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Thu, Mar 13: H. A. Shapiro (Johns Hopkins University)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 161 Presidents Drive, Campus Center, Amherst Room
(10th floor), Amherst, MA 01002
"Orientalism and Greek Identity on a Masterpiece of Athenian Vase-Painting"
Tenth Annual David Grose Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Charles Grose and the UMass
Department of Classics. The event is open to the public.
Thu, Mar 13: Eurydice Georganteli (Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow, Harvard
University)
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Byzantine Money: The Politics and Aesthetics of a World Currency"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
When the Roman Empire’s capital moved from Rome to Constantinople in 330 CE, Europe’s
political and economic center shifted. The coinage produced in the new imperial capital,
and in cities across what was to become the Byzantine Empire, defined the society,
politics, economic practices, and art in medieval Europe and beyond. This lecture, drawn
from Harvard’s outstanding collections of coins and seals, explores Byzantine money as one
of the most enduring world currencies.
Reception to follow lecture. Free admission. Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7
Felton Street.
To honor the memory of renowned numismatist and scholar Leo Mildenberg (1912–2001) and his
years of friendship with Harvard University, a fund was established by his friends and
colleagues and endowed in 2005 by his wife, Ilse Mildenberg-Seehausen.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/byzantine-money-politics-and-aest…
Thu, Mar 13: Joel Christensen (University of Texas, San Antonio)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
"'No other Odysseus will ever return': Clinical, Mythical, and personal
Odysseys"
This talk examines the Odyssey from three perspectives: its therapeutic treatment of fate
and free will; the mythical patterning that illustrates how the stories we tell create our
identities; and the echoes of the epic's warnings about the dangers of narrative in
Breaking Bad and the novel Infinite Jest. These interconnected themes shed light on the
continued relevance of Homeric epic and the final object of literary reception, the
cultural and personal self.
Distinguished Martin Weiner Lecture. Free and Open to the Public. For more information or
directions, please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga
Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu).
*Thu, Mar 20: Thomas Heffernan (Tennessee)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
"The Prison Memoir of a Roman Christian Martyr: Perpetua's Story"
http://events.brown.edu/events/cal/CAL-00147cc4-44917c91-0144-92b309d0-0000…
*Wed, Mar 26: Peter Meineck (NYU)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT
"The Face of Ancient Drama: Emotion, Empathy and the Masks of Greek Theatre"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information, please contact Debbie
Sierpinski.
*Thu, Mar 27: Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Andover Hall, Sperry Room 116, 45 Frances Avenue, Cambridge MA
02138
"Philo Between Rome, Alexandria, and Jerusalem"
Presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Harvard
Divinity School, and The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cjs/PDF/MarenNiehoff_March27.pdf
*Sat, Mar 29: Harvard Graduate Student Conference
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Twists of Fate: coincidence, accident and chance in the ancient world"
Keynote Speaker: Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
“Aristotle on Lucky People”
A graduate student conference sponsored by Harvard University’s Department of the
Classics
For more information, contact harvardcoincidence(a)gmail.com.
*Sat, Mar 29: BU Research Seminar
1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Room B36, Boston,
MA 02215
Michael Haslam (UCLA) "Paragraphing Homer: A bad practice?"
Neel Smith (Holy Cross) TBA
Peter Kotiuga (BU) "Venetus A, editio princeps, and Martin West"
Jeremy Fischer (BU) "Spondanus and George Chapman"
Erickson Bridges (BU) "George Chapman and Alexander Pope"
Sydney Shea (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Stanley Lombardo"
Dylan Drolette (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Richard Martin"
Funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University's
Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Classical Studies.
Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
"Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean"
Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in Afghanistan, and
European settlers seized by natives have long served to explore distinctions and establish
differences of cultural identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor
Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter,
Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance, continued to
portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way
in which literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive impostors in the
works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities.
This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and Prejudice:
Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please contact Heidi
McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the
graduate student organizers: Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse
(grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu).
Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories"
Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture
Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard
5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens" by
Graam Oliver (Brown University)
Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College)
Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to 9/9:30.
Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton University)
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival
4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson Hall, Room 210
4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210
4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113
4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210
Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant to Citizen
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor,
Boston, MA 02215
Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus"
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls"
James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Quintilian,
Juvenal"
http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere…
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