The Boston Area Classics Calendar for March 27, 2015
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Wed Apr 1: Vivian Nutton, Historian of Medicine (University College London)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Science Center 469, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Vesalius Correcting Vesalius"
Department of the History of Science
Wed Apr 1 (rescheduled from Wed Feb 11): Mary-Louise Gill, Professor of Classics and
Philosophy (Brown University)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building 14E-304, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/)
"True Rhetoric and Philosophy in Plato's 'Phaedrus'"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Tue Apr 7: Ufuk Kocabaş (Istanbul University)
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (lecture)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Yenching Library, Yenching Auditorium (room 18), 2 Divnity Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02138
“Theodosian Harbor Excavations and 37 Byzantine Shipwrecks at Yenikapı in
Istanbul-Turkey”
Sponsored by: Consulate General of Turkey in Boston and Harvard University’s Department of
History of Art + Architecture, Standing Committee on Archaeology, and Standing Committee
on Medieval Studies
A reception after the lecture will take place from 7pm-8pm at the Yenching Library common
room (room 136).
Thu Apr 9: NEAHC Meeting; Speaker: Joseph McDonald (Wheaton College)
5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Aquinas Lounge, Providence, RI 02918
"Reading Religious Transgression in Thucydides’ Delion Debate (Thuc. 4.
89-101)"
The New England Ancient Historians Colloquium: a meeting of professors and graduate
students of ancient history for dinner and discussion of paper by Joseph McDonald (Wheaton
College). Proffesor Jay Samons (Boston University) will give commentary on the paper.
http://www.providence.edu/history/Pages/calendar.aspx#/?i=1
**Fri Apr 10: 20th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY ROMAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Metcalf Science Center Room 109, 590 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA
02215
"Public Life of Roman Women"
Amy Richlin (UCLA): "Slave-women and Freedwomen: Political Culture from Below in the
200s BCE"
Patricia Johnson (BU): "The Female Kin of Sempronius Tuditanus: A Prosopography of
Women’s Political Engagement"
Barbara Gold (Hamilton College): "Perpetua and the Women of the Novel and the
Apocryphal Acts: How Public and Private Interact"
Papers will be followed by dinner (optional)
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-boston-area-roman-studies-confer…
Sun Apr 12: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New
England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in
the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given
at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art
Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins
Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can
be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Mon Apr 13: Kenneth Lapatin (J. Paul Getty Museum)
6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will be open for one hour.
Free parking available in Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue Apr 14; Wed, Apr 15; Thu Apr 16; Fri, Apr 17: Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
5 to 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lecture Series
(Tue) 1. In search of deceased senators: a contextual approach
(Wed) 2. Reviving tradition in Hadrianic Rome: from incineration to inhumation
(Thu) 3. Family matters: the long life of Roman tombs
(Fri) 4. Straddling the borderline: divine connotations in funerary commemoration
Wed Apr 15: Thomas Forrest Kelly, Professor of Music (Harvard University)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building E51-275, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/)
"Capturing Music: The Story of Medieval Notation"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Fri Apr 17: Elizabeth M. Greene (University of Western Ontario)
4:30-6:00 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
"Soldiers' Families in the Military Communities of the Western Roman
Empire"
This presentation addresses the evidence for the presence and social role of women and
families in Roman military communities in the western Roman provinces.
Sat Apr 18: Under the Influence: Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean (Graduate Student
Symposium)
1 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for the Humanities, Room G03,
415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
Dedicated to Professor Leonard C. Muellner
Keynote Speaker: Professor Gregory Nagy
The Ancient Greek and Roman Studies M.A. Program at Brandeis University is accepting
papers until Friday, February 13 for its second annual Graduate Student Symposium
"Under the Influence: Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean."
Hosted By: The Ancient Greek and Roman Studies M.A. Program, Department of Classical
Studies, Brandeis University
Flyer:
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10915316_9181162148799…
*Mon Apr 27: Eileen Joy (BABEL Working Group)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 202, Harvard Yard. Cambridge, MA 02138
"Pursuing a Vagabond, Promiscuous Humanities: The BABEL Project"
Medieval Studies Workshop
**Mon Apr 27: Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin)
6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard. Cambridge, MA 02138
“The Warren Cup - Ancient or Modern? Problems of Method and Interpretation”
**Tue Apr 28: Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
“The Paradigm of Textual Criticism: Its Use and Abuse in Classical Archaeology”
Wed Apr 29: Prof. Dr. Frank Ruehli, Director, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine
(University of Zurich)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 201, Harvard Yard. Cambridge, MA 02138
"Of mummies and skeletons: when the dead teach the living"
http://www.iem.uzh.ch/people/frankruehli.html
*Wed May 6: Arthur Bahr, Associate Professor of Literature (MIT)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building 14E-304, Cambridge, MA 02139
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
“Denouement: Speculating on Sir Gawain’s 'Endeles Knot'”
Sun May 10: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New
England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in
the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given
at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art
Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins
Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can
be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Sun Jun 14: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New
England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in
the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given
at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art
Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins
Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can
be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Mon Jul 13 to Sat Jul 18: Classical Association of New England Summer Institute at Brown
University
BROWN UNIVERSITY, TBA
A week-long experience for middle school, high school or college teachers of Latin, Greek,
English, History, or related disciplines, undergraduates, graduate students, and devoted
lifelong learners. The CANE Summer Institute provides an enriching educational experience
of a wide variety of mini-courses, lectures, workshops, and special events while also
offering ample opportunity for collegial interaction between participants.
Contact: CANE.Summer.Institute.2015(a)gmail.com
More information on lectures and courses at
http://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165
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