*Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.
Harvard Classical Club Play: Seneca's Medea
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Adams House, 26 Plympton St., Adams Pool Theater,
Cambridge, MA 02138A play by Seneca, translated by the Harvard Classics Club
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! After defying her father, killing
her brother, and tricking other women into patricide, Medea is abandoned by
the very hero she sullied her soul to save. On Jason's wedding day to the
virginal Princess of Corinth, Medea must flee into exile and leave her two
children behind. But this witch isn't going down without a fight--and no
one takes revenge like Medea. Come explore Roman playwright Seneca's
character-focused interpretation of the Classical Greek tragedy, presented
in original translation by the Harvard Classics Club.
Get FREE tickets by emailing your name, showtime, and number of tickets to
harvardmedea(a)gmail.com!
http://hrdctheater.com/senecas-medea/
*Thursday, November 20: James Turner (Notre Dame)
4:15-6:00 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Robinson Hall, Lower Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge,
MA 02138
"Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities"
A talk regarding the publication of Professor Turner's book on this topic,
"Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities," from Princeton
University Press.
Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History
Free and open to the public. Contact: Peter Gordon, pgordon(a)fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 24: Sebastian Sommer (Bayerisches Landesamt, Munich)
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS South S020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Running and Expanding a Transnational
Serial World Heritage Site"
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Workshop:
"Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett, cbartlett(a)fas.harvard.edu;
Anthony Shannon, ashannon(a)fas.harvard.edu
Monday, December 8: Athina Papachrysostomou (University of Patras)
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology room 409 (745 Commonwealth Ave)
Boston, MA 02215
"Comic Money: The Case of Hetairai and Fishmongers"
Free and open to the public
The Study Group on Religion and Myth in the Ancient World Series.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-study-group-on-religion-and-myth…
Monday, January 26: Mark Bradley (University of Nottingham)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Obesity, Corpulence, and Emaciation in Roman Art"
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
Wednesday, February 25: Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Workshop:
"Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett, cbartlett(a)fas.harvard.edu;
Anthony Shannon, ashannon(a)fas.harvard.edu
Wednesday, March 11: Nicholas Purcell (University of Oxford)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Workshop:
"Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett, cbartlett(a)fas.harvard.edu;
Anthony Shannon, ashannon(a)fas.harvard.edu
Thursday & Friday, Mar 12-13: CON-IH 15--Transitions: States and Empires in
the Longue Durée
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Since its inception in 2001, the Harvard Graduate Student Conference on
International History (Con-IH) has become an annual event, organized by
graduate students in International History at Harvard University. Please
visit the conference website, http://con-ih.com, for more information, and
please email any enquiries to the organizing committee at
ConIH(a)fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, March 23: Mildenberg Lecture 2015: Stefan Ritter (Institute of
Classical Archaeology, LMU Munich)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Title TBA.
Thursday, March 26: NEAHC Meeting
5:00 PM-10:00 PM
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Aquinas Lounge, Providence, RI 02918
Topic TBA.
A meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium, a meeting of
professors and graduate students of ancient history.
http://www.providence.edu/history/Pages/calendar.aspx#/?i=1
Friday, March 27: Stephen Harrison (Corpus Christi College, Oxford
University)
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title: TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
Monday, April 13: Kenneth Lapatin (Getty Museum)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kenneth Lapatin (Getty Museum)
The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
Tuesday, April 14; Wednesday, April 15; Thursday, April 16; Friday, April
17: Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
5:00 PM-6:30 PM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lecture Series
Titles TBA
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Tue, Nov 4: David Ferry (Wellesley College)
5:15 p.m. - 7 p.m.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MIT Building E51, Room 275,
Cambridge, MA 02139
"David Ferry in Conversation: On the Classics & Translation"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
David is a poet and translator of Classical literatures, winner of the
prestigious Lilly Poetry Prize from the American Poetry Foundation,
and Professor Emeritus at Wellesley College. David will be reading
from new and old translations of Latin authors, as well as from his
own work.
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/
Wed, Nov 5: Alexandre Monteiro (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 685 Commonwealth Ave, CAS 211, Boston, MA 02215
"Ship of gold in a sea of diamonds: the untold story of the 'Bom
Jesus,' a Portuguese East Indiaman lost off Namibia in 1533"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the BU Archaeology Department
Wed, Nov 5: Hendrik Dey (Hunter College)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, G03, 415 South
Street, Waltham, MA 02453
"Fortress Rome: How the Aurelian Wall Changed Everything"
In 271 AD, Rome was the largest and most famous city in the world, the
center of an empire so vast and so powerful that no foreign invader
had threatened it since Hannibal 500 years earlier. Beginning in 271,
however, Emperor Aurelius began to surround the previously unfortified
city-center with the largest masonry structure the world had ever
seen, a city wall 12 miles in circumference imposed on the midst of
Rome’s sprawling urban fabric. Neighborhoods were cut in two; roads
and bridges blocked; houses, tombs and public buildings either
demolished or absorbed by the wall. Professor Dey explores a tiny
sampling of the ways in which the look and the life of the city
changed forever, with emphasis on infrastructure.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Classical Studies, Fine Arts, and
History, and the Mandel Center for the Humanities.
Free and Open to the Public, Reception to follow with light
refreshments. For more information contact Heidi McAllister:
hmcallister(a)brandeis.edu or Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow:
aoko(a)brandeis.edu.
Directions to Brandeis: http://www.brandeis.edu/ces/directions.html
*Wed, Nov 5: David Gurevich (Fulbright Post-Doctoral Scholar at Harvard, NELC)
5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Room 201,
Cambridge, MA 02138
"Identifying Josephus' Landmarks in Northern Jerusalem"
Fifth meeting of the Harvard History and Archaeology of Ancient Near
Eastern Societies Workshop.
In his account of the First Jewish-Roman War, Josephus refers to a
number of sites that were well-known in Jerusalem in the year 70 CE –
the "Serpent's Pool" (War, 5.108), "Herod's monument" (War, 5.507) and
the northern city wall (War 5.106). However, the exact location of
these sites is unknown today, and their identification is a matter of
some contention. Any attempt to locate the sites on the ground raises
the following questions: How accurate was Josephus in his
topographical description? In what way do we articulate the landmarks
he mentions in relation to each other? And how reasonable is the
present identification of extant archaeological remains? This talk
will re-evaluate the methods and conclusions drawn by previous
scholars based on cartographic material, old aerial and ground
photographs, to propose a new spatial analysis that rejects, inter
alia, the former identification of the "Serpent's Pool" proposed by
Magen Broshi, and suggests an alternative for its location.
A reception will follow the talk.
*Wed, Nov 5: David Frankfurter (Boston University)
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the
Andover-Harvard Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA
02138
"Scribality and Syncretism: Christian Scribes as Mediators of
Religious Traditions in Late Antique Egypt."
Thu, Nov 6: Eckart Goebel (New York University)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Room 359, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
"Chewing: Goethe’s Proserpina"
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/classical-traditions
Fri, Nov 7: Eckart Goebel (New York University)
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Room 359, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Roundtable Discussion with Professor Frauke Berndt
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/classical-traditions
*Fri, Nov 7: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin)
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Mycenaean Kingship Ideology in Its Cultural Context: megaron,
thronos, skēptron"
GSAS Workshop on Indo-European and Historical Linguistics
Reception to follow
Sat, Nov 8: Colloquium: "Classical Monsters and Their Medieval Afterlife"
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Campus Center, Amherst Room,
Amherst, MA 01003
A colloquium on monsters, their meanings, and their influence in
classical and medieval art, archaeology, and literature. Presented by
the UMass Amherst Department of Classics. List of speakers and topics
available at http://www.umass.edu/classics/monstersconference.html.
Wed, Nov 12: John Schafer (Northwestern University)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center, Room 519, Worcester, MA 01610
"The Pagination of Virgil's Poems"
Wed, Nov 12: Jane Chaplin (Middlebury College)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, Amherst, MA 01003
"Chronological Disorder in LIvy"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics, UMass Amherst. Free and open
to the public.
*Wed, Nov 12: Penelope Davies (University of Texas at Austin)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 108, 60 George St.,
Providence, RI 02912
"Damned by Feigned Praise: the Role of Architecture in Julius Caesar's Death"
http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics/…
Fri & Sat, Nov 14-15: International Society For Late Antique Literary
Studies, Annual Conference
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union Terrace Lounge (775
Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 2nd Floor), Boston, MA 02215
Check-in, Friday 8:30 a.m.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/2014-islals-conference/
Mon, Nov 17: Adrienne Mayor (Stanford University)
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
The author will read and sign copies of her new book "The Amazons:
Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World."
Mon, Nov 24: Sebastian Sommer (Bayerisches Landesamt, Munich)
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS South S020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Running and Expanding a Transnational
Serial World Heritage Site"
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student
Workshop: "Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett,
cbartlett(a)fas.harvard.edu; Anthony Shannon, ashannon(a)fas.harvard.edu
Mon, Dec 8: Athina Papachrysostomou (University of Patras)
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology room 409 (745 Commonwealth Ave)
Boston, MA 02215
"Comic Money: The Case of Hetairai and Fishmongers"
Free and open to the public
The Study Group on Religion and Myth in the Ancient World Series.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-study-group-on-religion-and-myth…
Mon, Jan 26: Mark Bradley (University of Nottingham)
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Obesity, Corpulence, and Emaciation in Roman Art"
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
*Wed, Feb 25: Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student
Workshop: "Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett,
cbartlett(a)fas.harvard.edu; Anthony Shannon, ashannon(a)fas.harvard.edu
*Wed, Mar 11: Nicholas Purcell (University of Oxford)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student
Workshop: "Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett,
cbartlett(a)fas.harvard.edu; Anthony Shannon, ashannon(a)fas.harvard.edu
Thu & Fri, Mar 12-13: CON-IH 15--Transitions: States and Empires in
the Longue Durée
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Since its inception in 2001, the Harvard Graduate Student Conference
on International History (Con-IH) has become an annual event,
organized by graduate students in International History at Harvard
University. Please visit the conference website, http://con-ih.com,
for more information, and please email any enquiries to the organizing
committee at ConIH(a)fas.harvard.edu.
Mon, Mar 23: Mildenberg Lecture 2015: Stefan Ritter (Institute of
Classical Archaeology, LMU Munich)
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Title TBA.
*Thu, Mar 26: NEAHC Meeting
5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Aquinas Lounge, Providence, RI 02918
Topic TBA
A meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium, a meeting
of professors and graduate students of ancient history.
http://www.providence.edu/history/Pages/calendar.aspx#/?i=1
Fri, Mar 27: Stephen Harrison (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title: TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
Mon, Apr 13: Kenneth Lapatin (Getty Museum)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kenneth Lapatin (Getty Museum)
The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
*Tue, Apr 14; Wed, Apr 15; Thu Apr 16; Fri, Apr 17: Barbara Borg
(University of Exeter)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lecture Series
Four lectures: Titles TBA
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