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*Thurs.-Sat., Sept. 13-15
AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA 01002
Conference--Caesar: Writer, Speaker and Linguist
This conference brings together the contributors to The Cambridge Companion to Caesar,
co-edited by Luca Grillo (Amherst College) and Christopher Krebs (Stanford University). In
accordance with the aim of Cambridge Companions, the conference aims simultaneously to
advance research on Caesar and to make it available to a broader public. Specifically, we
want to further the appreciation of Caesar as a versatile intellectual, by taking various
approaches–narratological, rhetorical, linguistic, and historical–to his oeuvre. Caesar as
general and politician still fascinates the general public and scholars alike, as he has
for generations. But contemporaries also celebrated him as a leading intellectual, and we
can still discern this Caesar in the fragments of his orations, linguistic treatises, and
polemic pamphlets, letters to friends and the senate, and, of course, his famous
Commentaries. This Caesar has most recently started to enjoy a much-deserved comeback, as
proved by recent publications and by his inclusion in the new AP Latin programs; but much
more work remains to be done.
Deadline for registration is August 31. For more information visit:
http://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/classics/Caesar
*Thurs., Sept. 20
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge
MA 02138
Adrian Staehli (Harvard University)
"Images of the Doomed City: The Last Days of Pompeii in the Visual Imagination"
A rare print of Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (courtesy of the British Film Institute) will
be shown in conjunction with the lecture. The film will be shown on Sunday, September
23rd.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html
*Sun., Sept. 23
4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Harvard Film Archive: The Last Days of Pompeii
Free screening with live piano accompaniment
Directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi. With Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro,
María Corda
Italy 1926, 35 mm, tinted b/w, silent, 144 min
The spectacular end of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried under the ashes of
erupting Mount Vesuvius, was a favorite subject of early historical films. The 1926 silent
movie Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is based on the story line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s
popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). The sets of this visually lavish and, for
its time, very expensive film include impressive architectural facades of public buildings
and luxurious interiors of private houses. The wall paintings, furniture, and sculptural
decoration are partly based on archaeological evidence.
Adrian Staehli will give a short introduction to the movie. This screening is funded in
part by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the
wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The
purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to
the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html
*Wed., Sept. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 02138
António J. G. de Freitas (Universidade do Minho)
"Obscure words in ancient cosmogonies"
*Fri., Oct. 5
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115
Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera)
"Ancient Sounds of Greece"
A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by
the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological
Institute of America and Berklee College of Music.
*Thurs., Oct. 11
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's
Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary.
*Fri., Oct. 12
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge)
"Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
*Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
(faculty bio:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s):
Perspectives from the Outside"
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