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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 24, 2017

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 24, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Hellenistic Sardis Project Conference HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 61 Kirkland Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 "City and Empire in Seleucid Asia Minor: Sardis from the King’s Peace to the Peace of Apamea" The ancient Lydian capital of Sardis was a keystone of western Asia Minor and one of the most important political centers of the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds. In the two centuries of Graeco-Macedonian dominance that followed the conquests of Alexander the Great, Sardis functioned as a royal residence, imperial administrative center, and garrison site, as well as a revived urban center for new military foundations and older settlements. New archaeological data and focused academic engagement now offer an unprecedented opportunity to produce an integrated, fine-grained study of a crucial stage in the long life of this ancient city. See poster at link below for program. Poster: http://archaeology.harvard.edu/files/sca/files/sardis-hellenistic-conferenc… More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/city-and-empire-seleucid-asia-minor-sa…> *Jane DeRose Evans (Temple University) TRINITY COLLEGE, Halden Hall North, Dangremond Family Commons, 104 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 Sun., Feb. 26, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. "Giving to the Gods: Votives and Magic at Sardis, Turkey" Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and Department of Classics Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Personal Agency and the Big Switch 1962-1964: Thucydides, Bob Dylan and Stanley Kubrick." Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Department of Classical Studies, and Arion, A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information on this lecture or on the Study Group, please visit our website www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> Event Series: Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University More info: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> Elena Boeck (Dumbarton Oaks) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Warren House, Room 201, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Rome, Constantinople, Troy: Triangulating Past and Present in the Fourteenth Century" More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/medieval-studies> Carlos Noreña (University of California, Berkeley) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. "Romanization in the Middle of Nowhere: The Case of Segobriga" This paper addresses the problem of historical change in a small town in the provincial backwater of a large, premodern empire. It examines the evidence for urban form, cultural identity, political organization, and social hierarchy in Segobriga, an insignificant Roman municipality in central Spain (in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis), during the period c. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Emphasis is placed not on local particularism in Segobriga, but rather on the town’s adherence to empire-wide patterns in urbanization and urbanism; its assimilation to Roman cultural norms; and its incorporation into a supraregional sociopolitical order. Drawing upon insights from historical sociology and cultural anthropology, and focusing on questions of motivation, agency (both individual and collective), and causation, the paper argues that changes in the politics, society, and culture of Segobriga all went together in a recursive manner, and that they were ultimately triggered by what I call a “general convergence” of social power in the Mediterranean world near the end of the first millennium BCE. The transformation of Segobriga, the paper concludes, should be seen as a case study in the process of “Romanization”—not, however, defined as an index of acculturation, but rather as an umbrella term for the making of a distinctively Roman configuration of power. The goals of the paper, then, are both substantive and conceptual, and are meant to contribute to a wider discussion of the intersection between (asymmetric) power and (translocal) culture in the premodern world. Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop: New Approaches to Ancient Evidence Lakshmi Ramgopal (Trinity College) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 2, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Proximate to Power: The Roman Diaspora, Rome, and the Emperor" Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. The Futures of Classical Antiquity SMITH COLLEGE, Seelye Hall 106, Northampton, MA 01063 Sat., Mar. 4, 2017, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. A one-day symposium on possible futures for Classical Studies in twenty-first century America. Five speakers address the challenges facing the Classics and the Humanities in general, and offer their views on approaches and areas of inquiry that may best serve an increasingly diverse and globalized citizenry. Joy Connolly, Provost at the Graduate Center, City University of New York Connected Classics: Research and Teaching in the Public Interest Gregory Crane, Professor of Classics and Digital Humanities, Tufts Univ./Leipzig Univ. Redefining and Supporting Classics for a Diverse America in a Global Age Emily Greenwood, Professor of Classics, Yale University Voyaging into Old-New Worlds: Imagining the Future through the Past via Classical Receptions Denise McCoskey, Professor of Classics, Miami University “But then you read”: Why Ancient Identity Matters (and how to keep it that way) Dimitri Nakassis, Professor of Classics, University of Colorado, Boulder Doing Archaeology in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities More info: www.smith.edu…<https://www.smith.edu/classics/docs/TheFuturesOfClassicalAntquityPosterR2.p…> Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 6, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. “Caddeddi on the Tellaro: A Late Roman Villa in Sicily and its Mosaics” The Roman villa in contrada Caddeddi on the R. Tellaro, near Noto in southeast Sicily, was discovered by chance in 1971. Although brief notes have been published about the villa and its mosaics, and the site is mentioned in passing in general surveys of late Roman villas, it and its fine mosaics have until very recently lacked a detailed publication. They date to the second half of the fourth century AD, and so belong to a generation later than the famous floors of Villa Casale near Piazza Armerina. This talk considers the iconography of the three main mosaics at Caddeddi: a mythological scene, the ransoming of the body of Hector; a floor depicting a bust of Bacchus at the center with satyrs and maenads in the panels around; and an action-packed hunting scene with many episodes paralleled in general terms on the Piazza Armerina floors. The paper also sets the Caddeddi mosaics in context by comparing details from all three with mosaic comparanda in north Africa, and comes to the conclusion that, although not all details can be paralleled there, the mosaics at Caddeddi, like those at Piazza Armerina, were all laid by itinerant African craftsmen, almost certainly based at Carthage. Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 7, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. “Dining with the Dead: New Light on Early Byzantine Sicily at Punta Secca (RG)” Punta Secca (in Ragusa province) on the south coast of Sicily is a late Roman and early Byzantine village, partly excavated in the 1960s and 1970s and identified as the Kaukana of the ancient sources, where Belisarius set sail for the conquest of Africa in AD 533. This talk will describe a more recent excavation, focused on one building (a house), which examined in detail its building phases and the commercial contacts that its inhabitants enjoyed with other parts of Sicily—and indeed the wider Mediterranean world. Finds include the earliest securely dated example in Europe of a thimble, and what may arguably be the earliest depiction of a backgammon board. The biggest surprise was the discovery of a substantial tomb placed in what was probably the yard of the house in the second quarter of the seventh century AD, and of evidence for associated feasting in honor of the deceased. Who was inside the tomb, and why did that person deserve this level of respect? What evidence was there for feasts, and what was eaten? Was it a pagan or a Christian burial? And what was the tomb doing here, in a domestic setting, rather than in the village cemetery, or indeed, if the deceased was Christian, in or near the church? These and other intriguing questions will be addressed in this talk, and the discovery set in the context of what else is known about such practices in late Roman and early Byzantine funerary culture. Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Nicholas G. Blackwell (NC State) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 62 Talbot Ave, Somerville, MA 02144, Pearson Hall 104 Thu., Mar. 9, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m. "Construction Methods and Political Statements at Mycenae: New Analysis of the Lion Gate Relief and Treasury of Atreus." China/Rome Forum on Economic Histories BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. 02912 Mon., Mar. 13, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Join this comparative forum on Chinese and Greco-Roman economic histories. Richard Von Glahn (UCLA) will present his new book, The Economic History of China From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century (2016). Walter Scheidel (Classics, Stanford) and Joe McDermott (Chinese History, Cambridge) will respond. All welcome. *James Rives (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith Buonanno Hall, Room 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912 Tue., Mar. 14, 2017, 5:30 – 7 p.m. "Animal Sacrifice and Euergetism in the Hellenistic and Roman Polis" More info: www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics…> Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 15, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Lecture on Homer; title TBA Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. "Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World" BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS 200, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Sat., Mar. 18, 2017 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference of Classical Studies Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies More information as well as the registration link can be found at: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/graduate-student-conference/> Stefan Hagel (Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Susanne Gaensicke (J. Paul Getty Museum) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Hellenistic Music in Africa, 10 BCE: Reconstructing the Instruments from Queen Amanishakheto's Pyramid" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m. TBA Andrew Ollett HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Complementizers in Middle Indic" New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street (use entrance on Broadway), Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Research from the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in western Turkey, sponsored by Harvard and Cornell Universities, continues to produce exciting and unexpected surprises. In this lecture, Director Nicholas Cahill, professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present recent results from the expedition. Cahill will discuss ongoing excavation at a sanctuary of the Roman imperial cult and its transformation in late antiquity; work in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus and new evidence for the earliest occupation of the city; one of the largest Roman triumphal arches known; and conservation and restoration projects. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, in Cambridge. For more information, please contact Robin Woodman at 617-495-3940 or robin_woodman(a)harvard.edu<mailto:robin_woodman@harvard.edu>. The Sardis Biennial Lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis to present new excavation finds and current research. Work at Sardis is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and Cornell University since 1958. Event Series: Sardis Biennial Lecture More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/new-digs-and-discoveries-sardis-turkey> *CONFERENCE hosted by Theater and Dance at Amherst College AMHERST COLLEGE, Holden Theater in Webster Hall, 200 College St, Amherst, MA 01002 Thu., Mar. 23 – Sat., Mar. 25, 2017 “Re-imagining the Greeks: Contemporary and Cross-cultural Approaches to Greek Tragedy” Each day will be devoted to a different region of the world, and its cultural relationship with the ancient Greeks. The first day will be about Japanese adaptations, the second about Black interpretations (African and American), and the third about American adaptations. The conference will combine scholarly discussions, workshops, non-western performative approaches. And live performances. Participation in the workshops is open to students and professionals with experience in performing. More info: www.amherst.edu…<https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/theater_dance/performances…> *Christelle Fischer-Bovet (University of Southern California) TRINITY COLLEGE, Rittenberg Lounge, Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 12:15 – 2:15 p.m. "Identifying People in Hellenistic and Early Roman Egypt: A Comparative Perspective?" Sponsored by the Departments of Classics and History Lothar von Falkenhausen (University of California, Los Angeles) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World's Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member's Tale" The Archaeological Institute of America’s 2017 Norton Lecturer will speak as part of Harvard's East Asian Archaeology Seminar series. Charles Bartlett (Harvard University) COLLGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center Suite A (4th floor), 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. “Sovereign Debt in the Hellenistic World" with commentary by Joseph Manning (Yale University) Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Please contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) if interested in attending the meeting and dinner. Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Gasper Begus (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "A Diachronic Model for Explaining Unnatural Sound Changes” Paolo Visonà (University of Kentucky) HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 p.m. "From Byrsa to the Tiber: Carthaginian Coins and History" New evidence from hoards, overstrikings, and excavation finds across the western Mediterranean in the last 50 years has significantly increased our knowledge of Carthaginian coins and their circulation patterns in the core regions of the Punic world, from North Africa to Spain. As mediums of payment, stores of value, and social artifacts, Carthaginian coins were used in diverse contexts and by different ethnicities. In this lecture, Paolo Visonà, associate professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, will discuss how these coins provide essential information on the history and the economy of Carthage, underscoring its connectivity with other Punic centers and its relations with its Mediterranean neighbors and rivals, particularly Cyrene, Syracuse, and Rome. Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will remain open until 8pm. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. 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. Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/> *Karen Foster (Yale University) TRINITY COLLEGE, Rittenberg Lounge, Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 Thu., Mar. 30, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Monkeys in Aegean Image and Imagination" Sponsored by the Departments of Classics and History Emma Dench (Harvard University) COLLEGE .OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Ethnography and history in the Roman world” Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Elizabeth Irwin (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Eric Frederickson (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 103, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 12, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Dating (Classical Hebrew) Texts Linguistically: A Bayesian Approach.” *Thomas Zanker (Amherst College) TRINITY COLLEGE, Rittenberg Lounge, Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 Thu., Apr. 13, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. "The Golden Age in Augustan Rome" Sponsored by the Department of Classics Brooke Holmes (Princeton University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Fri., Apr. 21, 2017, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/gsas-workshop-postclassicisms%C2%A0li…> Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 26, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Adam Gitner (Indiana University, Bloomington) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Wed., May 3, 2017, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" 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 17, 2017

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 17, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Christophe Rico (Polis Institute) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Feb. 17, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. Ancient Greek Teaching Workshop Professor Rico will demonstrate methods for teaching ancient Greek in an immersive way. The first part of the presentation requires no previous knowledge of Greek and will use TPR (Total Physical Response). The second part will demonstrate Story Building and is suitable for students who have had one semester of Greek. More info: www.polisjerusalem.org<http://www.polisjerusalem.org/> **Hellenistic Sardis Project Conference HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 61 Kirkland Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 "City and Empire in Seleucid Asia Minor: Sardis from the King’s Peace to the Peace of Apamea" The ancient Lydian capital of Sardis was a keystone of western Asia Minor and one of the most important political centers of the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds. In the two centuries of Graeco-Macedonian dominance that followed the conquests of Alexander the Great, Sardis functioned as a royal residence, imperial administrative center, and garrison site, as well as a revived urban center for new military foundations and older settlements. New archaeological data and focused academic engagement now offer an unprecedented opportunity to produce an integrated, fine-grained study of a crucial stage in the long life of this ancient city. See poster at link below for program. More info: tinyurl.com…<https://tinyurl.com/SardisConferenceHarvard> *Byron MacDougall (University of Vienna) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 23, 2017, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Figure Exercises: John of Sardis, Aphthonius, and Aristotelian Syllogistic" Chris Hallett (UC Berkeley) MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Dwight Hall 101, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075 Thu., Feb. 23, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. " Ancient Bronzes as Art Objects: Roman Collectors & Corinthian Bronzes" With the emergence of large-scale art collecting by the super-rich at Rome, there emerged a novel kind of statuette referred to as “Corinthian bronzes”. What such bronzes were like has up until now remained something of a mystery. Chris Hallett argues that many of these notorious statuettes actually survive and stimulated the conspicuous use of “processional statuettes” in rituals and public ceremonies throughout the Roman world. Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Amy M. Sacker Fund, Mount Holyoke College Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Personal Agency and the Big Switch 1962-1964: Thucydides, Bob Dylan and Stanley Kubrick." Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Department of Classical Studies, and Arion, A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information on this lecture or on the Study Group, please visit our website www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> Event Series: Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University More info: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> Elena Boeck (Dumbarton Oaks) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Warren House, Room 201, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Rome, Constantinople, Troy: Triangulating Past and Present in the Fourteenth Century" More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/medieval-studies> Carlos Noreña (University of California, Berkeley) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. "Romanization in the Middle of Nowhere: The Case of Segobriga" This paper addresses the problem of historical change in a small town in the provincial backwater of a large, premodern empire. It examines the evidence for urban form, cultural identity, political organization, and social hierarchy in Segobriga, an insignificant Roman municipality in central Spain (in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis), during the period c. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Emphasis is placed not on local particularism in Segobriga, but rather on the town’s adherence to empire-wide patterns in urbanization and urbanism; its assimilation to Roman cultural norms; and its incorporation into a supraregional sociopolitical order. Drawing upon insights from historical sociology and cultural anthropology, and focusing on questions of motivation, agency (both individual and collective), and causation, the paper argues that changes in the politics, society, and culture of Segobriga all went together in a recursive manner, and that they were ultimately triggered by what I call a “general convergence” of social power in the Mediterranean world near the end of the first millennium BCE. The transformation of Segobriga, the paper concludes, should be seen as a case study in the process of “Romanization”—not, however, defined as an index of acculturation, but rather as an umbrella term for the making of a distinctively Roman configuration of power. The goals of the paper, then, are both substantive and conceptual, and are meant to contribute to a wider discussion of the intersection between (asymmetric) power and (translocal) culture in the premodern world. Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop: New Approaches to Ancient Evidence Lakshmi Ramgopal (Trinity College) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 2, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Proximate to Power: The Roman Diaspora, Rome, and the Emperor" Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. The Futures of Classical Antiquity SMITH COLLEGE, Seelye Hall 106, Northampton, MA 01063 Sat., Mar. 4, 2017, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. A one-day symposium on possible futures for Classical Studies in twenty-first century America. Five speakers address the challenges facing the Classics and the Humanities in general, and offer their views on approaches and areas of inquiry that may best serve an increasingly diverse and globalized citizenry. Joy Connolly, Provost at the Graduate Center, City University of New York Connected Classics: Research and Teaching in the Public Interest Gregory Crane, Professor of Classics and Digital Humanities, Tufts Univ./Leipzig Univ. Redefining and Supporting Classics for a Diverse America in a Global Age Emily Greenwood, Professor of Classics, Yale University Voyaging into Old-New Worlds: Imagining the Future through the Past via Classical Receptions Denise McCoskey, Professor of Classics, Miami University “But then you read”: Why Ancient Identity Matters (and how to keep it that way) Dimitri Nakassis, Professor of Classics, University of Colorado, Boulder Doing Archaeology in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities More info: www.smith.edu…<https://www.smith.edu/classics/docs/TheFuturesOfClassicalAntquityPosterR2.p…> Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 6, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. “Caddeddi on the Tellaro: A Late Roman Villa in Sicily and its Mosaics” The Roman villa in contrada Caddeddi on the R. Tellaro, near Noto in southeast Sicily, was discovered by chance in 1971. Although brief notes have been published about the villa and its mosaics, and the site is mentioned in passing in general surveys of late Roman villas, it and its fine mosaics have until very recently lacked a detailed publication. They date to the second half of the fourth century AD, and so belong to a generation later than the famous floors of Villa Casale near Piazza Armerina. This talk considers the iconography of the three main mosaics at Caddeddi: a mythological scene, the ransoming of the body of Hector; a floor depicting a bust of Bacchus at the center with satyrs and maenads in the panels around; and an action-packed hunting scene with many episodes paralleled in general terms on the Piazza Armerina floors. The paper also sets the Caddeddi mosaics in context by comparing details from all three with mosaic comparanda in north Africa, and comes to the conclusion that, although not all details can be paralleled there, the mosaics at Caddeddi, like those at Piazza Armerina, were all laid by itinerant African craftsmen, almost certainly based at Carthage. Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 7, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. “Dining with the Dead: New Light on Early Byzantine Sicily at Punta Secca (RG)” Punta Secca (in Ragusa province) on the south coast of Sicily is a late Roman and early Byzantine village, partly excavated in the 1960s and 1970s and identified as the Kaukana of the ancient sources, where Belisarius set sail for the conquest of Africa in AD 533. This talk will describe a more recent excavation, focused on one building (a house), which examined in detail its building phases and the commercial contacts that its inhabitants enjoyed with other parts of Sicily—and indeed the wider Mediterranean world. Finds include the earliest securely dated example in Europe of a thimble, and what may arguably be the earliest depiction of a backgammon board. The biggest surprise was the discovery of a substantial tomb placed in what was probably the yard of the house in the second quarter of the seventh century AD, and of evidence for associated feasting in honor of the deceased. Who was inside the tomb, and why did that person deserve this level of respect? What evidence was there for feasts, and what was eaten? Was it a pagan or a Christian burial? And what was the tomb doing here, in a domestic setting, rather than in the village cemetery, or indeed, if the deceased was Christian, in or near the church? These and other intriguing questions will be addressed in this talk, and the discovery set in the context of what else is known about such practices in late Roman and early Byzantine funerary culture. Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Nicholas G. Blackwell (NC State) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 62 Talbot Ave, Somerville, MA 02144, Pearson Hall 104 Thu., Mar. 9, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m. "Construction Methods and Political Statements at Mycenae: New Analysis of the Lion Gate Relief and Treasury of Atreus." China/Rome Forum on Economic Histories BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. 02912 Mon., Mar. 13, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Join this comparative forum on Chinese and Greco-Roman economic histories. Richard Von Glahn (UCLA) will present his new book, The Economic History of China From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century (2016). Walter Scheidel (Classics, Stanford) and Joe McDermott (Chinese History, Cambridge) will respond. All welcome. Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 15, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Lecture on Homer; title TBA Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. "Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World" BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS 200, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Sat., Mar. 18, 2017 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference of Classical Studies Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies More information as well as the registration link can be found at: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/graduate-student-conference/> Stefan Hagel (Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Susanne Gaensicke (J. Paul Getty Museum) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Hellenistic Music in Africa, 10 BCE: Reconstructing the Instruments from Queen Amanishakheto's Pyramid" 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…> Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m. TBA Andrew Ollett HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Complementizers in Middle Indic" New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street (use entrance on Broadway), Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Research from the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in western Turkey, sponsored by Harvard and Cornell Universities, continues to produce exciting and unexpected surprises. In this lecture, Director Nicholas Cahill, professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present recent results from the expedition. Cahill will discuss ongoing excavation at a sanctuary of the Roman imperial cult and its transformation in late antiquity; work in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus and new evidence for the earliest occupation of the city; one of the largest Roman triumphal arches known; and conservation and restoration projects. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, in Cambridge. For more information, please contact Robin Woodman at 617-495-3940 or robin_woodman(a)harvard.edu<mailto:robin_woodman@harvard.edu>. The Sardis Biennial Lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis to present new excavation finds and current research. Work at Sardis is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and Cornell University since 1958. Event Series: Sardis Biennial Lecture More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/new-digs-and-discoveries-sardis-turkey> Lothar von Falkenhausen (University of California, Los Angeles) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World's Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member's Tale" The Archaeological Institute of America’s 2017 Norton Lecturer will speak as part of Harvard's East Asian Archaeology Seminar series. Charles Bartlett (Harvard University) COLLGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center Suite A (4th floor), 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. “Sovereign Debt in the Hellenistic World" with commentary by Joseph Manning (Yale University) Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Please contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) if interested in attending the meeting and dinner. Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Gasper Begus (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "A Diachronic Model for Explaining Unnatural Sound Changes” Paolo Visonà (University of Kentucky) HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 p.m. "From Byrsa to the Tiber: Carthaginian Coins and History" New evidence from hoards, overstrikings, and excavation finds across the western Mediterranean in the last 50 years has significantly increased our knowledge of Carthaginian coins and their circulation patterns in the core regions of the Punic world, from North Africa to Spain. As mediums of payment, stores of value, and social artifacts, Carthaginian coins were used in diverse contexts and by different ethnicities. In this lecture, Paolo Visonà, associate professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, will discuss how these coins provide essential information on the history and the economy of Carthage, underscoring its connectivity with other Punic centers and its relations with its Mediterranean neighbors and rivals, particularly Cyrene, Syracuse, and Rome. Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will remain open until 8pm. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. 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. Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/> Emma Dench (Harvard University) COLLEGE .OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Ethnography and history in the Roman world” Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Elizabeth Irwin (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Eric Frederickson (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 103, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 12, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Dating (Classical Hebrew) Texts Linguistically: A Bayesian Approach.” Brooke Holmes (Princeton) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Fri., Apr. 21, 2017, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/gsas-workshop-postclassicisms%C2%A0li…> Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 26, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Adam Gitner (Indiana University, Bloomington) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Wed., May 3, 2017, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" 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 10, 2017

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 10, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Johanna Hanink (Brown University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5 p.m. "The Personified State in Classical Athens” 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…> Anke Walter (University of Rostock) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912 Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. "Anniversaries in Statius' Thebaid: Order and Disorder of Time" More info: www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics…> Maurizio Forte (Duke University, William and Sue Gross Professor of Classical Studies, Art, Art History, and Visual Studies; Founder, DIG@Lab) WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 Thu., Feb. 16, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Archaeology of Etruscan Cities: The Vulci 3000 Project” More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/> **Samuel Ellenport, Master Bookbinder and Historian (RESCHEDULED) AMHERST COLLEGE, Morgan Hall, Room 110, 165 S Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01002 Thu., Feb. 16, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. “The Classics and the Information Revolution of the Late 15th Century” *Courtney Ann Roby (Cornell University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 106, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Feb. 17, 2017, 2 – 3:30 p.m. “Re-ordering mechanics in Hero of Alexandria” For more information or to obtain the optional secondary readings, contact Graduate Student Coordinators: Marco Romani-Mistretta (romanimistretta(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:romanimistretta@fas.harvard.edu>) or James Zainaldin (zainaldin(a)g.harvard.edu<mailto:zainaldin@g.harvard.edu>). Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome" *Christophe Rico (Polis Institute) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Feb. 17, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. Ancient Greek Teaching Workshop Professor Rico will demonstrate methods for teaching ancient Greek in an immersive way. The first part of the presentation requires no previous knowledge of Greek and will use TPR (Total Physical Response). The second part will demonstrate Story Building and is suitable for students who have had one semester of Greek. More info: www.polisjerusalem.org<http://www.polisjerusalem.org/> Hellenistic Sardis Project HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 TBA *Chris Hallett (UC Berkeley) MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Dwight Hall 101, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075 Thu., Feb. 23, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. " Ancient Bronzes as Art Objects: Roman Collectors & Corinthian Bronzes" With the emergence of large-scale art collecting by the super-rich at Rome, there emerged a novel kind of statuette referred to as “Corinthian bronzes”. What such bronzes were like has up until now remained something of a mystery. Chris Hallett argues that many of these notorious statuettes actually survive and stimulated the conspicuous use of “processional statuettes” in rituals and public ceremonies throughout the Roman world. Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Amy M. Sacker Fund, Mount Holyoke College Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Personal Agency and the Big Switch 1962-1964: Thucydides, Bob Dylan and Stanley Kubrick." Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Department of Classical Studies, and Arion, A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information on this lecture or on the Study Group, please visit our website www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> Event Series: Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University More info: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> Elena Boeck (Dumbarton Oaks) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Warren House, Room 201, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Rome, Constantinople, Troy: Triangulating Past and Present in the Fourteenth Century" More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/medieval-studies> Carlos Noreña (University of California, Berkeley) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. "Romanization in the Middle of Nowhere: The Case of Segobriga" This paper addresses the problem of historical change in a small town in the provincial backwater of a large, premodern empire. It examines the evidence for urban form, cultural identity, political organization, and social hierarchy in Segobriga, an insignificant Roman municipality in central Spain (in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis), during the period c. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Emphasis is placed not on local particularism in Segobriga, but rather on the town’s adherence to empire-wide patterns in urbanization and urbanism; its assimilation to Roman cultural norms; and its incorporation into a supraregional sociopolitical order. Drawing upon insights from historical sociology and cultural anthropology, and focusing on questions of motivation, agency (both individual and collective), and causation, the paper argues that changes in the politics, society, and culture of Segobriga all went together in a recursive manner, and that they were ultimately triggered by what I call a “general convergence” of social power in the Mediterranean world near the end of the first millennium BCE. The transformation of Segobriga, the paper concludes, should be seen as a case study in the process of “Romanization”—not, however, defined as an index of acculturation, but rather as an umbrella term for the making of a distinctively Roman configuration of power. The goals of the paper, then, are both substantive and conceptual, and are meant to contribute to a wider discussion of the intersection between (asymmetric) power and (translocal) culture in the premodern world. Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop: New Approaches to Ancient Evidence *Lakshmi Ramgopal (Trinity College) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 2, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Proximate to Power: The Roman Diaspora, Rome, and the Emperor" Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. *The Futures of Classical Antiquity SMITH COLLEGE, Seelye Hall 106, Northampton, MA 01063 Sat., Mar. 4, 9 a.m. – Sun., Mar. 5, 2017, 4 p.m. A one-day symposium on possible futures for Classical Studies in twenty-first century America. Five speakers address the challenges facing the Classics and the Humanities in general, and offer their views on approaches and areas of inquiry that may best serve an increasingly diverse and globalized citizenry. Joy Connolly, Provost at the Graduate Center, City University of New York Connected Classics: Research and Teaching in the Public Interest Gregory Crane, Professor of Classics and Digital Humanities, Tufts Univ./Leipzig Univ. Redefining and Supporting Classics for a Diverse America in a Global Age Emily Greenwood, Professor of Classics, Yale University Voyaging into Old-New Worlds: Imagining the Future through the Past via Classical Receptions Denise McCoskey, Professor of Classics, Miami University “But then you read”: Why Ancient Identity Matters (and how to keep it that way) Dimitri Nakassis, Professor of Classics, University of Colorado, Boulder Doing Archaeology in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities **Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 6, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. “Caddeddi on the Tellaro: A Late Roman Villa in Sicily and its Mosaics” The Roman villa in contrada Caddeddi on the R. Tellaro, near Noto in southeast Sicily, was discovered by chance in 1971. Although brief notes have been published about the villa and its mosaics, and the site is mentioned in passing in general surveys of late Roman villas, it and its fine mosaics have until very recently lacked a detailed publication. They date to the second half of the fourth century AD, and so belong to a generation later than the famous floors of Villa Casale near Piazza Armerina. This talk considers the iconography of the three main mosaics at Caddeddi: a mythological scene, the ransoming of the body of Hector; a floor depicting a bust of Bacchus at the center with satyrs and maenads in the panels around; and an action-packed hunting scene with many episodes paralleled in general terms on the Piazza Armerina floors. The paper also sets the Caddeddi mosaics in context by comparing details from all three with mosaic comparanda in north Africa, and comes to the conclusion that, although not all details can be paralleled there, the mosaics at Caddeddi, like those at Piazza Armerina, were all laid by itinerant African craftsmen, almost certainly based at Carthage. Event Series: James Loeb Lecture **Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 7, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. “Dining with the Dead: New Light on Early Byzantine Sicily at Punta Secca (RG)” Punta Secca (in Ragusa province) on the south coast of Sicily is a late Roman and early Byzantine village, partly excavated in the 1960s and 1970s and identified as the Kaukana of the ancient sources, where Belisarius set sail for the conquest of Africa in AD 533. This talk will describe a more recent excavation, focused on one building (a house), which examined in detail its building phases and the commercial contacts that its inhabitants enjoyed with other parts of Sicily—and indeed the wider Mediterranean world. Finds include the earliest securely dated example in Europe of a thimble, and what may arguably be the earliest depiction of a backgammon board. The biggest surprise was the discovery of a substantial tomb placed in what was probably the yard of the house in the second quarter of the seventh century AD, and of evidence for associated feasting in honor of the deceased. Who was inside the tomb, and why did that person deserve this level of respect? What evidence was there for feasts, and what was eaten? Was it a pagan or a Christian burial? And what was the tomb doing here, in a domestic setting, rather than in the village cemetery, or indeed, if the deceased was Christian, in or near the church? These and other intriguing questions will be addressed in this talk, and the discovery set in the context of what else is known about such practices in late Roman and early Byzantine funerary culture. Event Series: James Loeb Lecture *Nicholas G. Blackwell (NC State) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 62 Talbot Ave, Somerville, MA 02144, Pearson Hall 104 Thu., Mar. 9, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m. "Construction Methods and Political Statements at Mycenae: New Analysis of the Lion Gate Relief and Treasury of Atreus." *China/Rome Forum on Economic Histories BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. 02912 Mon., Mar. 13, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Join this comparative forum on Chinese and Greco-Roman economic histories. Richard Von Glahn (UCLA) will present his new book, The Economic History of China From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century (2016). Walter Scheidel (Classics, Stanford) and Joe McDermott (Chinese History, Cambridge) will respond. All welcome. *Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Mar. 15, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Lecture on Homer; title TBA Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. "Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World" BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS 200, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Sat., Mar. 18, 2017 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference of Classical Studies Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies More information as well as the registration link can be found at: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/graduate-student-conference/> **Stefan Hagel (Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Susanne Gaensicke (J. Paul Getty Museum) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Hellenistic Music in Africa, 10 BCE: Reconstructing the Instruments from Queen Amanishakheto's Pyramid" 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…> Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m. TBA Andrew Ollett HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Complementizers in Middle Indic" New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street (use entrance on Broadway), Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Research from the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in western Turkey, sponsored by Harvard and Cornell Universities, continues to produce exciting and unexpected surprises. In this lecture, Director Nicholas Cahill, professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present recent results from the expedition. Cahill will discuss ongoing excavation at a sanctuary of the Roman imperial cult and its transformation in late antiquity; work in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus and new evidence for the earliest occupation of the city; one of the largest Roman triumphal arches known; and conservation and restoration projects. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, in Cambridge. For more information, please contact Robin Woodman at 617-495-3940 or robin_woodman(a)harvard.edu<mailto:robin_woodman@harvard.edu>. The Sardis Biennial Lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis to present new excavation finds and current research. Work at Sardis is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and Cornell University since 1958. Event Series: Sardis Biennial Lecture More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/new-digs-and-discoveries-sardis-turkey> Lothar von Falkenhausen (University of California, Los Angeles) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World's Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member's Tale" The Archaeological Institute of America’s 2017 Norton Lecturer will speak as part of Harvard's East Asian Archaeology Seminar series. **Charles Bartlett (Harvard University) COLLGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center Suite A (4th floor), 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. “Sovereign Debt in the Hellenistic World" with commentary by Joseph Manning (Yale University) Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Please contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) if interested in attending the meeting and dinner. Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Gasper Begus (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "A Diachronic Model for Explaining Unnatural Sound Changes” Paolo Visonà (University of Kentucky) HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 p.m. "From Byrsa to the Tiber: Carthaginian Coins and History" New evidence from hoards, overstrikings, and excavation finds across the western Mediterranean in the last 50 years has significantly increased our knowledge of Carthaginian coins and their circulation patterns in the core regions of the Punic world, from North Africa to Spain. As mediums of payment, stores of value, and social artifacts, Carthaginian coins were used in diverse contexts and by different ethnicities. In this lecture, Paolo Visonà, associate professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, will discuss how these coins provide essential information on the history and the economy of Carthage, underscoring its connectivity with other Punic centers and its relations with its Mediterranean neighbors and rivals, particularly Cyrene, Syracuse, and Rome. Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will remain open until 8pm. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. 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. Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/> *Emma Dench (Harvard University) COLLEGE .OF THE HOLY CROSS, Smith Hall, Room 201 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Ethnography and history in the Roman world” Directions: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/maps-directions-and-transportation/directions-majo…> Contact Ms. Toni Methe (tmethe(a)holycross.edu<mailto:tmethe@holycross.edu>) with any questions. Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Elizabeth Irwin (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Eric Frederickson (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 103, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 12, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Dating (Classical Hebrew) Texts Linguistically: A Bayesian Approach.” Brooke Holmes (Princeton) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Fri., Apr. 21, 2017, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/gsas-workshop-postclassicisms%C2%A0li…> Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 26, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Adam Gitner (Indiana University, Bloomington) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Wed., May 3, 2017, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" 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 3, 2017

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The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 3, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry *Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii SMITH COLLEGE, Museum of Art, 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MA 01063 Fri., Feb. 3, 2017 Exhibition runs until August 17, 2017 Featuring works seen for the first time outside Italy, this groundbreaking exhibition centers on the ancient town of Oplontis on the Neapolitan coast, a site that was buried and preserved when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The exhibition focuses on two adjacent, spectacular Roman archaeological sites—one an enormous luxury villa (“Villa A”) that once sprawled along the coast of the Bay of Naples, the other a nearby commercial-residential complex (“Villa B”), where products from the region were exported. Ongoing excavations of the villas have revealed a wealth of art, including sculpture that adorned the gardens along with ordinary utilitarian objects that together demonstrate the disparities of wealth, social class, and consumption in Roman life. This is the first major exhibition to address this important site, less well known than the more famous sites of nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum, which were also victims of the Vesuvian eruption. SCMA is one of three national venues for the exhibition, and the only east coast venue. This exhibition is organized and circulated by The University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology in cooperation with the Ministero dei Beni delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia. *Nicholas G. Blackwell (NC State) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 62 Talbot Ave, Somerville, MA 02144, Pearson Hall 104 Fri., Feb. 3, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m. "Construction Methods and Political Statements at Mycenae: New Analysis of the Lion Gate Relief and Treasury of Atreus." *Critical Perspectives on the Practice of Digital Archaeology HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sat., Feb. 4, 2017, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. The creation, management, sharing, and preservation of digital data and media have gained great prominence in archaeological research, grant making, policy making, and software and systems development. Digital data has much promise. It can help us engage with wider communities, explore new research questions, and create and preserve a vastly enriched body of archaeological documentation. Digital data also has a certain glamor, gained in large part through its associations with the burgeoning tech industry. However, does our celebration of speed, efficiency, precision and innovation sometimes make technology a superficial distraction rather than a substantive means toward learning? How do we encourage more meaningful intellectual engagement with new media as they transform archaeology? This conference represents an opportunity to take stock and more thoughtfully consider how our embracement of digital technologies is transforming archaeological practice. More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/critical-perspectives-practice-digital…> Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne (High Point University) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912 Mon., Feb. 6, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. "The Song of Ismenias in the Alexander Romance: Imperial Prose Fiction Critiques the Canon" More info: www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics…> Samuel Ellenport, Master Bookbinder and Historian AMHERST COLLEGE, Morgan Hall, Room 110, 165 S Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01002 Thu., Feb. 9, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. “The Classics and the Information Revolution of the Late 15th Century” Tyler Jo Smith (University of Virginia) Wellesley College, Founders Hall Room 120, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481 Thu., Feb. 9, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. "War and Peace: Trojan Narratives on Ancient Greek Vases" The Archaeological Institute of America’s 2017 Noble Lecture co-sponsored by the Wellesley Department of Classical Studies. For parking information, please see web.wellesley.edu…<http://web.wellesley.edu/map/> Johanna Hanink (Brown University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5 p.m. "The Personified State in Classical Athens” 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…> Anke Walter (University of Rostock) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912 Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. "Anniversaries in Statius' Thebaid: Order and Disorder of Time" More info: www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics…> *Maurizio Forte (Duke University, William and Sue Gross Professor of Classical Studies, Art, Art History, and Visual Studies; Founder, DIG@Lab) WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 Thu., Feb. 16, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Archaeology of Etruscan Cities: The Vulci 3000 Project” More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/> Hellenistic Sardis Project HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 TBA *Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Personal Agency and the Big Switch 1962-1964: Thucydides, Bob Dylan and Stanley Kubrick." Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Department of Classical Studies, and Arion, A Journal of Humanities and the Classics This lecture is free and open to the public, so please pass this information to anyone who may be interested. For more information on this lecture or on the Study Group, please visit our website www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/religion-and-myth/> *Elena Boeck (Dumbarton Oaks) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Warren House, Room 201, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Rome, Constantinople, Troy: Triangulating Past and Present in the Fourteenth Century" More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/medieval-studies> Carlos Noreña (University of California, Berkeley) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 27, 2017, 6 p.m. "Romanization in the Middle of Nowhere: The Case of Segobriga" This paper addresses the problem of historical change in a small town in the provincial backwater of a large, premodern empire. It examines the evidence for urban form, cultural identity, political organization, and social hierarchy in Segobriga, an insignificant Roman municipality in central Spain (in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis), during the period c. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Emphasis is placed not on local particularism in Segobriga, but rather on the town’s adherence to empire-wide patterns in urbanization and urbanism; its assimilation to Roman cultural norms; and its incorporation into a supraregional sociopolitical order. Drawing upon insights from historical sociology and cultural anthropology, and focusing on questions of motivation, agency (both individual and collective), and causation, the paper argues that changes in the politics, society, and culture of Segobriga all went together in a recursive manner, and that they were ultimately triggered by what I call a “general convergence” of social power in the Mediterranean world near the end of the first millennium BCE. The transformation of Segobriga, the paper concludes, should be seen as a case study in the process of “Romanization”—not, however, defined as an index of acculturation, but rather as an umbrella term for the making of a distinctively Roman configuration of power. The goals of the paper, then, are both substantive and conceptual, and are meant to contribute to a wider discussion of the intersection between (asymmetric) power and (translocal) culture in the premodern world. Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop: New Approaches to Ancient Evidence Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 6, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. TBA First lecture of two. Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Mar. 7, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. TBA Second lecture of two. *"Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World" BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS 200, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02155 Sat., Mar. 18, 2017 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference of Classical Studies Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies More information as well as the registration link can be found at: www.bu.edu…<http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/graduate-student-conference/> **Susanne Gaensicke (J. Paul Getty Museum) & Stefan Hagel (Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture, Austrian Academy of Sciences) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Hellenistic Music in Africa, 10 BCE: Reconstructing the Instruments from Queen Amanishakheto’s Pyramid" 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…> Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m. TBA Andrew Ollett HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Complementizers in Middle Indic" New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street (use entrance on Broadway), Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 22, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Research from the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in western Turkey, sponsored by Harvard and Cornell Universities, continues to produce exciting and unexpected surprises. In this lecture, Director Nicholas Cahill, professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present recent results from the expedition. Cahill will discuss ongoing excavation at a sanctuary of the Roman imperial cult and its transformation in late antiquity; work in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus and new evidence for the earliest occupation of the city; one of the largest Roman triumphal arches known; and conservation and restoration projects. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, in Cambridge. For more information, please contact Robin Woodman at 617-495-3940 or robin_woodman(a)harvard.edu<mailto:robin_woodman@harvard.edu>. The Sardis Biennial Lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis to present new excavation finds and current research. Work at Sardis is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and Cornell University since 1958. Event Series: Sardis Biennial Lecture More info: archaeology.harvard.edu…<http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/new-digs-and-discoveries-sardis-turkey> Lothar von Falkenhausen (University of California, Los Angeles) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World's Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member's Tale" The Archaeological Institute of America’s 2017 Norton Lecturer will speak as part of Harvard's East Asian Archaeology Seminar series. Charles Bartlett (Harvard University) COLLGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Thu., Mar. 23, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. "Sovereign Debt in the Hellenistic World" with commentary by Joseph Manning (Yale University) For more information: allen.m.ward(a)att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net> Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium Gasper Begus (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston 105, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "A Diachronic Model for Explaining Unnatural Sound Changes” Paolo Visonà (University of Kentucky) HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 p.m. "From Byrsa to the Tiber: Carthaginian Coins and History" New evidence from hoards, overstrikings, and excavation finds across the western Mediterranean in the last 50 years has significantly increased our knowledge of Carthaginian coins and their circulation patterns in the core regions of the Punic world, from North Africa to Spain. As mediums of payment, stores of value, and social artifacts, Carthaginian coins were used in diverse contexts and by different ethnicities. In this lecture, Paolo Visonà, associate professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, will discuss how these coins provide essential information on the history and the economy of Carthage, underscoring its connectivity with other Punic centers and its relations with its Mediterranean neighbors and rivals, particularly Cyrene, Syracuse, and Rome. Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will remain open until 8pm. Free admission. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. 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. Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/> *Elizabeth Irwin (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 5, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Eric Frederickson (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 103, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 12, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Dating (Classical Hebrew) Texts Linguistically: A Bayesian Approach.” Brooke Holmes (Princeton) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Fri., Apr. 21, 2017, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" More info: classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/gsas-workshop-postclassicisms%C2%A0li…> Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Apr. 26, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. TBA Event Series: James Loeb Lecture Adam Gitner (Indiana University, Bloomington) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA Wed., May 3, 2017, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop—"Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" 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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