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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 24, 2023

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Boston Area Classics Calendar 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, 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 "Representations of Time and Space on Greco-Roman Timekeeping Devices" Two technologies predominated in Greco-Roman timekeeping: sundials, which were static objects exploiting the changing directions of sunlight and shadow, and waterclocks, which translated a controlled flow of water into a display of time. It was characteristic of both technologies to represent both the season of the year and the time of day, measured in hours of seasonally varying length such that the intervals separating sunrise and sunset always comprised twelve equal hours. The grids of "day curves" and "hour curves" featured in varied ways on sundials and mechanized waterclocks were not merely a means of reading off the present date and time, but also a diagrammatic image of the spherical framework of Greek cosmology embedding astronomical definitions of uniform motion and measurable time. 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> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/representations-time-and-s…> Jorge Wong (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 3, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 The -εσσι Datives in Homer and Lesbian Aeolic 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., Mar. 8, 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> David Stifter (Maynooth University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 What’s the News in Ancient Celtic? GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 16 – Fri., Mar. 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY The Boston University Classical Studies Department will be holding a conference entitled "Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire" on March 16th and 17th. Thursday, March 16 (2:00 to 5:30 p.m., BU Law School, Barrister’s Hall) Alain M. Gowing, “‘Tangled, chaotic and hideous’: the triumviral proscriptions in Roman memory” Michèle Lowrie, “The caring leader perverted, Lucan’s De bello civili” Gareth Williams, “The Insecurities of Therapeutic Philosophy in Roman Discourse: Some Symptoms, Effects, Consequences, and Implications” Maia Kotrosits, “Late Ancient Hagiography as Literature of Grief” Reception to follow Friday, March 17 (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., BU School of Theology, Room B24) Speakers: Erica James, Keynote James Uden, “Embodying the Wounded Veteran in the Roman Empire” Luis Menéndez-Antuña, “Analgesic literary strategies: how do the canonic gospels blunt the crucifixion pain?” Tori Lee, “Hic crine, hic veste: Violence and Bodily Violability in Imperial Pastoral Literature” Virginia Closs, “Solitudo as State and Space in Early Imperial Literature” Christopher A. Frilingos, “The Suffering and the Glory: Problems in the Therapeutic Criticism of the Book of Revelation” Zsuzsa Várhelyi, “The ghosts of Neronian Rome: narrative and affective strategies of coping with recent traumatic experiences in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia” Inger Kuin, “Coping Without the Gods? Religious Disbelief and Insecurity in the Roman Empire” Basil Dufallo, “Optimism Beyond Political Trauma in Tacitus and Pliny” For a full schedule and updates on registration, check the departmental website: www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_20…> Sponsored by Boston University Center for the Humanities, Department of Classical Studies, Department of Religion, the Health Humanities Program, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_20…> classics(a)bu.edu<mailto:classics@bu.edu> [Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire] Sarah Bond (University of Iowa)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 16, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. BOSTON COLLEGE, Higgins Hall 310, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA "Labor Unions, Athletic Guilds and the 'Fall' of Rome" Although many people think of labor unions as a development of the Middle Ages, the roots of the medieval guild lay in antiquity. And charioteers—the stars of the Roman racing scenes—were often the union figurehead, guiding both their faction and their fans to political ends. Re-viewing Late Antiquity through the lens of labor organization, strikes, work contracts, and—when deemed necessary—coordinated violence, leads us to a different narrative of the 'fall' of Rome, this time from below. events.bc.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__events.bc.edu_event_sa…> Prof. Franco Mormando (mormando(a)bc.edu<mailto:mormando@bc.edu>) [Sarah Bond (University of Iowa)] Classical Association of New England Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 17 – Sat., Mar. 18 ST. SEBASTIAN'S SCHOOL, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492 The CANE annual meeting takes place March 17–18, with programming across the two days. caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> president(a)caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org> 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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series, titled "'...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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The East Greek cities and Lydia" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis<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 In this year’s Sardis Biennial lecture, Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will discuss recent excavations at Sardis, one of the great ancient cities of western Türkiye from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958 and is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Recent accomplishments at the site include the discovery of some of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historical context, the restoration of antiquity’s largest synagogue, and the unearthing of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating earthquake. Please see the Harvard Art Museums events calendar for full event details: https://harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/research-and-excavations-at-sardis<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> ©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_…> Contact: am_sardis(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu> [Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis] 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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series April 2023 Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 10, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 2 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 “Night Shifts” Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/night-shifts> 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 “Augustine on Belief Formation in Interpersonal Relationships" Speaker: Alexander Vega "Plotinus' Theory of Intelligible Animals in Ennead VI.7.5-12" Speaker: Maxwell Wade John Duffy Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society> Thórhallur Eythorsson (University of Iceland)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Oblique Subjects in Indo-European: a Reassessment GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> The Many Faces of James Loeb<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sun., Apr. 16, 2:30 – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Deknatel Room, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Venture with us into the world of James Loeb as three specialists from different fields help us uncover his personality, examine his influence on ancient studies, and delight in the small objects that filled his life. This event accompanies the exhibition “A World within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection.” Florian Knauss, director of the State Collections of Antiquities in Munich and lecturer at the University of Augsburg, will discuss Loeb as a collector and philanthropist. He will highlight objects from the collection, give an overview of Loeb's collecting activities and the legacy of his charitable achievements. Mirte Liebregts, doctoral candidate at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has delved deeply into the establishment of the Loeb Classical Library, the bilingual publication series founded by James Loeb. She will examine Loeb’s motivations for creating the series and their relationship to his collecting. Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of Classics, Harvard University and Trustee of the Loeb Classical Library Foundation will moderate a conversation after the two presentations. The galleries will be open until 5:00. You are encouraged to view the exhibition either before or after the event. This program is sponsored by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Harvard University and organized in conjunction with the special exhibition “A World within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection.” Support for the exhibition, on view at the Harvard Art Museums, from January 28 – May 7, 2023, is provided by the Kelekian Fund. For information contact: am_asianmediterranean(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu>. Photo: Woman with Mirror, Greek, Boeotia, late 4th century BCE, terracotta with traces of pigment, Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München, SL 294, TL42482.42 © Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek. harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> Contact: am_asianmediterranean(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu> [The Many Faces of James Loeb] 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. 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> Following in the Footsteps of Hadrian: An Evening with Carole Raddato, Photographer<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 So far, Carole Raddato has photographed over 1,000 sites and museums focusing on the classical past (especially Roman), many outside continental Europe. Her images, archived since 2019 at the American Academy in Rome, are reproduced in hundreds of academic books. Raddato is currently engaged in a 17-year project to follow Hadrian’s journeys in the order in which he undertook them, as recounted in her photo blog, FollowingHadrian.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__FollowingHadrian.com&d=…>. Her visit to the east coast of the US in April 2023 marks her first lecture tour in North America. Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America. contact: Bryan Burns, bburns(a)wellesley.edu<mailto:bburns@wellesley.edu> Melissa Mueller (UMass Amherst)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Apr. 28, 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 “Reading Sappho and Homer with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick” mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/reading-sappho-and-homer-e…> Σεβαστή: A Symposium in Honor of Ioli Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Apr. 29, 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower-Level Auditorium, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D…> Confirmed speakers include: Frances St. Amant, PhD Candidate, Harvard University Diliana Angelova, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley Merih Danalı, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University Ivan Drpić, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Konstantina Karterouli, Research Associate, Dumbarton Oaks Janet T. Marquardt, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Eastern Illinois University Bissera V. Pentcheva, Professor, Stanford University Katherine M. Taronas, Byzantine Studies Fellow, Dumbarton Oaks Courtney Tomaselli, Instructor, Loyola University, Chicago Nicolette S. Trahoulia, Professor, Deree-The American University of Greece Alicia Walker, Professor, Bryn Mawr College This event is free and open to the public; attendees are asked to register in advance. For the complete symposium program and registration, go to SebasteSymposium.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__SebasteSymposium.org&d=…> Sponsored by The Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, The Harvard University Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, and The Byzantine Studies Program, Dumbarton Oaks. www.sebastesymposium.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sebastesymposium.o…> Contact: Ivan Drpić (drpic(a)sas.upenn.edu<mailto:drpic@sas.upenn.edu>) or Alicia Walker (awalker01(a)brynmawr.edu<mailto:awalker01@brynmawr.edu>) 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>. 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Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 17, 2023

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2023 Mark Letteney (MIT)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 23, 5 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Room 4-163, Building 4, 182 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142 "Reframing Roman Incarceration" Speaker: Mark Letteney, ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow at the Literature Section, MIT Abtract: The Roman empire was a carceral state. Prisons dotted the landscape, but an overly credulous reading of legal sources has left Roman incarceration woefully understudied. This lecture outlines the archaeological evidence for Roman incarceration, and shows how archaeological record can help to reframe papyrological, legal, and literary sources for prisons in antiquity. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Presented by the Litshop & Ancient Medieval Studies Colloquium [Mark Letteney (MIT)] Nadav Asraf (Havard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 24, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "A Case Study in Homeric Versification and Technique: The Homeric Forms πέρθετο (Il.12.15), περθομένη (Il.2.374 = 4.291 = 13.816), and πέρθαι (Il.16.708) as Bardic Usages" The Homeric averbo of the verb πέρθω 'destroy, sack [a city]' presents a few unique forms and usages: first, the forms πέρθετο and περθομένη, which, despite being present formations, have aoristic value; second, the form πέρθαι which is a morphological mystery. The solutions proposed thus far sought to explain these forms as either linguistic archaisms or as the outcome of ad hoc linguistic changes. The talk will examine these explanations and offer a new explanation, one rooted in the formulaic and metrical constraints of Homeric versification. GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> 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, 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 "Representations of Time and Space on Greco-Roman Timekeeping Devices" Two technologies predominated in Greco-Roman timekeeping: sundials, which were static objects exploiting the changing directions of sunlight and shadow, and waterclocks, which translated a controlled flow of water into a display of time. It was characteristic of both technologies to represent both the season of the year and the time of day, measured in hours of seasonally varying length such that the intervals separating sunrise and sunset always comprised twelve equal hours. The grids of "day curves" and "hour curves" featured in varied ways on sundials and mechanized waterclocks were not merely a means of reading off the present date and time, but also a diagrammatic image of the spherical framework of Greek cosmology embedding astronomical definitions of uniform motion and measurable time. 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> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/representations-time-and-s…> Jorge Wong (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 3, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 The -εσσι Datives in Homer and Lesbian Aeolic 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., Mar. 8, 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> David Stifter (Maynooth University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 What’s the News in Ancient Celtic? GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 16 – Fri., Mar. 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY The Boston University Classical Studies Department will be holding a conference entitled "Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire" on March 16th and 17th. Thursday, March 16 (2:00 to 5:30 p.m., BU Law School, Barrister’s Hall) Alain M. Gowing, “‘Tangled, chaotic and hideous’: the triumviral proscriptions in Roman memory” Michèle Lowrie, “The caring leader perverted, Lucan’s De bello civili” Gareth Williams, “The Insecurities of Therapeutic Philosophy in Roman Discourse: Some Symptoms, Effects, Consequences, and Implications” Maia Kotrosits, “Late Ancient Hagiography as Literature of Grief” Reception to follow Friday, March 17 (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., BU School of Theology, Room B24) Speakers: Erica James, Keynote James Uden, “Embodying the Wounded Veteran in the Roman Empire” Luis Menéndez-Antuña, “Analgesic literary strategies: how do the canonic gospels blunt the crucifixion pain?” Tori Lee, “Hic crine, hic veste: Violence and Bodily Violability in Imperial Pastoral Literature” Virginia Closs, “Solitudo as State and Space in Early Imperial Literature” Christopher A. Frilingos, “The Suffering and the Glory: Problems in the Therapeutic Criticism of the Book of Revelation” Zsuzsa Várhelyi, “The ghosts of Neronian Rome: narrative and affective strategies of coping with recent traumatic experiences in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia” Inger Kuin, “Coping Without the Gods? Religious Disbelief and Insecurity in the Roman Empire” Basil Dufallo, “Optimism Beyond Political Trauma in Tacitus and Pliny” For a full schedule and updates on registration, check the departmental website: www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_20…> Sponsored by Boston University Center for the Humanities, Department of Classical Studies, Department of Religion, the Health Humanities Program, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_20…> classics(a)bu.edu<mailto:classics@bu.edu> [Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire] Classical Association of New England Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 17 – Sat., Mar. 18 ST. SEBASTIAN'S SCHOOL, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492 The CANE annual meeting takes place March 17–18, with programming across the two days. caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> president(a)caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org> 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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series, titled "'...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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The East Greek cities and Lydia" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis<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 In this year’s Sardis Biennial lecture, Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will discuss recent excavations at Sardis, one of the great ancient cities of western Türkiye from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958 and is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Recent accomplishments at the site include the discovery of some of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historical context, the restoration of antiquity’s largest synagogue, and the unearthing of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating earthquake. Please see the Harvard Art Museums events calendar for full event details: https://harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/research-and-excavations-at-sardis<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> ©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_…> Contact: am_sardis(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu> [Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis] 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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series April 2023 Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 10, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 2 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 “Night Shifts” Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-greece> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/night-shifts> 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> Thórhallur Eythorsson (University of Iceland)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Oblique Subjects in Indo-European: a Reassessment GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> The Many Faces of James Loeb<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sun., Apr. 16, 2 – 3:30 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Deknatel Room, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Venture into the world of James Loeb as three specialists from different fields help us uncover his personality, examine his influence on ancient studies, and delight in the small objects that filled his life. This event accompanies the exhibition “A World within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection.” Florian Knauss, director of the State Collections of Antiquities in Munich and professor at the University of Augsburg, will discuss Loeb as a collector and philanthropist. He will highlight objects from the collection, give an overview of Loeb's collecting activities and the legacy of his charitable achievements. Mirte Liebregts, doctoral candidate at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has delved deeply into the establishment of the Loeb Classical Library, the bilingual publication series founded by James Loeb. She will examine Loeb’s motivations for creating the series and their relationship to his collecting. Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of Classics, Harvard University and Trustee of the Loeb Classical Library Foundation will moderate a conversation after the two presentations. The galleries will be open until 5:00. You are encouraged to view the exhibition either before or after the event. This program is sponsored by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Harvard University and organized in conjunction with the special exhibition “A World within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection.” Support for the exhibition, on view at the Harvard Art Museums, from January 28 – May 7, 2023, is provided by the Kelekian Fund. harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> 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. 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> Following in the Footsteps of Hadrian: An Evening with Carole Raddato, Photographer<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 So far, Carole Raddato has photographed over 1,000 sites and museums focusing on the classical past (especially Roman), many outside continental Europe. Her images, archived since 2019 at the American Academy in Rome, are reproduced in hundreds of academic books. Raddato is currently engaged in a 17-year project to follow Hadrian’s journeys in the order in which he undertook them, as recounted in her photo blog, FollowingHadrian.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__FollowingHadrian.com&d=…>. Her visit to the east coast of the US in April 2023 marks her first lecture tour in North America. Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America. contact: Bryan Burns, bburns(a)wellesley.edu<mailto:bburns@wellesley.edu> A Symposium in Honor of Ioli Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sat., Apr. 29, 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower-Level Auditorium, 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. www.sebastesymposium.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sebastesymposium.o…> 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, February 10, 2023

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2023 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] Panel. Women in Ancient Greece: Violence, Labor and Poverty<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 16, 2 – 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RCCHU Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 or via Zoom Elena Duce Pastor (Autonomous University of Madrid), Irene Cisneros-Abellán (University of Zaragoza), and Aida Fernández Prieto (Manchester Metropolitan University) will each deliver a lecture. Attend in person or via Zoom. "Rape and marriage: A gender perspective from violence in the Archaic Greek colonization (c. VIII – VI BC)" Speaker: Elena Duce Pastor "Female workers: The invisible hands (c. V – IV BC)" Irene Cisneros-Abellán "Endowing poor girls: Civic concern and private initiative in Ancient Greece (c. V – III BC)" Aida Fernández Prieto Organized by Unai Iriarte Asarta (RCCHU Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University). Sponsored by RCCHU, Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Zaragoza, and Manchester Metropolitan University. rcc.harvard.edu…<https://rcc.harvard.edu/event/panel-greece-ii-women-ancient-greece-violence…> Nadav Asraf (Havard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 24, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "A Case Study in Homeric Versification and Technique: The Homeric Forms πέρθετο (Il.12.15), περθομένη (Il.2.374 = 4.291 = 13.816), and πέρθαι (Il.16.708) as Bardic Usages" The Homeric averbo of the verb πέρθω 'destroy, sack [a city]' presents a few unique forms and usages: first, the forms πέρθετο and περθομένη, which, despite being present formations, have aoristic value; second, the form πέρθαι which is a morphological mystery. The solutions proposed thus far sought to explain these forms as either linguistic archaisms or as the outcome of ad hoc linguistic changes. The talk will examine these explanations and offer a new explanation, one rooted in the formulaic and metrical constraints of Homeric versification. GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> 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, 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 "Representations of Time and Space on Greco-Roman Timekeeping Devices" Two technologies predominated in Greco-Roman timekeeping: sundials, which were static objects exploiting the changing directions of sunlight and shadow, and waterclocks, which translated a controlled flow of water into a display of time. It was characteristic of both technologies to represent both the season of the year and the time of day, measured in hours of seasonally varying length such that the intervals separating sunrise and sunset always comprised twelve equal hours. The grids of "day curves" and "hour curves" featured in varied ways on sundials and mechanized waterclocks were not merely a means of reading off the present date and time, but also a diagrammatic image of the spherical framework of Greek cosmology embedding astronomical definitions of uniform motion and measurable time. 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> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/representations-time-and-s…> Jorge Wong (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 3, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 The -εσσι Datives in Homer and Lesbian Aeolic 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., Mar. 8, 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> David Stifter (Maynooth University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 What’s the News in Ancient Celtic? GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Mar. 16 – Fri., Mar. 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY The Boston University Classical Studies Department will be holding a conference entitled "Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire" on March 16th and 17th. Speakers include: Virginia Closs Basil Duffalo Alain Gowing Maia Kotrosits Inger Kuin Tori Lee Christopher Frilingos Michèle Lowrie Luis Menéndez-Antuña James Uden Zsuzsa Várhelyi Gareth Williams Our keynote speaker will be Professor Erica James from MIT. For more information and updates on registration, check the departmental website: www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_20…> Sponsored by Boston University Center for the Humanities, Department of Classical Studies, Department of Religion, the Health Humanities Program, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.edu_classics_20…> classics(a)bu.edu<mailto:classics@bu.edu> [Experiencing Insecurity: Pain, Trauma and Suffering in the Roman Empire] Classical Association of New England Annual Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 17 – Sat., Mar. 18 ST. SEBASTIAN'S SCHOOL, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492 The CANE annual meeting takes place March 17–18, with programming across the two days. caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__caneweb.org_new_-3Fpag…> president(a)caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org> 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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series, titled "'...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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The East Greek cities and Lydia" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis<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 Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses recent excavations at Sardis, sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958, and authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Since 1979 a member of the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, situated in western Türkiye, Prof. Cahill has served beginning in 2008 as its director. Recent accomplishments include the discovery of some of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historic context, a new restoration of antiquity’s largest Synagogue, and discovery of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating earthquake. Please see the Harvard Art Museums event calendar for full event details: https://harvardartmuseums.org/calendar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> Photo ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College Sardis Biennial Lecture Contact: am_sardis(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu> [Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis] 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, Sackler 004, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series April 2023 Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Mon., Apr. 10, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 2 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 “Night Shifts” 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> Thórhallur Eythorsson (University of Iceland)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Oblique Subjects in Indo-European: a Reassessment GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sun., Apr. 16, 2:30 – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Deknatel Room, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Join us for presentations, a conversation, and a stroll through the special exhibition with Florian Knauss, Director, State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek, Munich, and Professor University of Augsburg. Mirte Liebregts, Doctoral candidate, Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of Classics, Harvard University. Sponsored by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation. harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> 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. 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=…> Sat., Apr. 29, 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lower-Level Auditorium, 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. www.sebastesymposium.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sebastesymposium.o…> 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.

1 year, 2 months

Boston Area Classics Calendar, February 3, 2023

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Boston Area Classics Calendar February 2023 Sherry (Chiayi) Lee (Princeton University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 9, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. UMass Boston, Remote via Zoom "Using tiered texts for reading proficiency in the intermediate/advanced Latin classroom." Use this link<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_SLAClassic…> to sign up to receive Zoom information. UMass Boston SLA and Classics Seminar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.umb.edu_classics…> blogs.umb.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.umb.edu_classics…> Christopher Cochran (Christopher.Cochran(a)umb.edu<mailto:Christopher.Cochran@umb.edu>) 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] Panel. Women in Ancient Greece: Violence, Labor and Poverty<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Feb. 16, 2 – 4 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RCCHU Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 or via Zoom Elena Duce Pastor (Autonomous University of Madrid), Irene Cisneros-Abellán (University of Zaragoza), and Aida Fernández Prieto (Manchester Metropolitan University) will each deliver a lecture. Attend in person or via Zoom. "Rape and marriage: A gender perspective from violence in the Archaic Greek colonization (c. VIII – VI BC)" Speaker: Elena Duce Pastor "Female workers: The invisible hands (c. V – IV BC)" Irene Cisneros-Abellán "Endowing poor girls: Civic concern and private initiative in Ancient Greece (c. V – III BC)" Aida Fernández Prieto Organized by Unai Iriarte Asarta (RCCHU Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University). Sponsored by RCCHU, Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Zaragoza, and Manchester Metropolitan University. rcc.harvard.edu…<https://rcc.harvard.edu/event/panel-greece-ii-women-ancient-greece-violence…> Nadav Asraf (Havard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Feb. 24, 5 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 "A Case Study in Homeric Versification and Technique: The Homeric Forms πέρθετο (Il.12.15), περθομένη (Il.2.374 = 4.291 = 13.816), and πέρθαι (Il.16.708) as Bardic Usages" The Homeric averbo of the verb πέρθω 'destroy, sack [a city]' presents a few unique forms and usages: first, the forms πέρθετο and περθομένη, which, despite being present formations, have aoristic value; second, the form πέρθαι which is a morphological mystery. The solutions proposed thus far sought to explain these forms as either linguistic archaisms or as the outcome of ad hoc linguistic changes. The talk will examine these explanations and offer a new explanation, one rooted in the formulaic and metrical constraints of Homeric versification. GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> 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, 5:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Representations of Time and Space on Greco-Roman Timekeeping Devices" Two technologies predominated in Greco-Roman timekeeping: sundials, which were static objects exploiting the changing directions of sunlight and shadow, and waterclocks, which translated a controlled flow of water into a display of time. It was characteristic of both technologies to represent both the season of the year and the time of day, measured in hours of seasonally varying length such that the intervals separating sunrise and sunset always comprised twelve equal hours. The grids of "day curves" and "hour curves" featured in varied ways on sundials and mechanized waterclocks were not merely a means of reading off the present date and time, but also a diagrammatic image of the spherical framework of Greek cosmology embedding astronomical definitions of uniform motion and measurable time. 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> mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/representations-time-and-s…> Jorge Wong (Harvard University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 3, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 The -εσσι Datives in Homer and Lesbian Aeolic 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., Mar. 8, 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> David Stifter (Maynooth University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Fri., Mar. 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 What’s the News in Ancient Celtic? GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> 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, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series, titled "'...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, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "The East Greek cities and Lydia" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...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, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks." Jackson Lecture Series Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis<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 Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses recent excavations at Sardis, sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958, and authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Since 1979 a member of the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, situated in western Türkiye, Prof. Cahill has served beginning in 2008 as its director. Recent accomplishments include the discovery of some of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historic context, a new restoration of antiquity’s largest Synagogue, and discovery of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating earthquake. Please see the Harvard Art Museums event calendar for full event details: https://harvardartmuseums.org/calendar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> Photo ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College Sardis Biennial Lecture Contact: am_sardis(a)harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu> [Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis] 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, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 "Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts" Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...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> Thórhallur Eythorsson (University of Iceland)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Thu., Apr. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Oblique Subjects in Indo-European: a Reassessment GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-workshop> A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumbaEmbed=…> Sun., Apr. 16, 2:30 – 4 p.m. HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Deknatel Room, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Join us for presentations, a conversation, and a stroll through the special exhibition with Florian Knauss, Director, State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek, Munich, and Professor University of Augsburg. Mirte Liebregts, Doctoral candidate, Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of Classics, Harvard University. Sponsored by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation. harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvardartmuseums.org_…> 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. 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.

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