Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #15 (12/16/05)
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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"
Wed., Apr. 5, 4:15 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
Apostolos Karpozilos (University of Ioannina and Dumbarton Oaks)
"Suicide in Byzantium"
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
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.
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #14 (12/9/05)
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NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL
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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., Dec. 12, 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
Mark Schiefsky (Harvard University)
"Machines and Morals: Technology and its Uses in Ancient Medicine"
Wed., Dec. 14, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Christopher Loveluck (University of Nottingham)
"Rethinking Social Interaction around the North Sea and Western Baltic:
From the Early Carolingians to the Late Viking Age, A.D. 600-1100"
A reception follows at the Faculty Club
Sponsored by the Committees on Archaeology and Medieval Studies
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"
Wed., Apr. 5, 4:15 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
Apostolos Karpozilos (University of Ioannina and Dumbarton Oaks)
"Suicide in Byzantium"
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
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.
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #13 (12/2/05)
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events and subscription requests should be sent to an address
dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu.
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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., 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., Dec. 12, 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
Mark Schiefsky (Harvard University)
"Machines and Morals: Technology and its Uses in Ancient Medicine"
*Wed., Dec. 14, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Christopher Loveluck (University of Nottingham)
"Rethinking Social Interaction around the North Sea and Western Baltic:
From the Early Carolingians to the Late Viking Age, A.D. 600-1100"
A reception follows at the Faculty Club
Sponsored by the Committees on Archaeology and Medieval Studies
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"
*Wed., Apr. 5, 4:15 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
Apostolos Karpozilos (University of Ioannina and Dumbarton Oaks)
"Suicide in Byzantium"
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
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.