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Boston Area Classics Calendar, September 25, 2020

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Boston Area Classics Calendar September 2020 Kelly Dugan (Trinity College, CT) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Sep. 30, 6 – 7 p.m. Via Zoom, Contact classics(a)brandeis.edu if interested in attending. "Henry 'Box' Brown and Classical Rhetoric: A Case Study on Racist Practices in 19th-century American Publishing" www.brandeis.edu… <https://www.brandeis.edu/classics/news/index.html> Contact: classics(a)brandeis.edu. [image: Kelly Dugan (Trinity College, CT)] October 2020 Eos Reads for Black Lives <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 12 – 1 p.m. Zoom Info TBA In response to the Black Lives Matter protests that have been happening across the US and around the world since the spring, Eos <https://www.eosafricana.org/announcements/eos-reads-special-session>, a scholarly society for Africana receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome, has decided to hold a special session entitled: Eos READS for Black Lives. We would like to host a workshop within the community of Classicists at Harvard (both within the Classics Department, and those affiliated with Classics research around the university), on the proposed date of October 2, 2020, 12-1pm. We welcome undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty. For folks interested in participating, there is a brief survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gSZl9uzTsMciZBrEK3hcT68j45HLXcCrLsrBURhYGD…> that you can fill out to express your interest and share some ideas with us about how to organize this session. www.eosafricana.org… <https://www.eosafricana.org/announcements/eos-reads-special-session> Francesca Bellei: bellei(a)g.harvard.edu, Suzanne Paszkowski: paszkowski(a)g.harvard.edu Antigone in Ferguson <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Virtual. Registration required: aifoctober2.eventbrite.com. Antigone in Ferguson is a groundbreaking project, developed by Theater of War Productions, which fuses dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Sophocles’ Antigone with live choral music performed by a diverse choir, including activists, youth, teachers, police officers, and concerned citizens from St. Louis, Missouri and New York City, culminating in powerful, healing discussions about race and social justice. Antigone in Ferguson was conceived in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014, through a collaboration between Theater of War Productions and community members from Ferguson, MO, and premiered at Normandy High School, Michael Brown’s alma mater, in September of 2016. Please register for this event at http://aifoctober2.eventbrite.com/. theaterofwar.com… <https://theaterofwar.com/projects/antigone-in-ferguson> [image: Antigone in Ferguson] Niels Kuehlert (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Zoom "A 'Forma(n)tive' Misperception: The rise of diphthongization in Elean" GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” <https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> John Kee (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 7, 5 – 6 p.m. Zoom. Registration required. "A Hero Named Twice for the Frontier: The Landscape of *Digenes Akrites* in Comparative Perspective" Register <https://forms.gle/jrZ4fBbvk7mpWdos5> for Zoom link. John Duffy Society <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/jrZ4fBbvk7mpWdos5> Davide Napoli (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 8, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required below. "Warrior Catalogues in Aeschylus' *Persians*: Death, Memory and Intertextuality" Registration <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoLlnIm_mvrDMlk-yJHpp5PqOqM_MvjVP…> required. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> docs.google.com… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoLlnIm_mvrDMlk-yJHpp5PqOqM_MvjVP…> Seth Schein (University of California, Davis) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 13, 12 – 1:15 p.m. Zoom. Registration required below. Workshop on *Iliad* commentary This will be an interactive workshop. Participants are asked to prepare by reading *Iliad* 1.551-611 (in Greek) in advance. Registration <https://forms.gle/REgxTn4kc5oyNKdj6> required. Zoom link and readings will be shared in advance to those who register. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome <https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/REgxTn4kc5oyNKdj6> Philip Wilson (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Oct. 21, 5 – 6 p.m. Zoom. Registration required. Dicta Sibyllae, Fix-a-Sibyllae: metrical queries in a Latin apocryphal manuscript Register <https://forms.gle/iCHdBggmSYkACnQGA> for Zoom link. John Duffy Society <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/iCHdBggmSYkACnQGA> Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Zoom. Registration required at link below. "Extracting Modern Lessons from Classical Athenian History" Register <https://forms.gle/tgryW9HfPKAALm5T8> to receive the Zoom link. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/tgryW9HfPKAALm5T8> Contact: Nate Herter (nherter(a)g.harvard.edu) John Kachuba (Ohio University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 22, 7 – 8 p.m. Zoom. Register at link below. <http://maps.google.com/?q=Amherst%2c+MA+01002> "Shapeshifters: A Brief History from Antiquity to Modern Times" Award-winning author John Kachuba will speak about the myths, magic, and meaning surrounding shapeshifters—creatures that capture our imagination, appealing to our animal nature, our “dark side,” our desire to break free of the bonds of society and proper behavior. Real or imaginary, shapeshifters lurk deep in our psyches and remain formidable cultural icons. Sponsored by the UMass Amherst Department of Classics docs.google.com… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18NUH8zol810wqKVrPt93OQam_2MZTKLKK_B31LILvi…> Lisa Marie Smith (lisa(a)classics.umass.edu) [image: John Kachuba (Ohio University)] Elly van Gelderen (Arizona State University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m. Zoom (This is co-hosted with the Harvard Linguistics Circle Colloquium) GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” <https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> November 2020 Kelsey Eldridge and Julia Judge (both of Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 4, 5 – 6 p.m. Zoom. Registration required. Panel: “Did the Ptolemies carve in porphyry?" and "Reframing the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia in Late Antiquity" Register <https://forms.gle/6KXVFBsgj7oq3LuU8> for Zoom link John Duffy Society <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/6KXVFBsgj7oq3LuU8> Samantha Richter (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 5, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required below. Framing the Transformative Nature of the Greater Panathenaia within a Modern Urban Theory Registration <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVxP4K7FaGUtz6y8GDa7ootMG2UWSGkkA…> required. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> docs.google.com… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVxP4K7FaGUtz6y8GDa7ootMG2UWSGkkA…> Ann Marie Yasin (University of Southern California) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 18, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Zoom. Registration required. Register <https://forms.gle/hWfNK6pA27zhnYie7> for Zoom link. John Duffy Society <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/hWfNK6pA27zhnYie7> Danielle Allen (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 19, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required at link below. Title TBA Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Register <https://forms.gle/6juTQKreZsgosoGj9> to receive the Zoom link. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/6juTQKreZsgosoGj9> Contact: Nate Herter (nherter(a)g.harvard.edu) Laura Grestenberger (University of Vienna) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Nov. 20, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Zoom GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” <https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> March 2021 Joshua Billings (Princeton University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 25, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Zoom <http://maps.google.com/?q=11611+E+58th+St%2c+Tulsa%2c+OK+74146> Contact: davidenapoli(a)g.harvard.edu July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., July 12 – Sat., July 17 Brown University, Providence, RI (dates will be confirmed in Jan. 2021) On the theme * “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World”graduate credit available* For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org caneweb.org… <https://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165> Amanda Loud (summerinst(a)caneweb.org) View the entire calendar online <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list View calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar Submit events using our event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu with questions or additions/corrections.

3 years, 7 months

Boston Area Classics Calendar, September 18, 2020

by Boston Area Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar September 2020 Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, The Basilica, and the Martyr <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Sep. 21, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Zoom: mit.zoom.us… <https://mit.zoom.us/j/93274587072> PRESENTED BY: Kim Sexton (Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas) and Lynda Coon (Dean of the Honors College, University of Arkansas) ABSTRACT: Six basilicas constructed by Christians in fourth-century Rome relate purposefully to ancient athletic structures, namely the circus and the stadium. This relationship grew out of the shared cultural traditions of Classical athleticism and the cult of Christian martyrs materialized in the built environment and serving mixed religious audiences. These six “circus basilicas” mimicked the most iconic features of Roman racetracks, whether designed for sturdy horses or swift humans. The similarities in design between circus and basilica were not mere accidents of history bearing only “pseudo-resemblances” to pagan monuments. Rather, the architectural features of circus basilicas bear witness to an ancient Christianity practiced outside the city walls in the fourth century only to be eclipsed by newer styles of worship in subsequent epochs. Here, the martyr keeps company with the charioteer; the pagan dissolves seamlessly into the Christian; the godhead metamorphoses into the ultimate spectator at the games; and the athletic spaces of the later Roman Empire transmute into a racetrack to salvation. This subject is not new, but typically scholars have located the circus basilica within the context of Classical hero cults rather than the cult of Christian martyrs. This presentation brings together a wealth of sources—architectural, archaeological, artistic, and literary—combined with interdisciplinary methodologies to demonstrate how the Roman votaries of Jesus harnessed the cultural prestige and cosmological systems of the circus to promulgate the faith and exercise cultural dominion over the empire. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series <https://history.mit.edu/lectures-and-seminars/ancient-and-medieval-studies-…> calendar.mit.edu… <https://calendar.mit.edu/event/racetrack_to_salvation#.X2Dp05NKhTY> [image: Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, The Basilica, and the Martyr] Stuart Tyson Smith (University of California, Santa Barbara) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Sep. 22, 4 p.m. Zoom <http://maps.google.com/?q=11611+E+58th+St%2c+Tulsa%2c+OK+74146> "Black Pharaohs? Egyptological bias, racism, and Egypt and Nubia as African Civilizations" In a new line of research, Smith applies a postcolonial approach to modern scholarly and popular views of ancient Egypt as not truly African and Nubia as its subordinate, confronting the intersection between racism and longstanding academic and political bias. hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu… <https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/event/stuart-t-smith-black-pharaohs-…> [image: Stuart Tyson Smith (University of California, Santa Barbara)] Wentao Zhai (Harvard Law School) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Sep. 24, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Online, Zoom "Translating *The Aeneid *into Chinese" RSVP for Zoom link: https://forms.gle/aQ32EG3fDnmGtFht5 Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/aQ32EG3fDnmGtFht5> Kelly Dugan (Trinity College, CT) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Sep. 30, 6 – 7 p.m. Via Zoom, Contact classics(a)brandeis.edu if interested in attending. "Henry 'Box' Brown and Classical Rhetoric: A Case Study on Racist Practices in 19th-century American Publishing" www.brandeis.edu… <https://www.brandeis.edu/classics/news/index.html> [image: Kelly Dugan (Trinity College, CT)] October 2020 Eos Reads for Black Lives <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 12 – 1 p.m. Zoom Info TBA In response to the Black Lives Matter protests that have been happening across the US and around the world since the spring, Eos <https://www.eosafricana.org/announcements/eos-reads-special-session>, a scholarly society for Africana receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome, has decided to hold a special session entitled: Eos READS for Black Lives. We would like to host a workshop within the community of Classicists at Harvard (both within the Classics Department, and those affiliated with Classics research around the university), on the proposed date of October 2, 2020, 12-1pm. We welcome undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty. For folks interested in participating, there is a brief survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gSZl9uzTsMciZBrEK3hcT68j45HLXcCrLsrBURhYGD…> that you can fill out to express your interest and share some ideas with us about how to organize this session. www.eosafricana.org… <https://www.eosafricana.org/announcements/eos-reads-special-session> Antigone in Ferguson <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Virtual. Registration required: aifoctober2.eventbrite.com. Antigone in Ferguson is a groundbreaking project, developed by Theater of War Productions, which fuses dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Sophocles’ Antigone with live choral music performed by a diverse choir, including activists, youth, teachers, police officers, and concerned citizens from St. Louis, Missouri and New York City, culminating in powerful, healing discussions about race and social justice. Antigone in Ferguson was conceived in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014, through a collaboration between Theater of War Productions and community members from Ferguson, MO, and premiered at Normandy High School, Michael Brown’s alma mater, in September of 2016. Please register for this event at http://aifoctober2.eventbrite.com/. theaterofwar.com… <https://theaterofwar.com/projects/antigone-in-ferguson> [image: Antigone in Ferguson] Davide Napoli (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 8, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required below. Warrior Catalogues in Aeschylus' *Persians*: Death, Memory and Intertextuality Registration <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoLlnIm_mvrDMlk-yJHpp5PqOqM_MvjVP…> required. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> docs.google.com… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoLlnIm_mvrDMlk-yJHpp5PqOqM_MvjVP…> Seth Schein (University of California, Davis) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 13, 12 – 1:15 p.m. Zoom. Registration required below. Workshop on *Iliad* commentary This will be an interactive workshop. Participants are asked to prepare by reading *Iliad* 1.551-611 (in Greek) in advance. Registration <https://forms.gle/REgxTn4kc5oyNKdj6> required. Zoom link and readings will be shared in advance to those who register. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome <https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/REgxTn4kc5oyNKdj6> Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Zoom. Registration required at link below. "Extracting Modern Lessons from Classical Athenian History" Register <https://forms.gle/tgryW9HfPKAALm5T8> to receive the Zoom link. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/tgryW9HfPKAALm5T8> November 2020 Samantha Richter (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 5, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required below. Framing the Transformative Nature of the Greater Panathenaia within a Modern Urban Theory Registration <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVxP4K7FaGUtz6y8GDa7ootMG2UWSGkkA…> required. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> docs.google.com… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVxP4K7FaGUtz6y8GDa7ootMG2UWSGkkA…> Danielle Allen (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 19, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required at link below. Title TBA Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Register <https://forms.gle/6juTQKreZsgosoGj9> to receive the Zoom link. Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-classics-worksh…> forms.gle… <https://forms.gle/6juTQKreZsgosoGj9> March 2021 Joshua Billings (Princeton University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 25, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Zoom <http://maps.google.com/?q=11611+E+58th+St%2c+Tulsa%2c+OK+74146> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., July 12 – Sat., July 17 Brown University, Providence, RI (dates will be confirmed in Jan. 2021) On the theme * “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World”graduate credit available* For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org caneweb.org… <https://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165> View the entire calendar online <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list View calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar Submit events using our event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu with questions or additions/corrections.

3 years, 7 months

Boston Area Classics Calendar, September 11, 2020

by Classics Calendar

Boston Area Classics Calendar September 2020 Lecture & Workshop: Eckart Frahm (Yale University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Sep. 16, 12 – 2:30 p.m. Zoom: harvard.zoom.us…<https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96358627977> Lecture, 12–1:15: "Changing Perspectives in Studying the Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting" Workshop, 1:30–2:30: "A Divine Murder Story from Mesopotamia and Its Background: Greek, Lydian, or Biblical?" Zoom link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96358627977 Join Zoom by telephone<https://zoom.us/zoomconference?u=aKL4Sg8ehGvr1fsSL8PjGqjz9Vppi6OBdZe_Fn58DV…> Participants are asked to review reading materials on Ancient Studies website<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>. Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series> [Lecture & Workshop: Eckart Frahm (Yale University)] Open Conversation with Graduation Students: Eckart Frahm (Yale University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Sep. 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Zoom. Register at link below. "Personal Reflections: Studying and Teaching the Ancient Near East in Europe, the US, and Asia” Registration required<https://forms.gle/cPJ61GKGr2prca1g8>. Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series> forms.gle…<https://forms.gle/cPJ61GKGr2prca1g8> [Open Conversation with Graduation Students: Eckart Frahm (Yale University)] Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, The Basilica, and the Martyr<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Sep. 21, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Zoom: mit.zoom.us…<https://mit.zoom.us/j/93274587072> PRESENTED BY: Kim Sexton (Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas) and Lynda Coon (Dean of the Honors College, University of Arkansas) ABSTRACT: Six basilicas constructed by Christians in fourth-century Rome relate purposefully to ancient athletic structures, namely the circus and the stadium. This relationship grew out of the shared cultural traditions of Classical athleticism and the cult of Christian martyrs materialized in the built environment and serving mixed religious audiences. These six “circus basilicas” mimicked the most iconic features of Roman racetracks, whether designed for sturdy horses or swift humans. The similarities in design between circus and basilica were not mere accidents of history bearing only “pseudo-resemblances” to pagan monuments. Rather, the architectural features of circus basilicas bear witness to an ancient Christianity practiced outside the city walls in the fourth century only to be eclipsed by newer styles of worship in subsequent epochs. Here, the martyr keeps company with the charioteer; the pagan dissolves seamlessly into the Christian; the godhead metamorphoses into the ultimate spectator at the games; and the athletic spaces of the later Roman Empire transmute into a racetrack to salvation. This subject is not new, but typically scholars have located the circus basilica within the context of Classical hero cults rather than the cult of Christian martyrs. This presentation brings together a wealth of sources—architectural, archaeological, artistic, and literary—combined with interdisciplinary methodologies to demonstrate how the Roman votaries of Jesus harnessed the cultural prestige and cosmological systems of the circus to promulgate the faith and exercise cultural dominion over the empire. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series<https://history.mit.edu/lectures-and-seminars/ancient-and-medieval-studies-…> calendar.mit.edu…<https://calendar.mit.edu/event/racetrack_to_salvation_the_circus_the_basili…> [Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, The Basilica, and the Martyr] October 2020 Eos Reads for Black Lives<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 12 – 1 p.m. Zoom Info TBA In response to the Black Lives Matter protests that have been happening across the US and around the world since the spring, Eos<https://www.eosafricana.org/announcements/eos-reads-special-session>, a scholarly society for Africana receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome, has decided to hold a special session entitled: Eos READS for Black Lives. We would like to host a workshop within the community of Classicists at Harvard (both within the Classics Department, and those affiliated with Classics research around the university), on the proposed date of October 2, 2020, 12-1pm. We welcome undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty. For folks interested in participating, there is a brief survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gSZl9uzTsMciZBrEK3hcT68j45HLXcCrLsrBURhYGD…> that you can fill out to express your interest and share some ideas with us about how to organize this session. www.eosafricana.org…<https://www.eosafricana.org/announcements/eos-reads-special-session> Antigone in Ferguson<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Oct. 2, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Virtual Antigone in Ferguson is a groundbreaking project, developed by Theater of War Productions, which fuses dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Sophocles’ Antigone with live choral music performed by a diverse choir, including activists, youth, teachers, police officers, and concerned citizens from St. Louis, Missouri and New York City, culminating in powerful, healing discussions about race and social justice. Antigone in Ferguson was conceived in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014, through a collaboration between Theater of War Productions and community members from Ferguson, MO, and premiered at Normandy High School, Michael Brown’s alma mater, in September of 2016. theaterofwar.com…<https://theaterofwar.com/projects/antigone-in-ferguson> Seth Schein (University of California, Davis)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 13, 12 – 1:15 p.m. Zoom Workshop on Iliad commentary This will be an interactive workshop. Participants are asked to prepare by reading Iliad 1.551-611 (in Greek) in advance. Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Zoom. Registration required at link below. "Extracting Modern Lessons from Classical Athenian History" Register<https://forms.gle/tgryW9HfPKAALm5T8> to receive the Zoom link. forms.gle…<https://forms.gle/tgryW9HfPKAALm5T8> November 2020 Danielle Allen (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Nov. 19, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom. Registration required at link below. Title TBA Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Register<https://forms.gle/6juTQKreZsgosoGj9> to receive the Zoom link. forms.gle…<https://forms.gle/6juTQKreZsgosoGj9> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., July 12 – Sat., July 17 Brown University, Providence, RI (dates will be confirmed in Jan. 2021) On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World” graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<http://www.caneweb.org/> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org> caneweb.org…<https://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165> View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list View calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar Submit events using our event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu> with questions or additions/corrections.

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Boston Area Classics Calendar, September 4, 2020

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Boston Area Classics Calendar September 2020 Lecture & Workshop: Eckart Frahm (Yale University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Sep. 16, 12 – 2:30 p.m. Zoom Lecture, 12–1:15: "Changing Perspectives in Studying the Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting" Workshop, 1:30–2:30: "A Divine Murder Story from Mesopotamia and Its Background: Greek, Lydian, or Biblical?" Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series <https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series> [image: Lecture & Workshop: Eckart Frahm (Yale University)] Open Conversation with Graduation Students: Eckart Frahm (Yale University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Sep. 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Zoom "Personal Reflections: Studying and Teaching the Ancient Near East in Europe, the US, and Asia” Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors Series <https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series> [image: Open Conversation with Graduation Students: Eckart Frahm (Yale University)] Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, The Basilica, and the Martyr <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Sep. 21, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Zoom: mit.zoom.us… <https://mit.zoom.us/j/93274587072> PRESENTED BY: Kim Sexton (Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas) and Lynda Coon (Dean of the Honors College, University of Arkansas) ABSTRACT: Six basilicas constructed by Christians in fourth-century Rome relate purposefully to ancient athletic structures, namely the circus and the stadium. This relationship grew out of the shared cultural traditions of Classical athleticism and the cult of Christian martyrs materialized in the built environment and serving mixed religious audiences. These six “circus basilicas” mimicked the most iconic features of Roman racetracks, whether designed for sturdy horses or swift humans. The similarities in design between circus and basilica were not mere accidents of history bearing only “pseudo-resemblances” to pagan monuments. Rather, the architectural features of circus basilicas bear witness to an ancient Christianity practiced outside the city walls in the fourth century only to be eclipsed by newer styles of worship in subsequent epochs. Here, the martyr keeps company with the charioteer; the pagan dissolves seamlessly into the Christian; the godhead metamorphoses into the ultimate spectator at the games; and the athletic spaces of the later Roman Empire transmute into a racetrack to salvation. This subject is not new, but typically scholars have located the circus basilica within the context of Classical hero cults rather than the cult of Christian martyrs. This presentation brings together a wealth of sources—architectural, archaeological, artistic, and literary—combined with interdisciplinary methodologies to demonstrate how the Roman votaries of Jesus harnessed the cultural prestige and cosmological systems of the circus to promulgate the faith and exercise cultural dominion over the empire. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series <https://history.mit.edu/lectures-and-seminars/ancient-and-medieval-studies-…> calendar.mit.edu… <https://calendar.mit.edu/event/racetrack_to_salvation_the_circus_the_basili…> [image: Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, The Basilica, and the Martyr] October 2020 Seth Schein (University of California, Davis) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Oct. 13, 12 – 1:15 p.m. Zoom Workshop on *Iliad* commentary This will be an interactive workshop. Participants are asked to prepare by reading *Iliad* 1.551-611 (in Greek) in advance. Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Oct. 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Zoom "Extracting Modern Lessons from Classical Athenian History" November 2020 Danielle Allen (Harvard University) <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Nov. 4, 6 – 8 p.m. Zoom Title TBA Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., July 12 – Sat., July 17 Brown University, Providence, RI (dates will be confirmed in Jan. 2021) On the theme * “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World”graduate credit available* For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org caneweb.org… <https://caneweb.org/new/?page_id=165> View the entire calendar online <https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe to weekly emails: https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list View calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar Submit events using our new event submission form: https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/event-submission Contact calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu with questions or additions/corrections.

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