Boston Area Classics Calendar
"The Laic Archaic" featuring Daniel
Lavery<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Wed., Mar. 9, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Zoom
Daniel Lavery is the author of “Something That May Shock and Discredit You,” “The Merry
Spinster,” and “Texts From Jane Eyre.” He is the co-founder of “The Toast” and the
proprietor of the Chatner newsletter; formerly the Dear Prudence advice columnist at
Slate. He will be reading from some of his published writings, particularly on Sappho and
Catullus, and then discussing with Prof. Johanna Hanink how his work has been informed by
his “amateur enthusiasm for Classics.”
Registration is required for this event.
brown.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__brow…
Patrick Finglass (University of
Bristol)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Fri., Mar. 18, 4:30 – 6:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS B18, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Topic TBA
Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities
Boston University: Myth & Religion In The Ancient
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Patrick Finglass (University of
Bristol)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Mon., Mar. 21, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Towards a new edition of Sappho: ordering the fragments of Book 1"
Book 1 of the ancient edition of Sappho consisted of all her poems in the sapphic metre.
We have quite a lot of evidence for this book (at least, compared to our evidence for all
her other books), and this paper looks at one important aspect of it in particular: the
order of the poems which it contained. It considers the question under two related
headings. First, how much do we actually know about the ordering? For instance, how sure
can we be that the famous ‘Ode to Aphrodite’ poem came first in the edition? (Surer than
is currently realised, it turns out.) Apart from that first poem, was alphabetical order
the rule, or were there further exceptions – and if so, on what basis, and to what effect?
Second, how should modern editors approach the issue of how to order the fragments? A
modern vulgate order has become established over the past century, and all other things
being equal, it is better not to disturb such an ordering without good reason – but are
all other things equal, and might there now be a good reason? Or to put it another way,
what could a better ordering of the fragments achieve? And if we do reorder, what do we do
with the fragments which cannot be firmly placed in any particular location within the
book? By considering these points, both theoretical and practical, we can (it is hoped)
become more attuned to the editorial shaping of the most-read book of the most-read female
writer in antiquity, and thus, perhaps, become better readers of the Sappho known to so
many generations across so many centuries throughout the ancient world.
Andrew Bauer (Stanford
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Mar. 22, 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Lecture: TBA
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
April 2022
Aurelio Conference in Honor of Jeffrey
Henderson<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Fri., Apr. 1, 2 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA
Join us at Boston University on Friday, April 1 at 2PM for a celebration of Prof. Jeffrey
Henderson, who will be retiring at the end of the semester from his position as the
William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature. We will celebrate
Prof. Henderson's career and influence with papers by four distinguished scholars of
Greek literature, followed by a reception and dinner in Jeff's honor. All invited.
Pre-registration is encouraged for the conference with walk-ins welcome; registration is
required for the dinner. Please visit
bu.edu/classics<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www…
beginning in late February for more information and a registration link.
Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Apr. 5, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Barker
Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 and Zoom
Du Bois Lecture Series (1 of 3)
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvar…
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu…<https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/e…
Katherine Schwab (Fairfield
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Apr. 5, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather Hall 115, Amherst, MA 01002
Polychromy, New (and Old) Technologies, and the Parthenon Metopes
Dr. Katherine Schwab will speak on a selection of Parthenon metopes to analyze
technologies, past and present, to better understand the original compositions and their
polychromatic appearance. The original ninety-two carved marble panels displayed four
major mythological battles prominently positioned above the columns on all four sides of
the temple. Today we have a greatly altered impression due to their current state of
damage and location. From graphite drawings to Virtual Reality, we are in a position to
better understand these nearly life-sized compositions that formed the public face of
Athena’s temple on the Athenian Acropolis.
The event is sponsored by the Amherst College Department of Classics and the Lamont Fund.
www.amherst.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ww…
Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 6, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Barker
Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 and Zoom
Du Bois Lecture Series (2 of 3)
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvar…
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu…<https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/e…
Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 7, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, TBA,
Cambridge, MA 02138 and Zoom
Du Bois Lecture Series (3 of 3)
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvar…
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu…<https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/e…
Christian Thomsen (University of
Copenhagen)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Apr. 12, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 (and on Zoom)
TBA
Nate Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 18, 5 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD
Book launch for The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Text Editing
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 21, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Zoom
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Rebecca Ammerman (Colgate
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 21, 5 – 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather Hall 115, Amherst, MA 01002
Ammerman, a classical archaeologist, will speak about votive imagery and the cult of the
nymphs at Metaponto.
Text Editing
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Fri., Apr. 22, 2 – 3:15 p.m.
Zoom
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
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