The Boston Area Classics Calendar for April 10, 2015
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Sun Apr 12: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New
England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in
the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given
at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art
Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins
Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can
be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Mon Apr 13: Kenneth Lapatin (J. Paul Getty Museum)
6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will be open for one hour.
Free parking available in Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
**Tue Apr 14; Wed, Apr 15; Thu Apr 16; Fri, Apr 17: Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
5 to 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY (see specific location below), Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lecture Series
(Tue) 1. In search of deceased senators: a contextual approach (Fong Auditorium, Boylston
Hall, Harvard Yard)
(Wed) 2. Reviving tradition in Hadrianic Rome: from incineration to inhumation (Harvard
Hall 202, Harvard Yard)
(Thu) 3. Family matters: the long life of Roman tombs (Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall,
Harvard Yard)
(Fri) 4. Straddling the borderline: divine connotations in funerary commemoration (0630
Deknatel Lecture Hall, Harvard Art Museums)
Wed Apr 15: Thomas Forrest Kelly, Professor of Music (Harvard University)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building E51-275, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/)
"Capturing Music: The Story of Medieval Notation"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Wed Apr 15: Ilan Sharon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
BRANDIES UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Room G03
"When did the Phoenicians begin their overseas ventures? Answers from Tel Dor”
The lecture is co-sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America Boston Society and the
Brandeis Department of Classical Studies, which will host a reception immediately after
the talk.
Thu Apr 16: Charles Stang (Harvard Divinity School)
7:30 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-Harvard
Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
“Mani and His Twin Companion"
*Thu Apr 16 and Fri Apr 17: Trading Places: Byzantium and the Mediterranean World in the
Later Middle Ages
HARVARD UNIVERSITY and First Church, Cambridge, MA 02138
The symposium includes a keynote lecture by David Abulafia (Cambridge University), three
multidisciplinary panels addressing the economic, artistic, and material contours of
medieval cultural exchange, presentations on recent work in the digital humanities, a
medieval coins and seals workshop, and a concert celebrating the rich musical heritage of
the medieval Mediterranean world. Please visit the conference website
(
http://tradingplacesconference.org) for a full description of events and to RSVP.
Fri Apr 17: Elizabeth M. Greene (University of Western Ontario)
4:30-6:00 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
"Soldiers' Families in the Military Communities of the Western Roman
Empire"
This presentation addresses the evidence for the presence and social role of women and
families in Roman military communities in the western Roman provinces.
Sat Apr 18: Under the Influence: Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean (Graduate Student
Symposium)
1 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for the Humanities, Room G03,
415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
Dedicated to Professor Leonard C. Muellner
Keynote Speaker: Professor Gregory Nagy
The Ancient Greek and Roman Studies M.A. Program at Brandeis University is accepting
papers until Friday, February 13 for its second annual Graduate Student Symposium
"Under the Influence: Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean."
Hosted By: The Ancient Greek and Roman Studies M.A. Program, Department of Classical
Studies, Brandeis University
Flyer:
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10915316_9181162148799…
Mon Apr 27: Eileen Joy (BABEL Working Group)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 202, Harvard Yard. Cambridge, MA 02138
"Pursuing a Vagabond, Promiscuous Humanities: The BABEL Project"
Medieval Studies Workshop
Mon Apr 27: Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin)
6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard. Cambridge, MA 02138
“The Warren Cup - Ancient or Modern? Problems of Method and Interpretation”
Tue Apr 28: Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
“The Paradigm of Textual Criticism: Its Use and Abuse in Classical Archaeology”
Wed Apr 29: Prof. Dr. Frank Ruehli, Director, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine
(University of Zurich)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 201, Harvard Yard. Cambridge, MA 02138
"Of mummies and skeletons: when the dead teach the living"
http://www.iem.uzh.ch/people/frankruehli.html
Fri May 1: (Keynote lecture at 8:00pm by Michael Ondaatje and Pico Iyer in Houghton
Chapel)
4:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Newhouse Center for Humanities, Green Hall, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA 02481
"House and Home: Theories, Texts, Metaphors," an interdisciplinary conference
featuring classicists, film scholars, architectural historians, and literary scholars
http://www.newhouse-center.org/lectures.php
Sat May 2: "House and Home: Theories, Texts, Metaphors"
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Collins Cinema, Wellesley, MA 02481
An interdisciplinary conference featuring classicists, film scholars, architectural
historians, and literary scholars.
http://www.newhouse-center.org/lectures.php
*Sun May 3 to Wed May 6: "Sacred Song in the Late Antique and Byzantine East:
Comparative Explorations"
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Petteruti Lounge, 75 Waterman St., Providence RI 02906
This workshop conference brings together scholars of Hebrew and Aramaic piyyutim, the
Greek kontakion and kanon, and Syriac madroshe and mimre in comparative discussion,
charting new ground for Jewish-Christian interaction in the eastern Mediterranean.
All events free and open to the public.
For further information or to register, email: Religious_Studies(a)brown.edu
Full schedule and program details are available at:
http://www.brown.edu/academics/religious-studies/node/215/sacred-song
Wed May 6: Arthur Bahr, Associate Professor of Literature (MIT)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building 14E-304, Cambridge, MA 02139
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
“Denouement: Speculating on Sir Gawain’s 'Endeles Knot'”
Sun May 10: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New
England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in
the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given
at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art
Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins
Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can
be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Sun Jun 14: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New
England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in
the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given
at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art
Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins
Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can
be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Mon Jul 13 to Sat Jul 18: Classical Association of New England Summer Institute at Brown
University
BROWN UNIVERSITY, TBA
A week-long experience for middle school, high school or college teachers of Latin, Greek,
English, History, or related disciplines, undergraduates, graduate students, and devoted
lifelong learners. The CANE Summer Institute provides an enriching educational experience
of a wide variety of mini-courses, lectures, workshops, and special events while also
offering ample opportunity for collegial interaction between participants.
Contact: CANE.Summer.Institute.2015(a)gmail.com
More information on lectures and courses at
http://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165
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