Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #4 (9/30/05) This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to an address dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below instead of as word-processor file attachments. NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK. Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued the following week. Please circulate as widely as possible. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Mon., Oct. 3, 4:00-6:00 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Arrowsmith/Lindsay Library, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston The Institute for the Classical Tradition and the Study Group on Myth and Religion in the Ancient World Aldo Setaioli (Universita di Perugia) "Seneca and the Divine" For more information, contact Sal Sordillo, 617-353-2427, salvy(a)bu.edu. Refreshments will be served Mon., Oct. 3, 5:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Institute for Archaeology, 70 Waterman Street, Providence RI Paul Cartledge (Cambridge University) "Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past" Thurs., Oct. 6, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Braun Room, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA In conjunction with the American Schools of Oriental Research and Massachusetts Archaeology Month Dr. Holly Pittman (University of Pennsylvania) "An Iranian Nexus of Trade and Commerce at 2500 B.C." Reception following lecture at Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue For more information contact Dena Davis (617 495 4631) davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu Tues., Oct. 11, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome Irad Malkin (Tel Aviv University) "Mediterranean Networks: Between Rhodes and Naukratis" Tues., Oct. 11, 5:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence RI Tony Woodman (University of Virginia) "Making History: The Heading of Augustus' *Res Gestae*" Wed., Oct. 12, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA "Medieval Archaeology in the 21st Century" Lecture Series Patrick Perin (Musee des antiquites nationales) and Thomas Calligaro (The Louvre) "Archaeology, Science and Medieval History at the Crossroads: Garnets, Merovingian Jewelry, and Southeast Asia" A reception will follow at the Faculty Club Sponsored by the Committees on Archaeology and Medieval Studies, Harvard University, and made possible by a Mellon Foundation Award Fri., Oct. 14, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence RI John Penwill (Latrobe University, Australia) "Philosophy in Performance: Seneca's *Trojan Women*" Fri., Oct. 14, 5:00 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Kenmore Classroom Building, 565 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 101, Boston, MA Claude Calame (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre Louis Gernet de recherches comparées sur les sociétés anciennes, and Universite de Lausanne) "Authorship and Poetic Identity: the 'birth' of the individual in lyric poetry from Sappho to Goethe" For more information, please contact Sal Sordillo: salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427 Thurs., Oct. 18, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Hermann J. Kienast (German Archaeological Institute, Athens) "The Tower of the Winds" Co-sponsored by HUAM and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Fri., Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union, Conference Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA The Ernest R. Graham Lecture in Ancient Architecture Peter Richardson (University of Toronto) "Herod's Innovative Architecture, between Rome and the Levant" Sponsored by Boston Society of The Archaeological Institute of America Free and open to the public *Wed., Oct 26, 7:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall, Durham, NH 8th Annual John C. Rouman Lecture Series Mary Lefkowitz (Wellesley College) "Greek Gods, Human Lives" For information/directions: contact Stephen Brunet, sabrunet(a)unh.edu or 603-862-2077 Mon., Oct. 31, 4:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence RI Lowell Edmunds (Rutgers University) "The Abduction of the Beautiful Wife: The Helen Myth in Comparative Perspective" Fri., Nov. 4 - Sat., Nov. 5 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (specific location TBA) "Teaching with Objects: The Curatorial Legacy of David Gorden Mitten" A celebration to honor David Mitten's 70th birthday and his retirement after thirty years as Curator of Ancient Art at the Harvard University Art Museums Reception and keynote address on Friday evening; symposium on Saturday Contact: Amy Brauer (brauer(a)fas.harvard.edu) or Karen Manning (kmanning(a)fas.harvard.edu), 617-495-3393 Fri., Nov. 4 - Sun., Nov. 6 Hotel Marlowe, 2nd Floor, 25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA The Eleventh Annual Conference of the Association of Literary Scholars & Critics (ALSC) Featuring readings by Robert Fagles, and panels on Ancient Poetry & War, Classical Mythology in the K-12 Classroom, and Poetry & Empire For further information, see Appendix below as well as the conference website at http://www.bu.edu/literary/conferences/index.html Wed., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA On the Aeneid (exact title TBA) Michael Putnam, (Brown University) Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu) Sponsored by the Department of Classics Thu., Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence RI Eran Lupu (George Washington University) "The Hellenization of Palestine: An Epigraphic Perpective" Thu. Nov. 17, 8:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Institute for Archaeology, 70 Waterman St., Providence RI Catherine Kiessling (Georgetown University) "Portraits in Ancient Greece: An Alternative History" Mon., Nov. 28, 4:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence RI Maurice Rehn (Stanford University) "Antigone and Family Values" Mon., Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst, MA "The Barberini Faun and Hellenistic Royal Fantasy" Jean Sorabella (Adelphi University) Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu) Sponsored by the Department of Classics Mon., Apr. 10, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst, MA "Life and Death in Roman Dura-Europus" Simon James, (University of Leicester) Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu) Sponsored by the Department of Classics Mon., Mar. 13, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics Philip Hardie (University of Oxford) "Virgil's Lucretian Visions" APPENDIX Fri., Nov. 4 - Sun., Nov. 6 ALSC Conference (see entry above) CONFERENCE PROGRAM: FRIDAY, NOV. 4 10 a.m. Registration Begins 2:00-3:45 p.m. Panel One: Ancient Poetry and War. Chair: Helene Foley (Barnard College) Neil Bernstein (Ohio University): "Eyes Wide Shut: Virgil, Statius, and the Aestheticization of Martial Violence" Brooke Holmes (Princeton University): "Catachreses: Epic Pain and the Wound of Agamemnon" Stephen Owen (Harvard University): "Ordering Violence: Combat in Ancient Chinese Literature" 4:00-5:30 p.m.: Readings "The Last Hours of Troy" Robert Fagles (Emeritus, Princeton University) reads from his version of Virgil's *Aeneid* "Borges the Poet" Robert Mezey (Emeritus, Pomona College) reads from his own translations of Borges' poetry, and from Borges translations by the late Dick Barnes 6:00-7:00 p.m.: Reception, with address by ALSC President Rosanna Warren 8:30-10:30 p.m. Viewing of the Egyptian film *Miramar*, based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (or of *Palace Walk*, or of another screenplay based on a Mahfouz novel) 8:30-10:00 p.m. ALSC Coffeehouse, with Lee Oser (College of the Holy Cross) presiding Papers, to be more or less immediately followed by an Open Mike, when our members are invited to read or recite for the pleasure of it SATURDAY, NOV. 5 8:30-10:15 a.m.: CONCURRENT SEMINARS Seminar One: Poetic Translation in a Global Context Chair: Christopher Maurer (Boston University) Seminar Two: Experimental Poetics, 1580 to the Present Chair: Stephen Cushman (University of Virginia) Seminar Three: Writing About Cities - The New Urban Literature Chair: Phillip Lopate (Hofstra University) 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Panel Two: Mythology in the K-12 Classroom. Chair: Howard Gardner (Harvard Graduate School of Education) Liz Craig-Olins (Newton North High School): "Adventure, Reflection and Transformation" Lucy Robb (The Park School): "Greek Mythology and the Nine Year Old: A Perfect Fit" Helaine L. Smith (The Brearley School, NYC): "Hera's Beguilements and Hephaestus' Skill: Teaching Mythology from Primary Sources: Three Sample Curricula" 1:30-3:15 p.m. Panel Three: The Fiction of Naguib Mahfouz. Chair: Roger Allen (University of Pennsylvania) Mona El-Sherif (University of California, Berkeley): "The Writing of Tradition and Masculinity in the Canon of Arabic literature: a Comparative Study of Taha Husayn, Tawfiq al-Hakim, and Mahfouz" Walid Hamarneh (University of Western Ontario): "Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo: The Private/Public Nexus" Shakir Mustafa (Boston University): "Mahfouz's Parables and the Contemporary Arabic Novel" 3:30-5:15 p.m. Panel Four: Writing in the Wake of the Quixote. Chair: Roberto Gonzalez-Echevarria (Yale University) Carmen Boullosa (The City College of New York): "Suing Miguel de Cervantes" Laura Jane Ress (Boston University): "Tristram Shandy and the Knight of the Mournful Countenance" Michael Scham (University of St. Thomas): "Quixotic Communitas and Redemption in Nabokov's *Lolita*" 8 p.m. Dinner, followed by guest speaker Norman Mailer's conversation with the scholar, archivist, and bibliographer J. Michael Lennon from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania SUNDAY, NOV. 6 8:30-10:15 a.m. Panel Five: Poetry and Empire. Chair: Irena Grudzinska Gross (Boston University) Clare Cavanagh (Northwestern University): "Czeslaw Milosz and the Mystery of the Missing 'Second World'" Richard K. Cross (University of Maryland, College Park): "The Breaking of Nations: Scotland, Czechoslovakia, and the Poetry of Edwin Muir" Irena Grudzinska Gross (Boston University): "Joseph Brodsky and Empire" 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Panel Six: New Approaches to Modernism. Chair: Ronald Bush (Oxford University) Jonathan Freedman (University of Michigan): "Monstrous Modernism: Metamorphoses of *The Dybbuk*" Christine Froula (Northwestern University): "Modernism and Worldliness" Vicki Mahaffey (University of Pennsylvania): "Challenging Fictions: The Reader's Stake in Modern Literature" 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.