**UPDATE OF CALENDAR SENT YESTERDAY** N.B. Re. events at Harvard: There is a new listing for April 7th and a time change to an event on April 10th. Boston Area Classics Calendar Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/calclass Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Event submission: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled below. Calendar entries that require significant editing may not be included. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry ***Modern Greek events are now being featured on the Boston Area Modern Greek Calendar (http://tinyurl.com/modgreekcal) and Listserv!*** ***To subscribe, please visit https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/moderngreekcal-list.*** ***To submit an event, please email modgreek(a)fas.harvard.edu.*** *Wed, Mar 26: Helen Vendler (Harvard University) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Heaney and the Classics" Mahindra Humanities Center Modernism Seminar Chairs: Paige Reynolds, John Paul Riquelme Wed, Mar 26: Peter Meineck (NYU) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT "The Face of Ancient Drama: Emotion, Empathy and the Masks of Greek Theatre" Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information, please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/. Thu, Mar 27: Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Andover Hall, Sperry Room 116, 45 Frances Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138 "Philo Between Rome, Alexandria, and Jerusalem" Presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Harvard Divinity School, and The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cjs/PDF/MarenNiehoff_March27.pdf *Thu, Mar 27: Eleanor Winsor Leach (Indiana University Bloomington) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room in the Octagon Building, Amherst, MA 01002 "Italian Pliny: Sesterces and Status for a Transpadane Senator" Younger Pliny, the letter writer, best known for his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE and the death of his uncle, the natural historian, while investigating the eruption, was a native of Como in Northern Italy, and maintained his connections there throughout his life. He owned villas and agricultural properties in the area and made generous donations to civic institutions. Keeping Italian possessions and identity was a significant component of Pliny’s prestige and senator and official in Rome. Professor Leach will take up letters related to property ownership and farming, patronage donations, friendships in Como and some touristic views of picturesque Italian places. Sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College. Free and open to the public. Campus map: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&am… Sat, Mar 29: Harvard Graduate Student Conference 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Twists of Fate: coincidence, accident and chance in the ancient world" Keynote Speaker: Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania) “Aristotle on Lucky People” A graduate student conference sponsored by Harvard University’s Department of the Classics For more information, contact harvardcoincidence(a)gmail.com. **Sat, Mar 29: Paragraphing in Homer: BU Research Seminar 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Ave., Room B36, Boston, MA 02215 Stephen Scully (BU) "Homeric Paragraphing: Some Observations, Some Questions" Michael Haslam (UCLA) "Paragraphing Homer: A bad practice?" Neel Smith (Holy Cross) TBA Peter Kotiuga (BU) "Venetus A, editio princeps, and Martin West" Jeremy Fischer (BU) "Spondanus and George Chapman" Erickson Bridges (BU) "George Chapman and Alexander Pope" Sydney Shea (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Stanley Lombardo" Dylan Drolette (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Richard Martin" Funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University's Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Classical Studies. *Tue, Apr 1: Demetrios Anglos (University of Crete) & Vassiliki Eleftheriou (Acropolis Restoration Service) 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 705 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 "The Acropolis Restoration Project and the Laser Application" Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA) with co-sponsorship by Boston University’s Departments of History of Art & Architecture and Archaeology and the Core Curriculum, and the Archaeological Institute of America. Reception to follow. *Thu, Apr 3: Ivan Drpić (University of Washington) 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS, Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 "The Reliquary-Enkolpia of Saint Demetrios and the Wonder of Art" Please visit maryjahariscenter.org or contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac(a)hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, for additional information. Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 "Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean" Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served to explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter, Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance, continued to portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way in which literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities. This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean" Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers: Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse (grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu). *Mon, Apr 7: Deborah Lyons (Miami University of Ohio) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 "How (Not) to Become Immortal in Early Greek Poetry" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar *Mon, Apr 7: Mark Griffith (U.C. Berkeley) 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912 "The Musical Origin of Species in Ancient Greece: Humans, Animals, Gods" The 48th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom… Tue, Apr 8: James Romm (Bard College) 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of his new book "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero." This event is free; no tickets are required. http://www.harvard.com/event/james_romm/ General Info: (617) 661-1515, info(a)harvard.com **Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin) 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories" The Archaeological institute of America Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture **Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), 105 Community Hall, 59 Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens" by Graam Oliver (Brown University) Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College) Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to 9/9:30. *Fri, Apr 11: J. D. Reed (Brown University) 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Love's Bargain: Virgil and Garcilaso de la Vega." Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar *Tue, Apr 15: David Bouvier (University of Lausanne) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 018, Cambridge, MA 02138 "How Much Does the Odyssey Know about Odysseus’ Dark Side?: Odysseus’ Hubris in Demodokos’ Song" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton University) 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival 4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210 4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113 4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210 *Thu, Apr 24: Denise Demetriou (Michigan State University) 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski 107, Paino Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA 01002 "Beyond Polis Religion: Aphrodite in Multiethnic Settlements" Denise Demetriou is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her book, "Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia" was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. This lecture is sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College, and is free and open to the public. Campus map: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&am… *Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant to Citizen 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215 Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus" Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls" James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Quintilian, Juvenal" The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge. Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must pre-register. The dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with school ID) and the registration deadline (for dinner only) is April 19, 2014. http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere… *Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Seminar in the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard)