Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #4 (10/10/08)
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*Wed., Oct. 15, 3:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133,
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Classical Traditions
Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University)
"Utopian Pleasure"
*Thurs., Oct. 16, 8:00 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the
Andover-Harvard Theological Library,
45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA
John Herrmann (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"Simeon Stylites and Churches of his North Syrian Neighborhood"
Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the BOSTON THEOLOGICAL
INSTITUTE, an
association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston area.
For more information, contact
Annewies van den Hoek, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, or visit
the website at
http://www.bostontheological.org/academic/patristica_bostoniensia.htm
*Wed., Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Murkland Hall, Richards Auditorium,
Durham, NH
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Lecture Series
Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University)
"Pericles the Squill-Head: Political Humor in the World's First
Democracy"
A small reception to follow. For questions please contact R. Scott
Smith (rss3(a)unh.edu or 603-862-2388)
*Thurs., Oct. 23, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fairchild Hall, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Maria Giovanna Biga (Universita di Roma "La Sapienza")
"At the Royal Court of Ebla, Syria, 24th Century BC"
Reception preceeding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
Free and open to the public. Fairchild Hall is handicapped accessible.
For more information contact Dena Davis at <davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu> or
617-495-4631.
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum and Dept. of Near Eastern Languages
and Civilizations of Harvard University
Sun., Oct. 26, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Lawrence M. Berman (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"When Worlds Collide: Assyria and Egypt, Seventh Century B.C."
Free to the public; MFA admission not required
Presented by the MFA (with support from the Felicia and Anthony Kutten
Memorial Lecture Fund), in
collaboration with the Archaeological Institute of America and the
American Research Center in Egypt
*Thurs., Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, 745 Commonwealth Avenue,
Room 525, Boston, MA
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
Eugene Garver (Saint John's University)
"Living Well and Living Together: The Argument of Politics VII"
For information: roochnik(a)bu.edu
Fri., Nov. 7, 4:00 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather, Amherst, MA
"Remembering Robert Fagles"
The Classics and English departments will honor this distinguished
alumnus with reminiscences from
his years at Amherst and after, with readings from his translations of
Greek and Latin literature, and
with comments by Paul Alpers, R. Ross Holloway, James Maraniss, and
David Ferry
Reception to follow
Thurs., Nov. 13, 5:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Pollack (Fine Arts) Auditorium, 415 South Street,
Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical
Studies
John Bodel (Brown University)
"Death Loves Company: Collective Burial in Pagan and Early Christian
Rome"
Reception to follow, with light refreshments
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu
)
or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Free and open to the public (for directions:
http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html)
Wed., Nov. 19 - Fri. Nov. 21
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, The Florence and Chafetz Hillel House, 213 Bay
State Road, Boston, MA
"What the Gods Demand: Blood Sacrifice in Mediterranean Antiquity"
An interdisciplinary conference at Boston University
For full details and registration information see:
http://www.bu.edu/classics/news/sacrifice_conference.html
Fri., Nov. 21, 6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS 313, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Samuel H. Kress Lecture
Marcello Barbanera (Universita di Roma "La Sapienza")
"The Metamorphosis of Ruins for Cultural Identity"
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, the Samuel H.
Kress Foundation, and
the Art History Department at Boston University
Mon., Nov. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Haim Gitler (Israel Museum) and Oren Tal (Tel Aviv University)
"Early Economy and the Indigenous Coinages of Palestine"
Sponsored by the Society Historia Numorum and The Semitic Museum
A pre-lecture reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Space is limited. Please
RSVP by November 15
to SHN Secretary Jamie Knapp: jamie-knapp(a)comcast.net
Thurs., Dec. 4, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
Clemente Marconi (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)
"Temple B at Selinus and the Polychromy of Ancient Greek Architecture"
Reception to follow; free and open to the public
Mon., Dec. 8, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 1: "Rabbi Isaac Casaubon: A Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 2: "How Casaubon Read Jewish Texts"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wed., Dec. 10, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 3: "Casaubon and Baronio: Early Christianity in a Jewish
Setting"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Thurs., Dec. 11, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Isaac Casaubon: A Renaissance Hellenist Meets the Jews"
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Joanna Weinberg
(Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)
Lecture 4: "The Teller and the Tale: What Casaubon Learned from Jews"
Reception to follow lecture
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
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.