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Boston Area Classics Calendar, January 31, 2020

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We have a new event submission form! Please submit future events using the form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission. General inquiries and corrections can still be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Boston Area Classics Calendar January 2020 A Night of Philosophy and Ideas <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Jan. 31, 6 – 11 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge MA 02138 Originally from France, a night of philosophy and ideas is a marathon of philosophical debate, performances, readings, and music happening overnight. Boston’s first Night of Philosophy & Ideas at Harvard University will bring together academics from various disciplines, as well as artists, activists, and public intellectuals to address a variety of timely questions around this year’s central theme: *Being Alive*. What is the good life? What does life mean for us but also for other living creatures? What do we owe to each other? How have recent technological changes affected the ways in which we understand ourselves? By diving into topics as diverse as physics, sex, greek heroes, police shootings, Darwinism, zombies, gender equality, migration, subjectivity, slavery, and pull-ups, we will explore life in the 21st century. The event will also feature an art exhibition, a magic performance, poetry reading, dance shows, art classes, meditation, screenings and a book swap. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. A Night of Philosophy & Ideas in Boston is co-presented by: Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston, Harvard University (Center for Hellenic Studies, Center for European Studies, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies). This event is made possible with major support from the French Consulate, the Institut Français and the Open Society Foundations. See site to register. General admission tickets give access to all the talks and performances in the main amphitheatre as well as most of the other activities. Some workshops require separate tickets. nightofphilosophyandideas.info <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nightofphilosophyandid…> [image: A Night of Philosophy and Ideas] February 2020 Mahri Leonard-Fleckman (College of the Holy Cross) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Feb. 3, 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 The Bible’s depictions of the social landscape (such as borders and identities) are remarkably varied. This talk explores the malleability of such perceptions of Israel in relation to “the other,” using Timnah (Tel Batash) as a case study and focusing especially on the stories of Samson in Judges 14-15. Using these and other texts to explore shifting inner-biblical interpretations of the Shephelah through a literary-historical lens, and comparing the Bible’s depictions to archaeological and extra-biblical evidence, how do such varied interpretations affect how we understand the social landscape of Iron Age Israel? Mahri Leonard-Fleckman is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. She is the author of *The House of David: Between Political Formation and Literary Revision* (Fortress, 2016), and co-author of *The Book of Ruth* (Wisdom Commentary Series, Liturgical, 2017). Her current book project explores biblical constructions of the social landscape in the Shephelah and the ramifications of such constructions for assumed notions of identity in the Iron I-II Levant. Constanze Guthenke (Oxford University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 7, 3 – 4:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Reading Leo Strauss Reading Aristophanes" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/classical-traditions> [image: Constanze Guthenke (Oxford University)] Erika Zimmerman Damer (University of Richmond) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 20, 5 – 6:30 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall, Room 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 "Cynthia, Mimicry, and Slavery in Roman Elegy" Dr. Zimmermann Damer’s research focuses on sexuality, gender, embodiment, and the urban environment in Roman texts of the Augustan period. Her book, *In the Flesh: Embodied Identities in Roman Love Elegy* <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uwpress.wisc.edu_books…> examines the many forms of human embodiment in the elegiac poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, ranging from the poet-speaker and the puella, to wealthy rivals and the marginalized and enslaved, and argues that elegy constructs identities that influence shifting Roman ideologies of sexuality, gender, class, and status characterizing the emergence of the Principate. This project weds feminist new materialist philosophical thought with medical, legal, and philosophical texts contemporary with Roman elegy to see the human body as a necessary precondition for elegiac identities. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5593.htm#pk <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uwpress.wisc.edu_books…> Conference: Beyond Translation: Vernacular Jewish Bibles, from Antiquity to Modernity <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Feb. 24, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, East Dining Room, 20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 *Panel I: The Ancient Period* Paul Kosmin, Harvard University (Chair) Annette Yoshiko Reed, New York University Steven Fraade, Yale University *Panel II: The Medieval Period* Nicholas Watson, Harvard University (Chair) Meira Polliack, Tel Aviv University Luis Giron-Negron, Harvard University *Panel III: The Early Modern and Modern Periods* Jon Levenson, Harvard Divinity School (Chair) Marion Aptroot, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Abigail Gillman, Boston University *Panel IV: The Twentieth Century* Sandra Naddaff, Harvard University (Chair) Naomi Seidman, University of Toronto Lawrence Rosenwald, Wellesley College *Panel V: Concluding Panel* Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University Ruth Langer, Boston College David Damrosch, Harvard University *Moderated by Professor David Stern* Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature, and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies *Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, Alan M. and Katherine W. Stroock Fund for Innovative Research in Judaica* Co-sponsored with the Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University; the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School; the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar and Rethinking Translation Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center cjs.fas.harvard.edu… <https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/events/> 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 "Angels, Archives, and the Prehistory of the Biblical Canon" 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 "Reorienting Hellenistic Judaism: Aramaic Jewish Scribalism, Near Eastern Nostalgia, and Ptolemaic Culture Politics" Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series Mark Fisher (Georgetown University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 27, 6:15 – 8:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 "Democratic Ideology in High Relief: Monument, History, and Self-Understanding in Fifth-Century Athens" The Classics Department cordially invites everyone to join us for *Democratic Ideology in High Relief: Monument, History, and Self-Understanding in Fifth-Century Athens*, a lecture presented by Mark Fisher from Georgetown University. Mark Fisher is Assistant Professor of Government at Georgetown University and a Research Fellow at the Berlin Thucydides Center (Freie Universität Berlin). He is broadly interested in the history of political thought, the relation of history to political theory, and questions surrounding democratic authority and discourse. Thus far, his research has centered on Thucydidean political thought, and he is currently writing a book manuscript about Thucydides’ use of the Greek heroic tradition to understand Athenian democracy. Interests for future research and teaching include the ancient origins of realist political theory, the history of equality as a moral and political concept, the role of historical argumentation in political theory, and the ancient antecedents of ‘post-truth’ politics. As always, this event is free and open to the public and a light reception will follow. You can find more information on the Classics website and Classics Facebook page. events.brown.edu… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> March 2020 Timothy Joseph (College of the Holy Cross) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Mar. 2, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Lucan on the beginnings and ends of Latin epic" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 3, 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Newhouse Center for the Humanities (Green Hall), Wellesley, MA 02481 "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 Newhouse Center for the Humanities and Departments of Classical Studies and Computer Science at Wellesley College. Patrick Michel (Lausanne University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 4, 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 James Loeb Lecture Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 5, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., 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. Graduate Symposium in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (GSANES) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 6 – Sat., Mar. 7 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Semitic Museum, Third Floor Atrium Gallery, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 "Engaging with Empires" Keynote lecture by Seth Richardson (University of Chicago) This is the second in a series of symposiums organized jointly by graduate students at Yale, Brown, and Harvard universities. The topic “Engaging with Empires” seeks to engage with contemporary study of empire in the ancient Near East. Demarcation and terminology at current remains fuzzy in the study of Empire in the ancient Near East, wherein topics of power, space, body, and economy, which lay the forefront of majority historiography, analysis, and model, often fail to be recognized within larger socio-political frameworks and systems. How we should understand the concept of empire, how may empire have understood itself, and how we can wrestle with our material outside, and within, its grasp through primary and secondary material is the goal of this year’s assembly. This event is open and limited to a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no conference fee, but registration is required. Please RSVP at gsanes2020(a)gmail.com or adeloucas(a)g.harvard.edu. scholar.harvard.edu… <https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/aandeloucas/files/gsanes2020_program.pdf> [image: Graduate Symposium in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (GSANES)] David Ganz (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 10, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA David Ganz is a Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies at Harvard University. James Loeb Lecture 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-…> Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 25, 5:30 p.m. BOSTON COLLEGE, Stokes Hall South 195, 160 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 "Translating Homer's *Odyssey* Again: Why and How?" The 2020 Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture Emily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies, a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey, published in 2017. To be published this spring is *The Norton Critical Edition of Homer's Odyssey* edited and translated by Prof. Wilson. She is currently working on a new translation of Homer's *Iliad*. For further information: Prof. Franco Mormando (mormando(a)bc.edu; 617-552-6346) Directions and Parking: www.bc.edu/bc-web/about/maps-and-directions.html <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bc.edu_bc-2Dweb_abo…> 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 Leni Ribeiro Leite (Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 14, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> 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. 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 Submit events using our new event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu with questions or additions/corrections.

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, Friday, January 24, 2020

by Boston Area Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar January 2020 Arjen Bakker (University of Oxford, Oriel College) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Jan. 27, 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Sealed until the End: Time, Liturgy and Divine Thinking in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls" Dr. Bakker will speak about concepts of time that emerge as expressions of divine thinking and mystery in ancient Jewish texts. Through liturgical activity and the division of time in calendar and chronology these texts reveal the ambition to participate in heavenly structures and divine knowledge. Across the late books of the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls we can see how these concepts played an important role in interpretation, rewriting, collecting and composing new works. This casts light on an important dimension behind the growth and development of the biblical corpus. Arjen Bakker (PhD Leuven, 2015) is lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the formation of the Bible in the Hellenistic Period and on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the centres for Qumran research in Haifa and Groningen before coming to Oxford in 2017. His first monograph *The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls* will be published by Brill later this year. [image: Arjen Bakker (University of Oxford, Oriel College)] A Night of Philosophy and Ideas <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Jan. 31, 6 – 11 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge MA 02138 Originally from France, a night of philosophy and ideas is a marathon of philosophical debate, performances, readings, and music happening overnight. Boston’s first Night of Philosophy & Ideas at Harvard University will bring together academics from various disciplines, as well as artists, activists, and public intellectuals to address a variety of timely questions around this year’s central theme: *Being Alive*. What is the good life? What does life mean for us but also for other living creatures? What do we owe to each other? How have recent technological changes affected the ways in which we understand ourselves? By diving into topics as diverse as physics, sex, greek heroes, police shootings, Darwinism, zombies, gender equality, migration, subjectivity, slavery, and pull-ups, we will explore life in the 21st century. The event will also feature an art exhibition, a magic performance, poetry reading, dance shows, art classes, meditation, screenings and a book swap. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. A Night of Philosophy & Ideas in Boston is co-presented by: Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston, Harvard University (Center for Hellenic Studies, Center for European Studies, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies). This event is made possible with major support from the French Consulate, the Institut Français and the Open Society Foundations. See site to register. General admission tickets give access to all the talks and performances in the main amphitheatre as well as most of the other activities. Some workshops require separate tickets. nightofphilosophyandideas.info [image: A Night of Philosophy and Ideas] February 2020 Mahri Leonard-Fleckman (College of the Holy Cross) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Feb. 3, 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 The Bible’s depictions of the social landscape (such as borders and identities) are remarkably varied. This talk explores the malleability of such perceptions of Israel in relation to “the other,” using Timnah (Tel Batash) as a case study and focusing especially on the stories of Samson in Judges 14-15. Using these and other texts to explore shifting inner-biblical interpretations of the Shephelah through a literary-historical lens, and comparing the Bible’s depictions to archaeological and extra-biblical evidence, how do such varied interpretations affect how we understand the social landscape of Iron Age Israel? Mahri Leonard-Fleckman is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. She is the author of *The House of David: Between Political Formation and Literary Revision* (Fortress, 2016), and co-author of *The Book of Ruth* (Wisdom Commentary Series, Liturgical, 2017). Her current book project explores biblical constructions of the social landscape in the Shephelah and the ramifications of such constructions for assumed notions of identity in the Iron I-II Levant. Constanze Guthenke (Oxford University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 7, 3 – 4:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Reading Leo Strauss Reading Aristophanes" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/classical-traditions> [image: Constanze Guthenke (Oxford University)] Conference: Beyond Translation: Vernacular Jewish Bibles, from Antiquity to Modernity <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Feb. 24, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, East Dining Room, 20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 *Panel I: The Ancient Period* Paul Kosmin, Harvard University (Chair) Annette Yoshiko Reed, New York University Steven Fraade, Yale University *Panel II: The Medieval Period* Nicholas Watson, Harvard University (Chair) Meira Polliack, Tel Aviv University Luis Giron-Negron, Harvard University *Panel III: The Early Modern and Modern Periods* Jon Levenson, Harvard Divinity School (Chair) Marion Aptroot, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Abigail Gillman, Boston University *Panel IV: The Twentieth Century* Sandra Naddaff, Harvard University (Chair) Naomi Seidman, University of Toronto Lawrence Rosenwald, Wellesley College *Panel V: Concluding Panel* Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University Ruth Langer, Boston College David Damrosch, Harvard University *Moderated by Professor David Stern* Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature, and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies *Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, Alan M. and Katherine W. Stroock Fund for Innovative Research in Judaica* Co-sponsored with the Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University; the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School; the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar and Rethinking Translation Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center cjs.fas.harvard.edu… <https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/events/> 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 Timothy Joseph (College of the Holy Cross) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Mar. 2, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Lucan on the beginnings and ends of Latin epic" Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 3, 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Newhouse Center for the Humanities (Green Hall), Wellesley, MA 02481 "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 Newhouse Center for the Humanities and Departments of Classical Studies and Computer Science at Wellesley College. Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 5, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., 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. David Ganz (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 10, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA David Ganz is a Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies at Harvard University. James Loeb Lecture 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 Leni Ribeiro Leite (Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 14, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…> 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> 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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