Boston Area Classics Calendar

 

February 2023

 

Thu., Feb. 9, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

UMass Boston, Remote via Zoom

 

"Using tiered texts for reading proficiency in the intermediate/advanced Latin classroom."

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UMass Boston SLA and Classics Seminar

 

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Christopher Cochran (Christopher.Cochran@umb.edu)

 

Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 – 9 p.m.

This is a virtual event - please register here to attend on Zoom: forms.gle…

 

Five panelists will share their expertise and suggestions to facilitate the goals of preparing all graduate students in Classical Studies for their teaching careers:

Dr. Ellen Cole Lee, University of Pittsburgh;
Dr. Ivy Livingston, Harvard University;
Dr. Amy Pistone, Gonzaga University;
Dr. Colin Shelton, University of Chicago;
Dr. Molly Swetnam-Burland, College of William and Mary.

Dr. Evelyn Adkins, of Case Western Reserve University, will preside with assistance from the members of the Committee for College and University Education of SCS.

All are welcome, and Directors of Graduate Programs and Graduate Faculty in Classical Studies are particularly encouraged to attend.

This event is sponsored by the Society for Classical Studies and the CCUE.

 

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Teresa Ramsby, tramsby@umass.edu

Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness

 

Thu., Feb. 16, 2 – 4 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RCCHU Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 or via Zoom

 

Elena Duce Pastor (Autonomous University of Madrid), Irene Cisneros-Abellán (University of Zaragoza), and Aida Fernández Prieto (Manchester Metropolitan University) will each deliver a lecture. Attend in person or via Zoom.

"Rape and marriage: A gender perspective from violence in the Archaic Greek colonization (c. VIII – VI BC)"
Speaker: Elena Duce Pastor

"Female workers: The invisible hands (c. V – IV BC)"
Irene Cisneros-Abellán

"Endowing poor girls: Civic concern and private initiative in Ancient Greece (c. V – III BC)"
Aida Fernández Prieto 

Organized by Unai Iriarte Asarta (RCCHU Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University). Sponsored by RCCHU, Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Zaragoza, and Manchester Metropolitan University.

 

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Fri., Feb. 24, 5 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"A Case Study in Homeric Versification and Technique: The Homeric Forms πέρθετο (Il.12.15), περθομένη (Il.2.374 = 4.291 = 13.816), and πέρθαι (Il.16.708) as Bardic Usages" 

The Homeric averbo of the verb πέρθω 'destroy, sack [a city]' presents a few unique forms and usages: first, the forms πέρθετο and περθομένη, which, despite being present formations, have aoristic value; second, the form πέρθαι which is a morphological mystery. The solutions proposed thus far sought to explain these forms as either linguistic archaisms or as the outcome of ad hoc linguistic changes. The talk will examine these explanations and offer a new explanation, one rooted in the formulaic and metrical constraints of Homeric versification. 

 

GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”

 

March 2023

 

Wed., Mar. 1, 5:15 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"Representations of Time and Space on Greco-Roman Timekeeping Devices"

Two technologies predominated in Greco-Roman timekeeping: sundials, which were static objects exploiting the changing directions of sunlight and shadow, and waterclocks, which translated a controlled flow of water into a display of time. It was characteristic of both technologies to represent both the season of the year and the time of day, measured in hours of seasonally varying length such that the intervals separating sunrise and sunset always comprised twelve equal hours. The grids of "day curves" and "hour curves" featured in varied ways on sundials and mechanized waterclocks were not merely a means of reading off the present date and time, but also a diagrammatic image of the spherical framework of Greek cosmology embedding astronomical definitions of uniform motion and measurable time.

Also sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Diagrams Across Disciplines: History, Theory, Practice.

 

Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome

 

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Fri., Mar. 3, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

The -εσσι Datives in Homer and Lesbian Aeolic

 

GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”

 

Wed., Mar. 8, 5 – 6 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"Kindling the song of Humanism: How one translation of Homer's Iliad changed the intellectual life of modern Turkey"

 

John Duffy Society

 

Fri., Mar. 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

What’s the News in Ancient Celtic?

 

GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”

 

Tue., Mar. 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East"

Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series, titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks," will reexamine the Greeks' relation with Lydia in the archaic period in the light of the important recent archaeological discoveries. Lectures will include discussion of Gyges, the Greek cities of Asia Minor, Lydian tradition and Xanthos of Lydia, the impact of Lydia on the Greeks and on Greek traditions, Greek fable in contrast to Near Eastern evidence.

The lectures are open to the public.

 

Jackson Lecture Series

 

Thu., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"The East Greek cities and Lydia"

Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."

Reception to follow.

 

Jackson Lecture Series

 

Mon., Mar. 27, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia

Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."

 

Jackson Lecture Series

 

Tue., Mar. 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

 

Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses recent excavations at Sardis, sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958, and authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.  Since 1979 a member of the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, situated in western Türkiye, Prof. Cahill has served beginning in 2008 as its director.  Recent accomplishments include the discovery of some of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historic context, a new restoration of antiquity’s largest Synagogue, and discovery of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating earthquake.

Please see the Harvard Art Museums event calendar for full event details: https://harvardartmuseums.org/calendar

Photo ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College

 

Sardis Biennial Lecture

 

Contact: am_sardis@harvard.edu

Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis

 

Wed., Mar. 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts"

Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the Greeks."

 

Jackson Lecture Series

 

April 2023

 

Wed., Apr. 12, 5 – 6 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Topics TBD

 

John Duffy Society

 

Thu., Apr. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Oblique Subjects in Indo-European: a Reassessment

 

GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics”

 

Sun., Apr. 16, 2:30 – 4 p.m.

HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Deknatel Room, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Join us for presentations, a conversation, and a stroll through the special exhibition with
Florian Knauss, Director, State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek, Munich, and Professor University of Augsburg.
Mirte Liebregts, Doctoral candidate, Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of Classics, Harvard University.
 
Sponsored by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation.

 

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Thu., Apr. 20 – Fri., Apr. 21

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder (co-organizers)
See website for details. 

 

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Fri., Apr. 21 – Sat., Apr. 22

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

"Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Keynote speaker: Eric Cline (George Washington University)

See the Call for Papers for details.

 

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contact: harvardgradconf@gmail.com

 

Fri., Apr. 28 – Sun., Apr. 30

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Building, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Students and colleagues will gather to celebrate the career of Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art, Harvard University. The symposium will feature papers by her students. This event is free and open to the public.

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