Boston Area Classics Calendar
September 2021
Patricia Rosenmeyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3devent%26eventid%3d155239388>
Wed., Sep. 29, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Zoom
"The Body and the Letter"
The letter is always a reminder of an absence that engenders and sustains
the correspondence. This talk explores how Roman letter writers (Cicero,
Seneca, Ovid) construct their epistolary addressee’s absence and their own
presence on the page. The letter may be a reflection of the writer’s soul,
a replacement for the writer’s physical body, or even a “real” trace (e.g.
blood, tears) of the absent body. By reading these epistolary strategies
through the lens of metonymy and synecdoche, we can differentiate between
situations of *amicitia* or fraternal *amor* (usually presented through
metonymy) and erotic amor (usually presented through synecdoche).
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece>
harvard.zoom.us…
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Patricia Rosenmeyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)]
October 2021
Kendra Eshelman (Boston College)
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Mon., Oct. 18, 4:30 – 6:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS B18, 685–725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Topic TBA
Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities
Boston University: Myth & Religion In The Ancient World
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_news-2Devents_myth-2Dand-2Dreligion_&d=DwMFAw&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mjXQDi--_aOLKsaH7sEUfd4UdNW5Z9T8AWpRCj3BWgQ&m=RG__7NJ-5pdy8011JT7OvjnmStBFykFg7pUywMMshTw&s=XTfV-5TuT2PI58nvLrO0Vxb4D0Yy2Dp-cGQ2nCefJiI&e=>
Jeremy Swist (Brandeis University)
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Tue., Oct. 19, 5 p.m.
Zoom. See registration link.
"Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in Metal Music"
Since its genesis a half-century ago, heavy metal music and the
counterculture that formed around it has generally defined itself through
transgressive sounds, words, and images as expressions of rebellion against
modern and contemporary systems of order, conformity, and control. Often
complementary to metal’s core antagonisms to modernity are romanticizing
appeals to a premodern past, including ancient Greece and Rome. A small but
influential minority of European metal artists push transgression to
extremes by flirting with or fully embracing fascist imagery and ideology,
and in the process replicating and perpetuating fascist and white
supremacist manipulations of a classical antiquity they dream of
resurrecting through apocalyptic war and genocide. Fascistic metal artists,
many of whom are connected to extremist and terrorist groups and
individuals, charismatically offer to thousands of tolerant and susceptible
consumers harmful distortions of the classical past. In this talk I not
only critique these artists' appropriations of classical history and
culture in light of the far-right’s general reception thereof, but I also
highlight positive solutions from within the global metal scene to
challenge these hateful usurpations of the ancient world.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions and Receptions
<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditions>
harvard.zoom.us…
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Jeremy Swist (Brandeis University)]
November 2021
Caitlin Gillespie (Brandeis University)
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Mon., Nov. 8, 4:30 – 6:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS B18, 685–725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Topic TBA
Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities
Boston University: Myth & Religion In The Ancient World
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_news-2Devents_myth-2Dand-2Dreligion_&d=DwMFAw&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mjXQDi--_aOLKsaH7sEUfd4UdNW5Z9T8AWpRCj3BWgQ&m=RG__7NJ-5pdy8011JT7OvjnmStBFykFg7pUywMMshTw&s=XTfV-5TuT2PI58nvLrO0Vxb4D0Yy2Dp-cGQ2nCefJiI&e=>
December 2021
Kelly Dugan (Trinity College)
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Wed., Dec. 1, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Zoom
TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece>
February 2022
Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena)
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Wed., Feb. 2, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Zoom
TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece>
March 2022
Patrick Finglass (University of Bristol)
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Fri., Mar. 18, 4 – 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215
Topic TBA
Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities
Boston University: Myth & Religion In The Ancient World
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_news-2Devents_myth-2Dand-2Dreligion_&d=DwMFAw&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mjXQDi--_aOLKsaH7sEUfd4UdNW5Z9T8AWpRCj3BWgQ&m=RG__7NJ-5pdy8011JT7OvjnmStBFykFg7pUywMMshTw&s=XTfV-5TuT2PI58nvLrO0Vxb4D0Yy2Dp-cGQ2nCefJiI&e=>
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