The Boston Area Classics Calendar for September 30, 2016
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry
Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School)
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
02138
Tue., Oct. 4, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
"Why Study Athenian Law: Adventures in Institutional Design"
Lecture in honor of Lanni's appointment to the Touroff-Glueck Chair
Reception to follow
Galit Noga-Banai (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Rabinowitz Room of Andover-Harvard Library 45 Francis
Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
“Sacred Stimulus: Jerusalem in the Visual Christianization of Rome”
Lauren Jacobi (MIT)
MIT, Building 14E, Room 304
whereis.mit.edu<http://whereis.mit.edu/> Cambridge, MA
20139
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m.
“Charitable Banking and the Transcendental Economy in Italy, ca. 1450 - 1600”
Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Huddleston Ballroom, 73 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
"The Measure of Homer"
Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series
Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Allbritton 311, Middletown, CT 06459
Thu., Oct. 6, 2016, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
“Demopolis: Political participation and civic dignity, ancient and modern”
(The marriage between liberalism and democracy is not inevitable.)
For more information contact: Debbie Sierpinski
(dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu<mailto:dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu>)
More info:
www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/>
Timothy Moore (Washington University in St. Louis)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Oct. 11, 2016, 6 p.m.
“Ludic Music in Ancient Greek and Roman Theater"
Theater in ancient Greece and Rome was emphatically musical: extensive parts of almost all
plays were performed to the accompaniment of a wind instrument called the aulos in Greek,
tibia in Latin. An essential part of ancient theater’s music was its ludic nature. After
examining briefly several examples of this phenomenon from both Greece and Rome, this
paper reviews in detail the playful musical patterns of Mostellaria, a comedy by the Roman
playwright Plautus.
Timothy J. Moore is John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics at
Washington University in St. Louis. His publications includeArtistry and Ideology: Livy’s
Vocabulary of Virtue, The Theater of Plautus,Music in Roman Comedy, Roman Theatre, a
translation of Terence’sPhormio, and articles on Latin literature, the teaching of Greek
and Latin, ancient music, American Musical Theater, and Japanese comedy.
Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Ludics
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Eric Adler (University of Maryland)
HOLY CROSS, Rehm Library (Third Floor, Smith Hall), Worcester, MA 01607
Thu., Oct. 20, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
"The Transformation of Humanism and the Fate of Classical Studies in America"
More info:
www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-cent…
Sabine Ladstätter (Austrian Archaeological Institute)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Oct. 25, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.
Sabine Ladstätter is the Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, and is
Excavation Director at Ephesus.
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Standing Committee on Archaeology.
Event Series: Standing Committee on Archaeology: Harvard University
*Michael Lurie (Dartmouth College)
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
Wed., Oct. 26, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
"The Greeks and Pessimism: Were J. Burckhardt and Nietzsche Right?"
More info:
www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.…
Brita Lorentzen (Cornell University, Dendrochronology Lab)
HOLY CROSS, Smith Labs 154, Worcester, MA 01607
Thu., Oct. 27, 2016, 5 p.m.
"Fueling the Desert Fires: Long-Term Environmental Impacts of Copper Production in
the Faynan, Jordan"
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program
John C. Rouman Research Symposium: Political Thought and Political Engagement in the Roman
Empire
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons, 75 Main Street, Durham, NH
03824
Sat., Oct. 29, 2016, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Contact: Harriet Fertik (harriet.fertik@unh.edu<mailto:harriet.fertik@unh.edu>)
More info:
cola.unh.edu…<http://cola.unh.edu/chi/event/john-c-rouman-research-sympo…
Joel Christensen (Brandeis University)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South
Street,
Waltham, MA 02453
Wed., Nov. 2, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
"Singing the Klea Andrôn: Paradigmatic and Narrative Modes in Ancient Leadership”
Co-sponsored by Departments of Business, English, Linguistics, and Psychology.
Directions to Event:
www.brandeis.edu…<http://www.brandeis.edu/about/visiting/map.html>
Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (Johns Hopkins University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, 4 p.m.
"Inscriptions on Attic and non-Attic vases"
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Joel Christensen (Brandeis University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
TBA
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5 p.m.
TBA
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Hellenistic Sardis Project
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017
TBA
Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m.
TBA
Dr. Paolo Visoná (University of Kentucky)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m.
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Title: TBA on Carthaginian Coins
Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture
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