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PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry *Thurs.-Sat., Sept. 13-15 AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA 01002 Conference--Caesar: Writer, Speaker and Linguist This conference brings together the contributors to The Cambridge Companion to Caesar, co-edited by Luca Grillo (Amherst College) and Christopher Krebs (Stanford University). In accordance with the aim of Cambridge Companions, the conference aims simultaneously to advance research on Caesar and to make it available to a broader public. Specifically, we want to further the appreciation of Caesar as a versatile intellectual, by taking various approaches–narratological, rhetorical, linguistic, and historical–to his oeuvre. Caesar as general and politician still fascinates the general public and scholars alike, as he has for generations. But contemporaries also celebrated him as a leading intellectual, and we can still discern this Caesar in the fragments of his orations, linguistic treatises, and polemic pamphlets, letters to friends and the senate, and, of course, his famous Commentaries. This Caesar has most recently started to enjoy a much-deserved comeback, as proved by recent publications and by his inclusion in the new AP Latin programs; but much more work remains to be done. Deadline for registration is August 31. For more information visit: http://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/classics/Caesar *Thurs., Sept. 20 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138 Adrian Staehli (Harvard University) "Images of the Doomed City: The Last Days of Pompeii in the Visual Imagination" A rare print of Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (courtesy of the British Film Institute) will be shown in conjunction with the lecture. The film will be shown on Sunday, September 23rd. http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html *Sun., Sept. 23 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Harvard Film Archive: The Last Days of Pompeii Free screening with live piano accompaniment Directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi. With Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro, María Corda Italy 1926, 35 mm, tinted b/w, silent, 144 min The spectacular end of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried under the ashes of erupting Mount Vesuvius, was a favorite subject of early historical films. The 1926 silent movie Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is based on the story line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). The sets of this visually lavish and, for its time, very expensive film include impressive architectural facades of public buildings and luxurious interiors of private houses. The wall paintings, furniture, and sculptural decoration are partly based on archaeological evidence. Adrian Staehli will give a short introduction to the movie. This screening is funded in part by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities. http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012julsep/pompeii.html *Wed., Sept. 26 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 02138 António J. G. de Freitas (Universidade do Minho) "Obscure words in ancient cosmogonies" *Fri., Oct. 5 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115 Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera) "Ancient Sounds of Greece" A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and Berklee College of Music. *Thurs., Oct. 11 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 New England Ancient History Colloquium Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary. *Fri., Oct. 12 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge) "Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited" Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre… *Thurs., Nov. 8 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Ian Moyer (University of Michigan) "A Polis of Priests" (faculty bio: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail) Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s): Perspectives from the Outside" CalClass phone: (617) 495-4027 fax: (617) 496-6720 calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu http://classics.fas.harvard.edu