Boston Area Classics Calendar 2008/2009: #19 (2/27/09)

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Tues., Mar. 3, 12:00 p.m.

BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 101, Providence, RI

Departmental Lecture 

Jane Chaplin (Middlebury College)

"Livy's Periochae"

Wed., Mar. 4, 12:00 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Putnam Lab, Room 59D, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, MA

Archaeology Wing Lunch Talk Series

Ruth Bielfeldt (Harvard University)

"The God in the Vineyards: Continuities and Shifts in Cult and Culture of Suburban Pompeii"

Wed., Mar. 4, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

Rita Lucarelli (Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, and the University of Verona)

"Divinized Demons and Demonized Gods in Late Pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt"

Respondent: David Frankfurter (University of New Hampshire)

For further information, contact Melissa Joesph (josephmv@bu.edu or 617-353-2427)

Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies, the Humanities Foundation, The Program in 

Scripture and the Arts, and The Charles R. Brown Fund

*Thurs., Mar. 5, 12 noon

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Humanities Center's Postdoctoral Fellows Lunchtime Talks

Julia Wilker (Freie Universität Berlin)

"Hegemony in Late Classical Greece: Legitimacy, Expectations, Concepts, and Legacy"

Lunch will be served; RSVP to Sarah Razor at the Humanities Center (srazor@fas.harvard.edu)

Thurs., Mar. 5, 5:00 p.m.

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Olin-Sang, Room 104, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA

A Classical Studies Colloquium Lecture

Marcus Folch (University of Richmond)

"Body and Soul Enchained: Inventing the Prison in Democratic Athens"

Reception with light refreshments to follow 

For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko@brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry@brandeis.edu).

Thurs. Mar. 5, 7:00 p.m.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fairchild Hall, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Jason Ur (Harvard University)

"Fresh Evidence on the Origins of Cities in Ancient Mesopotamia"

Reception preceding at 6:15 p.m. at the Semitic Museum, 2^nd floor, 6 Divinity Avenue

Free and open to the public

For more information contact Dena Davis (617-495-4631 or davis4@fas.harvard.edu)

Sponsored by the Semitic Museum

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)"

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 14^th Century Byzantium: The Miracles of Gregory Palamas"

Sponsored by the Department of the Classics

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@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

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

*Mon., Mar. 30, 4:30 p.m.

AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA

Andrew Riggsby (University of Texas at Austin)

"Hiding in Plain Site: How Caesar Doesn't Write Politics"

Free and open to the public

For further information contact classics@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, 115 Fayerweather, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA

John Younger (University of Kansas)

"Mycenae Invents Itself"

Free and open to the public

For further information contact classics@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 Thur (Universities of Graz and Vienna, Austria)

"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 (Graz University)

"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, 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@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@bu.edu) or Ms. Stacy Fox (sfox@bu.edu) or call 617-353-2427

Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation

APPENDIX:

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)

For free registration, please email your name and institutional affiliation (if any) to william.brockliss@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 p.m. - 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

For further information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko@brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry@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.