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Boston Area Classics Calendar, April 30, 2021

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Boston Area Classics Calendar May 2021 Spring Meeting of the Classical Association of Massachusetts<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., May 1 Zoom CAM Spring Meeting: May 1, 2021, on Zoom Attendance is free; registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_forms_…> required. The preliminary program for the Meeting: Morning Sessions: 9:00 – 9:45 First Session: “Boudica, Warrior Woman of Roman Britain” Caitlin Gillespie, Brandeis University 9:50 – 10:35 Second Session: “Teaching about Enslavement in Ancient Greece and Rome: Challenges, Opportunities and Resources” Christopher Cochran, UMass Boston 10:45 – 12:00 Third Session: Lightning talks: "Teaching Secondary School Latin in the Covid Year" Isaac Haven, Melrose High School Maureen Haviland and Lily Zhu, Lexington High School Michael Hoffmann, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School Emma Vanderpool, Springfield Honors Academy 12:00-12:30 Business Meeting Break for Lunch 1:00 – 1:50 Afternoon Session: Roundtable with moderator. “Rants and Raves for Remote, Online, Hybrid: What works, what are the obstacles? What do we want to hold onto for the future?” 2:00-2:50 Reading Sessions (readings to be announced) 5:00 – 6:30 Potiones – Social hour in Latin, hosted by Clipeus/Boston Active Latin Annual Dues Fees are waived for the Spring 2021 meeting, but we encourage members to submit their dues ($10.00) by October at the latest. This will help us fund future workshops and programs. For information see the CAM website<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_site_…>. sites.google.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_site_…> Harvard-Yale-Brown Conference in Book History<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., May 3 Zoom "Materiality and Book History (in the age of Zoom)" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…>. bookhistory.harvard.edu…<https://bookhistory.harvard.edu/files/history-of-the-book/files/harvard-yal…> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22 Zoom On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World” The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2 weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22. graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.caneweb.org&d=DwMFA…> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org> caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> Amanda Loud (summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>) [Classical Association of New England Summer Institute] View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe<https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list> to weekly emails. 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, April 23, 2021

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Boston Area Classics Calendar April 2021 Kathy Eden (Columbia University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 26, 5:15 p.m. Zoom, hosted by MIT "The Shifting Status of Conjecture from Law to Literature" Abstract: Traditionally ascribed to Hermagoras (2nd C BCE) for use in the law courts and later developed by, among others, Cicero and Quintilian as the infrastructure of argumentation, the so-called status system, with its three foundational questions—conjectural (“did it happen?” [sitne]), definitional (“what happened?” [quid sit]), and qualitative (“what kind of action was it?” [quale sit])—leaves a deep and pervasive impact on the analysis of human agency from antiquity to the early modern period. Focusing on the first of the three status, the conjectural, and more precisely on its two main topics, will and power (voluntas and potestas), this talk will chart their itinerary both in theory and practice from legal through theological to literary discourse, with special attention to Augustine and Petrarch. Additional Text<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Additional-2520Text-3A-…> Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series mit.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> [Kathy Eden (Columbia University)] Curtis Dozier (Vassar College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Harvard University (Zoom) "Classical Athens and Contemporary White Ethnonationalism" Many classical scholars are familiar with the widespread admiration for ancient Sparta among white ethnonationalists, anti-government groups, and advocates for civilian gun ownership. Fewer are aware that democratic Athens is also a significant source of inspiration for white supremacists, as I have found in my research for my website Pharos documenting these groups’ admiration for Greco-Roman antiquity. Unlike appropriations of Sparta, the examples of white ethnonationalist interpretations of Athens that I will present highlight the similarities between white supremacist, popular, and even some disciplinary approaches to Greco-Roman antiquity. Curtis Dozier teaches in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics (pharosclassics.vassar.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pharosclassics.vassar.e…>), a website that documents appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups. Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> required. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditions> harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> John Mulhall (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom "Islam and the Prophet in the Latin Scientific Translations of the Twelfth Century: Accuracy and Accommodation" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> required. John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> Patrice Rankine (University of Richmond)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 29, 4 – 5 p.m. Zoom (Brandeis University) "Dignity, Abjection, and Hospitality: Some Epic and Dramatic Passages" www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brandeis.edu_class…> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22 Zoom On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World” The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2 weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22. graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.caneweb.org&d=DwMFA…> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org> caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> Amanda Loud (summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>) [Classical Association of New England Summer Institute] View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe<https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list> to weekly emails. 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, April 16, 2021

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Boston Area Classics Calendar April 2021 41st Medieval and Renaissance Forum<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 16 – Sat., Apr. 17 Virtual Event (organized by Keene State College) "Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" Please submit abstracts and full contact information on this Google form<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdqrEK8pVps…>. Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021; presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021 forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdqrEK8pVps…> Rebecca Futo Kennedy (Denison University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 22, 5 – 6:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE & TRINITY COLLEGE via Zoom "Classics and White Supremacism in the United States: a Brief History" Rebecca Futo Kennedy, who studies notions of race and ethnicity in the ancient world, will speak on the reception of classical antiquity within the US white supremacist movement. This online lecture is sponsored by the Department of Classics at Amherst College and the Department of Classical Studies at Trinity College, with support from the Lamont Fund. trincoll.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__trincoll.zoom.us_webin…> Brenda Baker (Arizona State University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 22, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE via Zoom "Sacrificed? Subsidiary Burials from Royal Funerary Monuments at Abydos, Egypt" Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bit.ly_AIASACRIFICED&d…> in advance for this meeting: The Archaeological Institute of America's Boston Society is pleased to bring you this event, through collaboration with the Department of Classical Studies at Wellesley College. www.archaeological.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.archaeological.org…> contact: Bryan Burns, bburns(a)wellesley.edu<mailto:bburns@wellesley.edu> [Brenda Baker (Arizona State University)] 26th Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 23, 1 – 4:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Zoom The 26th Annual Meeting of the Boston Area Roman Studies Conference To be held over Zoom "Systems of Knowledge in Republican Rome" Presentations Diana Spencer, University of Birmingham " Varro's strategies of quotation in De Lingua Latina" Hannah Čulík-Biard, Boston University "Cicero on Fiction" Katharina Volk, Columbia University "Necromancers in the Senate" The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge, but you must pre-register to attend. Register here: bostonu.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bostonu.zoom.us_webina…> Boston Area Roman Studies Conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_eve…> Arthur Peterson Kathy Eden (Columbia University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 26, 5:15 p.m. Zoom, hosted by MIT "The Shifting Status of Conjecture from Law to Literature" Abstract: Traditionally ascribed to Hermagoras (2nd C BCE) for use in the law courts and later developed by, among others, Cicero and Quintilian as the infrastructure of argumentation, the so-called status system, with its three foundational questions—conjectural (“did it happen?” [sitne]), definitional (“what happened?” [quid sit]), and qualitative (“what kind of action was it?” [quale sit])—leaves a deep and pervasive impact on the analysis of human agency from antiquity to the early modern period. Focusing on the first of the three status, the conjectural, and more precisely on its two main topics, will and power (voluntas and potestas), this talk will chart their itinerary both in theory and practice from legal through theological to literary discourse, with special attention to Augustine and Petrarch. Additional Text<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Additional-2520Text-3A-…> Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series mit.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> [Kathy Eden (Columbia University)] Curtis Dozier (Vassar College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Harvard University (Zoom) "Classical Athens and Contemporary White Ethnonationalism" Many classical scholars are familiar with the widespread admiration for ancient Sparta among white ethnonationalists, anti-government groups, and advocates for civilian gun ownership. Fewer are aware that democratic Athens is also a significant source of inspiration for white supremacists, as I have found in my research for my website Pharos documenting these groups’ admiration for Greco-Roman antiquity. Unlike appropriations of Sparta, the examples of white ethnonationalist interpretations of Athens that I will present highlight the similarities between white supremacist, popular, and even some disciplinary approaches to Greco-Roman antiquity. Curtis Dozier teaches in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics (pharosclassics.vassar.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pharosclassics.vassar.e…>), a website that documents appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups. Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> required. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditions> harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> John Mulhall (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom "Islam and the Prophet in the Scientific Translations of the Twelfth Century: Accuracy and Accommodation" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> required. John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22 Zoom On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World” The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2 weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22. graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.caneweb.org&d=DwMFA…> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org> caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> Amanda Loud (summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>) [Classical Association of New England Summer Institute] View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe<https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list> to weekly emails. 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, April 9, 2021

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Boston Area Classics Calendar April 2021 Classical Studies Graduate Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Apr. 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Zoom, organized by Boston University 13th Annual Boston University Classical Studies Graduate Conference "A Traveller in an Antique Land: Travel and Traveling in the Ancient World" Keynotes: Professor William E. Mierse (University of Vermont) Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_eve…> classics(a)bu.edu<mailto:classics@bu.edu> [Classical Studies Graduate Conference] John Duffy (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 14, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Zoom "The Man and the Mask: Michael Psellos on the Περὶ ἑρμηνείας of Aristotle" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_Vc3Bt3FRNofY…> required. John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_Vc3Bt3FRNofY…> 41st Medieval and Renaissance Forum<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 16 – Sat., Apr. 17 Virtual Event (organized by Keene State College) "Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" Please submit abstracts and full contact information on this Google form<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdqrEK8pVps…>. Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021; presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021 forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdqrEK8pVps…> Renaud Gagné (University of Cambridge)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 16, 12 p.m. Zoom (Brown University) "Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece" Cosmography is defined here as the rhetoric of cosmology: the art of composing worlds. The mirage of Hyperborea, which played a substantial role in Greek religion and culture throughout Antiquity, offers a remarkable window into the practice of composing and reading worlds. This book follows Hyperborea across genres and centuries, both as an exploration of the extraordinary record of Greek thought on that further North and as a case study of ancient cosmography and the anthropological philology that tracks ancient cosmography. This event is free and open to the public with no registration requirements. events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.brown.edu_class…> [Renaud Gagné (University of Cambridge)] Rebecca Futo Kennedy (Denison University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 22, 5 – 6:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE & TRINITY COLLEGE via Zoom "Classics and White Supremacism in the United States: a Brief History" Rebecca Futo Kennedy, who studies notions of race and ethnicity in the ancient world, will speak on the reception of classical antiquity within the US white supremacist movement. This online lecture is sponsored by the Department of Classics at Amherst College and the Department of Classical Studies at Trinity College, with support from the Lamont Fund. trincoll.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__trincoll.zoom.us_webin…> Brenda Baker (Arizona State University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 22, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE via Zoom "Sacrificed? Subsidiary Burials from Royal Funerary Monuments at Abydos, Egypt" Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bit.ly_AIASACRIFICED&d…> in advance for this meeting: The Archaeological Institute of America's Boston Society is pleased to bring you this event, through collaboration with the Department of Classical Studies at Wellesley College. www.archaeological.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.archaeological.org…> contact: Bryan Burns, bburns(a)wellesley.edu<mailto:bburns@wellesley.edu> [Brenda Baker (Arizona State University)] 26th Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 23, 1 – 4:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Zoom The 26th Annual Meeting of the Boston Area Roman Studies Conference To be held over Zoom "Systems of Knowledge in Republican Rome" Presentations Diana Spencer, University of Birmingham " Varro's strategies of quotation in De Lingua Latina" Hannah Čulík-Biard, Boston University "Cicero on Fiction" Katharina Volk, Columbia University "Necromancers in the Senate" The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge, but you must pre-register to attend. Register here: bostonu.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bostonu.zoom.us_webina…> Boston Area Roman Studies Conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_eve…> Arthur Peterson Kathy Eden (Columbia University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 26, 5:15 p.m. Zoom, hosted by MIT "The Shifting Status of Conjecture from Law to Literature" Abstract: Traditionally ascribed to Hermagoras (2nd C BCE) for use in the law courts and later developed by, among others, Cicero and Quintilian as the infrastructure of argumentation, the so-called status system, with its three foundational questions—conjectural (“did it happen?” [sitne]), definitional (“what happened?” [quid sit]), and qualitative (“what kind of action was it?” [quale sit])—leaves a deep and pervasive impact on the analysis of human agency from antiquity to the early modern period. Focusing on the first of the three status, the conjectural, and more precisely on its two main topics, will and power (voluntas and potestas), this talk will chart their itinerary both in theory and practice from legal through theological to literary discourse, with special attention to Augustine and Petrarch. Additional Text<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Additional-2520Text-3A-…> Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series mit.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> [Kathy Eden (Columbia University)] Curtis Dozier (Vassar College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Harvard University (Zoom) "Classical Athens and Contemporary White Ethnonationalism" Many classical scholars are familiar with the widespread admiration for ancient Sparta among white ethnonationalists, anti-government groups, and advocates for civilian gun ownership. Fewer are aware that democratic Athens is also a significant source of inspiration for white supremacists, as I have found in my research for my website Pharos documenting these groups’ admiration for Greco-Roman antiquity. Unlike appropriations of Sparta, the examples of white ethnonationalist interpretations of Athens that I will present highlight the similarities between white supremacist, popular, and even some disciplinary approaches to Greco-Roman antiquity. Curtis Dozier teaches in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics (pharosclassics.vassar.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pharosclassics.vassar.e…>), a website that documents appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups. Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> required. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditions> harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> John Mulhall (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom "Islam and the Prophet in the Scientific Translations of the Twelfth Century: Accuracy and Accommodation" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> required. John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22 Zoom On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World” The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2 weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22. graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.caneweb.org&d=DwMFA…> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org> caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> Amanda Loud (summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>) [Classical Association of New England Summer Institute] View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar> Subscribe<https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list> to weekly emails. 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Boston Area Classics Calendar April 2021 Harvard Forum on Cultural Heritage<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 6, 10 – 11 a.m. Zoom. Registration required. "The National Museum of Afghanistan—Retrieving the Past, Securing the Future" Speakers: * Deborah Klimburg-Salter (Professor of Art History, University of Vienna & Assoc., Dept. of South Asian Studies, Harvard University) * Mohammad Fahim Rahimi (Director of the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul) * Philippe Delanghe (Head of Cultural Unit, UNESCO, Kabul) This event will take place online via Zoom. It is open and free to all, but registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> is required. Until its destruction during the decades-long war, the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul was considered one of the most important museums in Asia. Tens of thousands of unique excavated objects illuminated more than 5,000 years of Afghan history and art. The progress of the restoration of the museum in all its areas has been remarkable. But continuing violence and severe deficits in financial and human resources represent serious obstacles. This roundtable conversation will address the present situation of the museum, the priorities of its director and staff, and visions for its future. The speakers will discuss the museum's immediate and longer-term goals in capacity building and the preservation of the country’s archaeological and artistic heritage, and they will address ways in which international specialists can assist with these efforts. This is the first in a series of events organized by the Forum on Cultural Heritage at Harvard, which aims to create a (for now virtual) meeting place for members of the university community and others who share a concern for the preservation of cultural, especially archaeological, heritage around the world. harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> [Harvard Forum on Cultural Heritage] Nicole Spigner (Northwestern University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 6, 5:30 – 8 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Zoom "Niobe in Noir: The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley & Cordelia Ray" A talk on Black New Women’s Literature and Ovidian Transformation Nicole Spigner is Assistant Professor in African American Studies at Northwestern University. She will speak on her current research, an examination of works by black women authors who rewrote Ovidian forms and plot lines and redefined black feminine identity as a dynamic process of transformation. www.eventbrite.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_n…> Eliza Givens Excavations and Research at Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 7, 6 – 7:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS - ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF SARDIS, Virtual lecture; online via Zoom Excavations and Research at Sardis Join us for the biennial lecture on research and discoveries at Sardis, one of the great ancient cities of western Turkey from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. While the pandemic prevented a full field season in 2020, a virtual Sardis season in Cambridge and limited fieldwork in Turkey contributed to the publication of two long-awaited monographs and advanced the conservation and preservation of this beautiful site. Director Nicholas Cahill will report on recent work and discoveries from the 2019 and 2020 seasons and will discuss future prospects. Led by: Nicholas Cahill, Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Director, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis This talk will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Image: The site of the Lydian palace (Field 49), with the acropolis in the background, from the excavations at Sardis in Summer 2019. © Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College. Sardis Biennial Lecture harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> Harvard Art Museums, am_register(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_register@harvard.edu> [Excavations and Research at Sardis] Reconstruction Cultural Transmission and Evolution through Genetic Models<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 8, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Zoom (MIT) Presented by: Natalie DiMattia, Luke Giuntoli, Augusta Holyfield, Sophia Sarro, and Anne-Catherine Schaaf, members of the Holy Cross College Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Documents Club "As part of the Homer Multitext project, we are studying the history of two sets of texts that cannot be accounted for by stemmatic models of textual transmission. The first is the Iliad. Originating in traditional oral poetry, our Iliads do not depart from a single origin and show more variation introduced through transmission. Instead, the earliest versions show the greatest variety: transmission has in fact acted to normalize the original multiformity of the poem. The second group of texts we study are the scholarly notes, called scholia, that accompany the Iliad in our earliest manuscripts. Some of their content goes back to the great scholars of the library of Alexandria in the third and second centuries BCE, but their material was constantly reworked and recombined so that here too we cannot model their history as a tidy rooted tree. We will present our work experimenting with new metrics for comparing these texts and applying genetic algorithms to our models." Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> required. digitalhumanities.mit.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__digitalhumanities.mit.…> [Reconstruction Cultural Transmission and Evolution through Genetic Models] Classical Studies Graduate Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Apr. 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Zoom, organized by Boston University 13th Annual Boston University Classical Studies Graduate Conference "A Traveller in an Antique Land: Travel and Traveling in the Ancient World" Keynotes: Professor William E. Mierse (University of Vermont) Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_eve…> classics(a)bu.edu<mailto:classics@bu.edu> [Classical Studies Graduate Conference] John Duffy (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 14, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Zoom "The Man and the Mask: Michael Psellos on the Περὶ ἑρμηνείας of Aristotle" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_Vc3Bt3FRNofY…> required. John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_Vc3Bt3FRNofY…> 41st Medieval and Renaissance Forum<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 16 – Sat., Apr. 17 Virtual Event (organized by Keene State College) "Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" Please submit abstracts and full contact information on this Google form<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdqrEK8pVps…>. Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021; presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021 forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdqrEK8pVps…> Brenda Baker (Arizona State University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 22, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. WELLESLEY COLLEGE via Zoom "Sacrificed? Subsidiary Burials from Royal Funerary Monuments at Abydos, Egypt" Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bit.ly_AIASACRIFICED&d…> in advance for this meeting: The Archaeological Institute of America's Boston Society is pleased to bring you this event, through collaboration with the Department of Classical Studies at Wellesley College. www.archaeological.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.archaeological.org…> contact: Bryan Burns, bburns(a)wellesley.edu<mailto:bburns@wellesley.edu> [Brenda Baker (Arizona State University)] 26th Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 23, 1 – 4:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Zoom The 26th Annual Meeting of the Boston Area Roman Studies Conference To be held over Zoom "Systems of Knowledge in Republican Rome" Presentations Diana Spencer, University of Birmingham " Varro's strategies of quotation in De Lingua Latina" Hannah Čulík-Biard, Boston University "Cicero on Fiction" Katharina Volk, Columbia University "Necromancers in the Senate" The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge, but you must pre-register to attend. Register here: bostonu.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bostonu.zoom.us_webina…> Boston Area Roman Studies Conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_le…> www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_eve…> Arthur Peterson Kathy Eden (Columbia University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 26, 5 p.m. Zoom, hosted by MIT "The Shifting Status of Conjecture from Law to Literature" Abstract: Traditionally ascribed to Hermagoras (2nd C BCE) for use in the law courts and later developed by, among others, Cicero and Quintilian as the infrastructure of argumentation, the so-called status system, with its three foundational questions—conjectural (“did it happen?” [sitne]), definitional (“what happened?” [quid sit]), and qualitative (“what kind of action was it?” [quale sit])—leaves a deep and pervasive impact on the analysis of human agency from antiquity to the early modern period. Focusing on the first of the three status, the conjectural, and more precisely on its two main topics, will and power (voluntas and potestas), this talk will chart their itinerary both in theory and practice from legal through theological to literary discourse, with special attention to Augustine and Petrarch. Additional Text<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Additional-2520Text-3A-…> Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series mit.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.us_meeting_re…> [Kathy Eden (Columbia University)] Curtis Dozier (Vassar College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m. Harvard University (Zoom) "Classical Athens and Contemporary White Ethnonationalism" Many classical scholars are familiar with the widespread admiration for ancient Sparta among white ethnonationalists, anti-government groups, and advocates for civilian gun ownership. Fewer are aware that democratic Athens is also a significant source of inspiration for white supremacists, as I have found in my research for my website Pharos documenting these groups’ admiration for Greco-Roman antiquity. Unlike appropriations of Sparta, the examples of white ethnonationalist interpretations of Athens that I will present highlight the similarities between white supremacist, popular, and even some disciplinary approaches to Greco-Roman antiquity. Curtis Dozier teaches in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics (pharosclassics.vassar.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pharosclassics.vassar.e…>), a website that documents appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups. Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> required. Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditions> harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_meetin…> John Mulhall (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m. Zoom "Islam and the Prophet in the Scientific Translations of the Twelfth Century: Accuracy and Accommodation" Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> required. John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_v1Dc9Z74f5Di…> July 2021 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22 Zoom On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World” The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2 weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22. graduate credit available For more information and registration details, go to www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.caneweb.org&d=DwMFA…> Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org> caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> Amanda Loud (summerinst(a)caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>) [Classical Association of New England Summer Institute] Subscribe<https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list> to weekly emails. 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