Boston Area Classics Calendar
January 2023
Anne Carson<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Sun., Jan. 29, 2 – 3 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
"A Rustle of Catullus"
Please join the Ancient Greek and Roman Art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in welcoming Anne Carson as she presents "A Rustle of Catullus" on January 29th from 2–3pm at the Remis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts. This lecture is part of the Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture Series.
www.mfa.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mfa.org_event_este…>
Contact: dcashman(a)mfa.org<mailto:dcashman@mfa.org>
[Anne Carson]
February 2023
Emily Greenwood (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Feb. 1, 12:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Hutchins Center, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 3r, Cambridge, MA 02138
“Black Sappho in Boston circa 1900: Reading Pauline Hopkins Reading Sappho”
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu…<https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/event/emily-greenwood-colloquium>
Contact: HutchinsCenter(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:HutchinsCenter@fas.harvard.edu>
[Emily Greenwood (Harvard University)]
Nadav Asraf (Havard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Fri., Feb. 10, 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop>
Arsen Nisanyan (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Feb. 15, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Kindling the song of Humanism: How one translation of Homer's Iliad changed the intellectual life of modern Turkey"
John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
This is a virtual event - please register here to attend on Zoom: forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_2fAgBoLbwVzu…>
Five panelists will share their expertise and suggestions to facilitate the goals of preparing all graduate students in Classical Studies for their teaching careers:
Dr. Ellen Cole Lee, University of Pittsburgh;
Dr. Ivy Livingston, Harvard University;
Dr. Amy Pistone, Gonzaga University;
Dr. Colin Shelton, University of Chicago;
Dr. Molly Swetnam-Burland, College of William and Mary.
Dr. Evelyn Adkins, of Case Western Reserve University, will preside with assistance from the members of the Committee for College and University Education of SCS.
All are welcome, and Directors of Graduate Programs and Graduate Faculty in Classical Studies are particularly encouraged to attend.
This event is sponsored by the Society for Classical Studies and the CCUE.
classicalstudies.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__classicalstudies.org_s…>
Teresa Ramsby, tramsby(a)umass.edu<mailto:tramsby@umass.edu>
[Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness]
March 2023
Alexander Jones (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Mar. 1
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Also sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Diagrams Across Disciplines: History, Theory, Practice<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/diagrams-across-discipl…>.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece>
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Tue., Mar. 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series, entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks," will reexamine the Greeks' relation with Lydia in the archaic period in the light of the important recent archaeological discoveries. Lectures will include discussion of Gyges, the Greek cities of Asia Minor, Lydian tradition and Xanthos of Lydia, the impact of Lydia on the Greeks and on Greek traditions, Greek fable in contrast to Near Eastern evidence.
The lectures are open to the public.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Thu., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"The East Greek cities and Lydia"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."
Reception to follow.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Mon., Mar. 27, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
Nicholas Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Tue., Mar. 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Sardis Biennial Lecture, 2021-2022
Join us for the biennial lecture on research and discoveries at Sardis, one of the great ancient cities of western Türkiye from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The Sardis Expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Director Nicholas Cahill will report on recent work and discoveries from the 2021 and 2022 field seasons and will discuss future endeavors.
Led by:
Nicholas Cahill, Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Director, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
Work by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958. This biennial lecture series presents the latest research from the site to the Harvard and greater Boston communities.
Sardis Biennial Lecture
Contact: am_sardis(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu>
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Mar. 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
"Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
April 2023
Alexander Vega (Harvard University) and Maxwell Wade (Boston College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Apr. 12, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topics TBD
John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
A Symposium: Antiochus III’s Edict(s) to Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Thu., Apr. 20 – Fri., Apr. 21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,, Cambridge, MA 02138
Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder (co-organizers)
See website<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochus-iiis-edicts-to-jerusal…> for details.
cjs.fas.harvard.edu…<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochus-iiis-edicts-to-jerusal…>
Harvard Classics Graduate Student Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Fri., Apr. 21 – Sat., Apr. 22
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Keynote speaker: Eric Cline (George Washington University)
See the Call for Papers<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-student-con…> for details. Submissions due January 23, 2023 (deadline extended)
classics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-student-con…>
contact: harvardgradconf(a)gmail.com<mailto:harvardgradconf@gmail.com>
A Symposium in Honor of Ioli Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Fri., Apr. 28 – Sun., Apr. 30
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Building, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…>
Students and colleagues will gather to celebrate the career of Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art, Harvard University. The symposium will feature papers by her students. This event is free and open to the public.
View the entire calendar online<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar>
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Boston Area Classics Calendar
January 2023
Anne Carson<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Sun., Jan. 29, 2 – 3 p.m.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
"A Rustle of Catullus"
Please join the Ancient Greek and Roman Art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in welcoming Anne Carson as she presents "A Rustle of Catullus" on January 29th from 2–3pm at the Remis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts. This lecture is part of the Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture Series.
www.mfa.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mfa.org_event_este…>
Contact: dcashman(a)mfa.org<mailto:dcashman@mfa.org>
[Anne Carson]
February 2023
Arsen Nisanyan (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Feb. 15, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Kindling the song of Humanism: How one translation of Homer's Iliad changed the intellectual life of modern Turkey"
John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
This is a virtual event - please register here to attend on Zoom: forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_2fAgBoLbwVzu…>
Five panelists will share their expertise and suggestions to facilitate the goals of preparing all graduate students in Classical Studies for their teaching careers:
Dr. Ellen Cole Lee, University of Pittsburgh;
Dr. Ivy Livingston, Harvard University;
Dr. Amy Pistone, Gonzaga University;
Dr. Colin Shelton, University of Chicago;
Dr. Molly Swetnam-Burland, College of William and Mary.
Dr. Evelyn Adkins, of Case Western Reserve University, will preside with assistance from the members of the Committee for College and University Education of SCS.
All are welcome, and Directors of Graduate Programs and Graduate Faculty in Classical Studies are particularly encouraged to attend.
This event is sponsored by the Society for Classical Studies and the CCUE.
classicalstudies.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__classicalstudies.org_s…>
Teresa Ramsby, tramsby(a)umass.edu<mailto:tramsby@umass.edu>
[Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness]
March 2023
Alexander Jones (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Mar. 1
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Also sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Diagrams Across Disciplines: History, Theory, Practice<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/diagrams-across-discipl…>.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece>
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Tue., Mar. 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures.
Her lecture series, entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks," will reexamine the Greeks' relation with Lydia in the archaic period in the light of the important recent archaeological discoveries. Lectures will include discussion of Gyges, the Greek cities of Asia Minor, Lydian tradition and Xanthos of Lydia, the impact of Lydia on the Greeks and on Greek traditions, Greek fable in contrast to Near Eastern evidence.
The lectures are open to the public.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Thu., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."
Reception to follow.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Mon., Mar. 27, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
Nicholas Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Tue., Mar. 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Sardis Biennial Lecture, 2021-2022
Join us for the biennial lecture on research and discoveries at Sardis, one of the great ancient cities of western Türkiye from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The Sardis Expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Director Nicholas Cahill will report on recent work and discoveries from the 2021 and 2022 field seasons and will discuss future endeavors.
Led by:
Nicholas Cahill, Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Director, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
Work by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958. This biennial lecture series presents the latest research from the site to the Harvard and greater Boston communities.
Sardis Biennial Lecture
Contact: am_sardis(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu>
Rosalind Thomas (University of Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Mar. 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is entitled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
April 2023
Alexander Vega (Harvard University) and Maxwell Wade (Boston College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Wed., Apr. 12, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topics TBD
John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
A Symposium: Antiochus III’s Edict(s) to Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Thu., Apr. 20 – Fri., Apr. 21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,, Cambridge, MA 02138
Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder (co-organizers)
See website<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochus-iiis-edicts-to-jerusal…> for details.
cjs.fas.harvard.edu…<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochus-iiis-edicts-to-jerusal…>
Harvard Classics Graduate Student Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Fri., Apr. 21 – Sat., Apr. 22
"Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Keynote speaker: Eric Cline (George Washington University)
See the Call for Papers<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-student-con…> for details. Submissions due January 16, 2023.
classics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-student-con…>
contact: harvardgradconf(a)gmail.com<mailto:harvardgradconf@gmail.com>
A Symposium in Honor of Ioli Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…>
Fri., Apr. 28 – Sun., Apr. 30
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Building, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…>
Students and colleagues will gather to celebrate the career of Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art, Harvard University. The symposium will feature papers by her students. This event is free and open to the public.
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.