Calendar correction: Please refer to this version of the weekly calendar
(rather than the one sent on September 18th), which contains corrections
and updates for several events.
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry
***Andromache Karanika (University of California, Irvine)*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Sep. 21, 2015, 5 – 7 p.m.
"Τhe Dissonance of Ludic Poetics in Greek Wedding Song Tradition: A
Workshop on the 'Interdiscursivity' between the Epithalamia and the Laments
in Greek Antiquity"
Free and open to the public.
Seminar Chair: Vassiliki Rapti (rapti(a)fas.harvard.edu)
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Ludics
More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…
<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/ludics>
***Jonathan Hall (University of Chicago)*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Sep. 23, 2015, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
"Revisiting Approaches to Ethnicity"
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Ethnicity in the Ancient World"
***Erasing the Past: Da’esh and the Crisis of Antiquities Destruction*
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Collins Cinema, Davis Museum 106 Central Street,
Wellesley MA 02481
Thu., Sep. 24, 2015, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Speakers include: Clemens Reichel (University of Toronto); Salam Al-Kuntar
(University of Pennsylvania); Jeremy Hutton (University of Wisconsin);
Stephennie Mulder (University of Texas); and Hugh Eakin (New York Review of
Books)
SESSION 1 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
SESSION 2 | 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sponsored by the Departments of Religion and History, Wellesley College
Contact info: esilver(a)wellesley.edu; grogers(a)wellesley.edu
More info:
www.wellesley.edu…
<http://www.wellesley.edu/religion/erasing/node/68116>
***Public Symposium*
INTERNATIONAL CATACOMB SOCIETY at PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, School of Arts and
Sciences, Ruane Center for the Humanities, Providence, RI 02918
Sat., Sep. 26, 2015, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Arthur Urbano (Providence College): "Wisdom Made Visible: Iconography and
the Fashioning of Philosophical Culture in Late Antiquity"
Nicola Denzey Lewis (Brown University & Princeton University): "Catacomb
Religion: Uncovering Ordinary Christianity in the Centuries Before and
After Constantine”
John R. Levison (Southern Methodist University): "The Historical Roots of
Early Christian Pneumatology"
Lee M. Jefferson and Thomas McCollough (Centre College): "The Christian
Veneration Complex at Khirbet Qana”
More info:
www.catacombsociety.org…
<http://www.catacombsociety.org/2015/09/01/program-for-ics-symposium-and-annual-meeting/>
*Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)*
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Hogan Campus Center--Fourth Floor (Suite A), 1
College St, Worcester, MA 01610
Mon., Sep. 28, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
"Caesar: the historian and his self-portrait"
***Renate Schlesier (Freie Universität Berlin)*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Sep. 30, 2015, 5 – 7 p.m.
"Sappho’s Family: Constructs Ancient and Modern"
Prof. Schlesier will take a close look at the newest poem by Sappho, the
so-called "Brothers Poem," and will discuss its implications for Sappho’s
family.
Event Series: James Loeb Lecture
**Ann Koloski-Ostrow (Brandeis University)*
METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUSEUM, Overlook Gallery, 2450 Beacon Street,
Boston, MA 02467
Wed., Sep. 30, 2015, 7 – 9 p.m.
"The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water
Systems"
Classical archaeologist and author, Dr. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow will
discuss her new book on the complex systems that ancient Romans engineered
for managing public health and hygiene in their cities. Through the lens of
the archaeological record, including artifacts, ancient graffiti, and
literture of the day, Dr. Koloski-Ostrow will examine new research that
reveals the secret history of these little-known, but essential, parts of
Roman life.
Open to the Public, on street parking, reception, book signing, and light
refreshments in the main rooms of the museum.
More info:
waterworksmuseum.org
*Noel Lenski (Yale University)*
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, TBA, Middletown, CT
Thu., Oct. 1, 2015
The speaker will present his paper, "The Settlement of the Visigoths in
Gaul in 418 C.E. and Its Relation to Earlier Barbarian Settlements in the
Roman Empire," with commentary from Richard Lim (Smith College).
Event Series: New England Ancient History Colloquium
**From Roman to Early Christian Cyprus: A Conference on Religion and
Archaeology*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Andover Hall, Cambridge MA 02138
Fri., Oct. 2 – Sat., Oct. 3, 2015
Cyprus was an important hub of commerce and thought in the Roman and early
Christian periods and beyond. This interdisciplinary conference convenes
archaeologists and scholars of Cyprus with scholars of the New Testament,
Early Christianity, and the religions of antiquity. It brings together the
study of history, literature, and material remains in order to understand
the interplay between society, politics, economics, theology, philosophy,
and practice in late antique Cyprus.
(Sponsored by Harvard Divinity School, The A. G. Leventis Foundation,
Princeton University, and the Battelle Memorial Institute)
Information and registration: projects.iq.harvard.edu…
<http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/cyprus2015>
More info: projects.iq.harvard.edu…
<http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/cyprus2015/>
**Peter Davis (University of Adelaide, Australia)*
BOSTON UNIVERSITY School of Theology, Room 409, 745 Commonwealth Avenue,
Boston, MA 02215
Wed., Oct. 7, 2015, 4 – 6 p.m.
"Free Speech in Virgil and Ovid"
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
More info:
www.bu.edu…
<http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/the-study-group-on-religion-and-myth-in-the-ancient-world/>
*Gabriel Zoran (University of Haifa, Israel)*
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303,
third floor, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
Tue., Oct. 13, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
"Text, Medium, and Imitation in Aristotle and Plato
A book presentation of Bodies of Speech: Text and Textuality in Aristotle"
Free admission. Open to the public. Light Refreshments.
**Tina Ross (Archaeological Illustrator)*
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, 415 South Street,
Waltham, MA 02453
Sat., Oct. 17, 2015, 2 – 5 p.m.
Archaeological Illustration Workshop
Introduction to tools and techniques; hands on drawing exercises;
understanding artifact types
Sponsored by Brandeis University Department of Classical Studies
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society
No drawing experience necessary. All are welcome.
RSVP: bburns(a)wellesley.edu
**Clifford Ando (University of Chicago)*
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Reading Room 303, third floor, Mandel Center for the
Humanities, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453
Wed., Oct. 21, 2015, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
"They have eyes, but do not see: Contexts of idolatry from Isaiah to
Augustine"
Free and Open to the public. Free parking. Reception with light refreshments
6:00–6:30 p.m. in same room.
For Directions see
www.brandeis.edu…
<http://www.brandeis.edu/about/visiting/directions.html>
*Gil Renberg (Harvard University)*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Oct. 26, 2015
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and
Subjectivity
*Ruth Bielfeldt (Harvard University)*
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 0505 Menschel Hall (Lower Level), 32 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Nov. 4, 2015, 6 – 7 p.m.
"Trimalchio* ad nauseam*: Roman Art as a Tyranny of Bad Taste?"
Ruth Bielfeldt, Harvard’s Harris K. Weston Associate Professor of the
Humanities, takes the lavish dinner party of the Roman freedman
Trimalchio—described in Petronius’s *Satyricon*—as the starting point for a
critical look at wall paintings and other domestic art of early Imperial
Rome. Are excess and mishmash always bad, or does Trimalchio’s desire to
turn the world into an overstuffed dish offer a key to a different
understanding of Roman tastes and aesthetics?
Free admission. Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway.
Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street,
Cambridge.
Support for the lecture is provided by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which
was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends
of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the
fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to
the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
Event Series: M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
More info:
www.harvardartmuseums.org…
<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/trimalchio-ad-nauseam-roman-art-as-a-tyranny-of-bad-taste>
**Laurie Rush (Army Archaeologist at Fort Drum, NY)*
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 725 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215, Room CAS 221
Thu., Nov. 5, 2015, 5 – 6 p.m.
"Saving Archaeology in Crisis Areas"
Co-Sponsors: Boston University Archaeology Department and the Boston
Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
More info: omeka.wellesley.edu… <http://omeka.wellesley.edu/bostonaia>
*Julia Hejduk (Baylor University)*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Nov. 17, 2015
Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Roman Religions: Narrative, Innovation, and
Subjectivity
*Kenneth Lapatin (Getty Villa)*
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Collins Cinema, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
Thu., Nov. 19, 2015, 5 p.m.
Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Class of 1919 Annual Art Lecture
"Why Fakes Matter: Authenticity in Ancient Art"
This presentation takes up the controversial issue of fakes in ancient art
and asks what they can tell us about how we understand and define
authenticity today.
*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
**Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference*
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Sat., Mar. 5, 2016
Jonathan Prag (Merton College, Oxford)
Event Series: Biennial Harvard Graduate Student Conference
*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"
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