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*Wed, Mar 26: Helen Vendler (Harvard University)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Heaney and the Classics"
Mahindra Humanities Center Modernism Seminar
Chairs: Paige Reynolds, John Paul Riquelme
Wed, Mar 26: Peter Meineck (NYU)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street, Middletown, CT
"The Face of Ancient Drama: Emotion, Empathy and the Masks of Greek Theatre"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. For more information,
please contact Debbie Sierpinski (dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/.
Thu, Mar 27: Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Andover Hall, Sperry Room 116, 45 Frances
Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138
"Philo Between Rome, Alexandria, and Jerusalem"
Presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations, the Harvard Divinity School, and The Center for Jewish
Studies at Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cjs/PDF/MarenNiehoff_March27.pdf
*Thu, Mar 27: Eleanor Winsor Leach (Indiana University Bloomington)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room in the Octagon Building, Amherst, MA 01002
"Italian Pliny: Sesterces and Status for a Transpadane Senator"
Younger Pliny, the letter writer, best known for his eye-witness
account of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE and the death of his
uncle, the natural historian, while investigating the eruption, was a
native of Como in Northern Italy, and maintained his connections there
throughout his life. He owned villas and agricultural properties in
the area and made generous donations to civic institutions. Keeping
Italian possessions and identity was a significant component of
Pliny’s prestige and senator and official in Rome. Professor Leach
will take up letters related to property ownership and farming,
patronage donations, friendships in Como and some touristic views of
picturesque Italian places.
Sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a Peaceful World and
the Department of Classics at Amherst College.
Free and open to the public. Campus map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&am…
Sat, Mar 29: Harvard Graduate Student Conference
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Twists of Fate: coincidence, accident and chance in the ancient world"
Keynote Speaker: Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
“Aristotle on Lucky People”
A graduate student conference sponsored by Harvard University’s
Department of the Classics
For more information, contact harvardcoincidence(a)gmail.com.
**Sat, Mar 29: Paragraphing in Homer: BU Research Seminar
1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences, 725 Commonwealth
Ave., Room B36, Boston, MA 02215
Stephen Scully (BU) "Homeric Paragraphing: Some Observations, Some Questions"
Michael Haslam (UCLA) "Paragraphing Homer: A bad practice?"
Neel Smith (Holy Cross) TBA
Peter Kotiuga (BU) "Venetus A, editio princeps, and Martin West"
Jeremy Fischer (BU) "Spondanus and George Chapman"
Erickson Bridges (BU) "George Chapman and Alexander Pope"
Sydney Shea (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Stanley Lombardo"
Dylan Drolette (BU) "Richmond Lattimore and Richard Martin"
Funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston
University's Center for the Humanities, and the Department of
Classical Studies.
*Tue, Apr 1: Demetrios Anglos (University of Crete) & Vassiliki
Eleftheriou (Acropolis Restoration Service)
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences, Room 522, 705
Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
"The Acropolis Restoration Project and the Laser Application"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA) with co-sponsorship by
Boston University’s Departments of History of Art & Architecture and
Archaeology and the Core Curriculum, and the Archaeological Institute
of America. Reception to follow.
*Thu, Apr 3: Ivan Drpić (University of Washington)
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS, Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room,
50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445
"The Reliquary-Enkolpia of Saint Demetrios and the Wonder of Art"
Please visit
maryjahariscenter.org or contact Brandie Ratliff
(mjcbac(a)hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and
Culture, for additional information.
Sat, Apr 5: Trevor Luke (Florida State University) and Graduate Conference
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Lown Auditorium 2, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
"Emperors and Impostors: Capturing Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean"
Captivity narratives regarding Israelite slaves in Egypt, Greeks in
Afghanistan, and European settlers seized by natives have long served
to explore distinctions and establish differences of cultural
identity. Following his victory at Actium in 31 BCE, the emperor
Augustus assumed the role of supreme arbiter of identity in the Roman
empire. Thereafter, Romans, anxious to affirm hierarchies of identity
and imperial dominance, continued to portray others as captives who
were subject to Roman power. The lecture explores the way in which
literary depictions of encounters between emperors and captive
impostors in the works of Josephus and Tacitus both affirmed and also
interrogated imperial identities.
This talk is the keynote address for the Graduate Conference: "Pride
and Prejudice: Difference and Distinction in the Ancient
Mediterranean"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information or directions,
please contact Heidi McAllister (hmallister(a)brandeis.edu) or Ann Olga
Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or the graduate student organizers:
Camille Reynolds (camreyno(a)brandeis.edu); Glenn Ruse
(grusejr(a)brandeis.edu); or Cynthia Susalla (csusalla(a)brandeis.edu).
*Mon, Apr 7: Mark Griffith (U.C. Berkeley)
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno 106, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912
"The Musical Origin of Species in Ancient Greece: Humans, Animals, Gods"
The 48th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
http://www.brown.edu/academics/classics/news/upcoming-lectures-events/upcom…
Tue, Apr 8: James Romm (Bard College)
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
HARVARD BOOK STORE, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of his new book "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero."
This event is free; no tickets are required.
http://www.harvard.com/event/james_romm/
General Info: (617) 661-1515, info(a)harvard.com
**Thu, Apr 10: Thomas Palaima (University of Texas at Austin)
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 102, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Power Politics in Mycenaean Palatial Territories"
Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture
**Thu, Apr 10: New England Ancient History Colloquium: Spring meeting at Harvard
5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), 105
Community Hall, 59 Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussion of "The Business of State: Public Finance in Hellenistic
Athens" by Graam Oliver (Brown University)
Commentary by Gary Reger (Trinity College)
Drinks at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:30, commentary and discussion from 7:30
to 9/9:30.
*Fri, Apr 11: J. D. Reed (Brown University)
4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Love's Bargain: Virgil and Garcilaso de la Vega."
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
*Tue, Apr 15: David Bouvier (University of Lausanne)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 018, Cambridge, MA 02138
"How Much Does the Odyssey Know about Odysseus’ Dark Side?: Odysseus’
Hubris in Demodokos’ Song"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
Tue, Apr 22 through Fri, Apr 25: Jackson Lectures: John Haldon
(Princeton University)
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson or Sever (see below), Harvard Yard,
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Goldilocks in Byzantium: The Paradox of East Roman Survival
4/22: 1. A time of crisis, five questions, and the way forward.
Emerson Hall, Room 210
4/23: 2. Beliefs, narratives and social identities. Emerson Hall, Room 210
4/24: 3. The environmental factor. Sever Hall, Room 113
4/25: 4. Organisation, cohesion and survival. Emerson Hall, Room 210
*Thu, Apr 24: Denise Demetriou (Michigan State University)
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Beneski 107, Paino Lecture Hall, Amherst, MA 01002
"Beyond Polis Religion: Aphrodite in Multiethnic Settlements"
Denise Demetriou is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan
State University. Her book, "Negotiating Identity in the Ancient
Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia"
was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.
This lecture is sponsored by the Corliss Lamont Lectureship for a
Peaceful World and the Department of Classics at Amherst College, and
is free and open to the public. Campus map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&am…
*Fri, Apr 25: Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) 2014: From
Infant to Citizen
3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Barristers Hall, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth
Avenue, 1st Floor, Boston, MA 02215
Keith Bradley (Notre Dame): "Learning Virtue: Aeneas, Ascanius, and Augustus"
Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan): "Becoming Cloelia: The Education of Roman Girls"
James Uden (BU): "Childhood Education in Imperial Rome: Plutarch,
Quintilian, Juvenal"
The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge.
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 19, 2014.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-2014-boston-area-roman-studies-confere…
*Mon, May 5: Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History
YALE UNIVERSITY, TBA, New Haven, CT
Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the
Seminar in the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center
(Harvard)