The Boston Area Classics Calendar for February 27, 2015
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to a former entry
*Mon Mar 2: Ilaria Ramelli (Sacred Heart Major Seminary/Erfurt University)
4p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, STH Room 414, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
"The Role of Asceticism in the Rejection of Slavery and Social Injustice in Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Judaism, and Early Christianity"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, Department of Classical Studies, BU Center for Humanities.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-study-group-on-religion-and-myth-in-the-ancient-world/
Mon Mar 2: Mary Yossi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
"Laughter in Greek Lyric Poetry"
Ludis Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/ludics
With kind support of the University Seminars Program of the Onassis Foundation (USA)
*Thu Mar 5: Mary Yossi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, STH Room 414, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
"Human Rights” and Greek Tragedy"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, Department of Classical Studies, BU Center for Humanities.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-study-group-on-religion-and-myth-in-the-ancient-world/
Mon Mar 9: Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
5 p.m.
UNIVERISTY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Bartlett Hall 65, Amherst MA 01003
“Song 17 of Sappho revisited (in the light of new supplements).”
The 11th annual David Grose Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classics at UMass Amherst.
For more information contact Brian Breed (bbreed@classics.umass.edu)
**Tue Mar 10: Ray Starr, Professor of Classical Studies (Wellesley College)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building 14E-304, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/)
"Reading Bronze and The Text on It: The Res gestae divi Augusti in Rome"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Wed Mar 11: Nicholas Purcell (University of Oxford)
6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS K450, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Title: TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Workshop: "Territories of Empire: Transition, Function, and Atrophy"
Faculty Directors: Paul Kosmin & Adrian Staehli
Graduate Student Coordinators: Charles Bartlett, cbartlett@fas.harvard.edu; Anthony Shannon, ashannon@fas.harvard.edu
Thu Mar 12: Jonathan Hall (University of Chicago)
5 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, Inn & Conference Center, 50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA 01852
2nd Annual Zamanakos Lecture in Hellenic Studies: “Hellenic Homelands: The Greek Diaspora, Ancient and Modern”
Contact: paul_keen@uml.edu
Thu Mar 12 to Fri Mar 13: CON-IH 15--Transitions: States and Empires in the Longue Durée
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Since its inception in 2001, the Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History (Con-IH) has become an annual event, organized by graduate students in International History at Harvard University. Please visit
the conference website, http://con-ih.com,http://con-ih.com, for more information, and please email any enquiries to the organizing committee at ConIH@fas.harvard.edu.
Mon Mar 23: Stefan Ritter, Professor of Classical Archaeology (Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich)
6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Buildings on Roman Coins: The Visualization of Urban Atmosphere in Roman Art"
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will be open for one hour.
Free parking available in Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue Mar 24: Ellen Oliensis (University of California, Berkeley)
6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title: TBA
Loeb Lecture
Tue Mar 24: Sean Kelly (Harvard University)
7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Techne, Technology, and Truth from Aristotle to Foucault"
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Cognitive Theory and the Arts
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/cognitive-theory-and-arts
Wed Mar 25: Nicholas Cahill (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
“Sardis Biennial Lecture: New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey”
Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
*Thu Mar 26: The Second Annual “Lectures in Modern Philhellenism”: The Modern West: Have We Lived up to the Standards of Ancient Greece?
7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Photonics Building Room 206, 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston, MA 02215
Lecturers: Dr. Nicolas Prevelakis (Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies); Professor Ioannis Evrigenis (Tufts University); Professor Stephanie Nelson (Boston University); Professor Loren J. Samons (Boston University)
Sponsored by Ifigenia Kanara (Consul General of Greece in Boston), Boston University Philhellenes, Boston University Department of Classical Studies, Boston University Core Curriculum
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/lectures-in-philhellenism/
Fri Mar 27: Stephen Harrison (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title: TBA
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-greece-and-rome
Wed Apr 1 (rescheduled from Wed Feb 11): Mary-Louise Gill, Professor of Classics and Philosophy (Brown University)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building 14E-304, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/)
"True Rhetoric and Philosophy in Plato's 'Phaedrus'"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Thu Apr 9: NEAHC Meeting; Speaker: Joseph McDonald (Wheaton College)
5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Aquinas Lounge, Providence, RI 02918
"Reading Religious Transgression in Thucydides’ Delion Debate (Thuc. 4. 89-101)"
The New England Ancient Historians Colloquium: a meeting of professors and graduate students of ancient history for dinner and discussion of paper by Joseph McDonald (Wheaton College).
http://www.providence.edu/history/Pages/calendar.aspx#/?i=1
Fri Apr 10: 20th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY ROMAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TBD, Boston MA 02215
"Public Life of Roman Women"
Amy Richlin (UCLA): "Slave-women and Freedwomen: Political Culture from Below in the 200s BCE"
Patricia Johnson (BU): "The Female Kin of Sempronius Tuditanus: A Prosopography of Women’s Political Engagement"
Barbara Gold (Hamilton College): "Perpetua and the Women of the Novel and the Apocryphal Acts: How Public and Private Interact"
Papers will be followed by dinner (optional)
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-conference/
Mon Apr 13: Kenneth Lapatin (J. Paul Getty Museum)
6 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Auditorium, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
Following the lecture, select galleries related to the talk will be open for one hour.
Free parking available in Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue Apr 14; Wed, Apr 15; Thu Apr 16; Fri, Apr 17: Barbara Borg (University of Exeter)
5 to 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jackson Lecture Series
Four lectures: Titles TBA
**Wed Apr 15: Thomas Forrest Kelly, Professor of Music (Harvard University)
5:15 p.m.
MIT, Building E51-275, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/)
"Capturing Music: The Story of Medieval Notation"
Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
Fri Apr 17: Elizabeth M. Greene (University of Western Ontario)
4:30-6:00 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Founders Hall 120, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
"Soldiers' Families in the Military Communities of the Western Roman Empire"
This presentation addresses the evidence for the presence and social role of women and families in Roman military communities in the western Roman provinces.
Mon Apr 27: Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin)
6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
“The Warren Cup - Ancient or Modern? Problems of Method and Interpretation”
Tue Apr 28: Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
“The Paradigm of Textual Criticism: Its Use and Abuse in Classical Archaeology”
Wed Apr 29: Prof. Dr. Frank Ruehli, Director, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (University of Zurich)
4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Location TBA
"Of mummies and skeletons: when the dead teach the living"
http://www.iem.uzh.ch/people/frankruehli.html
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