Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #29 (3/25/05)
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*Thurs., Mar. 24, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pryne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather, Amherst, MA
Richard Brilliant (Columbia University)
"The Roman Peace and its Cost-Benefit Imagery"
This lecture is funded by the Department of Fine Arts and the Eastman
Lecture Fund
Fri., Mar. 25, 4:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies,
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
John Curtis Franklin
"Lyre Gods, East and West"
For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo,
salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Wed., Mar 30, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South
Street, Pollack Auditorium, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College)
"Alexander's Travels, From Home to Home Page"
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Thu., Mar 31, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South
Street, Shiffman 219, Waltham, MA
Pamela Allara, Paul Morrison, Ibrahim Sundiata, and Cheryl Walker
"The Film 'Alexander': Great or Grating? A Panel Discussion on the
Historic Figure, the Film, and the Film's Message"
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu)
*Fri., Apr. 1, 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, Photonics Center, 2 St.
Mary's St.,
Room 205, Boston, MA
Friday Colloquium Series
Michael Silk (King's College, London, and Boston University)
"Nietzsche's Socrateases"
For electronic copy of pre-circulated paper, please contact John
Manna, casphilo(a)bu.edu
Sun., Apr. 3, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Estell Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Richard Brilliant (Columbia University)
"Hope that Unlocks the Gates of Hades: Roman Funerary Arts"
Presented with the support of the International Catacomb Society
Open to the public; free tickets available at Remis Box Office on day
of lecture
Thurs., Apr. 7, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"The Dramatic Rescue of the Mosaics of Zeugma: Greek Life along the Euphrates"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
Fri., April 8, 4:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies,
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
Michael Silk (King's College, London, and Boston University)
"The Invention of Greek: Poets, Macedonians, and Others"
For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo,
salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Fri., Apr. 8, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
"The Gaze in and out of Ekphrasis: Visualizing Ariadne from Catullus
to Pompeii"
Sun., Apr. 10, 10:30 a.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Sponsored by SAFE (Saving Antiquities for Everyone)
Roger Atwood (author of "Stealing History")
Tour of MFA discussing provenance of objects
Fee: $30 plus museum admission; student discounts available
To make a reservation for the tour, please visit
http://www.savingantiquities.org/g-whatwedosafetours.htm
For more information, please email tours(a)savingantiquities.org
Wed., April 13, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Martin Dreher (University of Magdeburg)
"'Primitive' Sparta: Reflections on Sparta's Early Constitution"
Wed., Apr. 13, 12:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University)
"The Rise and Fall of the Canaanites (c. 1900-1175 BCE)"
Wed., Apr. 13, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fogg Art Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Christian
Lecture Room, 3rd floor,
Cambridge, MA
A seminar sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)
Carlos A. Picon (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
"The Reinstallation of the Collection of Classical Antiquities in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art"
For more information contact Amy Brauer (brauer(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Wed., Apr. 13, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University)
"The Arrival of the Philistines"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
Thurs., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University)
"Ashkelon on the Eve of Destruction"
Thurs., Apr. 14, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wayne Hankey (Dalhousie University)
"Reevaluating E. R. Dodds' Platonism"
Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center,
855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"Local Honors for the Roman Emperor: Notes on a Silent Revolution"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.edu
Fri., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Brooks Emmons Levy (Princeton University)
"Holy Shekels: the Currency of Jerusalem's Temple Tax"
Free admission: a reception will follow
Mon., Apr. 18, 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Hartford Society, AIA Lecture
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Water Colors of the Villa of the Mysteries by Maria Barosso:
Archaeology, Art, and Politics of Italy of the 1920s"
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Apr. 19, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA
Oswyn Murray (Balliol College, Oxford)
"Zeno and the Art of Polis Maintenance"
*Wed., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
"Happiness and the causes of things: physics and ethics in Stoicism"
*Thurs., Apr. 21, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA
Maurizio Giangiulio (University of Trento)
"Oral tradition and narrative strategies in Herodotus: the speech
of the Corinthian Socles"
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., April 25, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Shadi Bartsch (University of Chicago)
"Seneca's Medea, or the Stoic as Monster"
Tues., Apr. 26, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Old Art Gallery 200, 56 High Street, New Haven, CT
Archaeological Institute of America - New Haven Society
Elaine Gazda (University of Michigan)
"The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Contexts and Meanings"
For more information: Richard A. Grossmann (rag33(a)pantheon.yale.edu)
Tues., Apr. 26, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 1: "Before Excavation: Legends and their Reception"
*Wed., Apr. 27, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Johannes Koder (University of Vienna)
"The Hymns of Romanos the Melodist and their Potential Role as Mass Propaganda"
Wed., Apr. 27 [time TBA]
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA [specific location TBA]
English Department Medieval Doctoral Conference
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the History of the Book Seminar
Seth Lehrer (Stanford University)
"Aesop in the Middle Ages: Authority and Authorship in the History of
Children's Literature"
Thurs., Apr. 28, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 2: "The Lydian City"
Thurs., April 28, 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics and Philosophy
Thomas Johansen (Edinburgh University)
"In Defense of Aristotelian Common Sense"
Response: Aryeh Kosman (Haverford College)
Mon., May 2, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 3: "Between East and West: from Persia to Rome"
(NOTE: THIS LECTURE IS ON A MONDAY)
Tues., May 3, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown St., Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Seminar
Silke Knippschild (Technical University Dresden)
"Spoils and Iconoclasm in Ancient West Asia and Greece: The Role of
Art in Creating and Destroying Identities"
Thurs., May 5, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 4: "Golden Sunset, Furious Afterglow: Late Antiquity and Beyond"
Thurs., May 19, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
"Monuments for Eternity or Brilliant Performance? Changes in the
Representational Behaviour of the Roman Elite in the Third Century AD"
LECTURE CANCELLED:
Wed., May 18, 5:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Co-sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Department of History
Christian Jacob (NRS and EHESS, Paris)
"From texts to books: circulation and authority of the written word
in Greek culture"
APPENDIX
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi (Boston University)
"Religion and Power in the Early Empire"
James Rives (York University)
"Reason and Revelation in Apuleius"
Joseph Pucci (Brown University)
"Catullus Among the Christians"
A reception and dinner will conclude the conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
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 2004/2005: #28 (3/18/05)
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the following week.
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PLEASE NOTE:
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** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Fri., Mar. 18, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Patricia Easterling (University of Cambridge)
"The Death of Oedipus and What Happened Next"
Fri., Mar. 18, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Lecture in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology
Sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Anthony Tuck (Tufts University)
"Singing the Rug: Patterned Textiles in Etruria and Beyond"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Mar. 21, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Stephen Heyworth (Wadham College, Oxford)
"Problems in *Heroides* 16: Authenticity, Text, Date"
Mon., Mar. 21, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Sheila Murnaghan (University of Pennsylvania)
"Farming, Authority, and Truth-Telling in the Greek Tradition"
Wed., Mar. 23, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA
A Five College Classics Departments Lecture
R. Ross Holloway (Brown University)
"The Tomb of the Diver at Paestum"
Reception following
For further information contact Sara Upton, swupton(a)amherst.edu
Wed., Mar. 23, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Stephen Heyworth (University of Oxford)
"Problems in Propertius 4.1"
Fri., Mar. 25, 4:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies,
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
John Curtis Franklin
"Lyre Gods, East and West"
For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo,
salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Wed., Mar 30, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South
Street, Pollack Auditorium, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College)
"Alexander's Travels, From Home to Home Page"
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Thu., Mar 31, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South
Street, Shiffman 219, Waltham, MA
Pamela Allara, Paul Morrison, Ibrahim Sundiata, and Cheryl Walker
"The Film 'Alexander': Great or Grating? A Panel Discussion on the
Historic Figure, the Film, and the Film's Message"
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu)
*Sun., Apr. 3, 2:00 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA
Estell Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Richard Brilliant (Columbia University)
"Hope that Unlocks the Gates of Hades: Roman Funerary Arts"
Presented with the support of the International Catacomb Society
Open to the public; free tickets available at Remis Box Office on day
of lecture
Thurs., Apr. 7, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"The Dramatic Rescue of the Mosaics of Zeugma: Greek Life along the Euphrates"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
Fri., April 8, 4:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies,
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
Michael Silk (King's College, London, and Boston University)
"The Invention of Greek: Poets, Macedonians, and Others"
For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo,
salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Fri., Apr. 8, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
"The Gaze in and out of Ekphrasis: Visualizing Ariadne from Catullus
to Pompeii"
Sun., Apr. 10, 10:30 a.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Sponsored by SAFE (Saving Antiquities for Everyone)
Roger Atwood (author of "Stealing History")
Tour of MFA discussing provenance of objects
Fee: $30 plus museum admission; student discounts available
To make a reservation for the tour, please visit
http://www.savingantiquities.org/g-whatwedosafetours.htm
For more information, please email tours(a)savingantiquities.org
Wed., April 13, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Martin Dreher (University of Magdeburg)
"'Primitive' Sparta: Reflections on Sparta's Early Constitution"
*Wed., Apr. 13, 12:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University)
"The Rise and Fall of the Canaanites (c. 1900-1175 BCE)"
*Wed., Apr. 13, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fogg Art Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Christian
Lecture Room, 3rd floor,
Cambridge, MA
A seminar sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)
Carlos A. Picon (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
"The Reinstallation of the Collection of Classical Antiquities in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art"
For more information contact Amy Brauer (brauer(a)fas.harvard.edu)
*Wed., Apr. 13, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University)
"The Arrival of the Philistines"
Reception preceding at 6:15 at Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
*Thurs., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University)
"Ashkelon on the Eve of Destruction"
Thurs., Apr. 14, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wayne Hankey (Dalhousie University)
"Reevaluating E. R. Dodds' Platonism"
Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center,
855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"Local Honors for the Roman Emperor: Notes on a Silent Revolution"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.edu
Fri., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Brooks Emmons Levy (Princeton University)
"Holy Shekels: the Currency of Jerusalem's Temple Tax"
Free admission: a reception will follow
Mon., Apr. 18, 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Hartford Society, AIA Lecture
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Water Colors of the Villa of the Mysteries by Maria Barosso:
Archaeology, Art, and Politics of Italy of the 1920s"
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Apr. 19, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA
Oswyn Murray (Balliol College, Oxford)
"Zeno and the Art of Polis Maintenance"
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Mon., April 25, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Shadi Bartsch (University of Chicago)
"Seneca's Medea, or the Stoic as Monster"
Tues., Apr. 26, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Old Art Gallery 200, 56 High Street, New Haven, CT
Archaeological Institute of America - New Haven Society
Elaine Gazda (University of Michigan)
"The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Contexts and Meanings"
For more information: Richard A. Grossmann (rag33(a)pantheon.yale.edu)
Tues., Apr. 26, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 1: "Before Excavation: Legends and their Reception"
Wed., Apr. 27 [time TBA]
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA [specific location TBA]
English Department Medieval Doctoral Conference
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the History of the Book Seminar
Seth Lehrer (Stanford University)
"Aesop in the Middle Ages: Authority and Authorship in the History of
Children's Literature"
Thurs., Apr. 28, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 2: "The Lydian City"
Thurs., April 28, 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics and Philosophy
Thomas Johansen (Edinburgh University)
"In Defense of Aristotelian Common Sense"
Response: Aryeh Kosman (Haverford College)
Mon., May 2, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 3: "Between East and West: from Persia to Rome"
(NOTE: THIS LECTURE IS ON A MONDAY)
Tues., May 3, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown St., Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Seminar
Silke Knippschild (Technical University Dresden)
"Spoils and Iconoclasm in Ancient West Asia and Greece: The Role of
Art in Creating and Destroying Identities"
Thurs., May 5, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 4: "Golden Sunset, Furious Afterglow: Late Antiquity and Beyond"
Thurs., May 19, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
"Monuments for Eternity or Brilliant Performance? Changes in the
Representational Behaviour of the Roman Elite in the Third Century AD"
LECTURE CANCELLED:
Wed., May 18, 5:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Co-sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Department of History
Christian Jacob (NRS and EHESS, Paris)
"From texts to books: circulation and authority of the written word
in Greek culture"
APPENDIX
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi (Boston University)
"Religion and Power in the Early Empire"
James Rives (York University)
"Reason and Revelation in Apuleius"
Joseph Pucci (Brown University)
"Catullus Among the Christians"
A reception and dinner will conclude the conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
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 2004/2005: #27 (3/11/05)
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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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PLEASE NOTE:
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** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Mon., Mar. 14, 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Hartford Society, AIA Lecture
Camilla McKay (Yale University)
"Pottery, Trade, and History in Late Medieval Greece"
Tues., Mar. 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Seminar
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"De-orientalizing Prometheus: The Culture Hero in Mesopotamia and Greece"
For more information: Michael Satlow (401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
*Tues., Mar. 15, 12:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 253, Boston, MA
Department of Archaeology and Center for Archaeological Studies Lecture
Marie-Pierre Dausse (Boston University)
"Molossia: a forgotten country? Spatial Organization and People in
Central Epirus, Greece"
Tues., Mar. 15, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Dr. Sharon Zuckerman (Hebrew University)
"The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Canaanite Kingdom: Recent
Excavations at Tel Hazor, Israel"
Reception preceding lecture at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue,
at 6:15 p.m.
Contact Dena Davis for more information (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
*Thurs., Mar. 17, 4:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, Providence, RI
Robinson Memorial Lecture
Patricia Easterling (University of Cambridge)
"Ancient Plays for Modern Minds"
Fri., Mar. 18, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Patricia Easterling (University of Cambridge)
"The Death of Oedipus and What Happened Next"
Fri., Mar. 18, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Lecture in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology
Sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Anthony Tuck (Tufts University)
"Singing the Rug: Patterned Textiles in Etruria and Beyond"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
Mon., Mar. 21, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Stephen Heyworth (Wadham College, Oxford)
"Problems in *Heroides* 16: Authenticity, Text, Date"
*Mon., Mar. 21, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Sheila Murnaghan (University of Pennsylvania)
"Farming, Authority, and Truth-Telling in the Greek Tradition"
Wed., Mar. 23, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA
A Five College Classics Departments Lecture
R. Ross Holloway (Brown University)
"The Tomb of the Diver at Paestum"
Reception following
For further information contact Sara Upton, swupton(a)amherst.edu
*Wed., Mar. 23, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Stephen Heyworth (University of Oxford)
"Problems in Propertius 4.1"
*Fri., Mar. 25, 4:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies,
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
John Curtis Franklin
"Lyre Gods, East and West"
For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo,
salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
*Wed., Mar 30, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South
Street, Pollack Auditorium, Waltham, MA
A Martin Weiner Lecture
Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College)
"Alexander's Travels, From Home to Home Page"
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu)
*Thu., Mar 31, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South
Street, Shiffman 219, Waltham, MA
Pamela Allara, Paul Morrison, Ibrahim Sundiata, and Cheryl Walker
"The Film 'Alexander': Great or Grating? A Panel Discussion on the
Historic Figure, the Film, and the Film's Message"
For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or
aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or
JBarry(a)brandeis.edu)
Thurs., Apr. 7, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"The Dramatic Rescue of the Mosaics of Zeugma: Greek Life along the Euphrates"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
*Fri., April 8, 4:15 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies,
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409,
Boston, MA
Michael Silk (King's College, London, and Boston University)
"The Invention of Greek: Poets, Macedonians, and Others"
For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo,
salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427
Fri., Apr. 8, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
"The Gaze in and out of Ekphrasis: Visualizing Ariadne from Catullus
to Pompeii"
*Sun., Apr. 10, 10:30 a.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Sponsored by SAFE (Saving Antiquities for Everyone)
Roger Atwood (author of "Stealing History")
Tour of MFA discussing provenance of objects
Fee: $30 plus museum admission; student discounts available
To make a reservation for the tour, please visit
http://www.savingantiquities.org/g-whatwedosafetours.htm
For more information, please email tours(a)savingantiquities.org
*Wed., April 13, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Martin Dreher (University of Magdeburg)
"'Primitive' Sparta: Reflections on Sparta's Early Constitution"
Thurs., Apr. 14, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wayne Hankey (Dalhousie University)
"Reevaluating E. R. Dodds' Platonism"
**Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE PAPER TITLE CHANGE)
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center,
855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"Local Honors for the Roman Emperor: Notes on a Silent Revolution"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.edu
Fri., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Brooks Emmons Levy (Princeton University)
"Holy Shekels: the Currency of Jerusalem's Temple Tax"
Free admission: a reception will follow
Mon., Apr. 18, 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Hartford Society, AIA Lecture
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Water Colors of the Villa of the Mysteries by Maria Barosso:
Archaeology, Art, and Politics of Italy of the 1920s"
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Apr. 19, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA
Oswyn Murray (Balliol College, Oxford)
"Zeno and the Art of Polis Maintenance"
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
*Mon., April 25, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI
Departmental Lecture
Shadi Bartsch (University of Chicago)
"Seneca's Medea, or the Stoic as Monster"
Tues., Apr. 26, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Old Art Gallery 200, 56 High Street, New Haven, CT
Archaeological Institute of America - New Haven Society
Elaine Gazda (University of Michigan)
"The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Contexts and Meanings"
For more information: Richard A. Grossmann (rag33(a)pantheon.yale.edu)
Tues., Apr. 26, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 1: "Before Excavation: Legends and their Reception"
Wed., Apr. 27 [time TBA]
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA [specific location TBA]
English Department Medieval Doctoral Conference
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the History of the Book Seminar
Seth Lehrer (Stanford University)
"Aesop in the Middle Ages: Authority and Authorship in the History of
Children's Literature"
Thurs., Apr. 28, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 2: "The Lydian City"
*Thurs., April 28, 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Sponsored by the Departments of Classics and Philosophy
Thomas Johansen (Edinburgh University)
"In Defense of Aristotelian Common Sense"
Response: Aryeh Kosman (Haverford College)
Mon., May 2, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 3: "Between East and West: from Persia to Rome"
(NOTE: THIS LECTURE IS ON A MONDAY)
*Tues., May 3, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown St., Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Seminar
Silke Knippschild (Technical University Dresden)
"Spoils and Iconoclasm in Ancient West Asia and Greece: The Role of
Art in Creating and Destroying Identities"
Thurs., May 5, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 4: "Golden Sunset, Furious Afterglow: Late Antiquity and Beyond"
*Thurs., May 19, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
"Monuments for Eternity or Brilliant Performance? Changes in the
Representational Behaviour of the Roman Elite in the Third Century AD"
LECTURE CANCELLED:
Wed., May 18, 5:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Co-sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Department of History
Christian Jacob (NRS and EHESS, Paris)
"From texts to books: circulation and authority of the written word
in Greek culture"
APPENDIX
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi (Boston University)
"Religion and Power in the Early Empire"
James Rives (York University)
"Reason and Revelation in Apuleius"
Joseph Pucci (Brown University)
"Catullus Among the Christians"
A reception and dinner will conclude the conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
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 2004/2005: #26 (3/4/05)
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
*Tues., Mar. 8, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Michael Jeffreys (University of Oxford)
"Anglicans, Orthodox and Puritans: A Thousand Unexpected Greek
Liturgical Books in
Seventeenth-Century British Libraries"
Mon., Mar. 14, 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Hartford Society, AIA Lecture
Camilla McKay (Yale University)
"Pottery, Trade, and History in Late Medieval Greece"
Tues., March 15, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
"De-orientalizing Prometheus: The Culture Hero in Mesopotamia and Greece"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
Tues., Mar. 15, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Semitic Museum
Dr. Sharon Zuckerman (Hebrew University)
"The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Canaanite Kingdom: Recent
Excavations at Tel Hazor, Israel"
Reception preceding lecture at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue,
at 6:15 p.m.
Contact Dena Davis for more information (617-495-4631 or
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Fri., Mar. 18, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Patricia Easterling (University of Cambridge)
"The Death of Oedipus and What Happened Next"
Fri., Mar. 18, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Lecture in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology
Sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Anthony Tuck (Tufts University)
"Singing the Rug: Patterned Textiles in Etruria and Beyond"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
*Mon., Mar. 21, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Stephen Heyworth (Wadham College, Oxford)
"Problems in *Heroides* 16: Authenticity, Text, Date"
Wed., Mar. 23, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA
A Five College Classics Departments Lecture
R. Ross Holloway (Brown University)
"The Tomb of the Diver at Paestum"
Reception following
For further information contact Sara Upton, swupton(a)amherst.edu
Thurs., Apr. 7, 5:30 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, MA
Co-sponsored by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
"The Dramatic Rescue of the Mosaics of Zeugma: Greek Life along the Euphrates"
Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required
*Fri., Apr. 8, 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
"The Gaze in and out of Ekphrasis: Visualizing Ariadne from Catullus
to Pompeii"
*Thurs., Apr. 14, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Wayne Hankey (Dalhousie University)
"Reevaluating E. R. Dodds' Platonism"
Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center,
855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT
New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Carlos Norena (Yale University)
"From Model to Master: Local Constructions of the Emperor in the West"
Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30
For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.edu
Fri., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Brooks Emmons Levy (Princeton University)
"Holy Shekels: the Currency of Jerusalem's Temple Tax"
Free admission: a reception will follow
Mon., Apr. 18, 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Hartford Society, AIA Lecture
Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan)
"Water Colors of the Villa of the Mysteries by Maria Barosso:
Archaeology, Art, and Politics of Italy of the 1920s"
Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial,
21 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium
Burkhard Meissner (Brown University)
"Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents,
Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation"
For more information: Michael Satlow
(401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu)
*Fri., Apr. 19, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA
Oswyn Murray (Balliol College, Oxford)
"Zeno and the Art of Polis Maintenance"
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
See Appendix for details
Tues., Apr. 26, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Old Art Gallery 200, 56 High Street, New Haven, CT
Archaeological Institute of America - New Haven Society
Elaine Gazda (University of Michigan)
"The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Contexts and Meanings"
For more information: Richard A. Grossmann (rag33(a)pantheon.yale.edu)
Tues., Apr. 26, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 1: "Before Excavation: Legends and their Reception"
Wed., Apr. 27 [time TBA]
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA [specific location TBA]
English Department Medieval Doctoral Conference
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the History of the Book Seminar
Seth Lehrer (Stanford University)
"Aesop in the Middle Ages: Authority and Authorship in the History of
Children's Literature"
Thurs., Apr. 28, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 2: "The Lydian City"
Mon., May 2, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 3: "Between East and West: from Persia to Rome"
(NOTE: THIS LECTURE IS ON A MONDAY)
Thurs., May 5, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series:
"Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate"
Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley)
Lecture 4: "Golden Sunset, Furious Afterglow: Late Antiquity and Beyond"
LECTURE CANCELLED:
Wed., May 18, 5:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Co-sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Department of History
Christian Jacob (NRS and EHESS, Paris)
"From texts to books: circulation and authority of the written word
in Greek culture"
APPENDIX
Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue,
5th Floor, Boston, MA
Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion"
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi (Boston University)
"Religion and Power in the Early Empire"
James Rives (York University)
"Reason and Revelation in Apuleius"
Joseph Pucci (Brown University)
"Catullus Among the Christians"
A reception and dinner will conclude the conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or
contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof.
Patricia Larash
(plarash(a)bu.edu)
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.
