[calclass-list] Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #20 (3/6/09)

Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #20 (3/6/09) **PLEASE NOTE** WE HAVE ADDED A GOOGLE CALENDAR LISTING FOR THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR. YOU CAN ACCESS IT AT THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bostonclassics%40gmail.com&ctz… USERS OF ICAL CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE BOSTON AREA CLASSICS CALENDAR USING THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/bostonclassics%40gmail.com/public/basic… This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to an address dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below instead of as word-processor file attachments. NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK. Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued the following week. Please circulate as widely as possible. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Mon., Mar. 9, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Lamont Forum Room, Lamont Library, Cambridge, MA Mary A. Rouse (UCLA) "A Princely Gift: The French Translation of Vegetius, 1284-1300" Reception follows in the Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library Sponsored by the Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, in collaboration with the Houghton Library Tues., Mar. 10, 4:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106, 95 Cushing Street, Providence, RI Departmental Lecture Jonathan Edmondson (York University, Canada) "A Tale of Two Colonies in Roman Spain: Augusta Emerita (Mérida) and Metellinum (Medellín)" *Tues., Mar. 10, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Dirk Steuernagel (University of Frankfurt) "The Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora: Signal of Romanization or Monument to the Greek Past?" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Wed., Mar. 11, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Alice-Mary Talbot (Dumbarton Oaks) "A Dossier for Canonization in 14th Century Byzantium: The Miracles of Gregory Palamas" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics *Wed., Mar. 11, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Ticknor Lounge, Cambridge, MA Guy Raz (2008-09 Nieman Journalism Fellow, Harvard University; Pentagon/Defense Correspondent, National Public Radio) "History as a Weapon: Lessons Learned as a Foreign Correspondent" Raz discusses his career as a foreign correspondent for NPR and CNN in the Middle East and Central Asia and how ancient history can be used as a powerful tool to inform the decisions our leaders make today Thurs., Mar. 12, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA Houghton Library Workshop* Richard Rouse (UCLA) "Florilegia & Glosses: Books for Reference rather than Reading" *N.B. This workshop requires advance registration. Places are strictly limited to 12, and priority will be given to members of the Harvard community. If interest warrants, we will schedule a second session on Tuesday, March 10, but only once the Thursday session is fully subscribed. Please indicate your interest by e-mailing Prof. Jeffrey Hamburger (jhamburg(a)fas.harvard.edu ). Thurs., Mar. 12, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (University of California, Berkeley) Nicholas D. Cahill (University of Wisconsin, Madison) "Archaeology at Sardis in Turkey: New Discoveries and Puzzles" Reception following; free and open to the public Free parking in Broadway Garage on Felton Street between Cambridge Street and Broadway Sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the Harvard Art Museums Fri., Mar. 13, 5:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA Rosemary A. Joyce (University of California, Berkeley) "The Early History of Chocolate" Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Archaeology Department *Sat., Mar. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Annual Harvard Certamen Keynote address: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University) Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature See Appendix for details Mon., Mar. 16, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus) "'Towards a Higher Vision' and 'Into the Depths of Words': The Aesthetics of Layering in Byzantine Art and Literature" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Thurs., Mar. 19, 5:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, Middle Gallery, 21 Brown Street, Providence, RI Medieval Studies Lecture Panagiotis Agapitos (University of Cyprus) "From Persia to the Provence: Tales of Love in Byzantium and Beyond" Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21 YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as Second Languages from Antiquity to the Present Day" Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris) See Appendix for details *Thurs., Mar. 26, 5:00 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA A Martin Weiner Lecture Frank Sear (University of Melbourne) "Interior Design: The Excavation of Roman Theaters" Reception to follow Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html) For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu) *Mon., Mar. 30, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Frank Sear (University of Melbourne) "Grand Designs: Building a Roman Theater" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Mon., Mar. 30, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA Andrew Riggsby (University of Texas, Austin) "Hiding in Plain Site: How Caesar Doesn't Write Politics" Free and open to the public For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu Sponsored by the Department of Classics Tues., Mar. 31, 4:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street, Providence, RI Comparative Literature Lecture Charles Butterworth (University of Maryland) "What Might We Learn from al-Farabi about Plato and Aristotle with Respect to Lawgiving?" Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA A Classical Studies Symposium "In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in Euripides' Hecuba" A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies See Appendix for details Mon., Apr. 6, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Claudia Rapp (UCLA) "Christians on Earth, Citizens in Heaven: The City as Metaphor in Early Byzantine Political Thought" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Mon., Apr. 13, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture Jane Lightfoot (New College, University of Oxford) "'Running Water is Beautiful Water': Rivers in the Geographical Writing of Dionysius the Periegete" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Tues., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street, Providence, RI Departmental Lecture Eva Jakab (University of Szeged, Hungary) "Women in Roman Private Legal Documents" Tues., Apr. 14, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA John Younger (University of Kansas) "Mycenae Invents Itself" Free and open to the public For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Massachusetts Society Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture Susanna Braund (University of British Columbia) "Taking Sides: Issues of Allegiance in the Reception of Lucan's Civil War" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Tues., Apr. 14, 6:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street, Providence, RI Departmental Lecture Gerhard Thuer (Universities of Graz) "Jurisdiction in Archaic Gortyn and Athens" Wed., Apr. 15, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Gerhard Thuer (University of Graz) "How to Lease an Orphan's Estate in Classical Athens: New Data from the Archimedes Palimpsest" Co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Department of the Classics *Thurs., Apr. 16 - Sat, Apr. 18, 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Aristophanes’ Lystrata The Harvard Classical Club presents its annual play, translated from the Greek by members of the Club Please note there is also a matinee performance on Saturday, April 18, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are free of charge and can be reserved by e-mailing lysistrata.loeb.ex(a)gmail.com Thurs., Apr. 16, 8:00 p.m. WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Bernhard Music Center, Brooks Rogers Recital Hall, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan) "Life and Art in Roman Villas on the Bay of Naples" Sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program Fri., Apr. 17, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture Pantelis Nigdelis (Institute for Advanced Study) "The Institution of Ephebeia in Roman Macedonia. A Particular Kind of Ephebeia?" Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Mon., Apr. 20, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane House, Room 101, 48 College Street, Providence, RI Departmental Lecture Tomas Hejduk (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic; visiting scholar, Brown University) "Socrates' Unconventional Eros" Wed., Apr. 22, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Chapin Lounge, Amherst, MA Alan Boegehold (Brown University) "What Do We Mean When We Say 'Most'?" Free and open to the public For further information contact classics(a)amherst.edu Sponsored by the Department of Classics Fri., Apr. 24, 3:30 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA BU Annual Roman Studies Conference and Dinner "Novel Ideas" Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University), "Petronius and the Greek Novel" Niall Slater (Emory University), "Various Asses" Judith Perkins (St. Joseph College), "Imagined Communities in Ancient Fictions" For further information contact Prof. Ann Vasaly (vasaly(a)bu.edu) or Ms. Stacy Fox (sfox(a)bu.edu) or call 617-353-2427 Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation APPENDIX: *Sat., Mar. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Annual Harvard Certamen Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history, mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature All area high schools are invited to submit up to five teams Lunch will be provided, and Prof. Kathleen Coleman will give a lecture for students Registration required For more information and a complete event schedule, contact Veronica Koven-Matasy (vkoven(a)fas.harvard.edu) Fri., Mar. 20 - Sat., Mar. 21 YALE UNIVERSITY, Withney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT Conference: "Learning Me Your Language: Teaching Latin and Greek as Second Languages from Antiquity to the Present Day" Keynote address: Francoise Waquet (CNRS, Paris) A conference program is available at http://www.yale.edu/classics/news.html For free registration, please email your name and institutional affiliation (if any) to william.brockliss(a)yale.edu Sponsored by the Yale Department of Classics, the Deputy Provost for the Arts, the Woodward Fund, the Edward J. & Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund, the Graduate School, the Beinecke Library, the Hellenic Studies Program, the Renaissance Studies Program, and the Departments of English, French, Italian, and History Thurs., Apr. 2, 2:00 - 5:45 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Levine-Ross 1/2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA A Classical Studies Symposium "In Naming You I Name Myself": Words, Wrath, and Retribution in Euripides' Hecuba" Buffet refreshments available throughout Free and open to the public For directions see http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html); for ticket information see http://www.brandeis.edu/btc/tickets.html For further information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu ) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu) A Jennifer Eastman '68 Event, sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies Event I: 2:00 p.m. "'What's Hecuba to him...?' The Dangerous Grief of Euripides' Hecuba" Helene Foley, (Barnard Classics and Ancient Studies) Event II: 3:10 p.m. "Euripides' Hecuba: The Limits of Sympathy, Past and Present" Eirene Visvardi (Brandeis Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ancient Greek Theater) Event III: 4:10 p.m. A Demonstration of Dramatic Method in Ancient Greek Theater Participants: Eric H. Hill (Brandeis Theater Arts), with actors from the April 2009 Brandeis production of Euripides' Hecuba Event IV: 5:10 p.m. Round Table Discussion with the Audience Participants: Professors Helene Foley (Barnard Classics), Eric H. Hill (Brandeis Theater Arts), Eirene Visvardi (Brandeis Classical Studies), and Leonard C. Muellner (Brandeis Classical Studies) N.B.: At 8:00 p.m.: A Brandeis Department of Theater Arts Production of Euripides' Hecuba at The Mainstage Theater, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA Directed and adapted for the stage by Eric H. Hill, Sherman Chair of the Brandeis Department of Theater Arts; Translated from the Ancient Greek by Professors Leonard Muellner and Eirene Visvardi, with the Fall Term 2008 students of GRK 115b 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.