Boston Area Classics Calendar
April 2018
Nathanael Aschenbrenner (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 2, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Imperial Oratory and the Negotiation of Political Power at the End of Empire"
Byzantine Studies Colloquium
*Stephen Scully (Boston
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 2, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
THE GREEK INSTITUTE, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
"The Greek Gods as Imagined in Hesiod's Theogony"
Open to the public; donations welcome.
Sponsored by the Greek Institute.
greekinst@verizon.net<mailto:greekinst@verizon.net>
www.thegreekinstitute.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt…
[Stephen Scully (Boston University)]
*Eric Schliesser
(
Amsterdam)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Wed., Apr. 4, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Robbins Library, 2nd Floor Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard,
Cambridge, MA 02138
"A Long Forgotten Argument by Cicero, A Portable Planetarium, and the Reason Why
Early Modern Science is so Theistic"
Reception to follow in Robbins Library from 5:30 - 6:00. All are welcome!
Harvard History of Philosophy
Workshop<https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/department…
*Tymon Sloczynski (Brandeis
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Apr. 6, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Littauer M-16, North Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Economic History Workshop
"Landscape Change and Market Integration in Ancient Greece: Evidence from Pollen
Data"
Joseph Nagy (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Apr. 6, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Some lonely Indo-European fathers, sons, and brothers in myth"
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics"
Marco Formisano (University of
Ghent)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Mon., Apr. 9, 4 - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA 02215
"Seeing Double: The Contemporary and the Immemorial in Claudian and Colluthus"
The Study Group on Myth and Religion in the Ancient World is sponsored by the BU Center
for the Humanities
Carolyn J. Dewald (Bard
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 12, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Eaton Hall rm. 201, 5 The Green, Medford, MA 02155
"Herodotus Is Not From Here: History Looking In a Different Direction"
ase.tufts.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ase.…
Tony Stewart (Vanderbilt
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 12, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"Mapping The Bengali Imaginaire: Fictional Encounters Of Hindu & Muslim
Worlds"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
[Tony Stewart (Vanderbilt University)]
Stephen Kidd (Brown
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 16, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Paidia: The Concept of Play in Ancient Greece"
brown.academia.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__…
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar:
Ludics<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/ludics>
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu.<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Brent Vine
(
UCLA)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Tue., Apr. 17, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 104, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Latin edepol 'by Pollux!': Background of a Latin adverbium
iurativum"
James Loeb Lecture
Nathan Sivin
(
UPenn)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Wed., Apr. 18, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference Than Others"
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
Victoria Wohl (University of
Toronto)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 19, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138
Topic: The politics of the Presocratics
GSAS Workshop "Cultural Politics in Greece and Rome"
Boston Area Roman Studies
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 20, 3:30 - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
02155
"Religion and Relationships in the Poetry of Catullus"
Time: 3:30-6:45pm, dinner to follow at 7:30pm.
Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must pre-register. The
dinner charge is $30.00 ($20 for graduate students with school ID) and the registration
deadline (for dinner only) is April 12, 2018. To register for the conference, click here
(
www.bu.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bu.e…)
Below is the program for the 2018 Conference.
Leah Kronenberg, Boston University
'In Praise of Diana? Catullus 34 and the Diana of Valerius Cato'
Christopher Polt, Boston College
'Broken Hymenaeus and Priapic Pontifex: Ritual Subversion and Restoration in Catullus
17'
William Fitzgerald, King's College, London
'Catullus: Our Roman or False Friend?'
Boston Area Roman Studies
Conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.e…
Di Yan (Cambridge
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 23, 12 a.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Why Should We Compare? What to Compare and How?: A Greek-Chinese Case Study on
Authorship in Ancient Poetry"
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
*Sam Moorhead (British
Museum)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Mon., Apr. 23, 5 - 7 p.m.
TRINITY COLLEGE, 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106
"The Frome Hoard and the Breakaway British Empire (AD 286-96)"
Co-sponsored by AIA-Hartford Chapter and Department of Classics
John Zaleski (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Apr. 24, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBA
Byzantine Studies Colloquium
Jochen Griesbach (University of
Würzburg)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Tue., Apr. 24, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"Position Matters: Portrait Monuments As Evidence For Structural Change Of The Public
Sphere During The Hellenistic Period"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
Charles Bartlett (Duke
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 26, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Professionalization, politics, and the ius fetiale at Rome: tradition and
technicalities"
GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and
Practice"
Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi (Stanford
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Apr. 26, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 108, Providence, RI 02912
"Choreographing Amorous Bodies"
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
[Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi (Stanford University)]
**Sophocles'
Antigone<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Sun., Apr. 29, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Stadium, 79 N Harvard St, Allston, MA 02134
Come see a spectacle of unprecedented proportions as ARTS FIRST storms Harvard Stadium
with an original translation of Sophocles' ANTIGONE! Featuring a new theatrical score
performed by a small army of chorus members, a dynamic set that breathes with the action,
and undergraduate, faculty, and professional actors, this performance launches ANTIGONE
into the heart of contemporary discourse. This event is free and open to the public at
6:30 pm on April 29 in Harvard Stadium.
[Sophocles' Antigone]
May 2018
Leah Whittington (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., May 7, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Cambridge, MA 02138
TBD
GSAS Workshop "Postclassicisms: Literary Secondariness in Antiquity and
Beyond"
Leah Kronenberg (Boston
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., May 8, 5 - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"In Praise of Diana? Catullus 34 and the Diana of Valerius Cato"
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and
Rome<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-anc…
*Trachiniae Study Day - Greek Tragedy
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Wed., May 9, 10:45 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George Street, Room 008, Providence, RI 02912
A full day of study and discussion focused on Sophocles' Ancient Greek tragedy,
"Women of Trachis." Participants should have read the play in advance, and
should bring a Greek text of the play with them. Lunch will be served!
If you have any questions, please contact the Brown University Department of Classics at
classics_department@brown.edu<mailto:classics_department@brown.edu> or
401.863.1267.
www.brown.edu.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.…
Paul Cartledge (University of
Cambridge)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Mon., May 21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of Cartledge's book,
Democracy<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.ou…P66nptKbT5V9lVYB40Q&e=>.
Featuring Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College) and Danielle Allen (Harvard University).
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