Boston Area Classics Calendar 2009/2010
(1/14/10)
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events below can be found in the Google Calendar entries.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
*Mon., Jan. 25, 7:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Photonics Center 205, 8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, MA
Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor (Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton University)
"Why Plato Wrote"
(with comment by Amelie Rorty, Department of Philosophy, Boston
University)
A Robert P. Benedict Lecture in the History of Political Philosophy
for 2010
For further information, contact Professor Aaron Garrett, Department
of Philosophy, Boston University (garrett(a)bu.edu).
For directions to the Photonics Center:
http://web.bu.edu/photonics/contact/index.html
*Tues., Jan. 26, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Photonics Center 205, 8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, MA
Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor, (Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton University)
"What Plato Wrote"
(with comment by David Roochnik, Department of Philosophy, Boston
University)
A Robert P. Benedict Lecture in the History of Political Philosophy
for 2010
For further information, contact Professor Aaron Garrett, Department
of Philosophy, Boston University (garrett(a)bu.edu).
For directions to the Photonics Center:
http://web.bu.edu/photonics/contact/index.html
*Thurs., Jan. 28, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Photonics Center 205, 8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, MA
Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor (Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton University)
"Plato Politicos, or What Plato Did"
(with comment by Mitch Miller, Department of Philosophy, Vassar College)
A Robert P. Benedict Lecture in the History of Political Philosophy
for 2010
For further information, contact Professor Aaron Garrett, Department
of Philosophy, Boston University (garrett(a)bu.edu).
For directions to the Photonics Center:
http://web.bu.edu/photonics/contact/index.html
*Wed., Mar. 3, 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
In-Sight Lecture Series
Amy Brauer (Harvard Art Museum)
"Mosaic of Two Figures Seated on a Couch"
In the 1930s excavations along the banks of the Orontes River (modern
Asi) in Turkey uncovered nearly 300 mosaic pavements from the ancient
city of Antioch. Depicting interiors, landscapes, classical figures,
and decorative devices, they provide a sample of the pictorial arts of
the Roman East. This fragmentary mosaic floor representing two figures
lay for years crated and nearly forgotten in the subbasement storage
rooms of the Harvard Art Museum. Its recent conservation reveals much
about Roman domestic arts, ancient manufacturing, and modern salvation
techniques.
In-Sight: Looking Deeper and Differently, a new lecture series,
explores individual works of art from a variety of global traditions.
Approaching each work from multiple perspectives, we examine
techniques, contexts, and stories that have shaped it, and its
significance to the Art Museum. Tickets are $18 (members of Harvard
Art Museum $12, students with valid ID $8, Harvard students free on a
first-come, first-served basis). Space is limited, and registration is
encouraged. Please call 617-495-4544 or email artmuseum_membership(a)harvard.edu
for further information. Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage.
Wed., Mar. 31, 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, 438 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Patrice Calvel, Architect in Chief, Historic Monuments in France
"Splendors and Highlights of Stained Glass at Chartres: Restoration,
Newest Techniques and Latest Discoveries"
Presented by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, under the
patronage of The French Consul General Christophe Guilhou, with
participation of Jeffrey Hamburger, Professor of Art & Architecture,
Harvard University; Servane de Layre-Matheus, President, Chartres
Sanctuaire du Monde (
http://www.chartres-csm.org/); and Monika Riely,
President, American Friends of Chartres (
http://friendsofchartres.org/).
*Tues, Apr. 20, time TBD
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, specific location TBD
R.R.R. Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology, University
of Oxford; and Director of NYU Excavations at Aphrodisias
Working title: "The Blue Horse from Aphrodisias"
*Fri., Apr. 23, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
George M. A. Hanfmann Memorial Lecture
Adriano La Regina (La Sapienza University and National Institute of
Archaeology and History of Art, Rome)
Domus Aurea: Nero’s "Golden House" in Rome
Professor La Regina, for many years the Superintendent of Antiquities
for the City of Rome, will explore the location and size of Emperor
Nero’s legendary palace, the Domus Aurea. He will look at the
surviving parts of the palace, discuss their relationship to other
buildings, and consider the transformation of this controversial
structure under later emperors. The George M. A. Hanfmann Memorial
Lecture is cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and
the Harvard Art Museum. Free admission and open to the public.
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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