Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #10 (11/11/05)
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*Fri., Nov. 11, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith Buonanno 106, Providence, RI
Charlotte Roueche (King's College London)
"Digitising Aphrodisias"
For further information, contact John_Bodel(a)brown.edu
*Sat., Nov. 12 - Sun., Nov. 13
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Graduate Center, Tower E, 92 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI
Digital Epigraphy Workshop, "Markup for Museums: Scripts, Artefacts,
and XML"
Details and full schedule at
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/epigraphy/
epigraphy%20workshop.htm
For further information, contact John_Bodel(a)brown.edu
Tues., Nov. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Edward Cohen (University of Pennsylvania)
"Wealthy and Powerful Slaves at Athens: Juridical Theory and Economic
Reality"
Tues. Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv University)
"The Babylonian Period in the Archaeology of Palestine: A Regional
Approach"
Reception at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, at 6:15 p.m.
For more information contact Dena Davis at 617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu
Wed., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA
"Virgil and History"
Michael Putnam, (Brown University)
Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Wed., Nov. 16, 6:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Sharon Salvadori (John Cabot University, Rome)
"The Early Christian Orant: The Remaking of a Female Image in Late
Antique Rome"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
Co-sponsored by the International Catacomb Society, the Boston Society
of the
Archaeological Institute of America, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Thurs., Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Eran Lupu (George Washington University)
"The Hellenization of Palestine: An Epigraphic Perpective"
Thurs., Nov 17, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street,
Pollack Auditorium, Waltham, MA
A Jennifer Eastman Lecture
Judith P. Hallett (University of Maryland)
"Roman Sexualities: Women in Ancient Rome -- Their Image, Reality, and
Influence"
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)
The lecture is free and open to all inside and outside the Brandeis
community
Thurs. Nov. 17, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Institute for Archaeology, 70 Waterman St.,
Providence, RI
Catherine Kiessling (Georgetown University)
"Portraits in Ancient Greece: An Alternative History"
Fri., Nov. 18, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 745 Commonwealth
Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA
Marcel Widzisz (Boston University)
"Agonistic Temporal Framing: Case Studies from Homer to the 4th Century"
For the pre-circulated paper, contact Sal at salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Mon., Nov. 28, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street,
Providence, RI
Maurice Rehn (Stanford University)
"Antigone and Family Values"
Tues., Nov. 29, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 114, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Emma Dench (Harvard University and Birkbeck College, University of
London)
"Writing the Roman Republican Past: Narratives of Roman
'Imperialism'"
Mon., Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst, MA
"The Barberini Faun and Hellenistic Royal Fantasy"
Jean Sorabella (Adelphi University)
Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Mon., Dec. 12, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Mark Schiefsky (Harvard University)
"Machines and Morals: Technology and its Uses in Ancient Medicine"
Mon., Mar. 13, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Philip Hardie (University of Oxford)
"Virgil's Lucretian Visions"
Mon., Apr. 10, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst, MA
"Life and Death in Roman Dura-Europus"
Simon James, (University of Leicester)
Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Sponsored by the Department of 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.