Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #35 (5/20/05)
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*Fri., May 20, 4:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 203, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Katharine von Stackelberg (Dumbarton Oaks)
"Hortus: Cultural Self-Definition and the Aesthetics of Production in
Roman Garden Space"
Thurs., June 2, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Donny George (Iraq Museum, Baghdad)
"The Looting of the Iraq Museum"
See Appendix for details
Sat., Sept. 10, 5:00 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Collins Cinema, Wellesley, MA
The Classical Studies Department and the Lefkowitz Legion celebrate the
teaching and scholarship of Mary Lefkowitz with a MARYFEST on the occasion
of her retirement.
Martha Nussbaum (WC '68) will speak; Lynn Sherr (WC '63) will preside;
and friends and colleagues will share memories. A reception will follow.
RSVP Pbois(a)wellesley.edu, phone 781-283-2630.
APPENDIX
Thurs., June 2, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Donny George (Iraq Museum, Baghdad)
"The Looting of the Iraq Museum"
The Director of the Iraq Museum, Dr. Donny George, will present an
illustrated lecture on
the current status of material looted from the Iraq Museum, half of
which is still missing
today. Dr. George will discuss the ongoing efforts to restore the
objects damaged during
the war and its aftermath, and to recover the objects still missing.
Dr. George will also
talk about the new publication, *The Looting of the Iraq Museum,
Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia*, which presents the
art and archaeology of ancient Mesopotamia and
the story of the development of civilization. A percentage of the
proceeds from the sale of
this book will be donated to the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage.
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.
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