The Boston Area Classics Calendar for May 1, 2015
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Sat May 2: "House and Home: Theories, Texts, Metaphors"
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Collins Cinema, Wellesley, MA 02481
An interdisciplinary conference featuring classicists, film scholars, architectural historians, and literary scholars.
http://www.newhouse-center.org/lectures.php
Sun May 3 to Wed May 6: "Sacred Song in the Late Antique and Byzantine East: Comparative Explorations"
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Petteruti Lounge, 75 Waterman St., Providence RI 02906
This workshop conference brings together scholars of Hebrew and Aramaic piyyutim, the Greek kontakion and kanon, and Syriac madroshe and mimre in comparative discussion, charting new ground for Jewish-Christian interaction in the eastern Mediterranean.
All events free and open to the public.
For further information or to register, email: Religious_Studies(a)brown.edu
Full schedule and program details are available at:
http://www.brown.edu/academics/religious-studies/node/215/sacred-song
Wed May 6: Arthur Bahr, Associate Professor of Literature (MIT)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building 14E-304, Cambridge, MA 02139
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
“Denouement: Speculating on Sir Gawain’s 'Endeles Knot'”
Sun May 10: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Sun Jun 14: Legion III Cyrenaica
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women are given at Worcester Art Museum at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com
Mon Jul 13 to Sat Jul 18: Classical Association of New England Summer Institute at Brown University
BROWN UNIVERSITY, TBA
A week-long experience for middle school, high school or college teachers of Latin, Greek, English, History, or related disciplines, undergraduates, graduate students, and devoted lifelong learners. The CANE Summer Institute provides an enriching educational experience of a wide variety of mini-courses, lectures, workshops, and special events while also offering ample opportunity for collegial interaction between participants.
Contact: CANE.Summer.Institute.2015(a)gmail.com
More information on lectures and courses at http://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165
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