Boston Area Classics Calendar
January 2023
Anne
Carson<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Sun., Jan. 29, 2 – 3 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
"A Rustle of Catullus"
Please join the Ancient Greek and Roman Art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
in welcoming Anne Carson as she presents "A Rustle of Catullus" on January 29th
from 2–3pm at the Remis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts. This lecture is part of the
Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture Series.
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Contact: dcashman@mfa.org<mailto:dcashman@mfa.org>
[Anne Carson]
February 2023
Emily Greenwood (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Feb. 1, 12:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Hutchins Center, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 3r, Cambridge, MA
02138
“Black Sappho in Boston circa 1900: Reading Pauline Hopkins Reading Sappho”
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu…<https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/e…
Contact: HutchinsCenter@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:HutchinsCenter@fas.harvard.edu>
[Emily Greenwood (Harvard University)]
Dimitri Nakassis (University of Colorado
Boulder)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Wed., Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Friedman Hall, Room 202, Providence, RI 02912
"Double tap? Deconstructing and refashioning our disciplinary categories"
The Classics Department cordially invites you to join us for "Double tap?
Deconstructing and refashioning our disciplinary categories," an in-person lecture by
Dr. Dimitri Nakassis of The University of Colorado Boulder.
The past decade has witnessed an explosion of discussion about categorization and the
discipline of Classics, including calls for dissolution and radical decolonization. This
paper considers the specific case of “Mycenaean” (Late Bronze Age) Greece as a subfield
that is desperately in need of need new categorizations and fresh periodizations, for “the
Mycenaeans” continue to be thought of as a unitary historical and even racialized entity
by scholars and laypeople alike. As often is the case, this image has a deep history that
extends back to the late 19th century, whose intellectual terrain took for granted the
analytical centrality of ‘nation’ and ‘race.’ For ancient historians today, Mycenaeans are
typically represented as an intrusive period of Near Eastern palace culture that is
radically Other from Classical Greek civilization. The project of disentangling these
deeply problematic scholarly discourses and disassembling them to reform a new archaeology
of Late Bronze Age Greece represents an illustrative case study of the frustrations that
we face in refashioning ‘Classics’ as an intellectually coherent project for the 21st
century and beyond.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served after the
lecture. We hope to see you there!
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[Dimitri Nakassis (University of Colorado Boulder)]
Unai Iriarte (Harvard University) and Ramón Soneira-Martínez (Austrian Archaeological
Institute at
Athens)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Thu., Feb. 2, 4 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RCCHU Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
"Panel on Greece"
Unai Iriarte and Ramón Soneira-Martínez will each deliver a lecture. Attend in person or
via Zoom.
"Archaic Greek Tyrannies. Some reflections of a political phenomenon (c. VIII - VI
BC)"
Speaker: Unai Iriarte
"Does anyone say there are gods in heaven? A relational study of atheism in classical
Athens (c. V-IV BC)"
Speaker: Ramón Soneira-Martínez
Organized by Unai Iriarte Asarta (RCCHU Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of the
Classics at Harvard University). Sponsored by RCCHU Harvard University; University of
Seville; Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens
rcc.harvard.edu…<https://rcc.harvard.edu/event/greece>
Nadav Asraf (Havard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Feb. 10, 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
"A Case Study in Homeric Versification and Technique: The Homeric Forms πέρθετο
(Il.12.15), περθομένη (Il.2.374 = 4.291 = 13.816), and πέρθαι (Il.16.708) as Bardic
Usages"
The Homeric averbo of the verb πέρθω 'destroy, sack [a city]' presents a few
unique forms and usages: first, the forms πέρθετο and περθομένη, which, despite being
present formations, have aoristic value; second, the form πέρθαι which is a morphological
mystery. The solutions proposed thus far sought to explain these forms as either
linguistic archaisms or as the outcome of ad hoc linguistic changes. The talk will examine
these explanations and offer a new explanation, one rooted in the formulaic and metrical
constraints of Homeric versification.
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
Arsen Nisanyan (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Feb. 15, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Kindling the song of Humanism: How one translation of Homer's Iliad changed the
intellectual life of modern Turkey"
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical
Effectiveness<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-cale…
Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
This is a virtual event - please register here to attend on Zoom:
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Five panelists will share their expertise and suggestions to facilitate the goals of
preparing all graduate students in Classical Studies for their teaching careers:
Dr. Ellen Cole Lee, University of Pittsburgh;
Dr. Ivy Livingston, Harvard University;
Dr. Amy Pistone, Gonzaga University;
Dr. Colin Shelton, University of Chicago;
Dr. Molly Swetnam-Burland, College of William and Mary.
Dr. Evelyn Adkins, of Case Western Reserve University, will preside with assistance from
the members of the Committee for College and University Education of SCS.
All are welcome, and Directors of Graduate Programs and Graduate Faculty in Classical
Studies are particularly encouraged to attend.
This event is sponsored by the Society for Classical Studies and the CCUE.
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Teresa Ramsby, tramsby@umass.edu<mailto:tramsby@umass.edu>
[Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness]
March 2023
Alexander Jones (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World,
NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trum…
Wed., Mar. 1
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Also sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Diagrams Across Disciplines:
History, Theory,
Practice<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/diagrams-ac…ce>.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Tue., Mar. 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series,
titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks," will reexamine the Greeks' relation with Lydia in the archaic period in
the light of the important recent archaeological discoveries. Lectures will include
discussion of Gyges, the Greek cities of Asia Minor, Lydian tradition and Xanthos of
Lydia, the impact of Lydia on the Greeks and on Greek traditions, Greek fable in contrast
to Near Eastern evidence.
The lectures are open to the public.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Thu., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"The East Greek cities and Lydia"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series
is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks."
Reception to follow.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Mon., Mar. 27, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series
is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at
Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Tue., Mar. 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses recent
excavations at Sardis, sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958,
and authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Since 1979 a member of the
Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, situated in western Türkiye, Prof. Cahill has served
beginning in 2008 as its director. Recent accomplishments include the discovery of some
of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historic context, a new restoration of
antiquity’s largest Synagogue, and discovery of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating
earthquake.
Please see the Harvard Art Museums event calendar for full event details:
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Photo ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
Sardis Biennial Lecture
Contact: am_sardis@harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu>
[Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis]
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Wed., Mar. 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series
is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
April 2023
Alexander Vega (Harvard University) and Maxwell Wade (Boston
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Wed., Apr. 12, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topics TBD
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
A Symposium: Antiochus III’s Edict(s) to Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local
Agency<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Thu., Apr. 20 – Fri., Apr. 21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,, Cambridge, MA 02138
Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder (co-organizers)
See
website<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochus-iiis-edicts…
for details.
cjs.fas.harvard.edu…<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochu…
Harvard Classics Graduate Student
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 21 – Sat., Apr. 22
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Keynote speaker: Eric Cline (George Washington University)
See the Call for
Papers<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-s…
for details. Submissions due January 23, 2023 (deadline extended)
classics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-pap…
contact: harvardgradconf@gmail.com<mailto:harvardgradconf@gmail.com>
A Symposium in Honor of Ioli
Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 28 – Sun., Apr. 30
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Building, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.co…
Students and colleagues will gather to celebrate the career of Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton
Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art, Harvard University. The symposium will feature papers by
her students. This event is free and open to the public.
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