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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 28, 2020

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Boston Area Classics Calendar 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. Susanne Paulus (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 3, 5:15 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 "A Lot of Barley and A Bit of Gold: Aspects of the Babylonian Economy in the Late Bronze Age" Harvard History and Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Societies Workshop [Susanne Paulus (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)] Patrick Michel (Lausanne University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 4, 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Real Heritage - Digital Heritage: Digital devices and cultural heritage of Palmyra" James Loeb Lecture [Patrick Michel (Lausanne University)] Adrienne Mayor (Stanford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 5, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for the Study of World Religions, Common Room, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "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). Sponsor: Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions and Harvard Department of the Classics cswr.hds.harvard.edu…<https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%…> [Adrienne Mayor (Stanford)] Bob Brier (Long Island University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 5, 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Semitic Museum, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The second boat of Khufu from Giza" Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage Free public lecture presented by the Harvard Semitic Museum with support from the Marcella Tilles Memorial Fund. archaeology.harvard.edu…<https://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/second-boat-khufu-giza?delta=0> [Bob Brier (Long Island University)] 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<mailto:gsanes2020@gmail.com> or adeloucas(a)g.harvard.edu<mailto:adeloucas@g.harvard.edu>. scholar.harvard.edu…<https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/aandeloucas/files/gsanes2020_program.pdf> [Graduate Symposium in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (GSANES)] Linda R. Rabieh (MIT)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Mar. 9, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Building E51, Room 275, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142 "Humane Warfare: An Ancient Perspective on Ethics in War" presented by MIT's Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium What are the ethics that should guide our soldiers in war? Although this is an old question, it must be revisited in light of the peculiar situations in which our soldiers are called to act in the 21st century. Do the same principles apply when we engage in war through automated drones or cyber warfare? How is it possible to maintain ethical principles when confronted with the brutality of those who refuse to distinguish between combatants and civilians? For guidance, this talk returns to ancient political thought, which grappled with questions both of war and of character, and in particular to Plato’s Republic, where Socrates outlines an education for warriors and the nature of a healthy soul that suggests different grounds for ethical actions, grounds that may provide a superior model for our complex times. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series calendar.mit.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__calendar.mit.edu_event…> [Linda R. Rabieh (MIT)] David Ganz (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Mar. 10, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 02138 "E. K. Rand, Ludwig Traube, Latin Palaeography and the Medieval Academy of America" David Ganz is a Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies at Harvard University. James Loeb Lecture Gianfranco Agosti (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 11, 12 – 1:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Petteruti Lounge, Faunce House, Room 201, 75 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912 "Metrical Inscriptions in Late Antiquity: What Difference Did Christianity Make?" In the so-called ‘resurgence’ of poetry in Late Antiquity verse inscriptions played a significant role. They eloquently show how widespread was the taste for poetic compositions among the different levels of Late Roman society, pointing also out the social importance of classical paideia. Despite the condemnation of some church Fathers, who considered the passion for poetry useless and even dangerous, Christian verse inscriptions entered very early the ‘epigraphic display’ of Late Antique cities. This talk aims at investigating what difference they made in terms of style, language and communicative functions, questioning also if we can properly speak of a Christian verse epigraphy. Gianfranco Agosti is Professor of Classical and Late Antique Philology at the Sapienza University of Rome. He is affiliated member of the Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance (Paris), of the l’Institut d’études anciennes et médiévales (Université Laval), of the Department of Classics and Ancient History of Newcastle University (UK), Member of Academia Europaea (Section of Classics and Oriental Studies), and was awarded with Chaire Gutenberg de l’Université de Strasbourg in 2019. He is currently working on a monograph on Late Antique education, a monograph on Late Antique Greek metrical inscriptions, and to other to a revised critical text, Italian translation and commentary of Agathias’ Histories. As always, this event is free and open to the public. You can find more information on the Classics website and Classics Facebook page. We hope to see you there! Brown Lecture Series events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> [Gianfranco Agosti (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”)] Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 11, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Samberg Conference Center, Salon M, Building E52, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "Luxury at Sparta" commentary by Graham Oliver (Brown University) New England Ancient Historians Colloquium<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> www.neahc.us<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> CANE Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 13 – Sat., Mar. 14 TRINITY COLLEGE, 300 Summit Street, Hartford CT 06106<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> Registration is now open. The program is available at docs.google.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_docume…>. 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<mailto:mormando@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…> The Boston College Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture Series<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__events.bc.edu_group_blu…> [Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)] Madeline Miller<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 25, 7 – 8 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "Madeline Miller: Making Art from the Past" Author Madeline Miller shares how she retells ancient stories for modern times, drawing inspiration from texts, sources, and artifacts to create her hit novels. Circe, Miller’s second novel and an instant bestseller, is currently being adapted for a series with HBO Max. Miller’s novels have been translated into more than 25 languages and her essays have appeared in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Telegraph, Lapham's Quarterly, and NPR.org. TICKET REQUIRED To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975 ($6 processing fee applies); to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk. www.mfa.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mfa.org_event_este…> 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 (Federal University of Espírito Santo)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 9, 6 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138 TBA GSAS Workshop "Critical and Comparative Approaches to Classics"<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/critical-and-comparative-approaches-…> Leni Ribeiro Leite (Federal University of Espírito 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 "New worlds through Classical lenses: Classical epideictic tropes in Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI" 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<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 Submit events using our new event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu> with questions or additions/corrections.

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Boston Area Classics Calendar (February 21, 2020)

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2020 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/> Emily Mitchell (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Feb. 25, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "All Roads Lead to Rome: A Comparative Approach to the Behistun Inscription" The Behistun Inscription of Darius I of Persia and the Res Gestae of the Roman emperor Augustus are the only widely disseminated, multilingual narrative accounts of accession to survive from the ancient world. Nevertheless, little work has yet been done comparing the two. I will argue that, although the two inscriptions have the same goals (namely, to assert their authors’ strength as autocratic rulers and articulate an imperial ideology), they frequently use different strategies to fulfil these goals and thereby illustrate integral differences between Achaemenid and Roman conceptions of empire. Three aspects of Behistun will be examined: (i) its treatment of Darius’ accession and qualifications for kingship; (ii) its engagement with peoples and territories outside the Persian heartland, i.e. the Achaemenid ‘empire’ in the geographical sense; (iii) its handling of the relationship between empire and the divine sphere. Sponsored by GSAS Workshop "Methodologies in Egyptology and Mesopotamian Studies," NELC department GSAS Workshop "Methodologies in Egyptology and Mesopotamian Studies"<https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/methodologies-egyptology-and-mesopotamian-stud…> Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Feb. 26, 3 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room 311, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Master class: "Angels, Archives, and the Prehistory of the Biblical Canon" The recent renaissance of research on ancient Jewish scribalism has pointed to the Hellenistic period as critical for the formation of the Hebrew Bible. This master class will reconsider much-cited sources for this shift in relation to the full range of data for Jewish scribalism, including Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, early Enochic apocalypses and related "pseudepigrapha," and early Jewish writings in Greek. Rather than taking canonization as the sole telos, it will explore the rise of an archival impulse and self-conscious bookishness in our Jewish sources in relation to shifts in Near Eastern scholasticism and Hellenistic attitudes towards textuality. Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series [Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)] Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 27, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Robinson Hall, B21 Warren Center Conf. Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Lecture: "Reorienting Hellenistic Judaism: Aramaic Jewish Scribalism, Near Eastern Nostalgia, and Ptolemaic Culture Politics" The third century BCE has long been deemed a dark age in the historiography of Jews and Judaism. This talk looks to the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls to open up new perspectives on the shifts in Jewish literature in the wake of the conquests of Alexander, exploring their resonance with broader cultural trends under the Ptolemies and across the Hellenistic Near East. It will suggest that a focus on this neglected period can spark new conversations across Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Classics--and, in the process, perhaps help us to recover a more capacious sense of “Hellenistic Judaism,” spanning Aramaic and Hebrew as well Greek sources and engaging Near Eastern as well as Hellenistic comparanda. Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series [Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)] 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, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Real Heritage - Digital Heritage: Digital devices and cultural heritage of Palmyra" James Loeb Lecture [Patrick Michel (Lausanne University)] Adrienne Mayor (Stanford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 5, 5:30 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for the Study of World Religions, Common Room, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "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). Sponsor: Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions and Harvard Department of the Classics cswr.hds.harvard.edu…<https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%…> [Adrienne Mayor (Stanford)] 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<mailto:gsanes2020@gmail.com> or adeloucas(a)g.harvard.edu<mailto:adeloucas@g.harvard.edu>. scholar.harvard.edu…<https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/aandeloucas/files/gsanes2020_program.pdf> [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 Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 11, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "Luxury at Sparta" commentary by Graham Oliver (Brown University) New England Ancient Historians Colloquium<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> www.neahc.us<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> CANE Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 13 – Sat., Mar. 14 TRINITY COLLEGE, 300 Summit Street, Hartford CT 06106<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> Registration is now open. The program is available at docs.google.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_docume…>. 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<mailto:mormando@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…> The Boston College Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture Series<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__events.bc.edu_group_blu…> [Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)] 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 John Kee (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 8, 6 – 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Balancing medieval pragmatism and classical authority: the tenth-century de obsidione toleranda as an episode in the Byzantine reception of Arrian" GSAS Workshop "Critical and Comparative Approaches to Classics"<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/critical-and-comparative-approaches-…> Leni Ribeiro Leite (Federal University of Espírito 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 "New worlds through Classical lenses: Classical epideictic tropes in Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI" 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<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 Submit events using our new event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu> with questions or additions/corrections.

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EVENT AT WELLESLEY CANCELED: Thursday, February 20, Erika Zimmerman Damer (University of Richmond)

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The following event for this Thursday has unfortunately been canceled. They plan to reschedule. CANCELED: Erika Zimmerman Damer (University of Richmond) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> [image: Add this event to your calendar] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eventactions.com_event…> Date Thursday, February 20, 2020 Time 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EST Where WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall, Room 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 Description "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…>

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 14, 2020

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2020 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…> George Baroud (Emerson College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 21, 4 – 6 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215 "Tacitus’ Annals and the Aesthetics of History" 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…> [George Baroud (Emerson College)] 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/> Emily Mitchell (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Feb. 25, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "All Roads Lead to Rome: A Comparative Approach to the Behistun Inscription" The Behistun Inscription of Darius I of Persia and the Res Gestae of the Roman emperor Augustus are the only widely disseminated, multilingual narrative accounts of accession to survive from the ancient world. Nevertheless, little work has yet been done comparing the two. I will argue that, although the two inscriptions have the same goals (namely, to assert their authors’ strength as autocratic rulers and articulate an imperial ideology), they frequently use different strategies to fulfil these goals and thereby illustrate integral differences between Achaemenid and Roman conceptions of empire. Three aspects of Behistun will be examined: (i) its treatment of Darius’ accession and qualifications for kingship; (ii) its engagement with peoples and territories outside the Persian heartland, i.e. the Achaemenid ‘empire’ in the geographical sense; (iii) its handling of the relationship between empire and the divine sphere. Sponsored by GSAS Workshop "Methodologies in Egyptology and Mesopotamian Studies," NELC department GSAS Workshop "Methodologies in Egyptology and Mesopotamian Studies"<https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/methodologies-egyptology-and-mesopotamian-stud…> Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Feb. 26, 3 – 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room 311, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Master class: "Angels, Archives, and the Prehistory of the Biblical Canon" The recent renaissance of research on ancient Jewish scribalism has pointed to the Hellenistic period as critical for the formation of the Hebrew Bible. This master class will reconsider much-cited sources for this shift in relation to the full range of data for Jewish scribalism, including Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, early Enochic apocalypses and related "pseudepigrapha," and early Jewish writings in Greek. Rather than taking canonization as the sole telos, it will explore the rise of an archival impulse and self-conscious bookishness in our Jewish sources in relation to shifts in Near Eastern scholasticism and Hellenistic attitudes towards textuality. Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series [Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)] Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 27, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Robinson Hall, B21 Warren Center Conf. Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Lecture: "Reorienting Hellenistic Judaism: Aramaic Jewish Scribalism, Near Eastern Nostalgia, and Ptolemaic Culture Politics" The third century BCE has long been deemed a dark age in the historiography of Jews and Judaism. This talk looks to the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls to open up new perspectives on the shifts in Jewish literature in the wake of the conquests of Alexander, exploring their resonance with broader cultural trends under the Ptolemies and across the Hellenistic Near East. It will suggest that a focus on this neglected period can spark new conversations across Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Classics--and, in the process, perhaps help us to recover a more capacious sense of “Hellenistic Judaism,” spanning Aramaic and Hebrew as well Greek sources and engaging Near Eastern as well as Hellenistic comparanda. Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series [Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU)] 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. cswr.hds.harvard.edu…<https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%…> [Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University)] 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<mailto:gsanes2020@gmail.com> or adeloucas(a)g.harvard.edu<mailto:adeloucas@g.harvard.edu>. scholar.harvard.edu…<https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/aandeloucas/files/gsanes2020_program.pdf> [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 Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 11, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "Luxury at Sparta" commentary by Graham Oliver (Brown University) New England Ancient Historians Colloquium<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> www.neahc.us<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> CANE Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 13 – Sat., Mar. 14 TRINITY COLLEGE, 300 Summit Street, Hartford CT 06106<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> Registration is now open. The program is available at docs.google.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_docume…>. 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<mailto:mormando@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…> The Boston College Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture Series<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__events.bc.edu_group_blu…> [Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)] 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 (Federal University of Espírito 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 "New worlds through Classical lenses: Classical epideictic tropes in Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI" 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<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 Submit events using our new event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu> with questions or additions/corrections.

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 7, 2020

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2020 Jacqueline Vayntrub (Yale Divinity School) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Bodies of Poetry: Tyre’s Failure in Ezekiel 27" In Ezekiel 27, the Phoenician island city of Tyre is depicted as a ship. Yet the poetry takes the literary form of body descriptions. As a ship, Tyre’s heavy trade wealth determines its seaworthiness. As a body, Tyre’s interactions with others bring about initial success but ultimately, the city’s demise. Together, these images produce a surprising statement on why political communities fail. Jacqueline Vayntrub is an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School and currently a fellow at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of *Beyond Orality: Biblical Poetry on its Own Terms* (Routledge 2019) and articles on poetry, wisdom, and the history of biblical interpretation in *Harvard Theological Review*, *Vetus Testamentum*, *Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft*, *Biblical Interpretation*, *Catholic Bible Quarterly*, and *Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel*. Volumes in the Yale Anchor Bible Reference Library and the SBL Writings from the Ancient World series are forthcoming. nelc.fas.harvard.edu… <https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming> [image: Jacqueline Vayntrub (Yale Divinity School)] 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…> George Baroud (Emerson College) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 21, 4 – 6 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215 "Tacitus’* Annals *and the Aesthetics of History" 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…> [image: George Baroud (Emerson College)] 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, Divinity 211, 14 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 "Angels, Archives, and the Prehistory of the Biblical Canon" The recent renaissance of research on ancient Jewish scribalism has pointed to the Hellenistic period as critical for the formation of the Hebrew Bible. This master-class will reconsider much-cited sources for this shift in relation to the full range of data for Jewish scribalism, including Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, early Enochic apocalypses and related "pseudepigrapha," and early Jewish writings in Greek. Rather than taking canonization as the sole *telos*, it will explore the rise of an archival impulse and self-conscious bookishness in our Jewish sources in relation to shifts in Near Eastern scholasticism and Hellenistic attitudes towards textuality. 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" The third century BCE has long been deemed a dark age in the historiography of Jews and Judaism. This talk looks to the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls to open up new perspectives on the shifts in Jewish literature in the wake of the conquests of Alexander, exploring their resonance with broader cultural trends under the Ptolemies and across the Hellenistic Near East. It will suggest that a focus on this neglected period can spark new conversations across Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Classics--and, in the process, perhaps help us to recover a more capacious sense of “Hellenistic Judaism,” spanning Aramaic and Hebrew as well Greek sources and engaging Near Eastern as well as Hellenistic comparanda. 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 Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Mar. 11, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> "Luxury at Sparta" commentary by Graham Oliver (Brown University) New England Ancient Historians Colloquium <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> www.neahc.us <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.neahc.us_&d=DwMFAw…> 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…> The Boston College Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture Series <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__events.bc.edu_group_blu…> [image: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)] 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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