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Mon., Oct. 17
5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
UMASS BOSTON, Campus Center, Room 3545, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393
New England Ancient History Colloquium / Christopher van den Berg (Amherst College)
Schedule of Events:
5:30-6:30 Gathering and Cash Bar
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Brief introduction and highlights of pre-circulated paper by Christopher van den
Berg (Amherst College) entitled "Deliberative Oratory in the Annals and the
Dialogus," followed by commentary by Elizabeth Keitel (UMass Amherst) and general
discussion.
Please see the registration form for more information:
http://tinyurl.com/NEAHC10172011
Tues., Oct. 18
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel G12, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Richard Thomas (Harvard University)
"Virgil, the nineteenth century and the aesthetics of empathy"
Martin Weiner Lecture Series
Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking. Contact: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow
(aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Heidi McAllister (hmallis(a)brandeis.edu) for additional
information.
Thurs., Oct. 20
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459
Margaret Imber (Bates College)
"Daughters, Whores and Anxious Fathers: the Function of Women in Roman
Declamation"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
Thurs., Oct. 20
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston,
MA 02215
Gregory Aldrete (University of Wisconsin at Green Bay)
"Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the
Department of Archaeology at Boston University
*Thurs., Oct. 20
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Clemens Reichel (University of Toronto)
"Talk of the City: Early Urban Developments at Hamoukar in Northeastern Syria
(4,500–2,000 BC)"
Lecture jointly presented by The Semitic Museum and the Harvard Near East Society
For more information please email Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu or visit
http://www.semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu
*Thurs., Oct. 20
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA
02138
Jessica Dello Russo (Northeastern University)
"A Harvard Student's Journey through the Jewish Catacombs of Rome"
Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, an
association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston area. For more information,
please, contact Annewies van den Hoek, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, or visit the website at
http://www.bostontheological.org/patristica_bostoniensia.html
Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA
02215
Exhibit: Discovering Perge
8 a.m.-8 p.m.
EXHIBIT: "Discovering PERGE: Celebrating 65 Years of Excavations on Turkey's
Mediterranean Coast"
Free and open to the public.
*Tues., Oct. 25
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 114, Cambridge, MA 02138
Stefan Alexandru (Heidelberg University)
"Galenus redivivus: Some Further Remarks on Codex Thessalonicensis Vlatadon 14"
Lunch talk. Please RSVP to classics(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-4027 if you plan to
attend.
Tues., Oct. 25
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm. 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jacob Soll (Rutgers University)
"A Lipsian Legacy? Neo-Stoicism, Natural Law and the Decline of Classical Prudence in
Enlightenment Politics"
Classical Traditions Seminar
*Tues., Oct. 25
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Morris (Stanford University)
"Archaeology and the Shape of Human History"
Harvard University, Standing Committee on Archaeology, Fall Term Event
Reception with food and drinks to follow at the Ticknor Lounge (next to the Fong
Auditorium).
http://map.harvard.edu/
Wed., Oct. 26
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA
02215
İnci Delemen (İstanbul University)
Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, the Turkish-American Cultural Society of
New England, the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the
Department of Archaeology at Boston University
With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the Perge since 1946, the excavation
project now celebrates its 65th anniversary, making it the longest-running all-Turkish
excavation in the country. Coinciding with a traveling poster exhibition that marks this
special occasion will be a lecture from Dr. İnci Delemen of İstanbul University, a
long-time member of the excavation team. Both the exhibition and the lecture will
highlight the remarkable archaeology of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site
for understanding Classical antiquity.
Free and open to the public.
Wed., Oct. 26
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
"The Talk of the Town: Essays and Op-Ed Columns by the Younger Pliny"
The John C. Rouman Lecture
Thurs., Oct. 27
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UMass Boston, Wheatley Building First Floor, Room 54, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA
02125-3393
Raymond Cormier (Longwood University)
"The Methods of Medieval Translators"
A Comparison of Virgil's Latin Aeneid and its High Medieval Adaptation, with
illustrations of manuscript glosses relevant to the Old French Roman d’Enéas
Sponsored by The Department of Classics UMass Boston
Questions: Kenneth.Rothwell(a)umb.edu
*Thurs., Oct. 27
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075
Eric Varner (Emory University)
"Sex, Lies, and Politics: Portraits of Rome's 'Bad Empresses"
In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum
Thurs., Oct. 27
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Concert in tribute to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis
The Department of Classical Studies at BU in cooperation with the BU Hellenic Association,
the BU Center for the Humanities, the Greek Institute, the NEH Distinguished Teaching
Professorship, and Arion: a Journal of Humanities and the Classics, presents "Manos
and Mikis," featuring The Greek Music Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by
contacting the Dept. of Classical Studies at 617-353-2427, The Tsai Center (
bu.edu/tsai),
or The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for
students (with student ID). BU Faculty and Staff Members $15. Tickets will be also
available at the door. For more information, contact the Department of Classical Studies
Melissa Joseph josephmv(a)bu.edu 617-353-2427.
URL:
http://www.greekmusicensemble.com/
Thurs., Nov. 3
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459
Marcus Folch (Columbia University)
"How to Kill a Prisoner: the Poetics of Bondage in Ancient Greece"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
*Fri., Nov. 4
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. (School of Theology Building) Lindsay/Arrowsmith
Library, Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215
Egbert Bakker (Yale University)
"Circe: Feasting in the Land of the Dawn"
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427.
Sat., Nov. 5
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 02115
SYMPOSIUM: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, A Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 5th from
10:30 to 4:30 in Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with the
exhibition (Torf Gallery, October 26, 2011 – February 20, 2011), the first devoted to the
ancient goddess. An international team of experts, drawn largely from the contributors to
the catalogue of the same title (available in the MFA bookshop and online), will present
papers on different aspects of this complicated goddess: her cults and ancestors, the
philosophy of beauty, and Eros. The symposium is funded by the Estelle Shohet Brettman
Lecture Series supported by the International Catacomb Society. It is free and open to the
public. Free tickets will be available at the Huntington and Fenway entrances on the day
of the event, on a first come, first served basis.
poster:
http://tinyurl.com/AphroditeSymposiumMFA
*Tues., Nov. 15
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075
Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College)
"Making Up A Woman In Ancient Greece"
Co-sponsored by the Art History Program Amy M. Sacker Fund
In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum
Thurs., Nov. 17
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459
James Uden (Boston University)
"The Images and Ideology of Childhood Education in Statius' Achilleid"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
Tues., Dec. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Brown University, Religious Studies Seminar Room (Rm 101), Shirley Miller House, 59 George
Street, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"A Different Caesar: Neglected Aspects of his Writing"
Mon., Feb. 13
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
"Isaac Casaubon and the Study of Ancient History"
Classical Traditions Seminar
*Mon., Feb. 27
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 133, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Rutherford (Christ Church, Oxford)
"Decorum and Sexuality in Greek Tragedy"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive
deposits?"
http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University
Department of the Classics
Thurs., Apr. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
title: TBA
Mildenberg Lecture
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor)
to the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to
the basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the
elevator to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on
the first floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the
sign-posted entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first
floor) to the Sperry Room
There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic Museum at Harvard.
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