The Boston Area Classics Calendar for November 20, 2015
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry
Leanna Boychenko (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Herter Hall 301, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA
01003
Wed., Dec. 2, 2015, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
"Daughters of the Sun: Apollonius Rhodius' Medea and the Egyptian Eye of Re.”
Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Brian Breed
(bbreed@classics.umass.edu<mailto:bbreed@classics.umass.edu>).
*Regional Approaches to Society and Complexity: Studies in Honor of John F. Cherry
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island Hall, 60 George
Street, Providence, RI, 02912
Fri., Dec. 4, 5 p.m. – Sat., Dec. 5, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
On December 4th and 5th 2015, a two-day event will be held at Brown University’s Joukowsky
Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World in Providence, RI, to celebrate John
Cherry’s long career in archaeology. (Fri., Dec. 4, 2015, 5 - 6:45 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 5,
2015, 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.)
This event will involve some light-hearted reminiscences and socializing on Friday
evening, followed by substantive papers reflecting Professor Cherry’s wide influence on
the field on the following day. The program will be oriented around the (appropriately
broad) theme of regional approaches to society and complexity.
There is no cost to attend any portion of this conference, but registration is required.
More info:
www.brown.edu…<http://www.brown.edu/go/jfc>
James Uden (Boston University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Dec. 7, 2015, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
"Satire and Superstition in Second-Century Rome"
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Feb. 29, 2016, 5 – 7 p.m.
"Plutarch, Lucian and the Sixth Century BC"
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Mar. 1, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.
Topic: TBA
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and
Subjectivity
Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Sat., Mar. 5, 2016
Jonathan Prag (Merton College, Oxford)
See link for more info. and Call for Papers.
Event Series: Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference
More info:
classics.fas.harvard.edu…<http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/biennal-gradua…
Hans Beck (McGill University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Mar. 7, 2016, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Topic: Greek koinon
Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World”
Johannes Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen
Archäologischen Instituts)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Mar. 30, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.
Title: TBA
Event Series: Mildenberg Lecture
Ann Kuttner (University of Pennsylvania)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Fri., Apr. 8, 2016, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Subject: ethnicity and material culture
Event Series: GSAS Workshop “Ethnicity in the Ancient World”
John Miller (University of Virginia)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Apr. 19, 2016
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and
Subjectivity
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