Boston Area Classics Calendar
March 2021
James Uden (Boston
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Mar. 1, 12 – 1 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Zoom)
Prof. Uden will discuss his recent book Spectres of Antiquity: Classical Literature and
the
Gothic<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.oup.c…83CX7K54iJXnuGOs5CQ&e=>,
1740-1830 (Oxford University Press, 2020).
This event is free and open to the public:
register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bostonu.zo…-zQR-XcbwEmmi_d5qgM&e=>.
sites.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sites.…
contact: Joseph Rezek (jrezek@bu.edu<mailto:jrezek@bu.edu>)
Patrick Geary (Institute for Advanced
Study)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Mon., Mar. 1, 5:15 p.m.
(MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) Zoom
"The Challenges and Dangers of Genetic History"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zo…
required.
MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
mit.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zo…
[Patrick Geary (Institute for Advanced Study)]
Ella Kirsh and Oliver Coulson (both of Brown
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 3, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Zoom
"'Despicable creatures': domestic subordinates and the making of text in
late antiquity" by Ella Kirsh
"Time in Memorial: Royal Portraits at Sopoćani" by Oliver Coulson
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.…
required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
Adrienne Mayor (Stanford
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 4, 5 – 6 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST (Zoom)
"Gods and Robots: Imagining Artificial Life in Antiquity"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.g…
is free but required to receive the Zoom link. This event is sponsored by the UMass
Amherst Department of Classics.
docs.google.com…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__do…
Debbie Felton
Richard F. Thomas (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 10, 4 – 6 p.m.
Zoom. Registration required.
“Viktor Pöschl’s Virgil and Fascist Aesthetics”
co-hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Seminar Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
Registration<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/viktor-p%C…
required. Pre-circulated paper available after completing registration.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical
Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditio…
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harva…
[Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University)]
Allison Emmerson (Tulane
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 11, 4 – 5 p.m.
Brandeis University, Via Zoom
"Another Man's Treasure? The Life and Afterlife of Pompeii's Waste"
www.brandeis.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__w…
classics@brandeis.edu<mailto:classics@brandeis.edu>
Roger Travis Jr. (University of
Connecticut)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calen…
Thu., Mar. 11, 6 – 7:15 p.m.
Zoom. Registration required.
"The Rise of Red Skull as Homeric oimē: Towards a Comparative Ludics of Fantasy
Flight's Living Card Game(tm)."
Registration
required<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_…MkHMaJHbLhkmV-9QYuY&e=>.
Methods and Practice in Classics
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-cla…
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
contact: nherter@g.harvard.edu<mailto:nherter@g.harvard.edu>,
davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu<mailto:davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu>
Dieter Gunkel (University of
Richmond)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Fri., Mar. 12, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
Zoom
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
CANE Virtual Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., Mar. 13
CANE - remote via Zoom
This two-day meeting on consecutive Saturdays (March 13 and 20) features many panels and
workshops related to the discipline of classics, with focus on social justice and
innovative pedagogy. The cost is $40.
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
president@caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org>
Matthew Christ (Indiana
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Mar. 15, 4 – 6 p.m.
Boston University, via Zoom
Discussion of Chapter 6 (~ Anabasis) of Matthew Christ's new book on Xenophon and the
Athenian Democracy: The Education of an Elite Citizenry
Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_…
Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World at Boston
University<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.e…
www.bu.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bu.…
Digital Annotation of Classical Texts and Effective Digitization: The Dickinson College
Commentaries
Project<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Mon., Mar. 15, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY (Zoom)
The Classics Department graduate students cordially invite you to join us for the 11th
Annual Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture, a lecture organized by the Classics Department graduate
students. This year, Digital Annotation of Classical Texts and Effective Digitization: The
Dickinson College Commentaries Project, will be presented by Christopher Francese from
Dickinson College via Zoom.
Classical studies sits on a gold mine of print reference works (lexica, commentaries,
grammars, concordances), many of them in the public domain, that are the envy of other
fields. The internet itself is, among other things, one gigantic reference work. People go
to it in their billions every day to find information about the present and the past.
Unfortunately, the information found there about the past is often partial, garbled, and
not created by qualified scholars. The digitization of existing high-quality reference
resources in classics and turning them into easily consulted digital resources is a
massive opportunity which is neglected for various reasons by the contemporary academic
world. But going from book to effective digital resource is no simple matter of
transcription. This talk discusses techniques of and further opportunities for effective
digitization as a way to make direct experience of classical texts more available to
people around the world, in the context of the peer-reviewed commentary series Dickinson
College Commentaries.
events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__e…
[Digital Annotation of Classical Texts and Effective Digitization: The Dickinson College
Commentaries Project]
Hannelore Segers (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 17, 6 – 7 p.m.
Zoom
"Maronem mutatum in melius: The origins of Late Antique biblical poetry"
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required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
CANE Virtual Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., Mar. 20
CANE - remote via Zoom
This two-day meeting on consecutive Saturdays (March 13 and 20) features many panels and
workshops related to the discipline of classics, with focus on social justice and
innovative pedagogy. The cost is $40.
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
president@caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org>
Conference: Res Difficiles
2.0<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumb…
Sat., Mar. 20, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON, on Zoom
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__resdif…
is required.
Res Difficiles is a conference series where those who study and teach the ancient
Greco-Roman world can address inequities within the field of Classics.
This year's keynote speaker is Patrice Rankine, “Power/Memory: Reception, Classicism,
and Some Considerations on the Current State of Play.” See the full list of speakers on
the series
website<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__resdifficil…r06Vj4WbdsrfbqzIMyw&e=>.
resdifficiles.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__r…
[Conference: Res Difficiles 2.0]
Denis Feeney (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Zoom, hosted by Brown University
Classics Annual Putnam Lecture - “In and Out of Virgil’s Labyrinths”
events.brown.edu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__e…
[Denis Feeney (Princeton University)]
Lecture: Lisa Raphals (UC
Riverside)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Wed., Mar. 24
Zoom
Lecture, Wednesday, March 24, TBA
Workshop, Thursday, March 25, 3–5:45 p.m. Part of the Ancient Studies graduate-student
seminar: ANCSTD 201. “Oracles and Divination in the Ancient Mediterranean”
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
Workshop: Lisa Raphals (UC
Riverside)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Thu., Mar. 25, 3 – 5:45 p.m.
Zoom
Lecture, Wednesday, March 24, TBA
Workshop, Thursday, March 25, 3–5:45 p.m. Part of the Ancient Studies graduate-student
seminar: ANCSTD 201. “Oracles and Divination in the Ancient Mediterranean”
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
Joshua Billings (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 25, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Zoom<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com…
"Debating sophia"
Methods and Practice in Classics
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-cla…
Contact: davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu<mailto:davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu>
Jeremy Mynott
(
Cambridge)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Mar. 26, 4 – 5 p.m.
Zoom
A lecture on birds in the Greco-Roman world by Dr Jeremy Mynott
(jeremymynott.org<mailto:jeremymynott.org>), followed by Q&A. 1hr.
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvar…
required.
harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ha…
zainaldin@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:zainaldin@fas.harvard.edu>
[Jeremy Mynott (Cambridge)]
April 2021
John Duffy (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 14, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
"The Man and the Mask: Michael Psellos on the Περὶ ἑρμηνείας of Aristotle"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.…
required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
41st Medieval and Renaissance
Forum<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Fri., Apr. 16 – Sat., Apr. 17
Virtual Event (organized by Keene State College)
"Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance"
Please submit abstracts and full contact information on this Google
form<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_CHdq…bOar-8iCJcWJvWyf6TY&e=>.
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021; presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
John Mulhall (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m.
Zoom
"Islam and the Prophet in the Scientific Translations of the Twelfth Century:
Accuracy and Accommodation"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.…
required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
forms.gle…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gl…
July 2021
Classical Association of New England Summer
Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and
Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22
Zoom
On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World”
The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2
weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22.
graduate credit available
For more information and registration details, go to
www.caneweb.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.…
Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at
summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>
caneweb.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__canewe…
Amanda Loud (summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>)
[Classical Association of New England Summer Institute]
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