke College, Gamble Auditorium, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 Lynne Lancaster (Ohio University) "Out of Africa: How Roman Olive Oil Production Created Architectural Innovation" Abstract: http://aiawesternmass.org/uploads/2/8/9/2/2892512/lancaster_abstract.doc AIA Lecture Hosted by the Mount Holyoke College Classics Department Thurs., Mar. 7 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138 Jane DeRose Evans (Temple University) "Kings, Emperors, Gods: What Coins Tell Us about Sardis" Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture Coins from the reign of Croesus to that of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Paleologos have been found in the modern excavations of Sardis, in Turkey. We will explore what images the changing dynasties at Sardis put on their coins, and why we ﬁnd coins in the ruins of many diﬀerent buildings, such as the ancient temple of Diana, the synagogue, the Imperial Temple, the theater, and the houses of Sardis. For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/kings-emperors-gods-what-coins-te… Thurs., Mar. 7 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Brooke Holmes (Princeton University) "Michael Serres' Nonmodern Lucretius and the Temporality of Reception" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Classical Traditions *Fri., Mar. 8, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 9, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sun., Mar. 10, 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Adams House, 26 Plympton St., Adams Pool Theater, Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard Classical Club Play: The Brothers Menaechmi A Roman Comedy written by Plautus Translated, produced, and directed by Harvard undergraduates! This event is open to the public. Free Admission. Reserve your tickets now by emailing your name, number of tickets and your desired show date to classical.club.play(a)gmail.com<mailto:classical.club.play@gmail.com> Thurs., Mar. 14 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Pendleton Hall West 212, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Vassilis Aravantinos (Greek Ministry of Culture) and Margherita Bonanno Aravantinos (University of Rome Tor Vergata) "The Herakles Sanctuary at Thebes: Discovery of a Hero’s Cult in the City of His Birth" This lecture is presented in conjunction with the current exhibit of Greek and Roman art at the Davis Museum, "Festina lente: Conserving Antiquity." Thurs., Mar. 14 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 Nicholas D. Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison) The Sardis Biennial Lecture: "New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey" In the last two years, archaeological research by the Harvard-Cornell expedition at Sardis, in western Turkey, has produced a wealth of surprising discoveries. This lecture will present these new ﬁndings, including excavation in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus and of his predecessors, the wealthiest kings of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. New analyses of the world’s ﬁrst coins, minted at Sardis, force us to reconsider the origin of coinage, and excavations in the Hellenistic and Roman temple of Artemis—the fourth-largest Ionic temple in the world—reveal previously unsuspected phases in the history of this fascinating building. For more information visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar **Fri. & Sat., Mar. 15 & 16 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138 A symposium at Harvard Divinity School "How Bodies Matter: The Intersection of Science, Religion, and the Humanities in the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean World" Organizers: Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School); Steven J. Friesen, (University of Texas Austin) Assisting contact Person: Mara Block (Harvard University), mara.block(a)gmail.com<mailto:mara.block@gmail.com> Funded by the Battelle Memorial Institute Website: http://isites.harvard.edu/k93310 Fri. & Sat., Mar. 15 & 16 BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Archaeologies of Greece: Big Questions, Next Directions. State of the Field 2013 A two-day conference that considers some of the big questions currently confronting archaeological research in Greece, and aims to discuss potential ways forward. Keynote Lecture on Friday, 3/15 at 5:30: Vassilis Aravantinos (Honorary Director of Antiquities, Thebes) - “Archaeologies of Greece: Past, Present and Future. The Case of Thebes." Sessions on Saturday, 3/16 at 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. Full schedule at http://proteus.brown.edu/stateofthefield2013. Sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology. Sun., Mar. 17 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Alfond Auditorium, Boston, MA 02115 Elizabeth Bolman (Tyler School of Art, Temple University) Estelle Shoet Brettman Memorial Lecture "The Red Monastery Church and the Angelic Life in Christian Upper Egypt" Dr. Bolman will speak about one of the most remarkable, recently conserved monuments of late antique Christian Egypt, and show a film about the campaign to clean the frescoes of this monastic church, which was on the endangered list of the World Monuments Fund. Free tickets for the lecture are required and will be available at any MFA ticket desk on the day of the event. Mon., Apr. 8 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith Buonnao 106, 95 Cushing Street, Providence, RI 02906 Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University) Forty-Seventh Annual Charles Alexander Robinson Lecture "Apuleius the Provincial" There is wide agreement that the rise of the modern novel has something to do with the idea of the 'provincial' - a way of life, a style, a representation of space and national identity, a mediation between centers and peripheries. The novel of Apuleius, The Metamorphoses, is a rare example of a work from Classical antiquity that develops an approach to a 'provincial' identity, and addresses the relationship between centers and provinces (a concept different from 'margins' or 'peripheries'). In this respect, the Latin novel of Apuleius is one of the very few texts that can be assessed as 'Imperial literature' in a sense that goes beyond mere periodization or chronology. *Mon., Apr. 8 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Yannis Hamilakis (University of Southampton, UK) Title TBA Sponsored by the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome and the Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s): Perspectives from the Outside" Thurs., Apr. 11 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Morag Kersel (DePaul University) "The Lure of the Relic: Collecting the Holy Land" This lecture examines the collecting of archaeological artifacts from the Holy Land, the effect of this activity on the archaeological landscape, and the biographies of objects within the antiquities trade. Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. Apr. 15, 16, 18, 19 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mark Griffith (University of California, Berkeley) Jackson Lecture Series: "Music and Difference in Ancient Greece" Apr. 15th: "Doing (different) things with music" Apr. 16th: "Whose music? Local, ethnic, and class distinctions" Apr. 18th: "The gender of music" Apr. 19th: "Human musicality and the origins of species" Mon., Apr. 22 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jan Bremmer (University of Groningen, Netherlands) "Did the Ancient Mysteries Influence Early Christianity?" Wed., Apr. 24 YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT 06511 New England Ancient History Colloquium, Spring 2013 Meeting Roberta Stewart (Dartmouth College) will make available for discussion her paper "Priesthoods, Emperors, and Coins." William Metcalf (Yale University) will do the commentary. For further information contact Allen Ward <allen.m.ward(a)att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net>>. **Fri., Apr. 26 4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall (first floor, School of Law), 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Boston University Roman Studies Conference. Theme: "Imagining Roman Power" Speakers: Emma Dench (Harvard University), Zsuzsanna Várhelyi (Boston University), Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University) Titles TBA 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. 26 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY,Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College) Title TBA Loeb Lecture Mon. Apr. 29 4pm to 5:30pm HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower Library, Robinson Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Andrew Laird (University of Warwick) "The Renaissance in Mexico" Harvard Early Modern Colloquium

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 18, 2013

by Boston Area Classics Calendar

We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as a plain text email in the format shown below. New items and corrections received after 5 p.m. on Wednesday may not appear in the calendar until the Friday of the following week. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Wed., Feb. 20 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Kates Room, 201 Warren House, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jackie Elliott (University of Colorado at Boulder) "Re-centering Rome: cosmology, divine intervention, and the operation of the natural world in Ennius' poetic history" Wed., Feb. 20 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 41 Wyllys Room 112, Middletown, CT Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School) "What Can Ancient Greece Teach Us About Contemporary Institutional Design?" Cosponsored by the Allbritton Center for Public Life and the Department of Classical Studies For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics **Wed., Feb. 20 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Jewett Arts Center 450, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Bryan Burns (Wellesley College) "New Excavations in Central Greece: Reconstructing the History of Ancient Eleon" This lecture is presented in conjunction with the current exhibit of Greek and Roman art at the Davis Museum, "Festina lente: Conserving Antiquity." *Wed., Feb. 20 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. MIT, New MediaLab Building, E14-633, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge 02139 Gregory Crane (Tufts University, Perseus Project) "Automated Methods, Human Understanding, and Digital Libraries of Babel" Sponsored by Literature, Ancient and Medieval Studies, Comparative Media Studies, and the HyperStudio. For more information visit: http://cms.mit.edu/events/specialevents.php#022013. *Wed., Feb. 20 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), Cambridge, MA 02138 Noah Feldman (Harvard Law School) "The Politics of Islamic Cultures in the Wake of the Arab Spring" Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/8241) This event is open to the public. *Thurs., Feb. 21 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, List 110, 64 College Street, Providence, RI 02906 Graham Oliver (University of Liverpool) "The New Economies of Ancient Athens: financial and institutional change  in the Hellenistic polis" *Thurs., Feb. 21 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Annewies van den Hoek (Harvard Divinity School) "Divine Twins or Saintly Twins: The Dioscuri in an Early Christian Context" *Thurs. & Fri., Feb. 28 & Mar. 3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200, Boston, MA 02215 Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond: An interdisciplinary conference in medieval studies This 2-day international conference brings together scholars in literature, theology, law, art history, history, and musicology, to examine the practices and values attached to the human voice in medieval cultures. The topic of voice and voicelessness engages with issues of law and representation; theology and embodiment; historicist models of subjectivity; the poetics and esthetics of marginality; and the linguistic dynamics of intercultural encounter. The conference seeks a common ground for interdisciplinary dialogue by examining how distinct areas of scholarly endeavor approach a problem of universal resonance but elusive definition. To support the project's commitment to fostering dialogue, paper abstracts and selected passages from works to be discussed will be available online shortly in advance of the conference event. For the complete program, see www.bu.edu/medieval/voice. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact kleiman(a)bu.edu Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities; the BU Center for the Study of Europe; the BU Departments of English, History, and Romance Studies; the BU Italian Interdisciplinary Fund; and by the Institut universitaire de France. Thurs., Feb. 28 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 John Clarke (University of Texas, Austin) "Archaeology and the Digital Humanities: Going Hi-Tech with the Ancient Roman Villa at Oplontis (50 BC-AD 79)" Sponsored by the Amy M. Sacker Fund, Department of Art and Art History *Tues., Mar. 5 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Eva Stehle (University of Maryland) "The Ninnion Pinax: A Woman's View of the Eleusinian Mysteries" Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies *Tues., Mar. 5 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02906 Manuela Mari (University of Cassino) "Preserving or forging the past? Delphic monuments and 'documents' in ancient literature" Tues., Mar. 5 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Susan McIntosh (Rice University) "Mali’s Disappearing Archaeological Heritage: Is There a Solution?" Harvard’s Standing Committee on Archaeology Reception with refreshments and appetizers will follow in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall *Wed., Mar. 6 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jeff Beneker (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Title: TBA *Wed., Mar. 6 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Science Center 377, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Lynne Lancaster (Ohio University) "Technological Innovation in Imperial Rome: What Can Ancient Concrete Tell Us about Roman Society?" Cosponsored by the Departments of Art and Physics Prof. Lancaster will trace the role that the introduction of concrete had on the development of imperial architecture in Rome, from 80 – 305 AD. Her examination emphasizes the particular building methods relating to concrete vaulting that were developed to allow the builders to construct larger and more complex structures. *Wed., Mar. 6 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Science Center, Hall A, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Elaine Sullivan (Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA, Project Coordinator for the Digital Karnak Project) "The Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 2000 Years of Rituals and Renovations in 3D" Famous for its hypostyle hall and its sphinx-lined processional, Amun-Ra’s temple at Karnak is one of the largest, most spectacular archaeological sites in Egypt. Newly developed reconstructions using 3D virtual reality show the different architectural phases of the temple complex in four dimensions, moving forward and back through time, allowing us to visualize and understand each phase of the temple’s history. Dr. Sullivan will lead the audience through a virtual tour of the temple, clarifying the historical, political, and social developments in Thebes and the Egyptian state. A Free public lecture sponsored by the Harvard Standing Committee on Archaeology, and the Harvard Semitic Museum. Thurs., Mar. 7 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Mount Holyoke College, Gamble Auditorium, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 Lynne Lancaster (Ohio University) "Out of Africa: How Roman Olive Oil Production Created Architectural Innovation" Abstract: http://aiawesternmass.org/uploads/2/8/9/2/2892512/lancaster_abstract.doc AIA Lecture Hosted by the Mount Holyoke College Classics Department Thurs., Mar. 7 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138 Jane DeRose Evans (Temple University) "Kings, Emperors, Gods: What Coins Tell Us about Sardis" Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture Coins from the reign of Croesus to that of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Paleologos have been found in the modern excavations of Sardis, in Turkey. We will explore what images the changing dynasties at Sardis put on their coins, and why we ﬁnd coins in the ruins of many diﬀerent buildings, such as the ancient temple of Diana, the synagogue, the Imperial Temple, the theater, and the houses of Sardis. For more information, visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/kings-emperors-gods-what-coins-te… *Thurs., Mar. 7 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Brooke Holmes (Princeton University) "Michael Serres' Nonmodern Lucretius and the Temporality of Reception" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Classical Traditions **Thurs., Mar. 14 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Pendleton Hall West 212, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Vassilis Aravantinos (Greek Ministry of Culture) and Margherita Bonanno Aravantinos (University of Rome Tor Vergata) "The Herakles Sanctuary at Thebes: Discovery of a Hero’s Cult in the City of His Birth" This lecture is presented in conjunction with the current exhibit of Greek and Roman art at the Davis Museum, "Festina lente: Conserving Antiquity." Thurs., Mar. 14 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 Nicholas D. Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison) The Sardis Biennial Lecture: "New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey" In the last two years, archaeological research by the Harvard-Cornell expedition at Sardis, in western Turkey, has produced a wealth of surprising discoveries. This lecture will present these new ﬁndings, including excavation in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus and of his predecessors, the wealthiest kings of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. New analyses of the world’s ﬁrst coins, minted at Sardis, force us to reconsider the origin of coinage, and excavations in the Hellenistic and Roman temple of Artemis—the fourth-largest Ionic temple in the world—reveal previously unsuspected phases in the history of this fascinating building. For more information visit our website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar *Fri. & Sat., Mar. 15 & 16 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 A symposium at Harvard Divinity School "How Bodies Matter: The Intersection of Science, Religion, and the Humanities in the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean World" Organizers: Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School); Steven J. Friesen, (University of Texas Austin) Assisting contact Person: Mara Block (Harvard University), mara.block(a)gmail.com Funded by the Battelle Memorial Institute Website: http://isites.harvard.edu/k93310 *Fri. & Sat., Mar. 15 & 16 BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Archaeologies of Greece: Big Questions, Next Directions. State of the Field 2013 A two-day conference that considers some of the big questions currently confronting archaeological research in Greece, and aims to discuss potential ways forward. Keynote Lecture on Friday, 3/15 at 5:30: Vassilis Aravantinos (Honorary Director of Antiquities, Thebes) - “Archaeologies of Greece: Past, Present and Future. The Case of Thebes." Sessions on Saturday, 3/16 at 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. Full schedule at http://proteus.brown.edu/stateofthefield2013. Sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology. *Sun., Mar. 17 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Alfond Auditorium, Boston, MA 02115 Elizabeth Bolman (Tyler School of Art, Temple University) Estelle Shoet Brettman Memorial Lecture "The Red Monastery Church and the Angelic Life in Christian Upper Egypt" Dr. Bolman will speak about one of the most remarkable, recently conserved monuments of late antique Christian Egypt, and show a film about the campaign to clean the frescoes of this monastic church, which was on the endangered list of the World Monuments Fund. Free tickets for the lecture are required and will be available at any MFA ticket desk on the day of the event. *Mon., Apr. 8 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith Buonnao 106, 95 Cushing Street, Providence, RI 02906 Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University) Forty-Seventh Annual Charles Alexander Robinson Lecture "Apuleius the Provincial" There is wide agreement that the rise of the modern novel has something to do with the idea of the 'provincial' - a way of life, a style, a representation of space and national identity, a mediation between centers and peripheries. The novel of Apuleius, The Metamorphoses, is a rare example of a work from Classical antiquity that develops an approach to a 'provincial' identity, and addresses the relationship between centers and provinces (a concept different from 'margins' or 'peripheries'). In this respect, the Latin novel of Apuleius is one of the very few texts that can be assessed as 'Imperial literature' in a sense that goes beyond mere periodization or chronology. Thurs., Apr. 11 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Morag Kersel (DePaul University) "The Lure of the Relic: Collecting the Holy Land" This lecture examines the collecting of archaeological artifacts from the Holy Land, the effect of this activity on the archaeological landscape, and the biographies of objects within the antiquities trade. Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. Apr. 15, 16, 18, 19 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mark Griffith (University of California, Berkeley) Jackson Lecture Series: "Music and Difference in Ancient Greece" Apr. 15th: "Doing (different) things with music" Apr. 16th: "Whose music? Local, ethnic, and class distinctions" Apr. 18th: "The gender of music" Apr. 19th: "Human musicality and the origins of species" Mon., Apr. 22 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jan Bremmer (University of Groningen, Netherlands) "Did the Ancient Mysteries Influence Early Christianity?" *Wed., Apr. 24 YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT 06511 New England Ancient History Colloquium, Spring 2013 Meeting Roberta Stewart (Dartmouth College) will make available for discussion her paper "Priesthoods, Emperors, and Coins." William Metcalf (Yale University) will do the commentary. For further information contact Allen Ward <allen.m.ward(a)att.net>. Fri., Apr. 26 4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall (first floor, School of Law), 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Boston University Roman Studies Conference. Theme: "Imagining Roman Power" Speakers: Emma Dench (Harvard University), Zsuzsanna Várhelyi (Boston University), Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University) Titles TBA 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. 26 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY,Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College) Title TBA Loeb Lecture *Mon. Apr. 29 4pm to 5:30pm HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower Library, Robinson Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Andrew Laird (University of Warwick) "The Renaissance in Mexico" Harvard Early Modern Colloquium -- CalClass phone: (617) 495-4027 fax: (617) 496-6720 calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics

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