Boston Area Classics Calendar
November 12, 2010
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Mon., Nov. 15
4 p.m. 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 409,
Boston, MA 02215
Ilaria Ramelli (University of Milan)
"Platonic (Pagan and Christian) Responses to Stoic Allegory"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies, the Department of Religion, the
School of Theology Brown Lecture Series, and the Boston University Humanities
Foundation. Refreshments will be served.
Tues., Nov. 16
4:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Martin West (All Souls, Oxford)
"Zeus in Aeschylus"
Lecture in honor of H. Lloyd-Jones
Tues., Nov. 16
5 p.m. 7 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street, New
Haven, CT 06510
Stephen Haber (Standford University)
The Third Annual Michael I. Rostovtzeff Lecture in Ancient History
Keynote speaker: Stephen Haber (A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor in the
School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University)
"Natural Resources and the Institutions of Governance: Evidence from the Ancient
and Modern Worlds"
Response by: (Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics & History, Yale
University)
Reception to follow in room 108.
http://www.yale.edu/classics/rostovtzeff_lecture.html
Wed., Nov. 17
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Phelps Hall, Room 401, 344 College Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Symposium Topic: "The Resource Curse in Historical Perspective"
Presenters:
Alain Bresson (Department of Classics, University of Chicago)
Fabian Drixler (Department of History, Yale University)
Timothy Guinnane (Department of Economics, Yale University)
John Haldon (History Department, Princeton University)
Bruce R. Hitchner (Department of Classics, Tufts University)
Joseph G. Manning (Department of Classics, Yale University)
Peter C. Perdue (Department of History, Yale University)
Walter Scheidel (Department of Classics, Stanford University)
Admission is free for the symposium, but space is limited. Please call to
register.
For more information contact Nancy Genga at 203-432-0978 or nancy.genga(a)yale.edu
or visit our website:
http://www.yale.edu/classics/about.html
Wed., Nov. 17
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 113, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College 01002
Elisabeth Dutton (Worcester College, University of Oxford)
"Stage Latin" Text and Side-Text Before the Professional Playhouse
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics, English, and Theater and Dance
Free and Open to the Public
https://www.amherst.edu/map/index.html
Thurs., Nov. 18
4:15 p.m. 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ruldolf Haensch (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Munich)
"The Christian Appropriation of Temples and Synagogues in Late Antiquity: Its
Frequency and Significance."
Thurs., Nov. 18
5:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Peter Der Manuelian (Egyptology, NELC, Harvard)
"Art as Writing: the Magic of Egyptian Hieroglyphs"
Visible Language Lecture series, Peabody Museum.
Thurs., Nov. 18
6 p.m. 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Wilson Hall, Room 102, Providence, RI 02912
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Memorial Lecture
"Ancient Scholarship in the Printing House: The Culture of Correction in
Renaissance Europe"
*Thurs., Nov. 18
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM, Titian Room, 280 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Dr. Anne-Marie Eze (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
"The Painters Bible: Illustrated Editions of Ovids Metamorphoses"
Free with admission. For more details see:
http://connect.gardnermuseum.org/site/Calendar/853003287?view=Detail&id…
Fri., Nov. 19
3:30 p.m. 5 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, 101 Devlin Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan University)
"Controversial Pietas: Ovid's Myrrha and the Incestuous Undertones of Roman
Marriage." Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information,
contact Kendra Eshleman (eshleman(a)bc.edu). map:
http://www.bc.edu/about/maps/s-approach.html)
*Mon., Nov. 22
4:15 p.m. 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Katharine Park (Harvard University)
"The Science of the Senses: Observation and Experience in Medieval Europe"
*Tues., Nov. 23
1 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Ezra S. Marcus (Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies University of Haifa,
Israel)
"Maritime Trade and Coastal Settlement at Middle Bronze Age IIa Tel Ifshar,
Israel"
Lecture jointly presented by The Semitic Museum, Harvard Near East Society. For
more information please call email Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu.
*Mon., Nov. 29
5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD DIVINITY School, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-Harvard
Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Prof. Max Deeg (Cardiff University, Wales)
"The 'Brilliant Teaching': The Rise and Fall of 'Nestorianism'
(Jingjiao) in
Tang China"
For more information, please, contact Karen Manning (Karen_Manning(a)harvard.edu)
or Annewies van den Hoek (ahoek(a)hds.harvard.edu).
Tues., Nov. 30
4 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Herbert Golder (Boston University)
"Medea's Afterlife in Film"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Tues., Nov. 30
5 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, room G12, 415 South
Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Emma Dench (Harvard University)
Jennifer Eastman lecture
"Who did the Romans think they were?"
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow the talk.
For more information or directions, please contact Heidi McAllister
(hmcallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu).
Thurs., Dec. 2
5:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Peter Machinist (Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, NELC, Harvard)
"The Alphabet: its Origins and Early History" Visible Language Lecture series,
Peabody Museum
Friday-Sunday, December 3-5
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Conference: Singers and Tales in the 21st Century: The Legacies of Milman Parry
and Albert Lord
Organized by the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard
University
Some 30 scholars from around the world will present papers on
theoretical and practical aspects of the study of oral traditions. This
conference is free and open to the public. Please e-mail
singersandtales(a)chs.harvard.edu to register, and see the following website for
more information:
http://chs.harvard.edu/wa/pageR?tn=ArticleWrapper&bdc=12&mn=3141
Mon., Dec. 6
8 p.m. 10 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Providence, RI 02912
63rd Annual Latin Carol Celebration
The Department of Classics will present its sixty-third annual program of
readings and songs in the spirit of the season, conducted entirely in Latin.
Thurs., Feb. 17
4 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Constanze Güthenke (Princeton University)
"The Language of Classical Scholarship: Philology, Empathy, and Wilamowitz'
Plato"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
Mon., Mar. 7
5 p.m. 7 p.m.
Harvard University, Barker Center, Rm. 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Jonas Grethlein (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
Title: TBA
Sat., Mar. 26
9 a.m. 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall (School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue),
Boston, MA 02215
Boston Univ. Grad. Conference
Keynote speaker: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
3rd Annual Boston University Department of Classics Graduate Conference
"Quis spectatores spectabit?: Voyeurism and Spectatorship in Antiquity"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston University
Humanities Foundation. The deadline for submission of abstracts will be
December 21, 2010. Time subjected to change. For more information, please email
bugradconference(a)gmail.com.
April 11, 12, 14, and 15 at 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lectures
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Titles and location TBA