Boston Area Classics Calendar
February 2021
Simone Beta (Università di
Siena)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Mon., Feb. 22, 4 – 6 p.m.
Boston University, via Zoom
“Lysistrata’s voices: ten ways to translate an Aristophanic comedy”
Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_…
Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston
University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.e…
www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.…
Rebecca Futo Kennedy (Denison
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Feb. 23, 4 – 5 p.m.
Brandeis University, Via Zoom
"Athenian Immigration and Race"
www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__w…
classics@brandeis.edu<mailto:classics@brandeis.edu>
Sarah Eisen (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Feb. 25, 6 – 7:15 p.m.
Zoom/Virtual
"Developing a Synesthetic Approach to Classical Archaeology"
Methods and Practice in Classics
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-cla…
Contact: nherter@g.harvard.edu<mailto:nherter@g.harvard.edu>;
davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu<mailto:davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu>
March 2021
James Uden (Boston
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Mar. 1, 12 – 1 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Zoom)
Prof. Uden will discuss his recent book Spectres of Antiquity: Classical Literature and
the
Gothic<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.oup.c…299_aLJLANdWFH5N-2M&e=>,
1740-1830 (Oxford University Press, 2020).
This event is free and open to the public:
register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bostonu.zo…JMdd7JTnwEhOL0iuBSg&e=>.
sites.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sites.…
contact: Joseph Rezek (jrezek@bu.edu<mailto:jrezek@bu.edu>)
Patrick Geary (Institute for Advanced
Study)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Mon., Mar. 1, 5:15 p.m.
(MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) Zoom
"The Challenges and Dangers of Genetic History"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zo…
required.
MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
mit.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zo…
[Patrick Geary (Institute for Advanced Study)]
Ella Kirsh and Oliver Coulson (both of Brown
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 3, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Zoom
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required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
Adrienne Mayor (Stanford
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 4, 5 – 6 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST (Zoom)
"Gods and Robots: Imagining Artificial Life in Antiquity"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.g…
is free but required to receive the Zoom link. This event is sponsored by the UMass
Amherst Department of Classics.
docs.google.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__do…
Debbie Felton
Richard F. Thomas (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 10, 4 – 6 p.m.
Zoom. Registration required.
“Viktor Pöschl’s Virgil and Fascist Aesthetics”
co-hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Seminar Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
Registration<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/viktor-p%C…
required. Pre-circulated paper available after completing registration.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical
Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditio…
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harva…
[Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University)]
Allison Emmerson (Tulane
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 11, 4 – 5 p.m.
Brandeis University, Via Zoom
"Another Man's Treasure? The Life and Afterlife of Pompeii's Waste"
www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__w…
classics@brandeis.edu<mailto:classics@brandeis.edu>
Roger Travis Jr. (University of
Connecticut)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calen…
Thu., Mar. 11, 6 – 7:15 p.m.
Zoom. Registration required.
"The Rise of Red Skull as Homeric oimē: Towards a Comparative Ludics of Fantasy
Flight's Living Card Game(tm)."
Registration
required<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_…py11PL8cVj_2o4Io96A&e=>.
Methods and Practice in Classics
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-cla…
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
contact: nherter@g.harvard.edu<mailto:nherter@g.harvard.edu>,
davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu<mailto:davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu>
CANE Virtual Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., Mar. 13
CANE - remote via Zoom
This two-day meeting on consecutive Saturdays (March 13 and 20) features many panels and
workshops related to the discipline of classics, with focus on social justice and
innovative pedagogy. The cost is $40.
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
president@caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org>
Matthew Christ (Indiana
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Mar. 15, 4 – 6 p.m.
Boston University, via Zoom
Discussion of Chapter 6 (~ Anabasis) of Matthew Christ's new book on Xenophon and the
Athenian Democracy: The Education of an Elite Citizenry
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Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston
University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.e…
www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.…
Hannelore Segers (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 17, 6 – 7 p.m.
Zoom
"Maronem mutatum in melius: The origins of Late Antique biblical poetry"
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required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
CANE Virtual Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., Mar. 20
CANE - remote via Zoom
This two-day meeting on consecutive Saturdays (March 13 and 20) features many panels and
workshops related to the discipline of classics, with focus on social justice and
innovative pedagogy. The cost is $40.
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
president@caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org>
Denis Feeney (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Zoom, hosted by Brown University
Classics Annual Putnam Lecture - “In and Out of Virgil’s Labyrinths”
events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__e…
[Denis Feeney (Princeton University)]
Lecture: Lisa Raphals (UC
Riverside)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Wed., Mar. 24
Zoom
Lecture, Wednesday, March 24, TBA
Workshop, Thursday, March 25, 3–5:45 p.m. Part of the Ancient Studies graduate-student
seminar: ANCSTD 201. “Oracles and Divination in the Ancient Mediterranean”
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
Workshop: Lisa Raphals (UC
Riverside)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Thu., Mar. 25, 3 – 5:45 p.m.
Zoom
Lecture, Wednesday, March 24, TBA
Workshop, Thursday, March 25, 3–5:45 p.m. Part of the Ancient Studies graduate-student
seminar: ANCSTD 201. “Oracles and Divination in the Ancient Mediterranean”
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
Joshua Billings (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 25, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Zoom<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com…
"Debating sophia"
Methods and Practice in Classics
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-cla…
Contact: davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu<mailto:davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu>
Jeremy Mynott (Cambridge / Cambridge University
Press)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Fri., Mar. 26, 4 – 5 p.m.
Zoom TBA
A lecture on birds in the Greco-Roman world by Dr Jeremy Mynott
(
jeremymynott.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__jer…)9oR765kY0FnVSbYLRE&e=>).
Zoom registration TBA
zainaldin@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:zainaldin@fas.harvard.edu>
April 2021
John Duffy (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 14, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
"The Man and the Mask: Michael Psellos on the Περὶ ἑρμηνείας of Aristotle"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.…
required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
41st Medieval and Renaissance
Forum<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Fri., Apr. 16 – Sat., Apr. 17
Virtual Event (organized by Keene State College)
"Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance"
Please submit abstracts and full contact information on this Google
form<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdq…0suRapctlKb8_3WWWm8&e=>.
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021; presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
John Mulhall (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m.
Zoom
TBA
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.…
required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
July 2021
Classical Association of New England Summer
Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 &
Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22
Zoom
On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World”
The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2
weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22.
graduate credit available
For more information and registration details, go to
www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.…
Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at
summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
Amanda Loud (summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>)
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