Boston Area Classics Calendar
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*Sat., Sept. 22
9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard Art Museums: Material and Immaterial Aspects of Color
A Dialogue among Artists, Conservators, Curators, and Scientists
Andrew W. Mellon Symposium in Conservation Science
This daylong symposium features presentations by scientists, curators, conservators, and
artists who will discuss the uses of color in works of art. Talks will focus on both the
immaterial and material aspects of color, including symbolism and significance in the use
of materials since ancient times, the trade in precious colorants, challenges of creating
art without traditional color, conservation of works that incorporate colored light, and
perspectives of artists on the use of color in their own works.
Free admission. No registration required. Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7
Felton Street.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/material-and-immaterial-aspects-c…
**Sun., Sept. 23
4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard Film Archive: The Last Days of Pompeii
Free screening with live piano accompaniment.
Directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi. With Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro,
María Corda
Italy 1926, 35 mm, tinted b/w, silent, 144 min
The spectacular end of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried under the ashes of
erupting Mount Vesuvius, was a favorite subject of early historical films. The 1926 silent
movie Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is based on the story line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s
popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). The sets of this visually lavish and, for
its time, very expensive film include impressive architectural facades of public buildings
and luxurious interiors of private houses. The wall paintings, furniture, and sculptural
decoration are partly based on archaeological evidence.
Adrian Staehli will give a short introduction to the movie. This screening is funded in
part by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the
wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The
purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to
the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html
*Wed., Sept. 26
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Michail Psalidopoulos (Tufts University)
"Sovereign Debt Crises in Greece: 19th Century to the Present"
Wed., Sept. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 02138
António J. G. de Freitas (Universidade do Minho)
"Obscure words in ancient cosmogonies"
*Tues., Oct. 2
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Dr. Christian Loeben (Keeper of the Egyptian Department of the "Museum August
Kestner" in Hanover, Germany)
The Egyptian Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover (Germany): History and
Current Egyptological Research
The lecture will examine the history, present state, and planned future of the Egyptian
Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, Germany. This museum now bears the
name of his founding father Georg Christian August Kestner (1777-1853), who acquired his
collection of Egyptian antiquities in the first half of the 19th century. In terms of
quality as well as quantity it can be considered the world's first important private
collection of Egyptian art.
Presented by the Semitic Museum and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture.
Free and open to the public.
*Tues., Oct. 2
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Dead yet Alive! The Revival of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek)"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece
and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
*Thurs., Oct. 4
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"What Women Want: Speaking Names, Talking Birds and Other Obscure Obscenities in
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece
and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
*Fri., Oct. 5
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boyston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive Approach to Homeric Versification"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece
and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Fri., Oct. 5
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115
Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera)
"Ancient Sounds of Greece"
A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by
the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological
Institute of America and Berklee College of Music.
Thurs., Oct. 11
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA 02454
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's
Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary.
Fri., Oct. 12
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge)
"Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
**Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s):
Perspectives from the Outside"
(faculty bio:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access: to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the Humanities
Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the basement at the main entrance in
the Yard, and from there by the elevator to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston
Auditorium) on the first floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the
sign-posted entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic Museum at Harvard.
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