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Boston Area Classics Calendar, December 13, 2019

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2020 Annette Reed (NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Feb. 26, 3 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Masterclass: TBA Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series Annette Reed (NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 27, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series March 2020 Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 5, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Gods and Robots: Myths and Ancient Dreams of Technology" Who first imagined robots? As early as Homer, Greek myths envisioned automated servants, self-moving devices, and AI—and grappled with ethical concerns about technology. This talk explores how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in classical antiquity. Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in the Classics Department and the History and Philosophy of Science Program, Stanford University. Her most recent book is Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology. Other books include The First Fossil Hunters; Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World; The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women; and a biography of Mithradates, The Poison King (National Book Award finalist). Sponsored by the Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of World Religions and the Harvard University Department of the Classics. CANE Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 13 – Sat., Mar. 14 TRINITY COLLEGE, TBA, Hartford, CT 06106 Classical Association of New England Call for Papers: https://caneweb.org/new/?p=4214<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fp-3…> Deadline: December 15th, 2019 caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> Ellen Oliensis (University of California, Berkeley)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 24 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Critical and Comparative Approaches to Classics"<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/critical-and-comparative-approaches-…> Harvard Graduate Student Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Mar. 28 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Class before Capitalism?: Social Structure and the Ancient World" Keynote speaker: Johanna Hanink (Brown University) Call for Papers<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-biennial-graduate-student…>: abstracts due January 1, 2020 Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference classics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-biennial-graduate-student…> April 2020 Vesta Curtis (British Museum)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 22 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture July 2020 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., July 13 – Sat., July 18 BROWN UNIVERSITY, TBA, Providence, RI 02912 On the theme "The Empire and the Individual" graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.caneweb.org_&d=DwMF…> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>. caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> 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 View 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.

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, December 6, 2019

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Boston Area Classics Calendar December 2019 Adam Trettel (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Dec. 9, 5:15 p.m. MIT, Building E51-275, 70 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02142 "Flowers in Venantius Fortunatus: The Continuity of Nature in Late Antiquity" Flower imagery abounds in the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (6th century CE). This talk will seek to establish continuity with other classical and Christian authors, but also ask whether there is something distinctive in Fortunatus' approach. Starting by offering a categorization of his flower citations, I will offer close readings of two poems (Carmina 4.26, 8.7). I then relate his flower-discussions to ways Augustine speaks about nature in the City of God, to inquire whether Fortunatus' treatment of flowers is uniquely Christian or Platonic. This could shed new light on his educational background and literary goals. Guests from all subjects are very welcome. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series calendar.mit.edu… <http://calendar.mit.edu/event/AMS_FlowersinVenantiusFortunatus#.XdhnOTJKhns> [image: Adam Trettel (Harvard University)] Latin Carol Celebration <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Dec. 9, 8 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, First Baptist Church in America, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903 The Brown University Department of Classics presents the 72nd Annual Latin Carol Celebration. Seasonal readings by the Classics Department faculty (with special guest, Brown President Christina Paxson), carols for all, with musical prelude and accompaniment by University Organist Mark Steinbach. Plus, the Chattertocks' rendition of “The XII Days of Christmas” and a special arrangement by the Brown Madrigal Singers. Conducted entirely in Latin (with a bit of ancient Greek and Sanskrit). Translations provided for those whose ancient languages are a little (or a lot) rusty. The Latin Carol Celebration is free and open to the public. It lasts a little over an hour and street parking is available. www.brown.edu… <https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/events/latin-carol-celebration> [image: Latin Carol Celebration] Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Dec. 12, 4 – 5:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 "The Making of the Southern Sea" Paul J. Kosmin is a Professor in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University. His research is focused on two broad historical themes. First, the relationship between empires and systems of knowledge and practice, and, second, the interaction between the Greek world and its Near Eastern neighbors. He has begun a third big research project, provisionally titled e Ancient Shore. is will be a cultural history of the coastline in Greek antiquity, explored as a site of social processes, as a dynamic of claim-making and territorialization, and as an inducement to thinking, wonder, and religious experience. events.brown.edu… <https://events.brown.edu/classics/view/event/date/20191212/event_id/157005> [image: Paul Kosmin (Harvard University)] March 2020 CANE Annual Meeting <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 13 – Sat., Mar. 14 TRINITY COLLEGE, TBA, Hartford, CT 06106 Classical Association of New England Call for Papers: https://caneweb.org/new/?p=4214 Deadline: December 15th, 2019 caneweb.org… <https://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=3751> Ellen Oliensis (University of California, Berkeley) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 24 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Critical and Comparative Approaches to Classics" <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/critical-and-comparative-approaches-…> Harvard Graduate Student Conference <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Mar. 28 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Class before Capitalism?: Social Structure and the Ancient World" Keynote speaker: Johanna Hanink (Brown University) Call for Papers <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-biennial-graduate-student…>: abstracts due January 1, 2020 Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference classics.fas.harvard.edu… <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-biennial-graduate-student…> April 2020 Vesta Curtis (British Museum) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 22 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture July 2020 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., July 13 – Sat., July 18 BROWN UNIVERSITY, TBA, Providence, RI 02912 On the theme "The Empire and the Individual" graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org. caneweb.org… <https://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165> 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 View calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. 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EVENT CANCELED: Aileen Das (University of Michigan), Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Tomorrow's event at Harvard University featuring Aileen Das is unfortunately canceled due to weather complications. It will be rescheduled in the spring! CANCELED: Aileen Das (University of Michigan) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Date Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Time 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST Where HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Event Series GSAS Workshop "Pre-Modern State and Empires" Description "*Plato Arabus* in WWII: Imperial Universalism And Greco-Arabic Studies"

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