Boston Area Classics Calendar
February 25, 2011
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Sat., Feb. 26
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient
World, 60 George Street Providence, RI 02912
Brown University symposium
BIG: Monumentality and Meaning in the Ancient World--A Cross-
Disciplinary Symposium
Not everything big is a monument, and not all monuments are big. This
cross-disciplinary symposium seeks to address monumentality and
meaning in the ancient world, with notable scholars in the fields of
anthropology, archaeology, classics, and art history. We hope to
explore the balance between cross-cultural monumentality and
historically particular memory, and the relation between size and
commemoration in past monumental thinking. See the program here:
http://proteus.brown.edu/big2011/8475
Thurs., Mar. 3
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room
K401, Cambridge, MA 02138
Alessandro Duranti (University of California at Los Angeles)
"On the future of Anthropology: Financial, Political, and Ethical
Challenges in a Rapidly Changing Environment"
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University:
Research Seminar on Cultural Politics. This is open to the public.
*Thurs., Mar. 3
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, Room 515,
485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
François Leclère (British Museum)
Core Group Classical Archaeology
"Greeks and Egyptians in the Nile Delta: The Frontier-Post of Daphnae
Reconsidered"
*Fri., Mar. 4
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Room 409, Boston, MA 02215
Kimberly Cassibry (Wellesley College)
"The Roman Empire According to the Celts: A Parisian Pillar, a
Treveran Tombstone, and Souvenirs from Hadrian's Wall"
Refreshments will be served.
*Mar, 4 – 12
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cabot JCR Stage, Radcliffe Quadrangle, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Harvard Classical Club play
"A New Translation of Oedipus Rex"
There will be 6 shows:
Fri. Mar. 4, 8 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 5, 8 p.m.
Sun. Mar 6, 7 p.m.
Fri. Mar. 11, 8 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 12, 2 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 12, 8 p.m.
To reserve free tickets email OEDIPUSTIX(a)gmail.com
Mon., Mar. 7
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Harvard University, Barker Center, Rm. 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Jonas Grethlein (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
"Futures past in ancient historiography: Xenophon's Anabasis"
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Tues., Mar. 8
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON, Campus Center Room 3545, 100
Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
Claudio Bizzarri (Archaeological Park of Orvieto)
"The Etruscans in Orvieto. Important Recent Discoveries"
Wed., Mar. 9
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Bettina Bergmann (Mount Holyoke College)
"Voluptuous Possessions: Reconstituting the Rural Villas at Boscoreale"
Martin Weiner Lecture Series
Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking.
Contact: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Heidi McAllister
(hmallis(a)brandeis.edu) for additional information.
Wed., Mar. 9
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums)
"Statue of Meleager"
Eternally youthful yet sufficiently worn to evoke an ancient past,
this fragmentary statue of a hero, probably Meleager, has been a
powerful presence in Harvard’s museum galleries ever since Edith
Forbes lent it to the Fogg in 1899. This lecture probes below the
beautiful marble surface of the sculpture to explore the Greek
fascination with the male body, the phenomenon of famous but elusive
ancient sculptors, the tastes of Roman collectors, and some aspects of
classical antiquity’s rich afterlife. This lecture is part of a
series, "In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently," featuring
talks by curators, after-hours viewing of the galleries, live music,
conversation, and refreshments. For more information on ticket prices
and registration, call 617-495-0534, email am_membership(a)harvard.edu,
or visit
harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/specialevent. Complimentary
parking for this event is available at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton
Street.
Fri. and Sat., March 18 and 19
BROWN UNIVERSITY, The Joukowksy Institute for Archaeology and the
Ancient World, 60 George Street, Providence RI 02912
Brown University conference
The Archaeology of Italy: the State of the Field 2011
Corinna Riva (University College London)
This conference will begin on Friday evening with a keynote address,
and continue through Saturday with panel discussions of the current
state of Italianate archaeology.
contact: Jeffrey Becker (Jeffrey_Becker(a)Brown.edu); 401-863-2008
Tues., Mar. 22
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, Providence, RI 02912
A Symposium Honoring the Career of Kurt Raaflaub
"From Description to Conceptualization, Analysis, and Theory: Early
Greek Reflections on Politics and Government in Their Larger
Mediterranean Context."
Responses by James Allen (Brown), Peter Funke (Münster), Peter
Machinist (Harvard), Josiah Ober (Stanford), Saul Olyan (Brown). Smith-
Buonanno 106.
Tues., Mar. 22
5:10 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities G03, 415 South
Street, Waltham, MA 02454
D. Neel Smith (College of the Holy Cross)
"Scholars and Texts from Hipparchus to Google Books"
Jennifer Eastman Lecture Series
Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking.
Contact: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Heidi McAllister
(hmallis(a)brandeis.edu) for additional information.
Sat., Mar. 26
9 a.m. – 4 p.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
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.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
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room
K401, Cambridge, MA 02138
Veena Das (The Johns Hopkins University)
"A Very Quarrelsome Man: Cultural Politics of Dirt, Locally Embedded
Publics and a So-Called Leader of the Free World"
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University:
Research Seminar on Cultural Politics. This is open to the public.
*Fri., Apr. 1
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Fulton Hall 117, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Eirene Visvardi (Wesleyan University)
"Re-Embodying Civil Passions? The Case of Euripides’ Hecuba"
Fri., Apr. 1
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.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
9 a.m. – 5 p.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
8:15 p.m. – 10:15 p.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
8:15 p.m. – 10:15 p.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
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.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
5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.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.
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
6 p.m. – 8 p.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
8:15 p.m. – 10:15 p.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
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
Jackson Lecture Series: Ethics after Aristotle
Lecture 1: Ethics after Aristotle
**Tues., Apr. 12
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 2: Flirting with hedonism (it's only natural)
**Thurs., Apr. 14
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 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
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
"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
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 Information: Stacy Fox, sfox(a)bu.edu, 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, Newton, 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 (Boston
College).
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