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*Mon., Oct. 22
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215
Julia Annas (University of Arizona)
The Boston University Political Science Department announces The Benedict Lectures in Political Philosophy for 2012: a series of three lectures, on October 22, 24, and 26, entitled "Virtue and the Rule of Law in Plato and Beyond."
October 22 – "Plato: Virtue under the rule of law"
Tues., Oct. 23
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Erato Paris (International Center for Hellenic Research, Nice, France)
"Byzantium after Byzantium"
Seminar for Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Chair: Panagiotis Roilos
*Wed., Oct. 24
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215
Julia Annas (University of Arizona)
The Boston University Political Science Department announces The Benedict Lectures in Political Philosophy for 2012: a series of three lectures, on October 22, 24, and 26, entitled "Virtue and the Rule of Law in Plato and Beyond."
October 24 – "Cicero: Virtue and the law of Rome"
*Thurs., Oct. 25
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
MALIOTIS CULTURAL CENTER, 50 Goddard Avenue Brookline, MA 02445
Gikas A. Hardouvelis (Director of the Economic Office under former Prime Minister L. Papademos)
"Greece in the Euro Era: Frorn Crisis to Growth"
Gikas Hardouvelis is Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Piraeus and Chief Economist of the EUROBANK Group. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, a member of the Academic Council of the Hellenic Banks Association, the Cyprus International Institute of Management and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research. From
November 2011 to May 2012 he served as the Director of the Economic Office under Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. From 2000 to 2004 he held that same position under Prime Minister Costas Simitis. He holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and M.Sc. and B.A. degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard University. He has been widely published in academic journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal
of Monetary Economics.
This event is free of charge and open to the public. For additional information contact the Maliotis Center: 617-522-2800 or
information@maliotis.org.
*Fri., Oct. 26
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215
Julia Annas (University of Arizona)
The Boston University Political Science Department announces The Benedict Lectures in Political Philosophy for 2012: a series of three lectures, on October 22, 24, and 26, entitled "Virtue and the Rule of Law in Plato and Beyond."
October 26 – "Philosophy of Alexandria: Virtue and the law of Moses"
*Mon., Oct. 29
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth Ave (Rm 409), Boston, MA 02215
Grégory Bonnin (Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux)
"Is the Athenian Empire Controlling the Market? Megare and Melos in the heart of Athenian economic ambitions"
**Thurs., Nov. 1
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459
Noah Messing (Yale Law School)
"How Lawyers Write"
Sponsored by Writing at Wesleyan and the Department of Classical Studies
*Fri., Nov. 2
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, 207 Founders Hall, Wellesley, MA 02481
Timothy Cornell (The University of Manchester)
"Biographers in Historians' Clothing? The Methods of Plutarch and Suetonius"
Reception to follow. For information call 781-283-2605.
Tues., Nov. 6
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel G12, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Fred S. Kleiner (Boston University)
"Deification and Damnation: The Creation and Destruction of Art in Imperial Rome"
Martin Weiner Lecture Series
*Wed., Nov. 7
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Herter Hall 227, Amherst, MA 01003
Asa Mittman (California State University Chico)
"Sea Monsters to Space Aliens, or, Why We Need Monster Studies"
Presented by the UMass Department of Classics and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, with the Departments of Art History, English, History, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and the Five College Medieval Studies Seminar.
Reception to follow.
Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s): Perspectives from the Outside"
*Tues., Nov. 13
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Benedikt Zäch (Chief Curator of the Coin Cabinet and Collection on Antiques in Winterthur, Zurich, and Lecturer at the University of Zurich)
"Numismatics – a Swiss perspective"
Benedikt Zäch will speak about the Coin Cabinet and the importance of the Swiss numismatist Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer and his impact on the study of ancient Greek and Roman coins to this day, as well as as well as on the legacy of his work and collection in the 21st century.
Q & A session, moderated by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins at the Harvard Art Museums, and a networking reception will follow the lecture.