Boston Area Classics Calendar 2009/2010
(1/29/10)
**PLEASE NOTE**
WE HAVE A GOOGLE CALENDAR FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR. YOU
CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
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This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming
events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
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NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY WILL
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the following week.
Please circulate as widely as possible. More details about some of the
events below can be found in the Google Calendar entries.
PLEASE NOTE:
* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
*Mon,. Feb. 8, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford, MA
Reinhard Foertsch, Professor of Classical Archaeology (Institute of
Archaeology, University of Cologne)
"The Morphology of Objects"
A Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture in the Classical Culture as Digital
Information, Languages of Materiality for 2010
For further Information, visit our website at http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures
or email david.proctor(a)tufts.edu
Tues, Feb. 9, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for Government and International Studies –
South S020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Susan Alcock (Brown University, Director of the Joukowsky Institute
for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Joukowsky Family Professor in
Archaeology, Professor of Classics)
"A Conversation on Staking out Space for Archaeology in the North
American Academy"
Second Opening of Term Event hosted by the Standing Committee on
Archaeology, Harvard University
A reception will follow.
http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=&tile=F7&quadrant=B&series=M
*Tues., Feb. 9, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford, MA
Reinhard Foertsch, Professor of Classical Archaeology (Institute of
Archaeology, University of Cologne)
"The Syntax of Contextualization"
A Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture in the Classical Culture as Digital
Information, Languages of Materiality for 2010
For further Information, visit our website at http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures
or email david.proctor(a)tufts.edu
Tues., Feb. 16, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Professors Barbara Hillers (Harvard, Dep. of Celtic Lang. and Lit.),
Stephanie Kamath (Univ. of Massachusetts, Dep. of English), Luis Girón-
Negrón (Harvard, Dep. of Lit. and Comp. Lit), Richard Thomas (Harvard,
Dep. of the Classics), and Jan Ziolkowski (Harvard, Dep. of the
Classics) present and discuss the Virgilian Tradition: aspects and
approaches.
"The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years--and the
Next Five Hundred Plus"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
*Tues., Feb. 16, 8:00-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford, MA
Reinhard Foertsch, Professor of Classical Archaeology (Institute of
Archaeology, University of Cologne)
"The Discourse of Space"
A Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture in the Classical Culture as Digital
Information, Languages of Materiality for 2010
For further Information, visit our website at http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures
or email david.proctor(a)tufts.edu
*Tues., Feb. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS Knafel Building, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262),
1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Ruth Phillips (William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of
Canadian Studies; Professor of Art History, School for Studies in Art
and Culture; Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture, Carleton
University, Ottawa
"Artistic Primitivism and the Emergence of Indigenous Modernisms:
Western Discourse, Global Diaspora"
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Cultural Politics Seminar
*Wed., Feb. 17, 8:00-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford, MA
Reinhard Foertsch, Professor of Classical Archaeology (Institute of
Archaeology, University of Cologne)
"The Inoperability of Culture"
A Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture in the Classical Culture as Digital
Information, Languages of Materiality for 2010
For further Information, visit our website at http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures
or email david.proctor(a)tufts.edu
*Wed., Feb. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Humanities Center at Harvard, 133 Barker, 12
Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Alexander Kitroeff, Associate Professor of History (Haverford College)
"Greece's 'Great Idea' & the Politics of Cultural Nationalism in the
1850s"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
This is open to the public.
You can access this information by visiting the official website of
the Program of Modern Greek Studies at Harvard at the following link:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~modgreek/events.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, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Tom Glick (Boston University)
"The Transmission of Arabic Science in Latin and Hebrew in Medieval
Spain"
Medieval Seminar at Harvard University
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/).
Thurs., Apr. 1, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather Hall 115 (Pruyne Lecture Room), Amherst,
MA
S. Thomas Parker (History, North Carolina State University)
"Aila: A Roman Port on the Red Sea"
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Society, and the Department of Classics. For further
information contact Geoffrey Sumi gsumi(a)mtholyoke.edu.
https://www.amherst.edu/map/camp_map-1-1.html
Fri., Apr. 2, Time TBA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, location TBA
Glenn Most (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
Title: TBD
Seminar for Ancient Greece and Rome
Thurs., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge
N. Keith Rutter (Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh)
"Coins and Cultures in Western Sicily"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
This lecture will explore relationships among the three peoples of
western Sicily--Elymians, Phoenicians, and Greeks--in the 5th century
BC, not in terms of traditional accounts of their eternal enmities
from the ancient historians, but through their coinages, which seem to
suggest an openness in relations.
Reception to follow; free and open to the public.
Mon., Apr. 19, 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Julia Hejduk (Baylor University)
Title: TBA
Seminar for Ancient Greece and Rome
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.
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2009/2010
(1/22/10)
**PLEASE NOTE**
WE HAVE A GOOGLE CALENDAR FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR. YOU
CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
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USERS OF ICAL CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR USING
THE FOLLOWING URL:
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This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming
events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
. Please send information as a plain text email in the format shown
below instead of as file attachments.
NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 PM 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. More details about some of the
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 Politikos, 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
*Tues, Feb. 9, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for Government and International Studies –
South S020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Susan Alcock (Brown University, Director of the Joukowsky Institute
for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Joukowsky Family Professor in
Archaeology, Professor of Classics)
"A Conversation on Staking out Space for Archaeology in the North
American Academy"
Second Opening of Term Event hosted by the Standing Committee on
Archaeology, Harvard University
A reception will follow.
http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=&tile=F7&quadrant=B&series=M
*Tues., Feb. 16, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Professors Barbara Hillers (Harvard, Dep. of Celtic Lang. and Lit.),
Stephanie Kamath (Univ. of Massachusetts, Dep. of English), Luis Girón-
Negrón (Harvard, Dep. of Lit. and Comp. Lit.), Richard Thomas
(Harvard, Dep. of the Classics), and Jan Ziolkowski (Harvard, Dep. of
the Classics) present and discuss the Virgilian Tradition: aspects and
approaches.
"The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years--and the
Next Five Hundred Plus"
Presented by The Classical Traditions Seminar
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, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Tom Glick (Boston University)
"The Transmission of Arabic Science in Latin and Hebrew in Medieval
Spain"
Medieval Seminar at Harvard University
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/).
*Thurs., Apr. 1, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather Hall 115 (Pruyne Lecture Room), Amherst,
MA
S. Thomas Parker (History, North Carolina State University)
"Aila: A Roman Port on the Red Sea"
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western
Massachusetts Society, and the Department of Classics
For further information contact Geoffrey Sumi gsumi(a)mtholyoke.edu.
https://www.amherst.edu/map/camp_map-1-1.html
*Fri., Apr. 2, Time TBA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, location TBA
Glenn Most (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
Title: TBD
Seminar for Ancient Greece and Rome
*Thurs., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge
N. Keith Rutter (Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh)
"Coins and Cultures in Western Sicily"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
This lecture will explore relationships among the three peoples of
western Sicily--Elymians, Phoenicians, and Greeks--in the 5th century
BC, not in terms of traditional accounts of their eternal enmities
from the ancient historians, but through their coinages, which seem to
suggest an openness in relations.
Reception to follow; free and open to the public.
*Mon., Apr. 19, 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Julia Hejduk (Baylor University)
Title: TBA
Seminar for Ancient Greece and Rome
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.
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics
Boston Area Classics Calendar 2009/2010
(1/14/10)
**PLEASE NOTE**
WE HAVE A GOOGLE CALENDAR FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR. YOU
CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bostonclassics%40gmail.com&ctz=Ame…
USERS OF ICAL CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR USING
THE FOLLOWING URL:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/bostonclassics%40gmail.com/public/basic…
This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming
events and subscription requests should be sent to calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
. Please send information as a plain text email in the format shown
below instead of as file attachments.
NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 PM 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. More details about some of the
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.
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics
