[calclass-list] Boston Area Classics Calendar, September 23, 2016

The Boston Area Classics Calendar for September 23, 2016 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry Ari Bryen (Vanderbilt University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY—Law School WCC (Wasserstein-Casperson Student Center) 3034 1585 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Sep. 26, 2016, 5:10 – 7:10 p.m. “Injury and Community in the Early Roman Empire” Event Series: Harvard Law School Legal History Workshop Joe Goodkin’s Odyssey WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 Wed., Sep. 28, 2016, 4:15 – 6:30 p.m. Joe Goodkin’s performance represents In a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot and the performance circumstances of Homer’s original oral composition of The Odyssey. Sponsored by Classical Studies Department For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu<mailto:dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu>) More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/events/events.html> **Dag Nikolaus Hasse (Würzburg) TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Olin Center 007, 180 Packard Avenue Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Wed., Sep. 28, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. “Identifying anonymous translators from Arabic into Latin. Solving problems of philology and computational stylometry”. Contact: Riccardo Strobino (riccardo.strobino@tufts.edu<mailto:riccardo.strobino@tufts.edu>) *Adriaan Lanni (Harvard Law School) HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 4, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Why Study Athenian Law: Adventures in Institutional Design" Lecture in honor of Lanni's appointment to the Touroff-Glueck Chair Reception to follow *Galit Noga-Banai (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Rabinowitz Room of Andover-Harvard Library 45 Francis Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. “Sacred Stimulus: Jerusalem in the Visual Christianization of Rome” *Lauren Jacobi (MIT) MIT, Building 14E, Room 304 whereis.mit.edu<http://whereis.mit.edu/> Cambridge, MA 20139 Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m. “Charitable Banking and the Transcendental Economy in Italy, ca. 1450 - 1600” Event Series: MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Huddleston Ballroom, 73 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824 Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 7:30 – 9 p.m. "The Measure of Homer" Free and Open to the Public Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series *Josiah Ober (Stanford University) WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Allbritton 311, Middletown, CT 06459 Thu., Oct. 6, 2016, 4:30 – 7 p.m. “Demopolis: Political participation and civic dignity, ancient and modern” (The marriage between liberalism and democracy is not inevitable.) For more information contact: Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu<mailto:dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu>) More info: www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/> Timothy Moore (Washington University in St. Louis) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 11, 2016, 6 p.m. “Ludic Music in Ancient Greek and Roman Theater" Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics. Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Ludics More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar… Eric Adler (University of Maryland) HOLY CROSS, Rehm Library (Third Floor, Smith Hall), Worcester, MA 01607 Thu., Oct. 20, 2016, 4:30 p.m. "The Transformation of Humanism and the Fate of Classical Studies in America" More info: www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-cent… Sabine Ladstätter (Austrian Archaeological Institute) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 25, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m. Sabine Ladstätter is the Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, and is Excavation Director at Ephesus. Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Standing Committee on Archaeology. Event Series: Standing Committee on Archaeology: Harvard University Brita Lorentzen (Cornell University, Dendrochronology Lab) HOLY CROSS, Smith Labs 154, Worcester, MA 01607 Thu., Oct. 27, 2016, 5 p.m. "Fueling the Desert Fires: Long-Term Environmental Impacts of Copper Production in the Faynan, Jordan" Co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program *John C. Rouman Research Symposium: Political Thought and Political Engagement in the Roman Empire UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons, 75 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824 Sat., Oct. 29, 2016, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Contact: Harriet Fertik (harriet.fertik@unh.edu<mailto:harriet.fertik@unh.edu>) More info: cola.unh.edu…<http://cola.unh.edu/chi/event/john-c-rouman-research-sympo… *Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 Wed., Nov. 2, 2016, 5 – 6:30 p.m. "Singing the Klea Andrôn: Paradigmatic and Narrative Modes in Ancient Leadership” Co-sponsored by Departments of Business, English, Linguistics, and Psychology. Directions to Event: www.brandeis.edu…<http://www.brandeis.edu/about/visiting/map.html> Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (Johns Hopkins University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, 4 p.m. "Inscriptions on Attic and non-Attic vases" More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar… Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m. TBA Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar… Johanna Hanink (Brown University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5 p.m. TBA Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar… Hellenistic Sardis Project HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 TBA Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m. TBA *Dr. Paolo Visoná (University of Kentucky) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 29, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture Title: TBA on Carthaginian Coins Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to/download calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu>. 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