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Boston Area Classics Calendar, March 26, 2014* (update)

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**UPDATE OF CALENDAR SENT YESTERDAY** N.B. Re. events at Harvard: There is a new listing for April 7th and a time change to an event on April 10th. Boston Area Classics Calendar Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/calclass Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Event submission: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled below. Calendar entries that require significant editing may not be included. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry ***Modern Greek events are now being featured on the Boston Area Modern Greek Calendar (http://tinyurl.com/modgreekcal) and Listserv!*** ***To subscribe, please visit https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/moderngreekcal-list.*** ***To submit an event, please email modgreek(a)fas.harvard.edu.*** *Wed, Mar 26: Helen Vendler (Harvard University) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Heaney and the Classics" Mahindra Humanities Center Modernism Seminar Chairs: Paige Reynolds, John Paul Riquelme Wed, Mar 26: Peter Meineck (NYU) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT "The Face of Ancient Drama: Emotion, Empathy and the Masks of Greek Theatre" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information, please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/. Thu, Mar 27: Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Andover Hall, Sperry Room 116, 45 Frances Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138 "Philo Between Rome, Alexandria, and Jerusalem" Presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Harvard Divinity School, and The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cjs/PDF/MarenNiehoff_March27.pdf *Thu, Mar 27: Eleanor Winsor Leach (Indiana University Bloomington) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room in the Octagon Building, Amherst, MA 01002 "Italian Pliny: Sesterces and Status for a Transpadane Senator" Younger Pliny, the letter writer, best known for his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE and the death of his uncle, the natural historian, while investigating the eruption, was a native of Como in Northern Italy, and maintained his connections there throughout his life. He owned villas and agricultural properties in the area and made generous donations to civic institutions. Keeping Italian possessions and identity was a significant component of Pliny’s prestige and senator and official in Rome. Professor Leach will take up letters related to property ownership and farming, patronage donations, friendships in Como and some touristic views of picturesque Italian places. Sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College. Free and open to the public. Campus map: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=https://www.… Sat, Mar 29: Harvard Graduate Student Conference 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Twists of Fate: coincidence, accident and chance in the ancient world" Keynote Speaker: Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania) “Aristotle on Lucky People” A graduate student conference sponsored by Harvard University’s Department of the Classics For more information, contact harvardcoincidence(a)gmail.com. **Sat, Mar 29: Paragraphing in Homer: BU Research Seminar 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Ave., Room B36, Boston, MA 02215 Stephen Scully (BU) "Homeric Paragraphing: Some Observations, Some Questions" Michael Haslam (UCLA) "Paragraphing Homer: A bad practice?" Neel Smith (Holy Cross) TBA Peter Kotiuga (BU) "Venetus A, editio princeps, and Martin West" Jeremy Fischer (BU) "Spondanus and George Chapman" Erickson Bridges (BU) "George Chapman and Alexander Pope" Sydney Shea (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Stanley Lombardo" Dylan Drolette (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Richard Martin" Funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University's Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Classical Studies. *Tue, Apr 1: Demetrios Anglos (University of Crete) & Vassiliki Eleftheriou (Acropolis Restoration Service) 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 705 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 "The Acropolis Restoration Project and the Laser Application" Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA) with co-sponsorship by Boston University’s Departments of History of Art & Architecture and Archaeology and the Core Curriculum, and the Archaeological Institute of America. Reception to follow. *Thu, Apr 3: Ivan Drpić (University of Washington) 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS, Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 "The Reliquary-Enkolpia of Saint Demetrios and the Wonder of Art" Please visit maryjahariscenter.org or contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac(a)hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, for additional information. Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean" Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served to explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter, Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance, continued to portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way in which literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities. This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean" Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers: Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse (grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu). *Mon, Apr 7: Deborah Lyons (Miami University of Ohio) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "How (Not) to Become Immortal in Early Greek Poetry" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar *Mon, Apr 7: Mark Griffith (U.C. Berkeley) 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912 "The Musical Origin of Species in Ancient Greece: Humans, Animals, Gods" The 48th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom… Tue, Apr 8: James Romm (Bard College) 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of his new book "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero." This event is free; no tickets are required. http://www.harvard.com/event/james_romm/ General Info: (617) 661-1515, info(a)harvard.com **Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories" The Archaeological institute of America Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture **Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), 105 Community Hall, 59 Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens" by Graam Oliver (Brown University) Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College) Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to 9/9:30. *Fri, Apr 11: J. D. Reed (Brown University) 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Love's Bargain: Virgil and Garcilaso de la Vega." Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar *Tue, Apr 15: David Bouvier (University of Lausanne) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 018, Cambridge, MA 02138 "How Much Does the Odyssey Know about Odysseus’ Dark Side?: Odysseus’ Hubris in Demodokos’ Song" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival 4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113 4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210 *Thu, Apr 24: Denise Demetriou (Michigan State University) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski 107, Paino Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA 01002 "Beyond Polis Religion: Aphrodite in Multiethnic Settlements" Denise Demetriou is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her book, "Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia" was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. This lecture is sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College, and is free and open to the public. Campus map: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=https://www.… *Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant to Citizen 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215 Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus" Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls" James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Quintilian, Juvenal" The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge. Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must pre-register. The dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with school ID) and the registration deadline (for dinner only) is April 19, 2014. http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere… *Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Seminar in the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard)

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, March 25, 2014

by Boston Area Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/calclass Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Event submission: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled below. Calendar entries that require significant editing may not be included. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry ***Modern Greek events are now being featured on the Boston Area Modern Greek Calendar (http://tinyurl.com/modgreekcal) and Listserv!*** ***To subscribe, please visit https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/moderngreekcal-list.*** ***To submit an event, please email modgreek(a)fas.harvard.edu.*** *Wed, Mar 26: Helen Vendler (Harvard University) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Heaney and the Classics" Mahindra Humanities Center Modernism Seminar Chairs: Paige Reynolds, John Paul Riquelme Wed, Mar 26: Peter Meineck (NYU) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT "The Face of Ancient Drama: Emotion, Empathy and the Masks of Greek Theatre" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information, please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/. Thu, Mar 27: Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Andover Hall, Sperry Room 116, 45 Frances Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138 "Philo Between Rome, Alexandria, and Jerusalem" Presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Harvard Divinity School, and The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cjs/PDF/MarenNiehoff_March27.pdf *Thu, Mar 27: Eleanor Winsor Leach (Indiana University Bloomington) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room in the Octagon Building, Amherst, MA 01002 "Italian Pliny: Sesterces and Status for a Transpadane Senator" Younger Pliny, the letter writer, best known for his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE and the death of his uncle, the natural historian, while investigating the eruption, was a native of Como in Northern Italy, and maintained his connections there throughout his life. He owned villas and agricultural properties in the area and made generous donations to civic institutions. Keeping Italian possessions and identity was a significant component of Pliny’s prestige and senator and official in Rome. Professor Leach will take up letters related to property ownership and farming, patronage donations, friendships in Como and some touristic views of picturesque Italian places. Sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College. Free and open to the public. Campus map: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=https://www.… Sat, Mar 29: Harvard Graduate Student Conference 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Twists of Fate: coincidence, accident and chance in the ancient world" Keynote Speaker: Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania) “Aristotle on Lucky People” A graduate student conference sponsored by Harvard University’s Department of the Classics For more information, contact harvardcoincidence(a)gmail.com. **Sat, Mar 29: Paragraphing in Homer: BU Research Seminar 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Ave., Room B36, Boston, MA 02215 Stephen Scully (BU) "Homeric Paragraphing: Some Observations, Some Questions" Michael Haslam (UCLA) "Paragraphing Homer: A bad practice?" Neel Smith (Holy Cross) TBA Peter Kotiuga (BU) "Venetus A, editio princeps, and Martin West" Jeremy Fischer (BU) "Spondanus and George Chapman" Erickson Bridges (BU) "George Chapman and Alexander Pope" Sydney Shea (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Stanley Lombardo" Dylan Drolette (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Richard Martin" Funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University's Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Classical Studies. *Tue, Apr 1: Demetrios Anglos (University of Crete) & Vassiliki Eleftheriou (Acropolis Restoration Service) 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 705 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 "The Acropolis Restoration Project and the Laser Application" Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA) with co-sponsorship by Boston University’s Departments of History of Art & Architecture and Archaeology and the Core Curriculum, and the Archaeological Institute of America. Reception to follow. *Thu, Apr 3: Ivan Drpić (University of Washington) 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS, Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 "The Reliquary-Enkolpia of Saint Demetrios and the Wonder of Art" Please visit maryjahariscenter.org or contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac(a)hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, for additional information. Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean" Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served to explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter, Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance, continued to portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way in which literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities. This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean" Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers: Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse (grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu). *Mon, Apr 7: Mark Griffith (U.C. Berkeley) 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912 "The Musical Origin of Species in Ancient Greece: Humans, Animals, Gods" The 48th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom… Tue, Apr 8: James Romm (Bard College) 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of his new book "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero." This event is free; no tickets are required. http://www.harvard.com/event/james_romm/ General Info: (617) 661-1515, info(a)harvard.com **Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories" Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture **Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), 105 Community Hall, 59 Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens" by Graam Oliver (Brown University) Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College) Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to 9/9:30. *Fri, Apr 11: J. D. Reed (Brown University) 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Love's Bargain: Virgil and Garcilaso de la Vega." Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar *Tue, Apr 15: David Bouvier (University of Lausanne) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 018, Cambridge, MA 02138 "How Much Does the Odyssey Know about Odysseus’ Dark Side?: Odysseus’ Hubris in Demodokos’ Song" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival 4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113 4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210 *Thu, Apr 24: Denise Demetriou (Michigan State University) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski 107, Paino Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA 01002 "Beyond Polis Religion: Aphrodite in Multiethnic Settlements" Denise Demetriou is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her book, "Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia" was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. This lecture is sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College, and is free and open to the public. Campus map: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=https://www.… *Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant to Citizen 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215 Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus" Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls" James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Quintilian, Juvenal" The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge. Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must pre-register. The dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with school ID) and the registration deadline (for dinner only) is April 19, 2014. http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere… *Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Seminar in the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard)

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, March 10, 2014

by Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/calclass Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Event submission: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled below. Calendar entries that require significant editing may not be included. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry ***Modern Greek events are now being featured on the Boston Area Modern Greek Calendar (http://tinyurl.com/modgreekcal) and Listserv!*** ***To subscribe, please visit https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/moderngreekcal-list.*** ***To submit an event, please email modgreek(a)fas.harvard.edu.*** Thu, Mar 13: H. A. Shapiro (Johns Hopkins University) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 161 Presidents Drive, Campus Center, Amherst Room (10th floor), Amherst, MA 01002 "Orientalism and Greek Identity on a Masterpiece of Athenian Vase-Painting" Tenth Annual David Grose Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Charles Grose and the UMass Department of Classics. The event is open to the public. Thu, Mar 13: Eurydice Georganteli (Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow, Harvard University) 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Byzantine Money: The Politics and Aesthetics of a World Currency" Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture When the Roman Empire’s capital moved from Rome to Constantinople in 330 CE, Europe’s political and economic center shifted. The coinage produced in the new imperial capital, and in cities across what was to become the Byzantine Empire, deﬁned the society, politics, economic practices, and art in medieval Europe and beyond. This lecture, drawn from Harvard’s outstanding collections of coins and seals, explores Byzantine money as one of the most enduring world currencies. Reception to follow lecture. Free admission. Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street. To honor the memory of renowned numismatist and scholar Leo Mildenberg (1912–2001) and his years of friendship with Harvard University, a fund was established by his friends and colleagues and endowed in 2005 by his wife, Ilse Mildenberg-Seehausen. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/byzantine-money-politics-and-aest… Thu, Mar 13: Joel Christensen (University of Texas, San Antonio) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "'No other Odysseus will ever return': Clinical, Mythical, and personal Odysseys" This talk examines the Odyssey from three perspectives: its therapeutic treatment of fate and free will; the mythical patterning that illustrates how the stories we tell create our identities; and the echoes of the epic's warnings about the dangers of narrative in Breaking Bad and the novel Infinite Jest. These interconnected themes shed light on the continued relevance of Homeric epic and the final object of literary reception, the cultural and personal self. Distinguished Martin Weiner Lecture. Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu). *Thu, Mar 20: Thomas Heffernan (Tennessee) 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912 "The Prison Memoir of a Roman Christian Martyr: Perpetua's Story" http://events.brown.edu/events/cal/CAL-00147cc4-44917c91-0144-92b309d0-0000… *Wed, Mar 26: Peter Meineck (NYU) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT "The Face of Ancient Drama: Emotion, Empathy and the Masks of Greek Theatre" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information, please contact Debbie Sierpinski. *Thu, Mar 27: Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Andover Hall, Sperry Room 116, 45 Frances Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138 "Philo Between Rome, Alexandria, and Jerusalem" Presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Harvard Divinity School, and The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cjs/PDF/MarenNiehoff_March27.pdf *Sat, Mar 29: Harvard Graduate Student Conference 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Twists of Fate: coincidence, accident and chance in the ancient world" Keynote Speaker: Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania) “Aristotle on Lucky People” A graduate student conference sponsored by Harvard University’s Department of the Classics For more information, contact harvardcoincidence(a)gmail.com. *Sat, Mar 29: BU Research Seminar 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Room B36, Boston, MA 02215 Michael Haslam (UCLA) "Paragraphing Homer: A bad practice?" Neel Smith (Holy Cross) TBA Peter Kotiuga (BU) "Venetus A, editio princeps, and Martin West" Jeremy Fischer (BU) "Spondanus and George Chapman" Erickson Bridges (BU) "George Chapman and Alexander Pope" Sydney Shea (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Stanley Lombardo" Dylan Drolette (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Richard Martin" Funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University's Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Classical Studies. Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean" Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served to explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter, Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance, continued to portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way in which literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities. This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean" Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers: Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse (grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu). Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories" Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens" by Graam Oliver (Brown University) Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College) Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to 9/9:30. Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival 4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113 4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210 Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant to Citizen 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215 Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus" Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls" James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Quintilian, Juvenal" http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere… CalClass phone: (617) 495-4027 fax: (617) 496-6720 calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu http://classics.fas.harvard.edu

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, Monday, March 3, 2014

by Boston Area Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/calclass Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Event submission: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled below. Calendar entries that require significant editing may not be included. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry ***Modern Greek events are now being featured on the Boston Area Modern Greek Calendar (http://tinyurl.com/modgreekcal) and Listserv!*** ***To subscribe, please visit https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/moderngreekcal-list.*** ***To submit an event, please email modgreek(a)fas.harvard.edu.*** Mon, Mar 3: Irene Peirano (Yale University) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States "The Orator in the Storm: Rhetoric and Roman Epic" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/orator-storm-rhetoric-and… Mon, Mar 3: Miriam Leonard (University College London) 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912 "Tragedy and Revolution: Hannah Arendt and Karl Marx" http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom… **Tue, Mar 4: Adam Crager (Princeton University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 305, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Title: TBA Sponsored by the Harvard University Department of Philosophy and the Department of the Classics Wed, Mar 5: Brooke Holmes (Princeton University) 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT "Galen on the Chances of Life" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/. Wed, Mar 5: Ilana Krug (York College of PA) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, G03, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "Roman Wisdom: Vegetius and His Influence on Medieval Military Strategy" The late Roman Vegetius' military treatise De Re Militari is largely accepted by historians as influential for medieval military matters, although there is some debate regarding the extent and scope of its influence. Dr. Krug will introduce Vegetius and his treatise, as well as current scholarly discussions about their impact on medieval military strategy. She will then explore this question by examining two topics discussed by Vegetius, namely military logistics and preservation of an army's health, in an attempt to shed light on specific ways in which medieval military attitudes and operations reflect Vegetian influence. Free and Open to the Public. Refreshments will be served from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the lecture site. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu). **Thu, Mar 6: Jacob Rosen (Humboldt University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 305, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 "Why Does Aristotle Oppose Necessity to Teleology?" Sponsored by the Harvard University Department of Philosophy and the Department of the Classics *Thu, Mar 6: Maria Liston (University of Waterloo) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Building, Amherst, MA "Death Comes to the Theban Band: Skeletons from the Battle of Chaironeia (338 B.C.)" https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/classics/classics_lectures Sponsored by the AIA, Western MA Society and the Department of Classics at Amherst College Thu, Mar 6: Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław, Poland) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, List Art 110, 64 College St., Providence, RI 02912 "Alexander the Great in Babylon: Reality and Myth" http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom… Fri, Mar 7 & Sat, MAr 8: Classics Association of New England (CANE) Annual Meeting SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE, TBD, Manchester, NH 03102 Saint Anselm College is hosting the Annual Meeting of The Classics Association of New England. For more information, including Program, Registration and Hotels, please visit http://www.caneweb.org. *Mon, Mar 10: Gareth Schmeling (University of Florida) 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912 "'Texts and Editors: Editors and Texts" http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom… Thu, Mar 13: H. A. Shapiro (Johns Hopkins University) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 161 Presidents Drive, Campus Center, Amherst Room (10th floor), Amherst, MA 01002 "Orientalism and Greek Identity on a Masterpiece of Athenian Vase-Painting" Tenth Annual David Grose Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Charles Grose and the UMass Department of Classics. The event is open to the public. Thu, Mar 13: Eurydice Georganteli (Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow, Harvard University) 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Byzantine Money: The Politics and Aesthetics of a World Currency" Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture When the Roman Empire’s capital moved from Rome to Constantinople in 330 CE, Europe’s political and economic center shifted. The coinage produced in the new imperial capital, and in cities across what was to become the Byzantine Empire, deﬁned the society, politics, economic practices, and art in medieval Europe and beyond. This lecture, drawn from Harvard’s outstanding collections of coins and seals, explores Byzantine money as one of the most enduring world currencies. Reception to follow lecture. Free admission. Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street. To honor the memory of renowned numismatist and scholar Leo Mildenberg (1912–2001) and his years of friendship with Harvard University, a fund was established by his friends and colleagues and endowed in 2005 by his wife, Ilse Mildenberg-Seehausen. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/byzantine-money-politics-and-aest… Thu, Mar 13: Joel Christensen (University of Texas, San Antonio) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "'No other Odysseus will ever return': Clinical, Mythical, and personal Odysseys" This talk examines the Odyssey from three perspectives: its therapeutic treatment of fate and free will; the mythical patterning that illustrates how the stories we tell create our identities; and the echoes of the epic's warnings about the dangers of narrative in Breaking Bad and the novel Infinite Jest. These interconnected themes shed light on the continued relevance of Homeric epic and the final object of literary reception, the cultural and personal self. Distinguished Martin Weiner Lecture. Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu). Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean" Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served to explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter, Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance, continued to portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way in which literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities. This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean" Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers: Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse (grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu). Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories" Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens" by Graam Oliver (Brown University) Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College) Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to 9/9:30. **Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival 4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113 4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210 Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant to Citizen 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215 Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus" Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls" James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Quintilian, Juvenal" http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere…

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