The Boston Area Classics Calendar for October 28, 2016
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry
John C. Rouman Research Symposium: Political Thought and Political Engagement in the Roman
Empire
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons, 75 Main Street, Durham, NH
03824
Sat., Oct. 29, 2016, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Contact: Harriet Fertik (harriet.fertik@unh.edu<mailto:harriet.fertik@unh.edu>)
More info:
cola.unh.edu…<http://cola.unh.edu/chi/event/john-c-rouman-research-sympo…
Joel Christensen (Brandeis University)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South
Street,Waltham, MA 02453
Wed., Nov. 2, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
"Singing the Klea Andrôn: Paradigmatic and Narrative Modes in Ancient Leadership”
Co-sponsored by Departments of Business, English, Linguistics, and Psychology.
Directions to Event:
www.brandeis.edu…<http://www.brandeis.edu/about/visiting/map.html>
*Martin Revermann (University of Toronto)
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall)
Thu., Nov. 3, 2016, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
"Heroism and Model Book: Aspects of Brecht's Antigone Project"
Co-Sponsored by the Eastman and Lamont Funds, Departments of Classics, German and Theater
and Dance at Amherst College, and the Five College Seminar in Classics.
Francesco de Angelis (Columbia University)
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall Room 120, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
Thu., Nov. 3, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.
"New Perspectives on Hadrian’s Villa: A Report on Columbia University’s Recent
Excavations”
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America Boston Society and the Wellesley
Department of Classical Studies. For parking information, please see
web.wellesley.edu…<http://web.wellesley.edu/map/>
**Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (Johns Hopkins University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center 114 (Kresge Foundation Room), 12 Quincy St, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, 4 – 6 p.m.
"Soundscapes: Formulating Methodological Approaches to Attic and Non-Attic
Vase-Painting”
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Allesandro Naso (Università Federico II a Napoli); Gretchen Meyers (Franklin and Marshall
University)
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Campus Center, 10th floor, 1 Campus Center Way,
Amherst, MA 10003
Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
Colloquium on Poggio Civitate: A Half-Century of Discovery
"The Lords of Poggio Civitate: Archaeology and Power in Early Etruria"
"It's Not All About Him: The Archaeology of Gender at Poggio Civitate"
Free and open to the public. Reception follows.
Sponsored by the UMass Dept. of Classics, College of Humanities and Fine Arts and the
Etruscan Foundation
For more information, contact Tony Tuck
(atuck@classics.umass.edu<mailto:atuck@classics.umass.edu>)
Ben Fortson (University of Michigan)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 105, Cambridge, MA 02138
Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m.
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”
Imagine No Religion: A Discussion with Carlin Barton and Daniel Boyarin
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religion,
42 Francis Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Nov. 7, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
“Religion” is widely recognized as a modern Western category. What emerges if we refuse
to force cultures into its distorting frame? Join Carlin Barton and Daniel Boyarin as
they present one way to perceive the cultural complexities that are obscured when words
like religio and thrêskeia are mistranslated “religion.” Their new book, Imagine No
Religion: How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities, contains nuanced readings of
writings by people we call "Jews, Christians, and Pagans," and offers startling
insights about the myriad meanings of these words and their worlds.
Sponsored by Early Christianity/New Testament Faculty and the Office of Academic Affairs
at Harvard Divinity School.
Joseph Howley (Columbia University)
MIT, Building 14E, Room 304
whereis.mit.edu<http://whereis.mit.edu/>
Mon., Nov. 7, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m.
“Setting (and binding) the table: Ancient Roman paratext in the age of print”
Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Verity Platt (Cornell University)
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
Fri., Nov. 11, 2016, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
"Of Sponges and Stones: Matter and Ornament in Roman Painting"
More info:
www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.…
Donna Zuckerberg (Paideia Institute)
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
"Arms and the Manosphere"
More info:
www.brown.edu…<https://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.…
Joel Christensen (Brandeis University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
"The Therapy of Oblivion: The Odyssey’s Open End"
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Christina Skelton (Harvard University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 303, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Nov. 17, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m.
Title TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”
43rd New England Medieval Conference
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Haldeman Hall, Room 041, Hanover NH 03755
Sat., Nov. 19, 2016, 9 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
"Lives and Afterlives in the Middle Ages"
The program will explore the theme “Lives and Afterlives in the Middle Ages.”
Keynote by Paul Freedman (Yale University)
Program and registration:
newenglandmedieval.org…<https://newenglandmedieval.org/upcoming/>g/>.
More info: nemc.2016@dartmouth.edu<mailto:nemc.2016@dartmouth.edu>.
Rafael Pascual (Harvard University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 335, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Nov. 21, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m.
Title TBA
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”
Dariusz Piwowarczyk (Jagiellonian University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Yard, Boylston Hall 105, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Dec. 7, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m.
Title TBA
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5 p.m.
TBA
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Hellenistic Sardis Project
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017
TBA
Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m.
TBA
Paolo Visoná (University of Kentucky)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m.
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Title: TBA on Carthaginian Coins
Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture
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