Boston Area Classics Calendar
October 2017
*Arlene Holmes-Henderson (University of Oxford and King's College
London)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Tue., Oct. 24, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Classics in UK Elementary and High Schools: The Dawn of a New Era?"
Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson will outline two innovative research projects in the UK which
seek to raise the profile, currency and status of Classics in education. The first project
(Advocating Classics Education) aims to extend access to the study of Classics in
translation in high schools. The second project (Classics in Communities) investigates
what impact the learning of Classical languages in elementary schools has on
children's cognitive development. An international expert in Classics education
policy, pedagogy and practice, Dr Holmes-Henderson will share the findings to date and
will outline the likely future shape of the UK Classics education landscape.
Bio:
Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson studied Classics at Oxford, Harvard and Cambridge universities.
She specializes in Classics education policy and pedagogy. A Fulbright scholar, Erskine
Fellow and Churchill Fellow, she conducts research into the value of a Classical education
in the twenty-first century. She advises governments, qualifications authorities and
educational institutions worldwide in the field of on curriculum and assessment design.
She has published extensively on Humanities education in practice, and language education
policy (including comparative studies in the USA, Australia and New Zealand). She is
visiting Harvard from the UK to provide an overview of her current Classics education
research projects at Oxford and King's College London.
*Isabella Tardin-Cardoso (University of
Campinas)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Tue., Oct. 24, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather Hall, Room 115. 220 South Pleasant Street, Amherst,
MA 01002
The Saint and the Sow: Poetics of Illusion in a Brazilian Imitation of Plautus
Written in 1957, the popular Brazilian comedy O Santo e a Porca (The Saint and the Sow)
has its classical source of inspiration already stated in its subtitle: a
"Northeastern Imitation of Plautus". Its author, Ariano Suassuna (1927-2014),
alludes in particular to the play Aulularia (The Pot of Gold) by Titus Maccius Plautus
(3rd- 2nd century BC). As we shall see, the allusiveness of the play goes beyond its
subtitle: it is apparent in Suassuna's plot, in his imitation of Plautine speaking
names, word-games, and other comic techniques. Professor Tardin-Cardoso will first
illustrate the way the Brazilian play calls attention both to its proximity to and
distance from its Roman model. By means of such a dialogue, Suassuna underlines (just as
Plautus had) his inspirations in popular culture. She will also argue that in
Suassuna's reception of the way Plautus represents deception in his theater, the
modern playwright provides a fresh kind of illusion that reflects the image of life and
Brazilian culture represented in his drama.
John Peter Oleson (University of
Victoria)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Tue., Oct. 24, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 101 , Cambridge, MA 02138
"Herodotus, Aristotle, and Sounding Weights: The Deep Sea as a Frontier in the
Hellenistic and Roman World"
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
Johanna Hanink (Brown
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Oct. 24, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington St., Wellesley, MA
02481
"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@att.net<mailto:allen.m.ward@att.net>
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Nevett (University of
Michigan)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Wed., Oct. 25, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Beatty Hall 119 (Beatty Multipurpose Room), 550
Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
"New Fieldwork from Classical Olynthos (Greece): towards an archaeology of
identity"
The Archaeological Institute of America's 2017 Russell Lecture is co-sponsored by the
WIT Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. The location can be mapped at the link
below.
www.myatlascms.com.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__…
The Invention of Byzantine Studies in Early Modern
Europe<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Thu., Oct. 26 - Fri., Oct. 27
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room), 12 Quincy St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138
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.
www.inventionofbyzantium.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=…
*Karen Foster (Trinity
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Oct. 26, 5 - 7 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, McCook Auditorium, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Lecture: "Dionysus and Vesuvius in the Villa of the Mysteries"
Series: Archaeological Institute of America, Hartford Society Lecture Series
Roger Bland (British
Museum)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Thu., Oct. 26, 6 - 8 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
"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.
Memorial Service for Professor Albert
Henrichs<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Fri., Oct. 27, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Reception to follow at Loeb House.
Alessandra Fussi (University of
Pisa)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Fri., Oct. 27, 4 - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, Room 541. 745 Commonwealth Avenue,
Boston, MA 02215
"The Problem of Envy: Aristotle, Plutarch and Scheler."
Event Series: Greek Philosophy Workshop
Richard Thomas (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Oct. 30, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Dylan the Classic
GSAS Workshop "Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and
Beyond"
November 2017
Kirk Freudenburg (Yale
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Nov. 1, 5:30 - 7:30 a.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"High on a Golden Bed: Color Narrative in Virgil's Aeneid"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
Lisa Maurizio (Bates
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Nov. 2, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski Building, Room 207, 11 Barrett Hill Rd, Amherst, MA
01002
The Pythia's Oracles and the Nymph's Dice: Types of Divination at Delphi
This talk explores literary, visual, and archaeological evidence to distinguish the
divinatory ritual of the Pythia, Apollo's priestess at Delphi, from divinatory
activities in the cave of the Corycian nymphs near Apollo's temple. A brief
demonstration of how ancient divinatory dice worked- with opportunities to use them- will
follow the talk.
Kelsey Eldridge (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Nov. 2, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Byzantine Studies Colloquium
The Tenth Muse: Resonances of Sappho in Greek and Latin Poetry (a
colloquium)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Nov. 3, 3 - 6:30 p.m.
UMASS AMHERST, Campus Center, Tenth Floor (Amherst Room), 1 Campus Center Way,
Amherst, MA, 01003
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.
www.umass.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.u…
Daniel Selden (UC Santa
Cruz)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Fri., Nov. 3, 4 - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, School of Theology Building, Room 625,
Room 625, Boston, MA 02215
"Guardians of Chaos: The Coptic Alexander Romance"
Sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Department of Classical
Studies, and the Department of World Languages and Literature.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston University
www.bu.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.e…
*Alexandra Schultz (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Nov. 6, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Boylston 203
Topic: Dissertation Prospectus (on Hellenistic libraries)
GSAS Workshop "East Mediterranean and West Asian Connections"
Gareth Williams (Columbia
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Nov. 13, 4 - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 625, Boston, MA 02215
Topic: TBA
*Emily Katz Anhalt (Sarah Lawrence
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Mon., Nov. 13, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Department of Classics, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Lecture: "Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths"
Marden Nichols (Georgetown
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Nov. 13, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"Painterly Deception in Roman Comedy"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
José Luis García-Ramón (University of
Cologne)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Tue., Nov. 14, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics"
Erin Thompson (John Jay College of Criminal
Justice)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Nov. 16, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Collins Cinema, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
"Clickbait: Thoughts on the Ethics of Digitizing Cultural Heritage"
Thompson's talk will analyze potential downsides to digital reconstructions of
threatened cultural heritage, focusing on the lack of control offered to local residents
over the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of digitized sites, and the way this
"digital colonialism" sometimes mirrors that of past image-making by Western
visitors to these sites.
web.wellesley.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__w…
Eric Cline (The George Washington
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Nov. 16, 5 - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South
Street, Waltham, MA 02453
"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.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ww…
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@brandeis.edu<mailto:aoko@brandeis.edu>).
*Supratik Baralay (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Nov. 20, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Boylston 203
Topic: "Hellenistic Kingdoms and Historical Difference"
GSAS Workshop "East Mediterranean and West Asian Connections"
Katharina Volk (Columbia
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Nov. 28, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topic: Astronomy
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
Scott Kennedy (Ohio State University/Dumbarton
Oaks)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Wed., Nov. 29, 6 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, HARVARD YARD, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Byzantine Studies Colloquium
Joshua Katz (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Nov. 30, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
GSAS Workshop "Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and
Beyond"
December 2017
Joe Wolf (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Dec. 1, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Celtic toponymy: Computational approaches and the ancient place-names of Europe and
Anatolia"
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics"
*Bruce Gordon (Yale
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Dec. 6, 5 - 7 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06520
"Blessed Jerome": The Fate of the Vulgate in the Reformation
Matilde Serangeli (University of
Copenhagen)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Dec. 8, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Linguistic remarks on South-West Anatolian inscriptions"
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics"
Alexander Forte (Colgate
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Dec. 13, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topic: Analogy and techne.
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
January 2018
Deconstructing the Open Greek and Latin Project: The First Thousand Years of
Greek<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Wed., Jan. 3, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY. Medford Campus, Eaton Hall Room 206, Medford, MA 02155
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.
sites.tufts.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sit…
February 2018
Dean Hammer (Franklin & Marshall
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Feb. 15, 4 - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topic: TBA
GSAS Workshop "Cultural Politics in Greece and Rome"
March 2018
Alan M. Stahl (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 21, 6 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title: TBD
Notes: Third floor galleries will be open for one hour after the lecture.
Mildenberg Lecture
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