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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 26, 2016

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 26, 2016 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Plutarch, Lucian, and the Sixth Century BC" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Tim Joseph (Holy Cross) UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m. "Measured Victory or Cataclysmic Doomsday? Caesar and Lucan on the Battle of Pharsalia" This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elizabeth Keitel (eek(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:eek@classics.umass.edu>.) Sponsored by the Department of Classics Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 1, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. “Public Letters and the Religious-Philosophical Life: Testing Early Christian Letters in Relation to Epigraphic Evidence.” Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Benjamin Altschuler (Harvard University; Center for the Study of Ancient Documents at Oxford University) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology, Room 625, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Wed., Mar. 2, 2016, 4 – 6 p.m. "Cultural Heritage in Crisis: Digital Solutions for a Modern World." Using digital technology to preserve archaeological artifacts and cultural legacy, Ben and his team have been called "The New Monuments Men" by Newsweek and at least 3,000 other articles to date. Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Event Series: Myth and Religion Study Group Lecture More info: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/religion-and-myth/> Melissa Schoenberger (Holy Cross) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center -- Suite B (4th Floor) 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 2, 2016, 4:30 p.m. "Fate, State, Cease, Peace: Dryden’s English Aeneid” Ellen Millender (Reed College) WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders 307, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481 Thu., Mar. 3, 2016, 4:30 – 6 p.m. “Spartan Women: Licentious Ladies or Mothers of the Fatherland?” **Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference HARVARD UNIVERSIY, Emerson 307, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sat., Mar. 5, 2016, 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Prag (Oxford) See link for full schedule. Speakers include Josiah Augustine (GWU), Giulio Celotto (FSU), Nick Cross (CUNY), Gregory Dzara (Buffalo), Mark Gradoni (Indiana), Brahm Kleinman (Princeton), Leah Lazar (Oxford), and Maria Teresa Lloyd (Reading). Contact: harvardgradconf(a)gmail.com<mailto:harvardgradconf@gmail.com>. Event Series: Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/biennial-graduate-student-conference> Hans Beck (McGill University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 7, 2016, 6 – 7:30 p.m. “Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State” Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” Eric Weiskott (Boston College) MIT Building 14E, Room 304 whereis.mit.edu…<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14> Thu., Mar. 17, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m. “Early English Meter as a Way of Thinking” >From Chaucer’s pentameter to the alliterative meter of Beowulf and Piers Plowman, prosody in medieval England was a cultural practice and a technical skill. Following Simon Jarvis in understanding “poetry as cognition,” this talk explores the particular kind of thinking done by and through early English meter. Attention to the historicity of meter is one way out of the 21st-century paradox whereby poetry seems both all-important and obsolescent. Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series Classical Association of New England (CANE) Annual Meeting SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA 01063 Fri., Mar. 18 – Sat., Mar. 19, 2016 More information about the program, registration information, and accommodations on the website. More info: caneweb.org…<http://caneweb.org/annualmeeting> *Andrew Laird (Warwick University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 22, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Classical Literature and Millenarian Madness in Post-Conquest Mexico: The Ecstasis of Fray Cristóbal Cabrera (1548)" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/classical-literature-and-…> *Britta Ager (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House Middletown, CT 06459 Thu., Mar. 24, 2016, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m. “Magic and Divine Visitations in Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche" Sponsored by Classical Studies Department More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/events/events.html> Johannes Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts) HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 30, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. “Bringing Wine and Joy: Dionysos and Viticulture on Coins of Asia Minor” Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/bringing-wine-and-joy-diony…> Symposium: Translating and Interpreting Ovid in the Late Middle Ages HARVARD UNIVERSITY, William James Hall 305, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Apr. 4, 2016, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 9.30-10 Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard): Introduction 10-11 Frank T. Coulson (The Ohio State University): The Latin School Tradition on the Metamorphoses in the Middle Ages 11-12 Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich and Beatrice Wyss (Universität Bern): Giovanni del Virgilio’s Expositio Break 2-3 Ana Pairet (Rutgers University) Christine de Pizan, a reader of the Ovide moralisé 3-4 Albert Lloret (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Medieval Catalan Translations. 4-5 p.m. Gemma Pellissa Prades (Harvard University): The 15th-Century Catalan Translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Francesc Alegre (1494). More info: translatingovid.weebly.com<http://translatingovid.weebly.com/> New England Ancient History Colloquium (Tufts) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Alumnae Lounge in Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155 Thu., Apr. 7, 2016, 5:30 p.m. Discussion of distributed paper, "The Stoicism of Cato the Younger; Reality or Hype?" by Fred Drogula (Providence College) after commentary by Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University). For information, paper, and registration, contact Allen Ward allen.m.ward(a)att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net> Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Ann Kuttner (University of Pennsylvania) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Apr. 8, 2016, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Subject: ethnicity and material culture Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” John Miller (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Apr. 19, 2016 Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Boston Area Roman Studies Conference BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Ave., B19, Boston MA 02215 Fri., Apr. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m. Honoring Ann Vasaly Talks by: Fred Ahl (Cornell University) John Bodel (Brown University) John Dugan (University at Buffalo (SUNY)) Mary Jaeger (University of Oregon) Roundtable with Ann Vasaly For more information, contact: Prof. Zsuzsa Varhelyi, varhelyi(a)bu.edu<mailto:varhelyi@bu.edu> AJ Woodman (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., May 2, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Vinous Voices: Horace, Epode 9" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to/download calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu>. 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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 19, 2016

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 19, 2016 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Courtney Walsh and Rush Rehm (Stanford University) WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, CFA Middletown, CT 06457 Mon., Feb. 22, 2016, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Clytemnestra: Tangled Justice” Sponsored by Classical Studies Department More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/events/events.htm> Foteini Spingou (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 22, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Memory, Aesthetics and Poetic Anthologies in late 13th-c. Constantinople" Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Plutarch, Lucian, and the Sixth Century BC" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Tim Joseph (Holy Cross) UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m. "Measured Victory or Cataclysmic Doomsday? Caesar and Lucan on the Battle of Pharsalia" This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elizabeth Keitel (eek(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:eek@classics.umass.edu>.) Sponsored by the Department of Classics **Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 1, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. “Public Letters and the Religious-Philosophical Life: Testing Early Christian Letters in Relation to Epigraphic Evidence.” Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity *Benjamin Altschuler BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology, Room 625, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Wed., Mar. 2, 2016, 4 – 6 p.m. "Cultural Heritage in Crisis: Digital Solutions for a Modern World." Using digital technology to preserve archaeological artifacts and cultural legacy, Ben and his team have been called "The New Monuments Men" by Newsweek and at least 3,000 other articles to date. Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Event Series: Myth and Religion Study Group Lecture More info: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/religion-and-myth/> Melissa Schoenberger (Holy Cross) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center -- Suite B (4th Floor) 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 2, 2016, 4:30 p.m. "Fate, State, Cease, Peace: Dryden’s English Aeneid” *Ellen Millender (Reed College) WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders 307, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481 Thu., Mar. 3, 2016, 4:30 – 6 p.m. “Spartan Women: Licentious Ladies or Mothers of the Fatherland?” Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sat., Mar. 5, 2016 Jonathan Prag (Merton College, Oxford) See link for more info. and Call for Papers. Event Series: Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/biennal-graduate-student-conference> Hans Beck (McGill University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 7, 2016, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Topic: Greek koinon Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” Eric Weiskott (Boston College) MIT Building 14E, Room 304 whereis.mit.edu…<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14> Thu., Mar. 17, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m. “Early English Meter as a Way of Thinking” >From Chaucer’s pentameter to the alliterative meter of Beowulf and Piers Plowman, prosody in medieval England was a cultural practice and a technical skill. Following Simon Jarvis in understanding “poetry as cognition,” this talk explores the particular kind of thinking done by and through early English meter. Attention to the historicity of meter is one way out of the 21st-century paradox whereby poetry seems both all-important and obsolescent. Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series Classical Association of New England (CANE) Annual Meeting SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA 01063 Fri., Mar. 18 – Sat., Mar. 19, 2016 More information about the program, registration information, and accommodations on the website. More info: caneweb.org…<http://caneweb.org/annualmeeting> Johannes Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts) HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 30, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. “Bringing Wine and Joy: Dionysos and Viticulture on Coins of Asia Minor” Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/bringing-wine-and-joy-diony…> **Symposium: Translating and Interpreting Ovid in the Late Middle Ages HARVARD UNIVERSITY, William James Hall 305, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Apr. 4, 2016, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 9.30-10 Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard University): Introduction 10-11 Frank T. Coulson (The Ohio State University): The Latin School Tradition on the Metamorphoses in the Middle Ages 11-12 Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich and Beatrice Wyss (Universität Bern): Giovanni del Virgilio’s Expositio Break 2-3 Ana Pairet (Rutgers University) Christine de Pizan, a reader of the Ovide moralisé 3-4 Albert Lloret (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Medieval Catalan Translations. 4-5 p.m. Gemma Pellissa Prades (Harvard University): The 15th-Century Catalan Translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Francesc Alegre (1494). More info: translatingovid.weebly.com<http://translatingovid.weebly.com/> New England Ancient History Colloquium (Tufts) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Alumnae Lounge in Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155 Thu., Apr. 7, 2016, 5:30 p.m. Discussion of distributed paper, "The Stoicism of Cato the Younger; Reality or Hype?" by Fred Drogula (Providence College) after commentary by Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University). For information, paper, and registration, contact Allen Ward allen.m.ward(a)att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net> Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Ann Kuttner (University of Pennsylvania) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Apr. 8, 2016, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Subject: ethnicity and material culture Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” John Miller (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Apr. 19, 2016 Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Boston Area Roman Studies Conference BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Ave., B19, Boston MA 02215 Fri., Apr. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m. Honoring Ann Vasaly Talks by: Fred Ahl (Cornell University) John Bodel (Brown University) John Dugan (University at Buffalo (SUNY)) Mary Jaeger (University of Oregon) Roundtable with Ann Vasaly For more information, contact: Prof. Zsuzsa Varhelyi, varhelyi(a)bu.edu<mailto:varhelyi@bu.edu> AJ Woodman (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., May 2, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Vinous Voices: Horace, Epode 9" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to/download calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu>. 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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 12, 2016

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 12, 2016 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry *Ross Gay (Radcliffe Institute) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Radcliffe Institute, Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street Camrbridge, MA 02138 Wed., Feb. 17, 2016, 4 – 6 p.m. "Black Georgics" During his fellowship, Gay is working on a kind of response, or update, to Virgil’s Georgics. He hopes to understand something about our relationship(s) to the land—especially as it relates to race—particularly, perhaps, in the Anthropocene. *Maria Emilia Cairo (Universidad Nacional de La Plata-Conicet) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Room 110 (Thompson Room), Barker Center, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Feb. 17, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Roman Identity and Religion in Cicero: A Reading of De divinatione" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> *Courtney Walsh and Rush Rehm (Stanford University) WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, CFA Middletown, CT 06457 Mon., Feb. 22, 2016, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Clytemnestra: Tangled Justice” Sponsored by Classical Studies Department More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/events/events.htm> Foteini Spingou (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 22, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Memory, Aesthetics and Poetic Anthologies in late 13th-c. Constantinople" Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Plutarch, Lucian, and the Sixth Century BC" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> **Tim Joseph (Holy Cross) UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m. "Measured Victory or Cataclysmic Doomsday? Caesar and Lucan on the Battle of Pharsalia" This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elizabeth Keitel (eek(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:eek@classics.umass.edu>.) Sponsored by the Department of Classics **Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 1, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Melissa Schoenberger (Holy Cross) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center -- Suite B (4th Floor) 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 2, 2016, 4:30 p.m. "Fate, State, Cease, Peace: Dryden’s English Aeneid” Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sat., Mar. 5, 2016 Jonathan Prag (Merton College, Oxford) See link for more info. and Call for Papers. Event Series: Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/biennal-graduate-student-conference> Hans Beck (McGill University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 7, 2016, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Topic: Greek koinon Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” Eric Weiskott (Boston College) MIT Building 14E, Room 304 whereis.mit.edu…<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14> Thu., Mar. 17, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m. “Early English Meter as a Way of Thinking” >From Chaucer’s pentameter to the alliterative meter of Beowulf and Piers Plowman, prosody in medieval England was a cultural practice and a technical skill. Following Simon Jarvis in understanding “poetry as cognition,” this talk explores the particular kind of thinking done by and through early English meter. Attention to the historicity of meter is one way out of the 21st-century paradox whereby poetry seems both all-important and obsolescent. Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series Classical Association of New England (CANE) Annual Meeting SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA 01063 Fri., Mar. 18 – Sat., Mar. 19, 2016 More information about the program, registration information, and accommodations on the website. More info: caneweb.org…<http://caneweb.org/annualmeeting> Johannes Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts) HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 30, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. “Bringing Wine and Joy: Dionysos and Viticulture on Coins of Asia Minor” Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/bringing-wine-and-joy-diony…> **Symposium: Translating and Interpreting Ovid in the Late Middle Ages HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Apr. 4, 9 a.m. – Tue., Apr. 5, 2016, 5 p.m. 9.30-10 Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard): Introduction 10-11 Frank T. Coulson (The Ohio State University): Ovid in the Middle Ages 11-12 Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich and Beatrice Wyss (Universität Bern): Giovanni del Virgilio’s Expositio Break 2-3 Ana Pairet (Rutgers University) Christine de Pizan, a reader of the Ovide moralisé 3-4 Albert Lloret (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Medieval Catalan Translations. 4-5 p.m. Gemma Pellissa Prades (Harvard University): The 15th-Century Catalan Translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Francesc Alegre (1494). More info: translatingovid.weebly.com<http://translatingovid.weebly.com/> New England Ancient History Colloquium (Tufts) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Alumnae Lounge in Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155 Thu., Apr. 7, 2016, 5:30 p.m. Discussion of distributed paper, "The Stoicism of Cato the Younger; Reality or Hype?" by Fred Drogula (Providence College) after commentary by Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University). For information, paper, and registration, contact Allen Ward allen.m.ward(a)att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net> Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Ann Kuttner (University of Pennsylvania) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Apr. 8, 2016, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Subject: ethnicity and material culture Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” John Miller (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Apr. 19, 2016 Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Boston Area Roman Studies Conference BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Ave., B19, Boston MA 02215 Fri., Apr. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m. Honoring Ann Vasaly Talks by: Fred Ahl (Cornell University) John Bodel (Brown University) John Dugan (University at Buffalo (SUNY)) Mary Jaeger (University of Oregon) Roundtable with Ann Vasaly For more information, contact: Prof. Zsuzsa Varhelyi, varhelyi(a)bu.edu<mailto:varhelyi@bu.edu> **AJ Woodman (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., May 2, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Vinous Voices: Horace, Epode 9" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to/download calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu>. 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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 5, 2016

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 5, 2016 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Florin Leonte (Villa I Tatti) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 8, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Dramatization and Narrative: Dialogues in Late Byzantium" Verity Platt (Cornell University) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912 Mon., Feb. 8, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m. "Of Sponges and Stones: Matter and Ornament in Roman Painting" More info: www.brown.edu…<http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics/…> *Sarah P. Morris (UCLA) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 11, 2016, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Standing Committee on Archaeology Lecture "Urbanization and Conquest in Macedonia: The First Two Years of the Ancient Methone Archaeological Project" Event Series: Standing Committee on Archaeology: Harvard University More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/sca-lecture-sarah-morris-ucla> Foteini Spingou (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 22, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Memory, Aesthetics and Poetic Anthologies in late 13th-c. Constantinople" Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Plutarch, Lucian and the Sixth Century BC" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome Tim Joseph (Holy Cross) UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Integrative Learning Center, Room N101 650 N. Pleasant St., 01003 Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Measured Victory or Cataclysmic Doomsday? Caesar and Lucan on the Battle of Pharsalia" This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elizabeth Keitel (eek(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:eek@classics.umass.edu>.) Sponsored by the Department of Classics Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 1, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Melissa Schoenberger (Holy Cross) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center -- Suite B (4th Floor) 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 2, 2016, 4:30 p.m. "Fate, State, Cease, Peace: Dryden’s English Aeneid” Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sat., Mar. 5, 2016 Jonathan Prag (Merton College, Oxford) See link for more info; call for Papers. Event Series: Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/biennal-graduate-student-conference> Hans Beck (McGill University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 7, 2016, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Topic: Greek koinon Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” *Eric Weiskott (Boston College) MIT Building 14E, Room 304 whereis.mit.edu…<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14> Thu., Mar. 17, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m. “Early English Meter as a Way of Thinking” >From Chaucer’s pentameter to the alliterative meter of Beowulf and Piers Plowman, prosody in medieval England was a cultural practice and a technical skill. Following Simon Jarvis in understanding “poetry as cognition,” this talk explores the particular kind of thinking done by and through early English meter. Attention to the historicity of meter is one way out of the 21st-century paradox whereby poetry seems both all-important and obsolescent. Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series Classical Association of New England (CANE) Annual Meeting SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA 01063 Fri., Mar. 18 – Sat., Mar. 19, 2016 More information about the program, registration information, and accommodations on the website. More info: caneweb.org…<http://caneweb.org/annualmeeting> Johannes Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts) HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 30, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. Title: TBA Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture *Symposium: Translating and Interpreting Ovid in the Late Middle Ages TBA Mon., Apr. 4, 2016 9.30-10 Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard): Introduction 10-11 Frank T. Coulson (The Ohio State University): Ovid in the Middle Ages 11-12 Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich and Beatrice Wyss (Universität Bern): Giovanni del Virgilio’s Expositio Break 2-3 Ana Pairet (Rutgers University) Christine de Pizan, a reader of the Ovide moralisé 3-4 Albert Lloret (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Medieval Catalan Translations. 4-5 p.m. Gemma Pellissa Prades (Harvard University): The 15th-Century Catalan Translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Francesc Alegre (1494). New England Ancient History Colloquium (Tufts) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Alumnae Lounge in Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155 Thu., Apr. 7, 2016, 5:30 p.m. Discussion of distributed paper, "The Stoicism of Cato the Younger; Reality or Hype?" by Fred Drogula (Providence College) after commentary by Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University). For information, paper, and registration, contact Allen Ward allen.m.ward(a)att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net> Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Ann Kuttner (University of Pennsylvania) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Apr. 8, 2016, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Subject: ethnicity and material culture Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World” John Miller (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Apr. 19, 2016 Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and Subjectivity Boston Area Roman Studies Conference BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Ave., B19, Boston MA 02215 Fri., Apr. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m. Honoring Ann Vasaly Talks by: Fred Ahl (Cornell University) John Bodel (Brown University) John Dugan (University at Buffalo (SUNY)) Mary Jaeger (University of Oregon) Roundtable with Ann Vasaly For more information, contact: Prof. Zsuzsa Varhelyi, varhelyi(a)bu.edu<mailto:varhelyi@bu.edu> Anthony Woodman (University of Virginia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., May 2, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m. "Vinous Voices: Horace, Epode 9" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/horace-emepode-9em> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to/download calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu>. 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