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Wed., Feb. 20
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Kates Room, 201 Warren House, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackie Elliott (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Re-centering Rome: cosmology, divine intervention, and the operation
of the natural world in Ennius' poetic history"
Wed., Feb. 20
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 41 Wyllys Room 112, Middletown, CT
Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School)
"What Can Ancient Greece Teach Us About Contemporary Institutional Design?"
Cosponsored by the Allbritton Center for Public Life and the
Department of Classical Studies
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski
(dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics
**Wed., Feb. 20
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Jewett Arts Center 450, 106 Central Street,
Wellesley, MA 02481
Bryan Burns (Wellesley College)
"New Excavations in Central Greece: Reconstructing the History of Ancient
Eleon"
This lecture is presented in conjunction with the current exhibit of
Greek and Roman art at the Davis Museum, "Festina lente: Conserving
Antiquity."
*Wed., Feb. 20
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
MIT, New MediaLab Building, E14-633, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge 02139
Gregory Crane (Tufts University, Perseus Project)
"Automated Methods, Human Understanding, and Digital Libraries of Babel"
Sponsored by Literature, Ancient and Medieval Studies, Comparative
Media Studies, and the HyperStudio. For more information visit:
http://cms.mit.edu/events/specialevents.php#022013.
*Wed., Feb. 20
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.,
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), Cambridge, MA 02138
Noah Feldman (Harvard Law School)
"The Politics of Islamic Cultures in the Wake of the Arab Spring"
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Cultural Politics:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
(
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/8241)
This event is open to the public.
*Thurs., Feb. 21
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, List 110, 64 College Street, Providence, RI 02906
Graham Oliver (University of Liverpool)
"The New Economies of Ancient Athens: financial and institutional
change
in the Hellenistic polis"
*Thurs., Feb. 21
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the
Andover-Harvard Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA
02138
Annewies van den Hoek (Harvard Divinity School)
"Divine Twins or Saintly Twins: The Dioscuri in an Early Christian Context"
*Thurs. & Fri., Feb. 28 & Mar. 3
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200, Boston, MA 02215
Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond: An
interdisciplinary conference in medieval studies
This 2-day international conference brings together scholars in
literature, theology, law, art history, history, and musicology, to
examine the practices and values attached to the human voice in
medieval cultures. The topic of voice and voicelessness engages with
issues of law and representation; theology and embodiment; historicist
models of subjectivity; the poetics and esthetics of marginality; and
the linguistic dynamics of intercultural encounter. The conference
seeks a common ground for interdisciplinary dialogue by examining how
distinct areas of scholarly endeavor approach a problem of universal
resonance but elusive definition. To support the project's commitment
to fostering dialogue, paper abstracts and selected passages from
works to be discussed will be available online shortly in advance of
the conference event.
For the complete program, see
www.bu.edu/medieval/voice.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information,
please contact kleiman(a)bu.edu
Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities; the BU
Center for the Study of Europe; the BU Departments of English,
History, and Romance Studies; the BU Italian Interdisciplinary Fund;
and by the Institut universitaire de France.
Thurs., Feb. 28
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, 50 College Street, South
Hadley, MA 01075
John Clarke (University of Texas, Austin)
"Archaeology and the Digital Humanities: Going Hi-Tech with the
Ancient Roman Villa at Oplontis (50 BC-AD 79)"
Sponsored by the Amy M. Sacker Fund, Department of Art and Art History
*Tues., Mar. 5
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
Eva Stehle (University of Maryland)
"The Ninnion Pinax: A Woman's View of the Eleusinian Mysteries"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies
*Tues., Mar. 5
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02906
Manuela Mari (University of Cassino)
"Preserving or forging the past? Delphic monuments and 'documents' in
ancient literature"
Tues., Mar. 5
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Susan McIntosh (Rice University)
"Mali’s Disappearing Archaeological Heritage: Is There a Solution?"
Harvard’s Standing Committee on Archaeology
Reception with refreshments and appetizers will follow in Ticknor
Lounge, Boylston Hall
*Wed., Mar. 6
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Jeff Beneker (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Title: TBA
*Wed., Mar. 6
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Science Center 377, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
Lynne Lancaster (Ohio University)
"Technological Innovation in Imperial Rome: What Can Ancient Concrete
Tell Us about Roman Society?"
Cosponsored by the Departments of Art and Physics
Prof. Lancaster will trace the role that the introduction of concrete
had on the development of imperial architecture in Rome, from 80 – 305
AD. Her examination emphasizes the particular building methods
relating to concrete vaulting that were developed to allow the
builders to construct larger and more complex structures.
*Wed., Mar. 6
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Science Center, Hall A, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Elaine Sullivan (Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA, Project
Coordinator for the Digital Karnak Project)
"The Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 2000 Years of Rituals and Renovations in 3D"
Famous for its hypostyle hall and its sphinx-lined processional,
Amun-Ra’s temple at Karnak is one of the largest, most spectacular
archaeological sites in Egypt. Newly developed reconstructions using
3D virtual reality show the different architectural phases of the
temple complex in four dimensions, moving forward and back through
time, allowing us to visualize and understand each phase of the
temple’s history. Dr. Sullivan will lead the audience through a
virtual tour of the temple, clarifying the historical, political, and
social developments in Thebes and the Egyptian state.
A Free public lecture sponsored by the Harvard Standing Committee on
Archaeology, and the Harvard Semitic Museum.
Thurs., Mar. 7
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Mount Holyoke College, Gamble Auditorium, 50 College Street, South
Hadley, MA 01075
Lynne Lancaster (Ohio University)
"Out of Africa: How Roman Olive Oil Production Created Architectural
Innovation"
Abstract:
http://aiawesternmass.org/uploads/2/8/9/2/2892512/lancaster_abstract.doc
AIA Lecture Hosted by the Mount Holyoke College Classics Department
Thurs., Mar. 7
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Jane DeRose Evans (Temple University)
"Kings, Emperors, Gods: What Coins Tell Us about Sardis"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Coins from the reign of Croesus to that of the Byzantine emperor
Michael VIII Paleologos have been found in the modern excavations of
Sardis, in Turkey. We will explore what images the changing dynasties
at Sardis put on their coins, and why we find coins in the ruins of
many different buildings, such as the ancient temple of Diana, the
synagogue, the Imperial Temple, the theater, and the houses of Sardis.
For more information, visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/kings-emperors-gods-what-coins-te…
*Thurs., Mar. 7
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Brooke Holmes (Princeton University)
"Michael Serres' Nonmodern Lucretius and the Temporality of Reception"
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Classical Traditions
**Thurs., Mar. 14
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Pendleton Hall West 212, 106 Central Street,
Wellesley, MA 02481
Vassilis Aravantinos (Greek Ministry of Culture) and Margherita
Bonanno Aravantinos (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
"The Herakles Sanctuary at Thebes: Discovery of a Hero’s Cult in the
City of His Birth"
This lecture is presented in conjunction with the current exhibit of
Greek and Roman art at the Davis Museum, "Festina lente: Conserving
Antiquity."
Thurs., Mar. 14
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Nicholas D. Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Sardis Biennial Lecture: "New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey"
In the last two years, archaeological research by the Harvard-Cornell
expedition at Sardis, in western Turkey, has produced a wealth of
surprising discoveries. This lecture will present these new findings,
including excavation in the area believed to be the palace of Croesus
and of his predecessors, the wealthiest kings of the 7th and 6th
centuries BC. New analyses of the world’s first coins, minted at
Sardis, force us to reconsider the origin of coinage, and excavations
in the Hellenistic and Roman temple of Artemis—the fourth-largest
Ionic temple in the world—reveal previously unsuspected phases in the
history of this fascinating building. For more information visit our
website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar
*Fri. & Sat., Mar. 15 & 16
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
A symposium at Harvard Divinity School
"How Bodies Matter: The Intersection of Science, Religion, and the
Humanities in the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Organizers: Laura Nasrallah (Harvard Divinity School); Steven J.
Friesen, (University of Texas Austin)
Assisting contact Person: Mara Block (Harvard University), mara.block(a)gmail.com
Funded by the Battelle Memorial Institute
Website:
http://isites.harvard.edu/k93310
*Fri. & Sat., Mar. 15 & 16
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island
Hall, Room 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeologies of Greece: Big Questions, Next Directions. State of the Field 2013
A two-day conference that considers some of the big questions
currently confronting archaeological research in Greece, and aims to
discuss potential ways forward.
Keynote Lecture on Friday, 3/15 at 5:30: Vassilis Aravantinos
(Honorary Director of Antiquities, Thebes) - “Archaeologies of Greece:
Past, Present and Future. The Case of Thebes."
Sessions on Saturday, 3/16 at 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. Full schedule at
http://proteus.brown.edu/stateofthefield2013. Sponsored by the
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology.
*Sun., Mar. 17
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Alfond Auditorium, Boston, MA 02115
Elizabeth Bolman (Tyler School of Art, Temple University)
Estelle Shoet Brettman Memorial Lecture
"The Red Monastery Church and the Angelic Life in Christian Upper Egypt"
Dr. Bolman will speak about one of the most remarkable, recently
conserved monuments of late antique Christian Egypt, and show a film
about the campaign to clean the frescoes of this monastic church,
which was on the endangered list of the World Monuments Fund.
Free tickets for the lecture are required and will be available at any
MFA ticket desk on the day of the event.
*Mon., Apr. 8
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith Buonnao 106, 95 Cushing Street, Providence, RI 02906
Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University)
Forty-Seventh Annual Charles Alexander Robinson Lecture
"Apuleius the Provincial"
There is wide agreement that the rise of the modern novel has
something to do with the idea of the 'provincial' - a way of life, a
style, a representation of space and national identity, a mediation
between centers and peripheries. The novel of Apuleius, The
Metamorphoses, is a rare example of a work from Classical antiquity
that develops an approach to a 'provincial' identity, and addresses
the relationship between centers and provinces (a concept different
from 'margins' or 'peripheries'). In this respect, the Latin novel of
Apuleius is one of the very few texts that can be assessed as
'Imperial literature' in a sense that goes beyond mere periodization
or chronology.
Thurs., Apr. 11
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 675
Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Morag Kersel (DePaul University)
"The Lure of the Relic: Collecting the Holy Land"
This lecture examines the collecting of archaeological artifacts from
the Holy Land, the effect of this activity on the archaeological
landscape, and the biographies of objects within the antiquities
trade.
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University.
Apr. 15, 16, 18, 19
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Griffith (University of California, Berkeley)
Jackson Lecture Series: "Music and Difference in Ancient Greece"
Apr. 15th: "Doing (different) things with music"
Apr. 16th: "Whose music? Local, ethnic, and class distinctions"
Apr. 18th: "The gender of music"
Apr. 19th: "Human musicality and the origins of species"
Mon., Apr. 22
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room, 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jan Bremmer (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
"Did the Ancient Mysteries Influence Early Christianity?"
*Wed., Apr. 24
YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT 06511
New England Ancient History Colloquium, Spring 2013 Meeting
Roberta Stewart (Dartmouth College) will make available for discussion
her paper "Priesthoods, Emperors, and Coins." William Metcalf (Yale
University) will do the commentary. For further information contact
Allen Ward <allen.m.ward(a)att.net>et>.
Fri., Apr. 26
4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall (first floor, School of Law), 765
Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference. Theme: "Imagining Roman Power"
Speakers: Emma Dench (Harvard University), Zsuzsanna Várhelyi (Boston
University), Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University)
Titles TBA
Dinner to follow the conference. INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Contact
Stacy Fox, Dept of Classical Studies, Boston University, sfox(a)bu.edu /
617-353-2427.
**Fri., Apr. 26
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College)
Title TBA
Loeb Lecture
*Mon. Apr. 29
4pm to 5:30pm
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower Library, Robinson Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Andrew Laird (University of Warwick)
"The Renaissance in Mexico"
Harvard Early Modern Colloquium
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