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Mon, Apr 28: Fikret Yegül (UCSB)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Cambridge, MA 02138
"A Victor's Message: The Talking Column of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis"
Loeb Lecture
Tue, Apr 29: International Dance Day
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS South, Belfer Room S020, 1730 Cambridge St.,
Cambridge MA 02138
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and Real
Colegio Complutense present a dance studies panel:
"Dance/Transit/Displacement: Perspectives on Cross-temporal
Reenactments, Cosmopolitan Modernisms and Diasporic Bodies"
Featuring presentations by:
Michelle Clayton (Brown University)
"Modernism's Moving Bodies: Travel, Dance, Latin America"
Zoa Alonso (RCC Harvard)
"Peplum Choreographies: Translating Ancient Rome in Ballet and
Contemporary Dance"
Lester Tomé (Smith College, DRCLAS Harvard)
"All the World's a Stage: Cuban Dancers, Labor Migration and Global
Ballet (1990s to today)"
Moderated: Grette Vidal (Harvard University)
http://drclas.harvard.edu/events/drclas-dance
Fri, May 2: Richard Seaford (University of Exeter)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, List Art, Room 110, 64 College St., Providence, RI 02912
"Money and Athenian Tragedy"
http://events.brown.edu/events/cal/CAL-00147cc4-45172aa0-0145-19ad6ffd-0000…
**Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History
10:15 a.m. - 4:50 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Room 317, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, New Haven, CT 06520
Chairs: Ann Blair, Alex Csiszar, Robert Darnton, Leah Price
Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the
Seminar in the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center
(Harvard)
Program: http://bookhistory.harvard.edu/node/516
*Mon, May 5: Angelos Matthaiou (Greek Epigraphic Society & American
School of Classical Studies)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
"New Attic Inscriptions"
http://events.brown.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo;jsessionid=8F4641A06613…
*Tue, May 6: Aristophanes' Birds
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
The Mellon-Sawyer seminar "Animal Magnetism" presents a modern
translation of Aristophanes' ancient Greek comedy Birds. In a
performed reading, two scenes will be acted out to illustrate and
explore the crossing of boundaries between species. The performance
will be accompanied by a short lecture on what it meant to the ancient
Greeks to perform the animal on the comic stage.
A short reception will follow.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Early_Cultures/animals/events.html
*Thu, May 8: Sara Chiarini (University of Exeter)
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
"The Corpus of 'Nonsense' Inscriptions of Ancient Greek Vase Painting"
http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/sites/brown.edu.academics.classics/…
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*Tue, Apr 22: Anastasia Drandaki (University of Washington)
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS, Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room, 50
Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445
"Deserts, Rivers and Mountains: Nature and Divinity in Byzantine Pilgrimage
Art"
Please visit maryjahariscenter.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://maryjahariscenter.org&k=A…>
or
contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac(a)hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center
for Byzantine Art and Culture, for additional information.
**Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton
University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge,
MA, 02138
Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival
4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson
Hall, Room 210, 5:15 p.m.
4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210,
4:15 p.m.
4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113, 4:15 p.m.
4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210, 4:15
p.m.
Poster: http://tinyurl.com/JacksonLectures2014<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://tinyurl.com/JacksonLectur…>
Thu, Apr 24: Denise Demetriou (Michigan State University)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski 107, Paino Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA 01002
"Beyond Polis Religion: Aphrodite in Multiethnic Settlements"
Denise Demetriou is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State
University. Her book, "Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean:
The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia" was published by
Cambridge University Press in 2012.
This lecture is sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful
World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College, and is free and
open to the public. Campus map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=https://www.…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://maps.google.com/maps?f%3…>
Thu, Apr 24: Ronnie Ancona (Hunter College, CUNY)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
UMASS AMHERST, Herter Hall 301 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003
"Teaching Latin: A Look Ahead"
**Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From
Infant to Citizen
3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue,
1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215
Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and
Augustus"
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls"
James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch,
Quintilian, Juvenal"
The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge.
Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must
pre-register. The dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with
school ID) and the registration deadline (for dinner only) is April 18,
2014.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.bu.edu/classics/about…>
**Mon, Apr 28: Fikret Yegül (UCSB)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"A Victor's Message: The Talking Column of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis"
Loeb Lecture
*Tue, Apr 29: International Dance Day
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS South, Belfer Room S020, 1730 Cambridge St.,
Cambridge MA 02138
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and Real Colegio
Complutense present a dance studies panel:
"Dance/Transit/Displacement: Perspectives on Cross-temporal Reenactments,
Cosmopolitan Modernisms and Diasporic Bodies"
Featuring presentations by:
Michelle Clayton (Brown University)
"Modernism's Moving Bodies: Travel, Dance, Latin America"
Zoa Alonso (RCC Harvard)
"Peplum Choreographies: Translating Ancient Rome in Ballet and Contemporary
Dance"
Lester Tomé (Smith College, DRCLAS Harvard)
"All the World's a Stage: Cuban Dancers, Labor Migration and Global Ballet
(1990s to today)"
Moderated: Grette Vidal (Harvard University)
http://drclas.harvard.edu/events/drclas-dance
*Fri, May 2: Richard Seaford (University of Exeter)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, List Art, Room 110, 64 College St., Providence, RI 02912
"Money and Athenian Tragedy"
http://events.brown.edu/events/cal/CAL-00147cc4-45172aa0-0145-19ad6ffd-0000…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://events.brown.edu/events/c…>
Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History
YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT
Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Seminar in
the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard)
**UPDATE OF CALENDAR SENT YESTERDAY**
N.B. Re. events at Harvard: There is a new listing for April 7th and a
time change to an event on April 10th.
Boston Area Classics Calendar
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Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
"Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean"
Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in
Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served to
explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural identity.
Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor Augustus assumed the
role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman empire. Thereafter,
Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity and imperial dominance,
continued to portray others as captives who were subject to Roman power.
The lecture explores the way in which literary depictions of encounters
between emperors and captive impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus
both affirmed and also interrogated imperial identities.
This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride and
Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient Mediterranean"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions, please
contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga
Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers:
Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse (grusejr(a)brandeis.edu);
or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu).
Mon, Apr 7: Deborah Lyons (Miami University of Ohio)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
"How (Not) to Become Immortal in Early Greek Poetry"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/how-not-become-immortal-e…
Mon, Apr 7: Mark Griffith (U.C. Berkeley)
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912
"The Musical Origin of Species in Ancient Greece: Humans, Animals, Gods"
The 48th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom…
*Tue, Apr 8: Amit Shilo (Harvard University, Mahindra Humanities Center)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Comparative Literature Seminar Room, Dana-Palmer House,
Room 102, 16 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Unanimous Gods, Unanimous Athens: Thinking Political Theologies with the
Oresteia"
Mahindra Humanities Center Classical Traditions Seminar
Chairs: Stephanie Frampton, John Hamilton
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/unanimous-gods-unanimous-…
Tue, Apr 8: James Romm (Bard College)
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of his new book "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero."
This event is free; no tickets are required.
http://www.harvard.com/event/james_romm/
General Info: (617) 661-1515, info(a)harvard.com
Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin)
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories"
The Archaeological institute of America Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture
*Thu, Apr 10: Wayne J. Redenbarger (Ohio State University)
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 403, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Latin Graffiti from an Excavation in Roman Lusitania"
A light reception precedes the seminar at 5:00 p.m.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
All are cordially invited.
http://rll.fas.harvard.edu/event/wayne-j-redenbarger-ohio-state-university-…
Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at
Harvard
5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), 105
Community Hall, 59 Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic Athens"
by Graam Oliver (Brown University)
Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College)
Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30 to
9/9:30.
For more information and/or to register, contact Paul Kosmin at
pjkosmin(a)fas.harvard.edu.
Fri, Apr 11: J. D. Reed (Brown University)
4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Love's Bargain: Virgil and Garcilaso de la Vega."
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/love%E2%80%99s-bargain-vi…
Tue, Apr 15: David Bouvier (University of Lausanne)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 018, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"How Much Does the "Odyssey" Know about Odysseus’ Dark Side?: Odysseus’
"Hubris" in Demodokos’ Song"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/how-much-does-iodysseyi-k…
*Thu, Apr 17: Andrew Wilson (Oxford University)
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Hall, Northampton, MA
"Water, Nymphs and a Palm Grove: The So-Called 'South Agora' at Aphrodisias"
24th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western MA Society
Reception to follow. Contact: Scott Bradbury (sbradbur(a)EMAIL.SMITH.EDU),
Eric Poehler (epoehler(a)classics.umass.edu).
*Thu, Apr 17: Susan Mattern (University of Georgia)
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall, Room 108, 60 George St., Providence, RI 02912
"Hysterical Seizures in Ancient Greek Women: Perspectives from Modern
Psychology"
The 5th Annual Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture
Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon (Princeton
University)
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard, Cambridge,
MA, 02138
Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival
4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward. Emerson
Hall, Room 210
4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210
4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113
4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210
Thu, Apr 24: Denise Demetriou (Michigan State University)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski 107, Paino Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA 01002
"Beyond Polis Religion: Aphrodite in Multiethnic Settlements"
Denise Demetriou is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State
University. Her book, "Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean:
The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia" was published by
Cambridge University Press in 2012.
This lecture is sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful
World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College, and is free and
open to the public. Campus map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=https://www.…
*Thu, Apr 24: Ronnie Ancona (Hunter College, CUNY)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
UMASS AMHERST, Herter Hall 301 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003
"Teaching Latin: A Look Ahead"
Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From Infant
to Citizen
3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue,
1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215
Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and
Augustus"
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls"
James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch,
Quintilian, Juvenal"
The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge.
Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must
pre-register. The dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with
school ID) and the registration deadline (for dinner only) is April 19,
2014.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere…
*Mon, Apr 28: Fikret Yegül (UCSB)
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Kates Room, Warren House, Cambridge, MA 02138
"A Victor's Message: The Talking Column of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis"
Loeb Lecture
Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History
YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT
Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Seminar in
the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard)