[calclass-list] Boston Area Classica Calendar November 7, 2011

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PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Mon., Nov. 7 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno, Room 201, 95 Cushing Street, Providence, RI 02912 Christer Bruun (University of Toronto) "King Antiochus of Sicily and the Political Aims of the First Sicilian Slave Rebellion" Open to the public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown *Tues., Nov. 8 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Peter van Dommelen (University of Glasgow) "Migration, Technology and Agrarian Production in the Classical Mediterranean" This is a R. Ross Holloway Lecture. http://brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute/events *Thurs., Nov. 10 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Rhode Island Hall, Room 1108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02912 Robert Ousterhout (University of Pennsylvania) "The Life and Afterlife of Constantine's Column" Co-Sponsored by the Department of Classics, The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, and the Program in Medieval Studies. Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown 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 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum 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 For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/ 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 *Thurs., Dec. 1 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138 Frank Rühli (University of Zurich) "Medical Research on Ancient Mummies: Impact and Pitfalls" This lecture is sponsored by the Marcella Tilles Memorial Fund and organized by the Harvard Semitic Museum, Standing Committee on Archaeology and the Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology. The talk will be followed by a reception in the Semitic Museum Galleries (2nd Floor, 6 Divinity Ave). http://map.harvard.edu/ Mon., Dec. 5 8 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY (at an off-campus location), First Baptist Meeting House, 75 North Main St., Providence, RI Carols by Brown Classics Department Faculty and special guest President Ruth Simmons Carols for all, with musical prelude and accompaniment by University Organist Mark Steinbach, plus the Chattertocks’ rendition of the XII days of Christmas and a special appearance by the Greek folk singing group, Apoichos. All this in Latin, Greek, and a bit of Sanskrit (with translations provided, for any whose ancient languages are a little rusty). A lovely Brown tradition. Admission free. Everyone is welcome. 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" Abstract: http://www.umass.edu/aia/Abstracts.htm#Rotroff 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?" http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776 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.