Boston Area Classics Calendar
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Tues., Oct. 2
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Dr. Christian Loeben (Keeper of the Egyptian Department of the "Museum August Kestner" in Hanover, Germany)
The Egyptian Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover (Germany): History and Current Egyptological Research
The lecture will examine the history, present state, and planned future of the Egyptian Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, Germany. This museum now bears the name of his founding father Georg Christian August Kestner (1777-1853), who acquired his collection of Egyptian antiquities in the first half of the 19th century. In terms of quality as well as quantity it can be considered the world's first important private collection of Egyptian art.
Presented by the Semitic Museum and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture. Free and open to the public.
Tues., Oct. 2
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Dead yet Alive! The Revival of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek)"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Thurs., Oct. 4
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"What Women Want: Speaking Names, Talking Birds and Other Obscure Obscenities in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Fri., Oct. 5
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive Approach to Homeric Versification"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Fri., Oct. 5
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115
Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera)
"Ancient Sounds of Greece"
A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and Berklee College of Music.
*Wed., Oct. 10
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Katrhin Rosenfield (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
"Liveliness and Insight: Hölderlin's Approach to Sophocles' Tragedies"
Classical Traditions Seminar -- Chairs: John Hamilton (Harvard) and Stephanie Frampton (MIT)
*Wed., Oct. 10
5:15 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS, South Building, S-010 Tsai Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ann McGrath (Australian National University)
"Lady Mungo and the Re-enchantment of Deep Time: Indigenous and Scientific Archaeologies of Nation, History and the Sacred"
With comments by Robert W. Preucel (University of Pennsylvania) and David Armitage, (Harvard University)
Harvard Standing Committee on Archaeology Opening of Fall Term Event: Archaeology and Indigenous Histories
Please join us for a conversation about archaeology and indigenous histories. Archaeologists, historians, and indigenous communities all share an interest in the past, but often study and commemorate it in different ways. The public lecture and subsequent discussion will highlight recent research that seeks to combine these approaches, examining the advantages and difficulties associated with this intellectual project.
Reception to follow in the CGIS South Concourse
Sponsored by the Harvard Standing Committee on Archaeology; Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past; The Department of Anthropology; The Peabody Museum; and the Department of History.
*Wed., Oct. 10
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02906
Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)
"After-dinner speaking? Odysseus' prologue (Odyssey 9.1-15) and its afterlife"
Thurs., Oct. 11
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA 02454
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary.
Fri., Oct. 12
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge)
"Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
*Tues., Oct. 16
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, 745 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 541), Boston, MA 02215
Alessandra Fussi (University of Pisa)
"Leo Strauss's Reading of Plato and Xenophon"
In this workshop, Professor Fussi will discuss the following works by Leo Strauss: "On Collingwood's Philosophy of History" (The Review of Metaphysics, V [1952], pp. 559-586); and "On Tyranny" (Chicago 2000).
For information contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu<mailto:roochnik@bu.edu>).
*Wed., Oct. 17
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 01218
Tesse Stek (University of Leiden)
"Cult places and societal organization in Latin colonies in the Republican period"
*Wed., Oct. 17
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium (Murkland Hall 115), Durham, NH 03824
Mary T. Boatwright (Duke University)
"The Pantheon: Why is Agrippa's Name on Hadrian's Building?"
A Free and Public Lecture
http://tinyurl.com/Boatwrightlecture
*Thurs., Oct. 18
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, 745 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 541), Boston, MA 02215
Alessandra Fussi (University of Pisa)
"Leo Strauss's Reading of Plato and Xenophon"
In this workshop, Professor Fussi will discuss the following works by Leo Strauss: "On Plato's Symposium" (Chicago 2001, pp. 174-251) and "The Problem of
Socrates: Fourth Lecture," in "The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: Essays and Lectures by Leo Strauss" (Chicago 1989, pp. 150-168). For information contact David Roochnik (roochnik(a)bu.edu<mailto:roochnik@bu.edu>).
Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s): Perspectives from the Outside"
(faculty bio: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access: to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the elevator to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on the first floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the sign-posted entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic Museum at Harvard.
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Boston Area Classics Calendar
We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n
One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link:
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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. New items and corrections received after 5 p.m. on Wednesday may not appear in the calendar until the Friday of the following week.
PLEASE NOTE:
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*Sat., Sept. 22
9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard Art Museums: Material and Immaterial Aspects of Color
A Dialogue among Artists, Conservators, Curators, and Scientists
Andrew W. Mellon Symposium in Conservation Science
This daylong symposium features presentations by scientists, curators, conservators, and artists who will discuss the uses of color in works of art. Talks will focus on both the immaterial and material aspects of color, including symbolism and significance in the use of materials since ancient times, the trade in precious colorants, challenges of creating art without traditional color, conservation of works that incorporate colored light, and perspectives of artists on the use of color in their own works.
Free admission. No registration required. Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/material-and-immaterial-aspects-c…
**Sun., Sept. 23
4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard Film Archive: The Last Days of Pompeii
Free screening with live piano accompaniment.
Directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi. With Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro, María Corda
Italy 1926, 35 mm, tinted b/w, silent, 144 min
The spectacular end of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried under the ashes of erupting Mount Vesuvius, was a favorite subject of early historical films. The 1926 silent movie Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is based on the story line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). The sets of this visually lavish and, for its time, very expensive film include impressive architectural facades of public buildings and luxurious interiors of private houses. The wall paintings, furniture, and sculptural decoration are partly based on archaeological evidence.
Adrian Staehli will give a short introduction to the movie. This screening is funded in part by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html
*Wed., Sept. 26
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michail Psalidopoulos (Tufts University)
"Sovereign Debt Crises in Greece: 19th Century to the Present"
Wed., Sept. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 02138
António J. G. de Freitas (Universidade do Minho)
"Obscure words in ancient cosmogonies"
*Tues., Oct. 2
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Dr. Christian Loeben (Keeper of the Egyptian Department of the "Museum August Kestner" in Hanover, Germany)
The Egyptian Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover (Germany): History and Current Egyptological Research
The lecture will examine the history, present state, and planned future of the Egyptian Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, Germany. This museum now bears the name of his founding father Georg Christian August Kestner (1777-1853), who acquired his collection of Egyptian antiquities in the first half of the 19th century. In terms of quality as well as quantity it can be considered the world's first important private collection of Egyptian art.
Presented by the Semitic Museum and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture. Free and open to the public.
*Tues., Oct. 2
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Dead yet Alive! The Revival of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek)"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
*Thurs., Oct. 4
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"What Women Want: Speaking Names, Talking Birds and Other Obscure Obscenities in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
*Fri., Oct. 5
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boyston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive Approach to Homeric Versification"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Fri., Oct. 5
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115
Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera)
"Ancient Sounds of Greece"
A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and Berklee College of Music.
Thurs., Oct. 11
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA 02454
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary.
Fri., Oct. 12
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge)
"Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
**Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s): Perspectives from the Outside"
(faculty bio: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
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
Boston Area Classics Calendar
We have a Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/3ztr34n
One can subscribe to it using his or her own Google Calendar account by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar on the above page. One can subscribe to receive calendar emails at the following link:
http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list
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. New items and corrections received after 5 p.m. on Wednesday may not appear in the calendar until the Friday of the following week.
PLEASE NOTE:
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*Thurs.-Sat., Sept. 13-15
AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA 01002
Conference--Caesar: Writer, Speaker and Linguist
This conference brings together the contributors to The Cambridge Companion to Caesar, co-edited by Luca Grillo (Amherst College) and Christopher Krebs (Stanford University). In accordance with the aim of Cambridge Companions, the conference aims simultaneously to advance research on Caesar and to make it available to a broader public. Specifically, we want to further the appreciation of Caesar as a versatile intellectual, by taking various approaches–narratological, rhetorical, linguistic, and historical–to his oeuvre. Caesar as general and politician still fascinates the general public and scholars alike, as he has for generations. But contemporaries also celebrated him as a leading intellectual, and we can still discern this Caesar in the fragments of his orations, linguistic treatises, and polemic pamphlets, letters to friends and the senate, and, of course, his famous Commentaries. This Caesar has most recently started to enjoy a much-deserved comeback, as proved by recent publications and by his inclusion in the new AP Latin programs; but much more work remains to be done.
Deadline for registration is August 31. For more information visit: http://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/classics/Caesar
*Thurs., Sept. 20
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Adrian Staehli (Harvard University)
"Images of the Doomed City: The Last Days of Pompeii in the Visual Imagination"
A rare print of Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (courtesy of the British Film Institute) will be shown in conjunction with the lecture. The film will be shown on Sunday, September 23rd.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html
*Sun., Sept. 23
4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Harvard Film Archive: The Last Days of Pompeii
Free screening with live piano accompaniment
Directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi. With Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro, María Corda
Italy 1926, 35 mm, tinted b/w, silent, 144 min
The spectacular end of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried under the ashes of erupting Mount Vesuvius, was a favorite subject of early historical films. The 1926 silent movie Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is based on the story line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). The sets of this visually lavish and, for its time, very expensive film include impressive architectural facades of public buildings and luxurious interiors of private houses. The wall paintings, furniture, and sculptural decoration are partly based on archaeological evidence.
Adrian Staehli will give a short introduction to the movie. This screening is funded in part by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html
*Wed., Sept. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 02138
António J. G. de Freitas (Universidade do Minho)
"Obscure words in ancient cosmogonies"
*Fri., Oct. 5
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115
Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera)
"Ancient Sounds of Greece"
A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and Berklee College of Music.
*Thurs., Oct. 11
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary.
*Fri., Oct. 12
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge)
"Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
*Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
(faculty bio: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s): Perspectives from the Outside"
CalClass
phone: (617) 495-4027
fax: (617) 496-6720
calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://classics.fas.harvard.edu
