[calclass-list] Boston Area Classics Calendar for September 22, 2017

The Boston Area Classics Calendar for September 22, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry *Xenophon Moussas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Pratt Conference Room G04, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Sep. 25, 2017, 12 – 1 p.m. "The Oldest Computer: Antikythera Mechanism" The Antikythera Mechanism was found onboard a sunken Greek ship from 150-100 BCE. It is the oldest known computer, a clockwork Cosmos. Its gears reproduce astronomical phenomena, predicting the position of the Sun and the Moon, eclipses and probably even the position of planets. Visit the exhibit of the Antikythera Mechanism at Cushing-Martin Hall, Stonehill College, 320 Washington St, Easton MA, Wednesday September 20th through Monday, September 25th, 2017. Anthony Kaldellis (Ohio State University) BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George St., Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 Thu., Sep. 28, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. “The Roman Empire One Thousand Years In: Imperial Expansion and Governance at the Millennium” More info: www.brown.edu… *Daniel Mendelsohn (Bard College) HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Sep. 28, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn—author of The Elusive Embrace and The Lost—for a discussion of his latest book, An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic. This event is free; no tickets are required. More info: www.harvard.com… Laura Massetti (Center for Hellenic Studies) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Sep. 29, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Indo-European phraseological inheritance in Greek choral lyric" Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” *Daria Resh (Brown University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Oct. 2, 2017, 5 – 6:30 p.m. TBA Event Series: Byzantine Studies Colloquium *Emily Hauser (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Harvard COOP, Level 3, 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 3, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m. Book Launch Event—For the Winner: A Novel of Jason and the Argonauts More info: www.eventbrite.com… Joseph Eska (Virginia Tech) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Oct. 4, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Laryngeal Realism and implications for Celtic" Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Charlie Bartlett (Duke University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 10, 2017, 2 – 3:30 p.m. Topic: Law. Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *Raffaella Cribiore (NYU) BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106, Providence, RI 02912 Thu., Oct. 12, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. "The Circulation of Books in the Eastern Roman World: Accidents of Publication" 52nd Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture More info: www.brown.edu… *Martin Camper (Loyola University) COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Stein Hall, Room 120, 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610 Wed., Oct. 18, 2017, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. "Arguing Over Texts: The Rhetoric of Interpretation" Questions: tjoseph(a)holycross.edu. Directions: www.holycross.edu… Catherine Baker (Bowdoin College) BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 Thu., Oct. 19, 2017, 5 – 6 p.m. “In the Land of Samnites and Snake-Charmers: Roman Colonisation in Central Italy” This paper explores the experiences of Roman colonists in one region, the central Apennines, a mountainous area inhabited by tribes traditionally hostile to the Romans, such as the Samnites. An examination of the archaeology and history of these colonies sheds light on how colonists changed this landscape and interacted with their new neighbors in ways which fundamentally shaped the development of the region and growth of Rome's power in central Italy. Directions to Event: www.brandeis.edu… Free and Open to the public. Free parking. Reception with light refreshments will follow from 6:00-6:30 p.m. More info: Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) Marcus Folch (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138 Fri., Oct. 20, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. Topic: Political prisoners in democratic Athens Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Cultural Politics in Greece and Rome" J.P. Oleson (UBC) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 24, 2017, 4:30 – 6 p.m. “Herodotus, Aristotle, and Sounding Weights: The Deep Sea as a Frontier in the Hellenistic and Roman World” Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" Johanna Hanink (Brown University) WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington St., Wellesley, MA 02481 Tue., Oct. 24, 2017, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. "American Pericles: Edward Everett, Ancient Greece, and the Shaping of a New American Nationalism" Commentary by Guy M.Rogers (Wellesley College) Registration 5:30-6:60; dinner and presentation following. More Info. allen.m.ward(a)att.net Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium *The Invention of Byzantine Studies in Early Modern Europe HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room), 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 Thu., Oct. 26 – Fri., Oct. 27, 2017 A two-day symposium exploring the process by which scholars came to see "Byzantium" as distinct from its Roman predecessor and medieval contemporaries, the scholarly practices and contemporary concerns that shaped how early modern scholars studied the "Byzantine" past, and how the historical context of Byzantium’s emergence continues to shape the discipline of Byzantine studies today. More info: www.inventionofbyzantium.com Roger Bland (British Museum) HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Oct. 26, 2017, 6 – 8 p.m. “How coin finds are changing the face of Roman Britain: the contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme” After surveying the study of Roman coin finds in Britain from the sixteenth century to the present day, I will show how our understanding of these finds has been transformed in the last 40 years by the explosion in new finds brought to light through metal detecting. I will discuss how the 1996 Treasure Act and the Portable Antiquities Scheme have enabled us to record these finds and will finish by presenting some of the results of a research project to study hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins from Britain. *Richard Thomas (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Oct. 30, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. Dylan the Classic Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and Beyond" *The Tenth Muse: Resonances of Sappho in Greek and Latin Poetry (a colloquium) UMASS AMHERST, Campus Center, Tenth Floor (Amherst Room), 1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA, 01003 Fri., Nov. 3, 2017, 3 – 6:30 p.m. Speakers: Leanna Boychenko (Loyola U. Chicago), Lauren Curtis (Bard College), Laurel Fulkerson (FSU), Melissa Mueller (UMass Amherst), Teresa Ramsby (UMass Amherst) See the link below for registration. More info: www.umass.edu/classics/event/tenth-muse-resonances-sappho-greek-and-latin-p… Daniel Selden (UC Santa Cruz) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 625, Boston, MA 02215 Fri., Nov. 3, 2017, 4 – 6 p.m. "Guardians of Chaos: The Coptic Alexander Romance” José Luis García-Ramón (University of Cologne) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Nov. 14, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. Topic TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Eric Cline (The George Washington University) BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 Thu., Nov. 16, 2017, 5 – 6 p.m. “1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed” In this illustrated lecture, based on Professor Eric H. Cline's book of the same title (1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed), Professor Cline explores why the Bronze Age came to an end and whether the collapse of those ancient civilizations might hold some warnings for our current society. Directions to Event: www.brandeis.edu… Free and Open to the public. Free parking. Reception with light refreshments will follow from 6:00-6:30 p.m. More info: Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu). Katharina Volk (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Nov. 28, 2017, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Topic: Astronomy Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" Joe Wolf (Harvard University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Dec. 1, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Celtic toponymy: Computational approaches and the ancient place-names of Europe and Anatolia" Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Matilde Serangeli (University of Copenhagen) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fri., Dec. 8, 2017, 5 – 7 p.m. "Linguistic remarks on South-West Anatolian inscriptions" Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics” Alexander Forte (Colgate University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Dec. 13, 2017, 2 – 3:30 p.m. Topic: Analogy and technē. Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *Deconstructing the Open Greek and Latin Project: The First Thousand Years of Greek TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA. 5 the Green Medford, MA 02155. Eaton Hall Room 206. Wed., Jan. 3, 2018, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. An AIA-SCS Pre-Meeting Workshop, presented in coordination with the SCS. Interested in open access, the digital humanities, or conducting digital scholarship in your research and/or teaching? Aren't sure what these topics have to do with classics or archaeology, or even how to get started? Then, please consider joining us next January 3 at the AIA-SCS pre-meeting workshop "Deconstructing the Open Greek and Latin Project"! In this workshop, partners from the Perseus Digital Library, the Harvard Library and Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the University of Leipzig, Mount Allison University, and the University of Virginia Library will come together to demonstrate research tools, explain how to involve students in digital scholarship, provide open data for hands-on exploration from the Open Greek and Latin Project, as well as create a growing and supportive open access community. Tools and technologies we'll work with include GitHub, Oxygen, TEI-XML and EpiDoc Registration is offered on a “first-come first-served” basis and the workshop is offered free-of-charge with a registration deadline of Friday, November, 3, 2017. To register: sites.tufts.edu… Dean Hammer (Franklin & Marshall College) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thu., Feb. 15, 2018, 4 – 6 p.m. Topic: TBA Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Cultural Politics in Greece and Rome" Alan M. Stahl (Princeton University) HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Mar. 21, 2018, 6 – 7 p.m. Title: TBD Notes: Third floor galleries will be open for one hour after the lecture. 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(a)fas.harvard.edu. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled above.