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Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215
Exhibit: Discovering Perge
Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27
8 a.m.-8 p.m.
EXHIBIT: "Discovering PERGE: Celebrating 65 Years of Excavations on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast"
Free and open to the public.
Tues., Oct. 25
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 114, Cambridge, MA 02138
Stefan Alexandru (Heidelberg University)
"Galenus redivivus: Some Further Remarks on Codex Thessalonicensis Vlatadon 14"
Tues., Oct. 25
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm. 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Jacob Soll (Rutgers University)
"A Lipsian Legacy? Neo-Stoicism, Natural Law and the Decline of Classical Prudence in Enlightenment Politics"
Classical Traditions Seminar
Tues., Oct. 25
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Morris (Stanford University)
"Archaeology and the Shape of Human History"
Harvard University, Standing Committee on Archaeology, Fall Term Event
Reception with food and drinks to follow at the Ticknor Lounge (next to the Fong Auditorium).
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Wed., Oct. 26
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215
İnci Delemen (İstanbul University)
Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, the Turkish-American Cultural Society of New England, the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University
With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the Perge since 1946, the excavation project now celebrates its 65th anniversary, making it the longest-running all-Turkish excavation in the country. Coinciding with a traveling poster exhibition that marks this special occasion will be a lecture from Dr. İnci Delemen of İstanbul University, a long-time member of the excavation team. Both the exhibition and the lecture will highlight the remarkable archaeology of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site for understanding Classical antiquity.
Free and open to the public.
*Wed., Oct. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center 110 (Thompson Room), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University)
"Aesthetic Toleration: Lucretius and the Survival of Unacceptable Ideas"
Respondents: Ann Blair and Robert Darnton
Wed., Oct. 26
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
"The Talk of the Town: Essays and Op-Ed Columns by the Younger Pliny"
The John C. Rouman Lecture
Thurs., Oct. 27
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UMass Boston, Wheatley Building First Floor, Room 54, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393
Raymond Cormier (Longwood University)
"The Methods of Medieval Translators"
A Comparison of Virgil's Latin Aeneid and its High Medieval Adaptation, with illustrations of manuscript glosses relevant to the Old French Roman d’Enéas
Sponsored by The Department of Classics UMass Boston
Thurs., Oct. 27
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075
Eric Varner (Emory University)
"Sex, Lies, and Politics: Portraits of Rome's 'Bad Empresses"
In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity
Thurs., Oct. 27
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Concert in tribute to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis
The Department of Classical Studies at BU in cooperation with the BU Hellenic Association, the BU Center for the Humanities, the Greek Institute, the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, and Arion: a Journal of Humanities and the Classics, presents "Manos and Mikis," featuring The Greek Music Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Dept. of Classical Studies at 617-353-2427, The Tsai Center (
bu.edu/tsai), or The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for
students (with student ID). BU Faculty and Staff Members $15. Tickets will be also available at the door. For more information, contact the Department of Classical Studies Melissa Joseph
josephmv@bu.edu 617-353-2427.
Thurs., Nov. 3
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459
Marcus Folch (Columbia University)
"How to Kill a Prisoner: the Poetics of Bondage in Ancient Greece"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
Fri., Nov. 4
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. (School of Theology Building) Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215
Egbert Bakker (Yale University)
"Circe: Feasting in the Land of the Dawn"
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Melissa at
mjoseph@bu.edu, 617-353-2427.
Sat., Nov. 5
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 02115
SYMPOSIUM: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, A Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 5th from 10:30 to 4:30 in Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with the exhibition (Torf Gallery, October 26, 2011 – February 20, 2011), the first devoted to the ancient goddess. An international team of experts, drawn largely from the contributors to the catalogue of the same title (available in the MFA bookshop and online), will present papers on different aspects of this complicated goddess: her cults and ancestors, the philosophy of beauty, and Eros. The symposium is funded by the Estelle Shohet Brettman Lecture Series supported by the International Catacomb Society. It is free and open to the public. Free tickets will be available at the Huntington and Fenway entrances on the day of the event, on a first come, first served basis.
Tues., Nov. 15
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Art Museum, South Hadley, MA 01075
Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College)
"Making Up A Woman In Ancient Greece"
Co-sponsored by the Art History Program Amy M. Sacker Fund
In conjunction with the exhibition Reconstructing Antiquity
Thurs., Nov. 17
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459
James Uden (Boston University)
"The Images and Ideology of Childhood Education in Statius' Achilleid"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
*Thurs., Dec. 1
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, Herter Hall, auditorium 231, Amherst, MA 01003
Sinclair Bell (Northern Illinois University)
"From Ben Hur to Nascar: Fans, Fame and the Roman Circus"
Sponsored by UMass Classics, UMass Art History, and the Archaeological Institute of
America in Western Massachusetts
Tues., Dec. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Brown University, Religious Studies Seminar Room (Rm 101), Shirley Miller House, 59 George Street, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"A Different Caesar: Neglected Aspects of his Writing"
Mon., Feb. 13
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
"Isaac Casaubon and the Study of Ancient History"
Classical Traditions Seminar
Mon., Feb. 27
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 133, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Rutherford (Christ Church, Oxford)
"Decorum and Sexuality in Greek Tragedy"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
*Wed., Mar. 7
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA 01002
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"The Unsolved Mystery of the Agora Bone Well"
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Massachusetts Society.
*Tues., Mar. 27
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall,) Amherst, MA 01002
Katherine Schwab (Fairfield University)
"Investigating the Surface: Hairstyles of the Athenian Caryatids"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics, Amherst College
Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive deposits?"
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Thurs., Apr. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
title: TBA
Mildenberg Lecture
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access:
to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor)
to the Humanities Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to
the basement at the main entrance in the Yard, and from there by the
elevator to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston Auditorium) on
the first floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the
sign-posted entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first
floor) to the Sperry Room
There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic Museum at Harvard.
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