Boston Area Classics Calendar 2007/2008: #26 (4/4/08) This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to an address dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below instead of as word-processor file attachments. NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK. Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued the following week. Please circulate as widely as possible. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Fri., Apr. 4 - Sun., Apr. 6 BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall, Room 115, 167 Thayer Street, Providence, RI "Highways and Byways in the Pre-modern World" A conference organized by Sue Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard Talbert (Brown University) Free and open to the public See Appendix for details Apr. 6, 2:00 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA The Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University) "'Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'; Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman Genealogies in Early Christian Art" Free to the public; museum admission not required Mon., Apr. 7, 6:00 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA John Papadopoulos (UCLA) "The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora" Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Free to the public; MFA admission not required Mon., Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m. BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present James McGarrell (artist) Presentation of work suggested by Homer's Odyssey Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the Humanities, and the Departments of Classics and Visual Arts For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak (jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu) Tues., Apr. 8, 4:00 p.m. BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Brunswick, ME Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present James McGarrell (artist) and Rosanna Warren (poet and Boston University) "Orbiana Oliveto," a presentation of poetry and artwork suggested by Homer's Odyssey Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the Humanities, and the Departments of Classics, Visual Arts, and English For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak (jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu) Tues., Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m. BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, Brunswick, ME Lecture series: Greece: Past into Present Rosanna Warren (Boston University) and Emma Ann MacLachlan (Boston University) Poetry Reading Sponsored by the Niarchos Foundation, the Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the Humanities, and the Departments of Classics and English For more information contact Jennifer Clarke Kosak (jkosak(a)bowdoin.edu) or Barbara Weiden Boyd (bboyd(a)bowdoin.edu) Thurs., Apr. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Classical Traditions Seminar Brian E. Vick (University of Colorado at Boulder) "Between Neohumanism, Nationalism, and Historicism: Hellenism, Latinity, and Classical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century Germany" Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation of Boston University A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference For the online registration form and further information see http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical Studies by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu) See Appendix for details Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference "Working through Trauma in the Ancient World" Keynote address: Robert Kaster (Princeton University) Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University) Sponsored by the Department of the Classics See Appendix for details Tues., Apr. 15, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Seminar on Ancient Greece and Rome Clemence E. Schultze (Durham University) "The Sole Glory of Death: Dying and Commemoration in Dionysius of Halicarnassus" Tues., Apr. 15, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA Pierre Briant (College de France) "The Virtual Achaemenid Museum (MAVI): The Internet and the Preservation and Exhibition of Achaemenid Persian Cultural Heritage" Apr. 15, 5:30 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA AIA George Hanfmann Lecture Guy P.R. Metraux (York University) "Venus and the Christians at Carthage" Free and open to the public Directions: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/index.shtml For more information contact bbergman(a)mtholyoke.edu Wed., Apr. 16, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IIC, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge, MA Dean Abernathy (IATH, University of Virginia) "Digital Models of Ancient Rome" Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture Michael Alram (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) "The Coinage of the Persians" Thurs., Apr. 17, 4:15 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series Michael Putnam (Brown University) "Virgil and History" Light refreshments For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070) Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/ classics/directions.html) Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics Judith Herrin (King's College London) "Seventh Century Christians and their Pagan Predecessors" Thurs., Apr. 24, 4:15 p.m. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT Classical Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series James Ker (University of Pennsylvania) "The Afterlife of Paulina, Seneca's Wife" Light refreshments For more information contact Debbie Sierpinski (860-685-2070) Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.wesleyan.edu/ classics/directions.html) Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin) "Dance in Satyr Play" *Fri., Apr. 25 - Sat., Apr. 26 YALE UNIVERSITY, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, New Haven, CT Graduate colloquium "Provincials and Empire" Keynote address: Clifford Ando (University of Chicago) Sponsored by the departments of Classics, History, and History of Art, the Graduate School and the European Studies Council A conference program is available at www.yale.edu/classics/news.html For free registration, please email your name and institutional affiliation to prov.conference(a)gmail.com; registration deadline is APRIL 11th See Appendix for details Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original translation) Ticket Price: $5 for everyone See Appendix for details MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the museum, some Classical installations have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term begins, the following galleries will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art (1A01); Archaic Greek Art (1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the Eastern Roman Empire, including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the Classical offices at (617) 369-3256. APPENDIX: Fri., Apr. 4 - Sun., Apr. 6 BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall, Room 115, 167 Thayer Street, Providence, RI "Highways and Byways in the Pre-modern World" A conference organized by Sue Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard Talbert (Brown University) Free and open to the public Friday, April 4th, 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 5th, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 6th, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. This conference explores issues of human movement, and of local and regional connectivity, in the pre-modern world. It brings together papers from six areas of the globe (Africa, the Americas, China, Egypt and Western Asia, Japan, and the Mediterranean) that consider both the routes running through these regions maintained by an overarching authority and those developed independent of any centralized control. For a complete schedule, visit: http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/events/Posters/ Roads.html Fri., Apr. 11, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA The Fourteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation of Boston University A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference For the online registration form and further information see http:// www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Patricia Larash or Ms. Stacy Fox at the Department of Classical Studies by phone (617-353-2426), or e-mail (romstud(at)bu.edu) Myles McDonnell (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, CUNY): "Peculiar Masculinities: Manliness, Patriarchy, and Softer Alternatives in Ancient Rome" Jacqueline M. Carlon (University of Massachusetts, Boston): "Terentia becomes Plotina: Redefining Feminine Virtue" Craig Williams (Brooklyn College, CUNY): "Men, Women, and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions" Sat., Apr. 12, 10:00 a.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference "Working through Trauma in the Ancient World" Keynote address: Robert Kasater (Princeton University Closing remarks: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University Sponsored by the Department of the Classics From antiquity to the present, the human experiences of loss, violence, dislocation, and defeat have left their indelible mark on the societies that framed them and the individuals who felt them. The emotional unrest that resulted from such horrors often remained with these individuals for the rest of their lives. How did the ancient world work through its trauma? In particular, what roles have ritual and writing played in the healing process? How were injuries healed, memories overcome, and loss transfigured to absence? Did reading and performance alleviate anxieties? Was writing therapeutic in the ancient world? How did public rituals channel private grief? Does traumatic experience have its own literary forms? For more conference information, please visit the conference webpage: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/ conferences/trauma/index.html *Fri., Apr. 25 - Sat., Apr. 26 YALE UNIVERSITY, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, New Haven, CT Graduate colloquium "Provincials and Empire" Keynote address: Clifford Ando (University of Chicago) Sponsored by the departments of Classics, History, and History of Art, the Graduate School and the European Studies Council A conference program is available at www.yale.edu/classics/news.html For free registration, please email your name and institutional affiliation to prov.conference(a)gmail.com; registration deadline is APRIL 11th This colloquium explores aspects of provincial attitudes and responses to Roman power, from the Late Republic through Late Antiquity. How did provincials represent and negotiate Roman power? How did the realities of empire affect the lives and identities of communities from around the Mediterranean? Topics of special interests include: provincial law; local identities; art and architecture; trade and communication; and religion. Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original translation) Ticket Price: $5 for everyone Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the difficulties of adolescence and the best way to raise a child. When Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to facilitate the romantic inclinations of his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own romance in peril. Meanwhile, the brothers' father Demea is running all over Athens (literally) to find his brother Micio to admonish his indulgent lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two pairs of brothers work out their various issues and everything comes to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the Classical Club with a new, outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with traditional sets and costumes, this masterpiece of Roman drama is full of vivid characters and roles with great comedic opportunity. 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.