calclass-list October 2018

calclass-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu

1 participants
5 discussions

The Boston Area Classics Calendar for October 26

by Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar November 2018 *GLASSICS*<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 1, 3:30 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Chris Cochran (Harvard University)--"Gay Reception of Petronius in the #metoo Era" Miriam Kamil (Harvard University)--"Straightening the Classics: The Censorship of Homoeroticism in the Traditions of Sappho and Catullus" GSAS Workshop "Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues" Denise Eileen McCoskey (Miami University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 1, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02906 “‘Race Mixing’ & The Fall of Rome: The Role of Eugenics In Early 20th Century Classical Scholarship” Eugenics, a doctrine originating in the work of Francis Galton at the end of the 19th century, proposed that selective breeding could be used to ensure the general “improvement” of human populations. This lecture examines the ways eugenics and associated concepts like “race mixing” and “race-suicide” were applied to various ancient phenomena, such as the so-called “fall of Rome,” by American classicists of the early twentieth-century. events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Anthony Kaldellis (The Ohio State University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Nov. 2, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Distler Hall, 20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155 "How To Start a Dynasty in Byzantium, and How To End One" Co-sponsored by Leila and Kareem Fawaz, Dean Bárbara Brizuela, the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, the Department of History at Tufts University, the Department of Classics at Tufts University, and the Department of Art & Art History Professor George J. Marcopoulos Memorial Lecture This lecture was made possible thanks to the generosity of his past student and friend, Tony Ettinger A’78, G’79. Symposium—Between Art and Asset: Silver Vessels from Antiquity to Today<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Nov. 3, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Silver vessels have been prized possessions in many cultures, both ancient and modern. Some of the most elaborate vessels in the Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings exhibition are fashioned from silver. What makes this material attractive for artists, and what makes drinking from silver vessels pleasant to the palate? Which intangible qualities have promoted the material’s use? How has appreciation of the vessels been influenced by the fact that silver often served as bullion and coins—and hence could be “cashed in”? This symposium will bring together art historians, a conservator, a numismatist, and a silversmith to explore these and related questions, including the function and uses of precious metal vessels, the role of craftsmanship, the symbolic qualities of silver, and silver’s relationship to other luxury materials. The presentations will focus on the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, the Byzantine world, China, and the Americas. Speakers: Angela Chang, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Head of the Objects Lab, and Assistant Director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums Henry Colburn, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Eurydice Georganteli, Lecturer on History of Art and Architecture and Medieval Studies in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University Kenneth Lapatin, Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum Ethan Lasser, Theodore Stebbins Jr. Curator of American Art and Head of the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums François Louis, Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies at the Bard Graduate Center Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Adam Whitney, Silversmith The symposium will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 9:30am. Free admission, but seating is limited. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> The Odyssey in Song: A Folk Opera by Joe Goodkin<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Nov. 5, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 002, Lown Center, Waltham, MA, 02453 Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is a 30 minute original musical performance of 24 original songs with lyrics inspired by Odysseus' famous exploits. It represents in a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot and the performance circumstances of Homer's original oral composition of The Odyssey. A discussion will follow the performance. Joe has performed his Odyssey over 270 times in 36 U.S. states and Canada, and has been honored with several ASCAP Composers awards. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. www.joesodyssey.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.joesodyssey.com_&d=…> Classics and Modern Politics: Book Discussion<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Readings TBA GSAS Workshop "Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues" James Romm (Bard College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 8, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Classical Studies Department, Middletown, CT. 06459 “Ocean in Greek and Roman Myth and Thought.” Ocean was a unique figure in ancient mythology, both a god and a physical entity that could be sailed on or pictured on maps. Aeschylus famously depicted him on stage in “Prometheus Bound,” riding on a flying sea monster. The problem of Ocean troubled geographers, artists and poets throughout Greco-Roman antiquity. This illustrated talk will examine some of the solutions they found and the ideas they generated.” www.wesleyan.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wesleyan.edu_classi…> Alain Schnapp (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 14 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 101, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain & Princeton, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 15, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 “Aristotle on the Value of Comedy” events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Jay Jasanoff (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Nov. 16, 5 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” linguistics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/events/indo-european-…> Christopher Star (Middlebury College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Nov. 27, 4 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (Plimpton Room), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Final Age Has Come: Nero, Seneca and the End of the World" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Nina Papathanasopoulou (Connecticut College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 28, 5 – 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215 “Serpent Heart: Animality, Jealousy, and Transgression in Martha Graham's Medea (Cave of the Heart)” Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> R. R. R. Smith (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 29 – Fri., Nov. 30 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture December 2018 Mirte Liebregts (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Dec. 4, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Behind the Red and the Green: the planning and execution of the early Loeb Classical Library" Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center, the Harvard Department of the Classics, and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/behind-red-and-green-plan…> Donna Zuckerberg (Eidolon)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 6, 4 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Topic TBA Reception to follow in Ticknor Lounge. GSAS Workshop "Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues" Alan Nussbaum (Cornell University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Dec. 7, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBD GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Nino Luraghi (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Peloponnesian Peace" March 2019 Bernard Frischer (Indiana University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 13 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Rome Reborn" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Catherine Grandjean (Université de Tours, France)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 26, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The coinage of the Achaian koinon, between federal authority and civic autonomy.” Ancient galleries open until 8 p.m. llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture April 2019 New England Ancient History Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 11 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Faculty Club, Room 205, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 UMass Classics Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 26, 3 – 6:30 p.m. UMASS AMHERST, Campus Center, Amherst Room (Tenth Floor), Amherst, MA "Transforming History: Generic Interaction in Ancient Historiography in Honor of Professor Elizabeth Keitel" 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. - followed by banquet (details TBA). Speakers: 1) Jane Chaplin (Middlebury), When Historians Make History 2) Timothy Joseph (Holy Cross), Ubique lamenta: The place of lament in Latin epic and historiography 3) Christina Kraus (Yale), Multiplying disasters: the many-fronted, multiplex bellum in Livy 5 4) John Marincola (FSU), Asinius Pollio and the Roman Revolution. www.umass.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_classics_…> View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to 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>. Please send event information in the format modeled above.

5 years, 6 months

The Boston Area Classics Calendar for October 19

by Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar October 2018 Alceste (Harvard University Choir)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Oct. 20, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138 The Harvard University Choir presents a concert performance of Gluck’s ALCESTE (1776). Inventive orchestration, thrilling choruses, and dramatic solo writing abound in this heart-wrenching take on Euripides. The concert features Hailey Fuqua in the title role, Jonas Budris ’06 as Admète, and Sumner Thompson as the High Priest; the period instrument orchestra Grand Harmonie is conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones. Free admission. Harvard World Wide Week—The Classical World and the Pilgrimage to Santiago in Comparative Perspective: Anthropology, Art and the Harvard Legacy<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 23, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RCC Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA Speakers: Francisco Prado-Vilar (Director of Cultural and Artistic Projects at RCC; Scientific Director of the Andrew W. Mellon Program for the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela) Diego Chapinal-Heras (RCC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of the Classics at Harvard University) The phenomenon of pilgrimage has had a fundamental role in the development of western and non-western civilisations, facilitating cultural and artistic exchange, and promoting economic growth and social mobility. Focusing on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, this workshop seeks to explore the impact of this phenomenon in the construction of Europe analysing, from a comparative perspective, its importance in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. As it will emerge from this discussion, there exist numerous elements of connection between pilgrimage in the Greco-Roman world and in the Christian Middle Ages, with surprising modes of continuity in art, literature, and myth. It was precisely at Harvard, with the monumental work of A. Kingsley Porter (Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads, 12 vols. [1923]) where these aspects of medieval pilgrimage began to be considered in their full implications emphasising their importance to understand contemporary society, by comparing them with the way movement and multi-culturalism contributed to the creation of the dynamism of the American melting-pot. Sponsors: RCC; Cultural and Artistic Projects at RCC; Department of the Classics at Harvard University. rcc.harvard.edu…<https://rcc.harvard.edu/event/harvard-world-wide-week-classical-world-and-p…> Nadav Asraf (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 23, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Room 110, Cambridge, MA 02138 "'When I leave the beautiful and severe Hellenism': On Cavafy's Translations into Hebrew" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Modern Greek Literature and Culture<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…> Hannah Čulik-Baird (Boston University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 303, Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Waltham, MA 02453 "Loss and Recovery of Knowledge at Rome" How well do the Romans know their own history? In a world where records of the past rot away, are eaten by worms, mice, larvae, are accidentally or deliberately set on fire, how is a Roman of the late Republic supposed to understand Rome's past? In the De Lingua Latina(5.5), Varro wrote: uetustas pauca non deprauat, multa tollit; “there is little that time does not distort, much it obliterates completely.” Join me in an exploration of the challenges faced by Romans interested in understanding their city's history, and what kind of strategies they developed to recover "lost" knowledge. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. Justin Slocum-Bailey (UMASS Boston)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5 – 8 p.m. UMASS BOSTON, University Hall, University Drive North, Dorchester, MA 02125 Engaging the Whole Reader: “Active Latin” as a bridge between student and text What does it take to become a reader of a language? What does it take to become a reader of Latin in particular, and how can we create environments and tasks that help learners become comfortable, skilled, joyful Latin readers? Join us to consider these questions and to experience an array of research-informed, classroom-tested pedagogical techniques and tasks that build toward Latin literacy from day one of instruction. Sarah Spence (Medieval Academy of America)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02912 “‘The little of our earthly trust’: Vergil's Aeneid and the Geography of Loss” Sarah Spence is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and Editor of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. The Michael C.J. Putnam Lecture www.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brown.edu_academic…> Archaeological Exploration of Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 26, 3 – 4:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Turkey from prehistoric through Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Harvard students who participate in the program gain academic, professional, and cultural experience while contributing to archaeological research, conservation efforts, presentations, and publications related to the site. As part of Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018, this event brings together the museums staff and Harvard faculty and students involved in the project to discuss their work and to illuminate how team members from various fields and institutions around the world collaborate to advance research about Sardis. Speakers will include Nicholas Cahill, field director of the Sardis expedition and the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair in Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Adrian Stähli, professor of classical archaeology in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University; Susanne Ebbinghaus, the George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Harvard Art Museums; Frances Gallart Marques, the Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art at the Harvard Art Museums; and Bahadır Yıldırım, expedition administrator for Sardis at the Harvard Art Museums. The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 2:30pm. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The excavation at Sardis is conducted with the permission and support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey. Current conservation work at Sardis is also supported by an award provided by the United States Government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy Ankara. Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018 (October 22–26, 2018) showcases the remarkable breadth of Harvard’s global engagement. During Worldwide Week, Harvard schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations host academic and cultural events with global or international themes. Internship details<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_file_…> www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> November 2018 *GLASSICS*<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 1, 3:30 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Chris Cochran (Harvard University)--"Gay Reception of Petronius in the #metoo Era" Miriam Kamil (Harvard University)--"Straightening the Classics: The Censorship of Homoeroticism in the Traditions of Sappho and Catullus" GSAS Workshop "Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues" Denise Eileen McCoskey (Miami University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 1, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02906 “‘Race Mixing’ & The Fall of Rome: The Role of Eugenics In Early 20th Century Classical Scholarship” Eugenics, a doctrine originating in the work of Francis Galton at the end of the 19th century, proposed that selective breeding could be used to ensure the general “improvement” of human populations. This lecture examines the ways eugenics and associated concepts like “race mixing” and “race-suicide” were applied to various ancient phenomena, such as the so-called “fall of Rome,” by American classicists of the early twentieth-century. events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Symposium—Between Art and Asset: Silver Vessels from Antiquity to Today<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Nov. 3, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Silver vessels have been prized possessions in many cultures, both ancient and modern. Some of the most elaborate vessels in the Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings exhibition are fashioned from silver. What makes this material attractive for artists, and what makes drinking from silver vessels pleasant to the palate? Which intangible qualities have promoted the material’s use? How has appreciation of the vessels been influenced by the fact that silver often served as bullion and coins—and hence could be “cashed in”? This symposium will bring together art historians, a conservator, a numismatist, and a silversmith to explore these and related questions, including the function and uses of precious metal vessels, the role of craftsmanship, the symbolic qualities of silver, and silver’s relationship to other luxury materials. The presentations will focus on the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, the Byzantine world, China, and the Americas. Speakers: Angela Chang, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Head of the Objects Lab, and Assistant Director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums Henry Colburn, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Eurydice Georganteli, Lecturer on History of Art and Architecture and Medieval Studies in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University Kenneth Lapatin, Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum Ethan Lasser, Theodore Stebbins Jr. Curator of American Art and Head of the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums François Louis, Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies at the Bard Graduate Center Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Adam Whitney, Silversmith The symposium will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 9:30am. Free admission, but seating is limited. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> The Odyssey in Song: A Folk Opera by Joe Goodkin<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Nov. 5, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 002, Lown Center, Waltham, MA, 02453 Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is a 30 minute original musical performance of 24 original songs with lyrics inspired by Odysseus' famous exploits. It represents in a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot and the performance circumstances of Homer's original oral composition of The Odyssey. A discussion will follow the performance. Joe has performed his Odyssey over 270 times in 36 U.S. states and Canada, and has been honored with several ASCAP Composers awards. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. www.joesodyssey.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.joesodyssey.com_&d=…> Classics and Modern Politics: Book Discussion<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Readings TBA GSAS Workshop "Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues" Alain Schnapp (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 14 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 101, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain & Princeton, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 15, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 “Aristotle on the Value of Comedy” events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Jay Jasanoff (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Nov. 16, 5 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” linguistics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/events/indo-european-…> Christopher Star (Middlebury College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Nov. 27, 4 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (Plimpton Room), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Final Age Has Come: Nero, Seneca and the End of the World" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Nina Papathanasopoulou (Connecticut College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 28, 5 – 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215 “Serpent Heart: Animality, Jealousy, and Transgression in Martha Graham's Medea (Cave of the Heart)” Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> R. R. R. Smith (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 29 – Fri., Nov. 30 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture December 2018 Mirte Liebregts (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Dec. 4, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 6, 3:30 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Topic TBA GSAS Workshop "Classics and Contemporary Critical Issues" Alan Nussbaum (Cornell University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Dec. 7, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBD GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Nino Luraghi (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Peloponnesian Peace" March 2019 Bernard Frischer (Indiana University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 13 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Rome Reborn" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Catherine Grandjean (Université de Tours, France)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 26, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The coinage of the Achaian koinon, between federal authority and civic autonomy.” Ancient galleries open until 8 p.m. llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture April 2019 New England Ancient History Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 11 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Faculty Club, Room 205, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 UMass Classics Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 26, 3 – 6:30 p.m. UMASS AMHERST, Campus Center, Amherst Room (Tenth Floor), Amherst, MA "Transforming History: Generic Interaction in Ancient Historiography in Honor of Professor Elizabeth Keitel" 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. - followed by banquet (details TBA). Speakers: 1) Jane Chaplin (Middlebury), When Historians Make History 2) Timothy Joseph (Holy Cross), Ubique lamenta: The place of lament in Latin epic and historiography 3) Christina Kraus (Yale), Multiplying disasters: the many-fronted, multiplex bellum in Livy 5 4) John Marincola (FSU), Asinius Pollio and the Roman Revolution. www.umass.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_classics_…> View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to 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>. Please send event information in the format modeled above.

5 years, 6 months

The Boston Area Classics Calendar

by Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar October 2018 Seth Schein (University of California Davis)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 16, 4:30 – 6 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003 “Contextual Relevance and the Meaning of Formulaic Epithets in Iliad 1.1-100” Free and open to the public Sponsored by the Department of Classics, UMass Amherst Further information: lisa(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:lisa@classics.umass.edu> Thomas Biggs (University of Georgia)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 18, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 “Civil War, Sovereignty, and the Poetic ‘State of Exception’ in Lucan’s Bellum Civile” www.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brown.edu_academic…> Russell Scott (Bryn Mawr College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 19, 3 – 6 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 240 Integrated Learning Center, 650 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 Fifteenth Annual David F. Grose Memorial Lecture “David F. Grose and the Glass from Cosa” With remarks by Andrea De Giorgi (FSU), Nora Donaghue (FSU), and Jason Moralee (UMass) Reception to follow Free and open to the public Further information: lisa(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:lisa@classics.umass.edu> Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 19, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Working With and For Animals: Getting the Theoretical Framework Right" This lecture is the Keynote for the 12th Annual Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory. Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Law School and Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. She is an Associate in the Classics Department, the Divinity School, and the Political Science Department, a Member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a Board Member of the Human Rights Program. She received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard. From 1986 to 1993, while teaching at Brown, Nussbaum was a research advisor at the World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, a part of the United Nations University. She has received honorary degrees from sixty colleges and universities in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. She is an Academician in the Academy of Finland, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Among her awards are the Grawemeyer Award in Education (2002), the University of Chicago Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2001), the Centennial Medal of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University (2010), the Prince of Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences (2012), the American Philosophical Association's Philip Quinn Prize (2015), the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2016), and the Don M. Randel Prize for Achievement in the Humanities from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018). ethics.harvard.edu…<https://ethics.harvard.edu/event/keynote-lecture-martha-nussbaum> *Alceste (Harvard University Choir)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Oct. 20, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138 On Saturday, October 20, at 7.30pm the Harvard University Choir presents a concert performance of Gluck’s ALCESTE (1776) in the Memorial Church. Inventive orchestration, thrilling choruses, and dramatic solo writing abound in this heart-wrenching take on Euripides. The concert features Hailey Fuqua in the title role, Jonas Budris ’06 as Admète, and Sumner Thompson as the High Priest; the period instrument orchestra Grand Harmonie is conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones. Free admission; poster attached. Nadav Asraf (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 23, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Room 110, Cambridge, MA 02138 "'When I leave the beautiful and severe Hellenism': On Cavafy's Translations into Hebrew" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Modern Greek Literature and Culture<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…> Hannah Čulik-Baird (Boston University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 303, Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Waltham, MA 02453 "Loss and Recovery of Knowledge at Rome" How well do the Romans know their own history? In a world where records of the past rot away, are eaten by worms, mice, larvae, are accidentally or deliberately set on fire, how is a Roman of the late Republic supposed to understand Rome's past? In the De Lingua Latina(5.5), Varro wrote: uetustas pauca non deprauat, multa tollit; “there is little that time does not distort, much it obliterates completely.” Join me in an exploration of the challenges faced by Romans interested in understanding their city's history, and what kind of strategies they developed to recover "lost" knowledge. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. *Justin Slocum-Bailey (UMASS Boston)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5 – 8 p.m. UMASS BOSTON, University Hall, University Drive North, Dorchester, MA 02125 Engaging the Whole Reader: “Active Latin” as a bridge between student and text What does it take to become a reader of a language? What does it take to become a reader of Latin in particular, and how can we create environments and tasks that help learners become comfortable, skilled, joyful Latin readers? Join us to consider these questions and to experience an array of research-informed, classroom-tested pedagogical techniques and tasks that build toward Latin literacy from day one of instruction. Sarah Spence (Medieval Academy of America)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02912 “‘The little of our earthly trust’: Vergil's Aeneid and the Geography of Loss” Sarah Spence is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and Editor of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. The Michael C.J. Putnam Lecture www.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brown.edu_academic…> Archaeological Exploration of Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 26, 3 – 4:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Turkey from prehistoric through Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Harvard students who participate in the program gain academic, professional, and cultural experience while contributing to archaeological research, conservation efforts, presentations, and publications related to the site. As part of Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018, this event brings together the museums staff and Harvard faculty and students involved in the project to discuss their work and to illuminate how team members from various fields and institutions around the world collaborate to advance research about Sardis. Speakers will include Nicholas Cahill, field director of the Sardis expedition and the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair in Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Adrian Stähli, professor of classical archaeology in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University; Susanne Ebbinghaus, the George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Harvard Art Museums; Frances Gallart Marques, the Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art at the Harvard Art Museums; and Bahadır Yıldırım, expedition administrator for Sardis at the Harvard Art Museums. The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 2:30pm. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The excavation at Sardis is conducted with the permission and support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey. Current conservation work at Sardis is also supported by an award provided by the United States Government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy Ankara. Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018 (October 22–26, 2018) showcases the remarkable breadth of Harvard’s global engagement. During Worldwide Week, Harvard schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations host academic and cultural events with global or international themes. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> November 2018 Denise Eileen McCoskey (Miami University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 1, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02906 “‘Race Mixing’ & The Fall of Rome: The Role of Eugenics In Early 20th Century Classical Scholarship” Eugenics, a doctrine originating in the work of Francis Galton at the end of the 19th century, proposed that selective breeding could be used to ensure the general “improvement” of human populations. This lecture examines the ways eugenics and associated concepts like “race mixing” and “race-suicide” were applied to various ancient phenomena, such as the so-called “fall of Rome,” by American classicists of the early twentieth-century. events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Symposium—Between Art and Asset: Silver Vessels from Antiquity to Today<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Nov. 3, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Silver vessels have been prized possessions in many cultures, both ancient and modern. Some of the most elaborate vessels in the Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings exhibition are fashioned from silver. What makes this material attractive for artists, and what makes drinking from silver vessels pleasant to the palate? Which intangible qualities have promoted the material’s use? How has appreciation of the vessels been influenced by the fact that silver often served as bullion and coins—and hence could be “cashed in”? This symposium will bring together art historians, a conservator, a numismatist, and a silversmith to explore these and related questions, including the function and uses of precious metal vessels, the role of craftsmanship, the symbolic qualities of silver, and silver’s relationship to other luxury materials. The presentations will focus on the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, the Byzantine world, China, and the Americas. Speakers: Angela Chang, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Head of the Objects Lab, and Assistant Director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums Henry Colburn, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Eurydice Georganteli, Lecturer on History of Art and Architecture and Medieval Studies in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University Kenneth Lapatin, Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum Ethan Lasser, Theodore Stebbins Jr. Curator of American Art and Head of the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums François Louis, Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies at the Bard Graduate Center Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Adam Whitney, Silversmith The symposium will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 9:30am. Free admission, but seating is limited. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> The Odyssey in Song: A Folk Opera by Joe Goodkin<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Nov. 5, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 002, Lown Center, Waltham, MA, 02453 Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is a 30 minute original musical performance of 24 original songs with lyrics inspired by Odysseus' famous exploits. It represents in a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot and the performance circumstances of Homer's original oral composition of The Odyssey. A discussion will follow the performance. Joe has performed his Odyssey over 270 times in 36 U.S. states and Canada, and has been honored with several ASCAP Composers awards. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. www.joesodyssey.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.joesodyssey.com_&d=…> Alain Schnapp (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 14 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 101, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain & Princeton, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 15, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 “Aristotle on the Value of Comedy” events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Jay Jasanoff (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Nov. 16, 5 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” linguistics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/events/indo-european-…> Christopher Star (Middlebury College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Nov. 27, 4 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (Plimpton Room), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Final Age Has Come: Nero, Seneca and the End of the World" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Nina Papathanasopoulou (Connecticut College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 28, 5 – 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215 “Serpent Heart: Animality, Jealousy, and Transgression in Martha Graham's Medea (Cave of the Heart)” Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> R. R. R. Smith (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 29 – Fri., Nov. 30 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture December 2018 Alan Nussbaum (Cornell University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Dec. 7, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBD GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Nino Luraghi (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Peloponnesian Peace" March 2019 Bernard Frischer (Indiana University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 13 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Rome Reborn" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Catherine Grandjean (Université de Tours, France)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 26, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The coinage of the Achaian koinon, between federal authority and civic autonomy.” Ancient galleries open until 8 p.m. llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture April 2019 New England Ancient History Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 11 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 UMass Classics Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 26, 3 – 6:30 p.m. UMASS AMHERST, Campus Center, Amherst Room (Tenth Floor), Amherst, MA "Transforming History: Generic Interaction in Ancient Historiography in Honor of Professor Elizabeth Keitel" 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. - followed by banquet (details TBA). Speakers: 1) Jane Chaplin (Middlebury), When Historians Make History 2) Timothy Joseph (Holy Cross), Ubique lamenta: The place of lament in Latin epic and historiography 3) Christina Kraus (Yale), Multiplying disasters: the many-fronted, multiplex bellum in Livy 5 4) John Marincola (FSU), Asinius Pollio and the Roman Revolution. www.umass.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_classics_…> View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to 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>. Please send event information in the format modeled above.

5 years, 6 months

The Boston Area Classics Calendar for October 5

by Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar October 2018 The Archaeology of Hollywood—Screening and Panel: The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 10, 6 – 8:15 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 In 1923, the legendary Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille produced the silent film “The Ten Commandments,” the precursor to his 1956 masterful remake starring Charlton Heston. DeMille shot the first film in the sand dunes of Santa Barbara County, California, about 150 miles North of Hollywood, where he built an enormous “City of the Pharaoh” set. Designed by Paul Iribe, the “father of Art Deco,” it was the largest set in motion picture history—but when the production finished filming, the city mysteriously vanished. In 1982, Peter Brosnan, a film student at New York University, was sitting in a bar one night when someone told him that there were ancient Egyptian Sphinxes buried somewhere in the California Dunes. It sparked his imagination, and he embarked on what would become a thirty-year battle to prove the existence of these Sphinxes and discover DeMille’s Lost City. On October 10th, 2018, The Harvard Classics Department invites you to a screening of this “irresistible detective story” (Hollywood Reporter), followed by a panel with director Peter Brosnan, executive producer Francesca Silva, and project archaeologist M. Colleen Hamilton. The panel will be led by led by Peter Der Manuelian, professor of Egyptology, and Adrian Stähli, professor of Classical Archaeology. The screening and discussion will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Tickets will be distributed beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Broadway entrance. One ticket per person. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. Support for this program is provided by the Richard L. Menschel Endowment Fund. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> New England Ancient History Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 11, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. TRINITY COLLEGE, Smith House, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 Registration information: lauren.caldwell(a)trincoll.edu<mailto:lauren.caldwell@trincoll.edu> Timothy Joseph (College of the Holy Cross) will offer for discussion his paper "Lucan, Carthage, and Roman Historical Epic," with commentary from Andrew Johnston of (Yale University) New England Ancient History Colloquium Ian Kirby (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 12, 5 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The diachronic syntax of English neither...nor and either...or" GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” linguistics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/events/indo-european-…> Seth Schein (University of California Davis)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 16, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003 “Contextual Relevance and the Meaning of Formulaic Epithets in Iliad 1.1-100” Free and open to the public Sponsored by the Department of Classics, UMass Amherst Further information: lisa(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:lisa@classics.umass.edu> Thomas Biggs (University of Georgia)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 18, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 “Civil War, Sovereignty, and the Poetic ‘State of Exception’ in Lucan’s Bellum Civile” www.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brown.edu_academic…> Russell Scott (Bryn Mawr College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 19, 3 – 6 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 240 Integrated Learning Center, 650 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 Fifteenth Annual David F. Grose Memorial Lecture “David F. Grose and the Glass from Cosa” With remarks by Andrea De Giorgi (FSU), Nora Donaghue (FSU), and Jason Moralee (UMass) Reception to follow Free and open to the public Further information: lisa(a)classics.umass.edu<mailto:lisa@classics.umass.edu> Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 19, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Working With and For Animals: Getting the Theoretical Framework Right" This lecture is the Keynote for the 12th Annual Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory. Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Law School and Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. She is an Associate in the Classics Department, the Divinity School, and the Political Science Department, a Member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a Board Member of the Human Rights Program. She received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard. From 1986 to 1993, while teaching at Brown, Nussbaum was a research advisor at the World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, a part of the United Nations University. She has received honorary degrees from sixty colleges and universities in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. She is an Academician in the Academy of Finland, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Among her awards are the Grawemeyer Award in Education (2002), the University of Chicago Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2001), the Centennial Medal of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University (2010), the Prince of Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences (2012), the American Philosophical Association's Philip Quinn Prize (2015), the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2016), and the Don M. Randel Prize for Achievement in the Humanities from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018). ethics.harvard.edu…<https://ethics.harvard.edu/event/keynote-lecture-martha-nussbaum> Nadav Asraf (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 23, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Room 110, Cambridge, MA 02138 "'When I leave the beautiful and severe Hellenism': On Cavafy's Translations into Hebrew" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Modern Greek Literature and Culture<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…> Hannah Čulik-Baird (Boston University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 303, Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Waltham, MA 02453 "Loss and Recovery of Knowledge at Rome" How well do the Romans know their own history? In a world where records of the past rot away, are eaten by worms, mice, larvae, are accidentally or deliberately set on fire, how is a Roman of the late Republic supposed to understand Rome's past? In the De Lingua Latina(5.5), Varro wrote: uetustas pauca non deprauat, multa tollit; “there is little that time does not distort, much it obliterates completely.” Join me in an exploration of the challenges faced by Romans interested in understanding their city's history, and what kind of strategies they developed to recover "lost" knowledge. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. Sarah Spence (Medieval Academy of America)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 24, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02912 “‘The little of our earthly trust’: Vergil's Aeneid and the Geography of Loss” Sarah Spence is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and Editor of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. The Michael C.J. Putnam Lecture www.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brown.edu_academic…> Archaeological Exploration of Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 26, 3 – 4:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Turkey from prehistoric through Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Harvard students who participate in the program gain academic, professional, and cultural experience while contributing to archaeological research, conservation efforts, presentations, and publications related to the site. As part of Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018, this event brings together the museums staff and Harvard faculty and students involved in the project to discuss their work and to illuminate how team members from various fields and institutions around the world collaborate to advance research about Sardis. Speakers will include Nicholas Cahill, field director of the Sardis expedition and the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair in Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Adrian Stähli, professor of classical archaeology in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University; Susanne Ebbinghaus, the George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Harvard Art Museums; Frances Gallart Marques, the Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art at the Harvard Art Museums; and Bahadır Yıldırım, expedition administrator for Sardis at the Harvard Art Museums. The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 2:30pm. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The excavation at Sardis is conducted with the permission and support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey. Current conservation work at Sardis is also supported by an award provided by the United States Government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy Ankara. Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018 (October 22–26, 2018) showcases the remarkable breadth of Harvard’s global engagement. During Worldwide Week, Harvard schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations host academic and cultural events with global or international themes. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> November 2018 Denise Eileen McCoskey (Miami University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 1, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 90 George Street, Room 208, Providence, RI 02906 “‘Race Mixing’ & The Fall of Rome: The Role of Eugenics In Early 20th Century Classical Scholarship” Eugenics, a doctrine originating in the work of Francis Galton at the end of the 19th century, proposed that selective breeding could be used to ensure the general “improvement” of human populations. This lecture examines the ways eugenics and associated concepts like “race mixing” and “race-suicide” were applied to various ancient phenomena, such as the so-called “fall of Rome,” by American classicists of the early twentieth-century. events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> Symposium—Between Art and Asset: Silver Vessels from Antiquity to Today<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Nov. 3, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Silver vessels have been prized possessions in many cultures, both ancient and modern. Some of the most elaborate vessels in the Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings exhibition are fashioned from silver. What makes this material attractive for artists, and what makes drinking from silver vessels pleasant to the palate? Which intangible qualities have promoted the material’s use? How has appreciation of the vessels been influenced by the fact that silver often served as bullion and coins—and hence could be “cashed in”? This symposium will bring together art historians, a conservator, a numismatist, and a silversmith to explore these and related questions, including the function and uses of precious metal vessels, the role of craftsmanship, the symbolic qualities of silver, and silver’s relationship to other luxury materials. The presentations will focus on the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, the Byzantine world, China, and the Americas. Speakers: Angela Chang, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Head of the Objects Lab, and Assistant Director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums Henry Colburn, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Eurydice Georganteli, Lecturer on History of Art and Architecture and Medieval Studies in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University Kenneth Lapatin, Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum Ethan Lasser, Theodore Stebbins Jr. Curator of American Art and Head of the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums François Louis, Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies at the Bard Graduate Center Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Adam Whitney, Silversmith The symposium will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 9:30am. Free admission, but seating is limited. Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge. www.harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvardartmuseums.…> The Odyssey in Song: A Folk Opera by Joe Goodkin<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Nov. 5, 5 – 7 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Room 002, Lown Center, Waltham, MA, 02453 Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is a 30 minute original musical performance of 24 original songs with lyrics inspired by Odysseus' famous exploits. It represents in a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot and the performance circumstances of Homer's original oral composition of The Odyssey. A discussion will follow the performance. Joe has performed his Odyssey over 270 times in 36 U.S. states and Canada, and has been honored with several ASCAP Composers awards. Reception to follow immediately after the talk from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free parking. For a campus map and parking information, please see www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_about_…> Contact Heidi McAllister (hmcallis(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:hmcallis@brandeis.edu>) or Sybil Schlesinger (sybilsch(a)brandeis.edu<mailto:sybilsch@brandeis.edu>) with any questions. www.joesodyssey.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.joesodyssey.com_&d=…> Alain Schnapp (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 14 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture Jay Jasanoff (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Nov. 16, 5 – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” linguistics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/events/indo-european-…> Nina Papathanasopoulou (Connecticut College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 28, 5 – 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215 “Serpent Heart: Animality, Jealousy, and Transgression in Martha Graham's Medea (Cave of the Heart)” Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> R. R. R. Smith (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 29 – Fri., Nov. 30 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA James Loeb Lecture December 2018 Alan Nussbaum (Cornell University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Dec. 7, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBD GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Nino Luraghi (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The Peloponnesian Peace" March 2019 Bernard Frischer (Indiana University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 13 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Rome Reborn" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Catherine Grandjean (Université de Tours, France)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 26, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The coinage of the Achaian koinon, between federal authority and civic autonomy.” Ancient galleries open until 8 p.m. llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture April 2019 New England Ancient History Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 11 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 UMass Classics Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 26, 3 – 6:30 p.m. UMASS AMHERST, Campus Center, Amherst Room (Tenth Floor), Amherst, MA "Transforming History: Generic Interaction in Ancient Historiography in Honor of Professor Elizabeth Keitel" 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. - followed by banquet (details TBA). Speakers: 1) Jane Chaplin (Middlebury), When Historians Make History 2) Timothy Joseph (Holy Cross), Ubique lamenta: The place of lament in Latin epic and historiography 3) Christina Kraus (Yale), Multiplying disasters: the many-fronted, multiplex bellum in Livy 5 4) John Marincola (FSU), Asinius Pollio and the Roman Revolution. www.umass.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_classics_…> View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to 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>. Please send event information in the format modeled above.

5 years, 7 months

New lecture: Sergio Casali (University of Rome, Tor Vergata) (Oct 2 2018)

by Boston Area Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar » Harvard Classics Lectures We are pleased to announce the following event. If you are interested in attending this event, add it to your calendar by clicking the icon below. Sergio Casali (University of Rome, Tor Vergata) <https://www.trumba.com/calendars/boston-area-classics-calendar-harvard-clas…> [image: Add this event to your calendar] <https://eventactions.com/eventactions/boston-area-classics-calendar-harvard…> Date Tuesday, October 02, 2018 Time 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm EDT Where HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 <https://maps.google.com/?q=Boylston+237,+Harvard+Yard,+Cambridge,+MA+02138&…> Description "Evander and the invention of the prehistory of Latium in *Aeneid* 8"

5 years, 7 months

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

calclass-list October 2018