Boston Area Classics Calendar
March 25, 2011
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Sat., Mar. 26
9a.m. – 4p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall (School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue), Boston, MA
02215
Boston Univ. Grad. Conference
Keynote speaker: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
3rd Annual Boston University Department of Classics Graduate Conference
"Quis spectatores spectabit?: Voyeurism and Spectatorship in Antiquity"
Funded by the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston University Humanities
Foundation. The deadline for submission of abstracts will be December 21, 2010. Time
subjected to change. For more information, please email bugradconference(a)gmail.com.
Tues., Mar. 29
5p.m. – 6:30p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Giuseppe Labua (University of Rome, La Sapienza)
"Between Poetry and Politics: Horace and the East"
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
*Thurs., Mar. 31
4p.m. – 6p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson Hall, Room 305, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Rachel Barney (University of Toronto)
"Plato and the Intellectualist"
Presented by the Harvard University Department of Philosophy
Thurs., Mar. 31
6p.m. – 7:30p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, room 515, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Francesco De Angelis (Columbia University)
"Sublime Histories, Exceptional Viewers: The Column of Trajan and Its
Visibility"
Presented by the Core Group Classical Archaeology
Thurs., Mar. 31
6p.m. – 8p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K401, Cambridge, MA
02138
Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University)
"A Very Quarrelsome Man: Cultural Politics of Dirt, Locally Embedded Publics and a
So-Called Leader of the Free World"
This event is free and open to the public.
For further information please visit:
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/6124 or
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~modgreek/events.html
*Fri. and Sat., 1-3 Apr. (starts 4pm on 1 Apr. in LC 211; 9am on Apr. 2; and 9am on 3
April)
YALE UNIVERSITY, Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC) 211 & 213, 63 High Street, New Haven, CT
06511
A conference organized by the Department of Classics at Yale University in association
with the International Network on Ancient and Modern Imperialisms and Yale's Ancient
Societies Research Network. For the conference poster and complete program, please visit
the Department of Classics website (
www.yale.edu/classics) and click on our announcement.
All inquiries may be sent to the following email address:
thepastcolonialconference(a)gmail.com.
Fri., Apr. 1
3:30p.m. – 4:45p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Fulton Hall 117, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Eirene Visvardi (Wesleyan University)
"Re-Embodying Civil Passions? The Case of Euripides’ Hecuba"
Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Dept. of Classical Studies, Boston
College. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact
Daniel Harris-McCoy (harrises(a)bc.edu).
Fri., Apr. 1
5:30p.m. – 7p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 522, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston,
MA 02215
Ronald Stroud (University of California, Berkeley)
"Magic and Religion in Ancient Corinth"
A Norton Lecture of the Archaeological Institute of America; co-sponsored by the Boston
Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Boston University Department of
Archaeology
Sat., Apr. 2
9a.m. - 5p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Annual Harvard Certamen
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history,
mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature. More information can be
found at the following link:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/calendar/2011_Harvard__Certamen.pdf
Mon., Apr. 4
5p.m. – 6:30p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Devlin 101, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
Tessa Rajak (Somerville College, Oxford University)
"Pagans" and their Gods in the Synagogue of Dura-Europos
Sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Arts, McMullen Museum of Art and the Department of
Classics
The McMullen Museum of Art will be open after the lecture.
Mon., Apr. 4
5:15p.m. – 7:45p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Steffen Terp Laursen (Aarhus University, Institute of Anthropology, Archaeology and
Linguistics)
"Commercial Contacts between Babylonia and Tilmun (Bahrain) at the End of the Third
Millennium: Archaeology and Texts"
Lecture jointly presented by The Semitic Museum, The Peabody Museum and The Harvard Near
East Society.
For more information please email Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu or visit
http://www.semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu.
Mon., Apr. 4
8:15p.m. – 10:15p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Intercultural Center, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford,
MA 0215
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"Exploring Eros at the MFA"
Join us for the 6th annual Balmuth Lecture, which will focus on the collections of Greek,
Roman and Byzantine Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Featuring Christine Kondoleon,
Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the MFA, today's lecture will look at Eros,
the Greek god of Love and Beauty, and his representations in the MFA Collections. This
event is open to the public.
Tues., Apr. 5
8:15p.m. – 10:15p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Intercultural Center, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford,
MA 0215
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"A Rose is a Rose: A New Mosaic and a Whiff of Perfume"
Join us for the 6th annual Balmuth Lecture, which will focus on the collections of Greek,
Roman and Byzantine Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Featuring Christine Kondoleon,
Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the MFA, today's lecture focus on mosaics.
This event is open to the public.
Thurs., Apr. 7
4:15p.m. – 5:45p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 300 High Street, The Common Room Middletown, CT 06459
Louisa Burnham (Middlebury College)
"Apostles to the Apostles: Na Prous Boneta and the Magdalene"
Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Program. For more information please contact Debbie
Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu).
Thurs., Apr. 7
4:30p.m. – 5:30p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Earth Sciences Building 107 (Paino), Amherst MA 01002
Sarah H. Nooter '01 (University of Chicago)
"Oedipus, Song, and the Gods"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Eastman Fund. For directions see
https://www.amherst.edu/map/camp_map-1-1.html or e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu
**Thurs., Apr. 7
5:30p.m. – 9:30p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Lewis-Sebring Faculty Dining Commons, Valentine Hall, Amherst College,
Amherst, MA 01002
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
John Matthews (Yale University) will pre-circulate and introduce his paper on "What
Actually Happens: Tyche, Fortuna and the Logic of History," and Jonas Grethlein
(University of Heidelberg and Brown University) will be the respondent. (Paper:
http://tinyurl.com/4qcm5g7)
5:30-6:30 p.m. gathering and drinks
6:30-7:30 p.m. dinner at the Lewis-Sebring Faculty Dining Commons
https://www.amherst.edu/map/camp_map-2-1.html
7:30-9:30 p.m. presentation and discussion
(Dinner $18 for faculty; $5 for students, thanks to the generous support of the Dean of
the Faculty at Amherst College)
For more information contact lgrillo(a)amherst.edu
For directions please see
https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/visiting/directions
Thurs., Apr. 7
6p.m. - 8p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K401, Cambridge, MA
02138
Jing Tsu (Yale University)
"Literary Governance and Global Chinese Literature"
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University: Research Seminar on
Cultural Politics. This is open to the public.
Thurs., Apr. 7
6p.m. – 7:30p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, room 318, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Monika Truemper (University of Chapel Hill)
"Collective Pleasures and Indulgences: A Reassessment of Greek Public Baths"
Presented by the Core Group Classical Archaeology
Thurs., Apr. 7
8:15p.m. – 10:15p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Intercultural Center, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford,
MA 0215
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"Understanding Early Byzantine Art from the MFA Collections"
Join us for the 6th annual Balmuth Lecture, which will focus on the collections of Greek,
Roman and Byzantine Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Featuring Christine Kondoleon,
Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the MFA, today's lecture examine the art of
the early Byzantine era in the MFA Collections. This event is open to the public.
Mon., Apr. 11
5p.m. - 7p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Jackson Lecture Series: Ethics after Aristotle
Lecture 1: Working in the wake of genius
Tues., Apr. 12
5p.m. – 7p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Jackson Lecture Series: Ethics after Aristotle
Lecture 2: Flirting with hedonism (it's only natural)
*Wed., Apr. 13
4p.m. – 6p.m.
Emerson Hall, Room 305
Deborah Modrak (University of Rochester)
"Why True? Thoughts and Objects in Aristotle’s Semantics'"
Presented by the Harvard University Department of Philosophy
Thurs., Apr. 14
4:15p.m. – 5:45p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 294 High Street, 200 Downey House Middletown, CT 06459
Daniel Leech-Wilkinson (King's College, London)
"The Editor's Dilemma: Revisiting the Garland Edition of Guillaume de
Machaut's True Story"
Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Program. For more information please contact Debbie
Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu).
Thurs., Apr. 14
5p.m. – 7p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Jackson Lecture Series: Ethics after Aristotle
Lecture 3: The turning point: from Critolaus to Cicero
Fri., Apr. 15
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Jackson Lecture Series: Ethics after Aristotle
Lecture 4: Imperial Aristotelianism
*Fri. and Sat., Apr.15-16 (starts 1 p.m. on Apr. 15; 9 a.m. on Apr. 16)
New Directions in Archaeology 2011
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
A Workshop Organized by Harvard University's Standing Committee on Archaeology
Please visit our website for the complete workshop program and sign- up:
www.tinyurl.com/newdirections2011 (For directions:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lingpub/misc/directions.html)
Mon., Apr. 18
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, Providence, RI 02912
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Lecture
"Ancient Scholarship in the Printing House: The Culture of Correction
in Renaissance Europe"
Thurs., Apr. 21
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Barbara Graziosi (Durham University)
"Divine inspiration and narrative technique in the Iliad"
Wed., Apr. 27
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"Behind the Scenes: Touring the Classical Collections"
Join us for the 6th annual Balmuth Lecture, which will focus on the
collections of Greek, Roman and Byzantine Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Featuring Christine Kondoleon, Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the MFA, the final
portion of this year's Lecture will include a guided tour of the MFA's Classical
Collections. All those who wish to attend should contact David.Proctor(a)Tufts.edu to ensure
entry.
Fri., Apr. 29
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, 775 Commonwealth Ave., 5th
floor, Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference: Presenting the Past
Schedule:
4:00 Registration
4:15 Presentations:
Lisa Mignone, Brown University
"Land Confiscation in 456 BCE? Rethinking the Lex Icilia"
Ann Vasaly, Boston University
"The 'Archaeology' of Early Rome: Livy and his Predecessors"
Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University
"Vergil's Salian Fugue: Excavating Roman Epic in Evander's Rome"
7:00 Reception with Cash Bar
7:30 Dinner
Registration: Stacy Fox, sfox(a)bu.edu; Information: Tel.: 617-353-2426
Friday, April 29, 6 p.m. and
Sat., Apr. 30, 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Symposium
In 2005 the Harvard Art Museums acquired the coin collection of the
German archaeologist and art historian Margarete Bieber (1879-1978). Her work on
Hellenistic and Roman sculpture and on the Roman Theater remains fundamental. This
symposium around her coin collection will bring together art historians, historians and
numismatists of different backgrounds and interests from the US and from Europe. It will
focus on the interrelation of coins and sculpture with an emphasis on the development of
Greek portraits and portraits of the Roman empresses, as well as on designs
personifications. Organized by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins in
the Asian and Mediterranean Division.
Speakers include Annetta Alexandridis (Cornell University), Carmen
Arnold-Biucchi (Harvard Art Museums), Martin Beckman (University of Western Ontario),
Larissa Bonfante (Emerita, New York University), Barbara Borg (University of Exeter),
Karsten Dahmen (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), Peter F. Mittag (University of Cologne),
Matthias Recke (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen), and William E. Metcalf (Yale
University).
Mon., May 2
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center Room 133, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michael McCormick (Harvard University, Francis Goelet Professor of
Medieval History)
"Digital Atlas"
Thurs., May 5
6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Higgins Hall 300, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Boston College Symposium
"THE MEANING OF DREAMS in a Scientific Age"
Advances in the neuroscience of dreaming have fundamentally altered how we understand our
dreams and their significance. In this cross-disciplinary symposium, a psychiatrist (J.
Allan Hobson), Jungian therapist (William Ventimiglia), and classicist and historian of
ideas (David Konstan) will offer their perspectives on the "meaning" of dreams
and what they can tell us about ourselves in light of these advances. Sponsored by the
Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Dept. of Classical Studies, Boston College. The
event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Daniel
Harris-McCoy (harrises(a)bc.edu)
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