Boston Area Classics Calendar
April 2023
Harvard Classics Graduate Student
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 21 – Sat., Apr. 22
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Keynote speaker: Eric Cline (George Washington University)
Keynote Address:
Friday, April 21, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Room 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Papers:
Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 110, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
See the Call for
Papers<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-s…
for details.
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Contact: harvardgradconf@gmail.com<mailto:harvardgradconf@gmail.com>
[Harvard Classics Graduate Student Conference]
Sarah Derbew (Stanford
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Apr. 25, 4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Hutchins Center, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 2r, Cambridge, MA
02138
Sarah F.
Derbew<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sarahder…
(assistant professor of Classics at Stanford University, former Junior Fellow at Harvard
University Society of Fellows) writes, teaches, and speaks widely about ancient Greece’s
literary and visual heritage, considering its representations of black people that nimbly
provoke—and cut through—hierarchies. In conversation with Emily Greenwood (Professor of
the Classics and Comparative Literature), Derbew will highlight the key interventions of
her recent book, Untangling Blackness in Greek
Antiquity<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cambr…
(2022), an anti-racist study of blackness in the ancient Greek world. More broadly, she
will discuss the benefits of studying Classics alongside Black Studies and African
Studies.
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu…<https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/e…
[Sarah Derbew (Stanford University)]
T. J. Bolt (Lafayette
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 27, 4 – 5 p.m.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Ruane Center for the Humanities LL05, 1 Cunningham Square, Providence,
RI 02918
T.J. Bolt (Lafayette College) will visit Providence College on Thursday, April 27 to
deliver a lecture, “Bleeding through Time: Seneca’s Tragedies and Contemporary Horror
Films” (4 pm in Ruane LL05). The talk explores Seneca through the French theater of
cruelty, tracing modern horror’s roots in Senecan tragedy.
Sponsored by the Department of History and Classics through a generous endowment from the
Gladys Brooks Foundation.
Rebecca Moorman (rmoorman@providence.edu<mailto:rmoorman@providence.edu>)
[T. J. Bolt (Lafayette College)]
Following in the Footsteps of Hadrian: An Evening with Carole Raddato,
Photographer<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calen…
Thu., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138
So far, Carole Raddato has photographed over 1,000 sites and museums focusing on the
classical past (especially Roman), many outside continental Europe. Her images, archived
since 2019 at the American Academy in Rome, are reproduced in hundreds of academic books.
Raddato is currently engaged in a 17-year project to follow Hadrian’s journeys in the
order in which he undertook them, as recounted in her photo blog,
FollowingHadrian.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A_…E-En8aVU7h8CEVVnsXo&e=>.
Her visit to the east coast of the US in April 2023 marks her first lecture tour in North
America.
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America.
contact: Bryan Burns, bburns@wellesley.edu<mailto:bburns@wellesley.edu>
Melissa Mueller (UMass
Amherst)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Fri., Apr. 28, 4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
“Reading Sappho and Homer with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick”
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harva…
[Melissa Mueller (UMass Amherst)]
Σεβαστή: A Symposium in Honor of Ioli
Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Sat., Apr. 29, 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower-Level Auditorium, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.co…
Confirmed speakers include:
Frances St. Amant, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
Diliana Angelova, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Merih Danalı, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Ivan Drpić, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Konstantina Karterouli, Research Associate, Dumbarton Oaks
Janet T. Marquardt, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Eastern Illinois University
Bissera V. Pentcheva, Professor, Stanford University
Katherine M. Taronas, Byzantine Studies Fellow, Dumbarton Oaks
Courtney Tomaselli, Instructor, Loyola University, Chicago
Nicolette S. Trahoulia, Professor, Deree-The American University of Greece
Alicia Walker, Professor, Bryn Mawr College
This event is free and open to the public; attendees are asked to register in advance.
For the complete symposium program and registration, go to
SebasteSymposium.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A_…
Sponsored by The Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, The
Harvard University Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, and The Byzantine Studies
Program, Dumbarton Oaks.
www.sebastesymposium.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http…
Contact: Ivan Drpić (drpic@sas.upenn.edu<mailto:drpic@sas.upenn.edu>) or Alicia
Walker (awalker01@brynmawr.edu<mailto:awalker01@brynmawr.edu>)
Comedy On and Off
Stage<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Sat., Apr. 29, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union (Terrace Lounge), 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
02215
From its early development in the Archaic period through its transformation by Roman
poets, the genre of comedy in the ancient Mediterranean is both enduring and adaptive. On
the one hand, comedy was a performative genre, providing its audience with humor and
levity. On the other, it offers us a unique lens through which to better understand the
world its audience and authors inhabited. Despite the paucity of surviving works from
important comic playwrights such as Menander, we can still observe the impression comedy
made on other genres from satire to philosophy and from oratory to the novel. Comedy
remains a fruitful area of study for its ability both to reflect and to reshape the world
in which it was produced.
Our Keynote speaker will be Prof. Jeffrey Henderson, Aurelio Professor of Greek, Emeritus.
The title of his talk is “Clio Smiles: Greek Comedy As and For Historiography.”
www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.…
buclassicsgradstudents@gmail.com<mailto:buclassicsgradstudents@gmail.com>
[Comedy On and Off Stage]
May 2023
Yasmin Haskell (University of Western Australia and
Princeton)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Wed., May 3, 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
"Magister ex machina or AI? Who really wrote the student poetry of the Old Society of
Jesus?"
Presented by Professor Yasmin Haskell, Cassamarca Foundation Chair in Latin Humanism
Classics and Ancient History at The University of Western Australia, Martin L. and Sarah
F. Leibowitz Member, Institute for Advanced Study
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harva…
[Yasmin Haskell (University of Western Australia and Princeton)]
Classical Association of Massachusetts Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., May 6, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Room G 03, Waltham, MA 02453
Program Schedule for "Civics Education: What can we learn from Greece and
Rome?"
The last decade of politics in America has shown us the importance of an informed and
responsible citizenry. But what, exactly, should that consist of? We look at how the
Greeks and Romans defined what citizenship was, what rights and responsibilities
accompanied it, and how we can use these in the classroom.
9:00 AM – Coffee and Reception
9:30 AM – Civics Education: Athenian, Roman and American Ideas of Citizenship (Jay Samons,
Professor of Classical Studies, Boston University)
10:15 AM – Coffee Break
10:30 AM – Civics and Conflict in the Iliad (Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical
Studies, Brandeis University)
11:00 AM – Teaching Athenian Government & Ciceronian Public Discourse (7th and 9th
Grades) (Stewart Thomsen, Roxbury Latin School)
11:30 AM – The CLARC Collection: How to Use Material Objects to Give Lessons in Civics
(Alexandra Ratzlaff, Asst. Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University and
Brandeis Masters Students)
12:00 PM – CAM Business Meeting: Brief updates and announcements
12:10 PM – Lunch, Mandel Center Room 303, and CLARC object investigations
1:00 PM – Elections in Ancient Pompeii and Latin Graffiti (Abbi Holt, Ottoson Middle
School, Arlington)
1:30 PM – A Nuanced Look at the “Great and Wonderful” Past We Were Taught (Stephen
Guerriero, High Rock Middle School, Needham)
2:00 PM – Discussion and breakout groups: Implementing civics educational requirements in
the classroom
2:45 PM – Closing Questions
Registration deadline: Tuesday, May 2, 2023. PDPs available upon request.
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Christopher Cochran
(Christopher.Cochran@umb.edu<mailto:Christopher.Cochran@umb.edu>)
Matthew Briel (Assumption
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., May 10, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBD
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Han Kang at the Brattle
Theatre<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Mon., May 15, 6 p.m.
BRATTLE THEATRE, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard Bookstore and the Brattle Theatre present Han Kang discussing her novel Greek
Lessons with Yung In Chae, introduced by Emily Greenwood.
This is a ticketed event. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
www.harvard.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ww…
July 2023
CANE Summer Institute (Registration Now
Open)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Mon., July 10 – Sat., July 15
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI and ZOOM
Registration is now open for the CANE Summer Institute!
For CSI's 40th anniversary, this year's program is organized around the theme of
"Classical antiquity": a global phenomenon in local contexts. Faculty hailing
from public and private educational institutions from all six New England states and
beyond, representing disciplines across the humanities, will lead institute participants
in a week of mini-courses, professional development workshops, and Greek and Latin reading
groups, and deliver research talks as part of the week's free public lecture series.
For more information on this year's program, which takes us to ancient and modern
Egypt, England, Gandhara, Germany, North Africa, Numidia, Ireland, Italy, Syria, the
Ukraine-Russia War, and the United States, please visit
caneweb.org/csi.
CANE is launching a tuition grant program for first-generation undergraduate students
(Class of 2013 to current), early-career educators (in the first 10 years, at any level),
and graduate students and contingent faculty who do not have access to internal funding.
Members of any of these groups may request a tuition grant for the in-person or online
program. Tuition grants will be made on a rolling basis until all these funds have been
disbursed.
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>
[CANE Summer Institute (Registration Now Open)]
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