Boston Area Classics Calendar
March 2018
Classics Graduate Student
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Sat., Mar. 24, 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Local and global: The literary landscape and the politics of place in the
Hellenistic world"
Keynote speaker: John Ma (Columbia University): "The Achaimenid Origins of
Hellenistic Literature"
Graduate speakers will be presenting their research on a range of topics, from Apollonius
of Rhodes' Argonautica and Eratosthenes' Geographica to the Lindian Chronicle
and Hellenistic Palestine.
Conference schedule
9:30-10:00 Coffee and pastries
10:00-12:00 Morning panel
12:00-2:00 Lunch in the Classics Department (Boylston Hall, 2nd floor )
2:00-3:30 Keynote talk by John Ma
3:30-4:00 Coffee and tea
4:00-6:00 Afternoon panel
For more information, contact Alex Schultz
(alexandraschultz@g.harvard.edu<mailto:alexandraschultz@g.harvard.edu>) and James
Zainaldin (zainaldin@g.harvard.edu<mailto:zainaldin@g.harvard.edu>).
Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference
[Classics Graduate Student Conference]
*Alex Walthall (University of Texas at
Austin)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Tue., Mar. 27, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Life on the Edge of a Hellenistic City: Recent Excavations at Morgantina
(Sicily)"
Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Archaeology and the Department of the Classics
Standing Committee on Archaeology: Harvard
University<https://archaeology.harvard.edu/>
Mark Abbe (University of
Georgia)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Wed., Mar. 28, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski Earth Sciences Building, Paino Lecture Hall, 81 Dickinson
St, Amherst, MA 01002
"Mimesis and More: The Polychromy of Greek and Roman Marble Portraits"
Today the "realism" of the white marble portraits that survive from Greek and
Roman antiquity is frequently associated with their highly detailed physiognomy and
apparent specificity, which suggest a relationship to an individual subject. In antiquity,
of course, the engaging and often arresting appearance of these sculpted images was
defined in so small part by their nuanced lifelike painting and rich polychrome detailing.
Although now most of the painting and other forms of polychromy that defined these images
in antiquity is lost to us, detailed examination increasingly allows us to glimpse
vestiges of ancient polychromy and thereby how the visual language of portraits was
defined not by form alone but in combination styles of coloration varying from lifelike
naturalism to sumptuous radiance. This talk presents case studies of marble portraits -
royal, imperial, and private - with extant polychromy that, upon close examination,
elucidate the definition and meanings of their subjects in antiquity.
Tom Martin (College of the Holy
Cross)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Wed., Mar. 28, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall rm. 114, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
"The Worst Day in the History of Athens: Cognitive Dissonance and the Deification of
Demetrius Poliorcetes in 307 BCE"
ase.tufts.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ase.…
New England Ancient History
Colloquium<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Thu., Mar. 29, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Willits-Hallowell Center, 26 Park St, South Hadley, MA
01075
Joseph McAlhany of the Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, is offering his paper, "One Head
Is Better than Three: Varro's So-Called Trikaranos." for discussion. Britta Ager
of the Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, will provide the commentary' Registration and
libations 5:30 -6:30, dinner 6;30-7:30, comment and discussion, 7:30-9:30. More
information:<allen.m.ward@att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net>>.
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Marcus Folch (Columbia
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Mar. 30, 4 - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Political Prisoners in Democratic Athens"
GSAS Workshop "Cultural Politics in Greece and Rome"
April 2018
Nathanael Aschenbrenner (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 2, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Byzantine Studies Colloquium
Joseph Nagy (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Apr. 6, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Some lonely Indo-European fathers, sons, and brothers in myth"
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics"
*Marco Formisano (University of
Ghent)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Mon., Apr. 9, 4 - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215
"Seeing Double: The Contemporary and the Immemorial in Claudian and Colluthus"
The Study Group on Myth and Religion in the Ancient World is sponsored by the BU Center
for the Humanities
Carolyn J. Dewald (Bard
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 12, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Eaton Hall rm. 201, 5 The Green, Medford, MA 02155
"Herodotus Is Not From Here: History Looking In a Different Direction"
ase.tufts.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ase.…
*Tony Stewart (Vanderbilt
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 12, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"Mapping The Bengali Imaginaire: Fictional Encounters Of Hindu & Muslim
Worlds"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
[Tony Stewart (Vanderbilt University)]
Stephen Kidd (Brown
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 16, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Paidia: The Concept of Play in Ancient Greece"
brown.academia.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__…
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar:
Ludics<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/ludics>
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu.<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Brent Vine
(
UCLA)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Tue., Apr. 17
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Latin edepol 'by Pollux!': Background of a Latin adverbium
iurativum"
James Loeb Lecture
Nathan Sivin
(
UPenn)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Wed., Apr. 18, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference Than Others"
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
Victoria Wohl (University of
Toronto)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 19, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138
Topic: The politics of the Presocratics
GSAS Workshop "Cultural Politics in Greece and Rome"
*Boston Area Roman Studies
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 20, 3:30 - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
02155
"Religion and Relationships in the Poetry of Catullus"
Time: 3:30-6:45pm, dinner to follow at 7:30pm.
Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must pre-register. The
dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with school ID) and the registration
deadline (for dinner only) is April 12, 2018. To register for the conference, click here
(
www.bu.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.e…)
Below is the program for the 2018 Conference.
Leah Kronenberg, Boston University
'In Praise of Diana? Catullus 34 and the Diana of Valerius Cato'
Christopher Polt, Boston College
'Broken Hymenaeus and Priapic Pontifex: Ritual Subversion and Restoration in Catullus
17'
William Fitzgerald, King's College, London
'Catullus: Our Roman or False Friend?'
Boston Area Roman Studies
Conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.e…
John Zaleski (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Apr. 24, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Byzantine Studies Colloquium
Charles Bartlett (Duke
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 26, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Professionalization, politics, and the ius fetiale at Rome: tradition and
technicalities"
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi (Stanford
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 26, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"Choreographing Amorous Bodies"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
[Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi (Stanford University)]
Sophocles'
Antigone<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Sun., Apr. 29, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Stadium, 79 N Harvard St, Allston, MA 02134
The Harvard Classics Club presents a new, original translation of Sophocles'
Antigone. There will be a reception at the Allston Ed Portal after the performance. No
cost for admission; all are welcome!
[Sophocles' Antigone]
May 2018
Leah Whittington (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., May 7, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBD
GSAS Workshop "Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and
Beyond"
Paul Cartledge (University of
Cambridge)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Mon., May 21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of Cartledge's book,
Democracy<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.ou…V3zKv8vYeGqh-n5NiI4&e=>.
Featuring Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College) and Danielle Allen (Harvard University).
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