Boston Area Classics Calendar
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Tues., Oct. 2
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Dr. Christian Loeben (Keeper of the Egyptian Department of the "Museum August
Kestner" in Hanover, Germany)
The Egyptian Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover (Germany): History and
Current Egyptological Research
The lecture will examine the history, present state, and planned future of the Egyptian
Collection of the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, Germany. This museum now bears the
name of his founding father Georg Christian August Kestner (1777-1853), who acquired his
collection of Egyptian antiquities in the first half of the 19th century. In terms of
quality as well as quantity it can be considered the world's first important private
collection of Egyptian art.
Presented by the Semitic Museum and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture.
Free and open to the public.
Tues., Oct. 2
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Dead yet Alive! The Revival of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek)"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece
and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Thurs., Oct. 4
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Kresge Room (Barker 114), 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"What Women Want: Speaking Names, Talking Birds and Other Obscure Obscenities in
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece
and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Fri., Oct. 5
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Janse (Ghent University)
"Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive Approach to Homeric Versification"
Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation, the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece
and Rome, and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Fri., Oct. 5
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115
Nikos Xanthoulis (Academy of Athens & Greek National Opera)
"Ancient Sounds of Greece"
A lecture/concert, using reproductions of ancient Greek instruments. Funding provided by
the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological
Institute of America and Berklee College of Music.
*Wed., Oct. 10
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Katrhin Rosenfield (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
"Liveliness and Insight: Hölderlin's Approach to Sophocles'
Tragedies"
Classical Traditions Seminar -- Chairs: John Hamilton (Harvard) and Stephanie Frampton
(MIT)
*Wed., Oct. 10
5:15 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS, South Building, S-010 Tsai Auditorium, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ann McGrath (Australian National University)
"Lady Mungo and the Re-enchantment of Deep Time: Indigenous and Scientific
Archaeologies of Nation, History and the Sacred"
With comments by Robert W. Preucel (University of Pennsylvania) and David Armitage,
(Harvard University)
Harvard Standing Committee on Archaeology Opening of Fall Term Event: Archaeology and
Indigenous Histories
Please join us for a conversation about archaeology and indigenous histories.
Archaeologists, historians, and indigenous communities all share an interest in the past,
but often study and commemorate it in different ways. The public lecture and subsequent
discussion will highlight recent research that seeks to combine these approaches,
examining the advantages and difficulties associated with this intellectual project.
Reception to follow in the CGIS South Concourse
Sponsored by the Harvard Standing Committee on Archaeology; Harvard Initiative for the
Science of the Human Past; The Department of Anthropology; The Peabody Museum; and the
Department of History.
*Wed., Oct. 10
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, 60 George Street, Providence, RI 02906
Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)
"After-dinner speaking? Odysseus' prologue (Odyssey 9.1-15) and its
afterlife"
Thurs., Oct. 11
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA 02454
New England Ancient History Colloquium
Lisa Mignone (Brown University) will offer her paper on "Zoning Rome's
Residents," with Geoff Sumi (Mount Holyoke College) providing the commentary.
Fri., Oct. 12
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Richard Hunter (Trinity College, The University of Cambridge)
"Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/civilizations-ancient-gre…
*Tues., Oct. 16
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, 745 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 541), Boston,
MA 02215
Alessandra Fussi (University of Pisa)
"Leo Strauss's Reading of Plato and Xenophon"
In this workshop, Professor Fussi will discuss the following works by Leo Strauss:
"On Collingwood's Philosophy of History" (The Review of Metaphysics, V
[1952], pp. 559-586); and "On Tyranny" (Chicago 2000).
For information contact David Roochnik (roochnik@bu.edu<mailto:roochnik@bu.edu>).
*Wed., Oct. 17
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Cambridge, MA 01218
Tesse Stek (University of Leiden)
"Cult places and societal organization in Latin colonies in the Republican
period"
*Wed., Oct. 17
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium (Murkland Hall 115), Durham, NH 03824
Mary T. Boatwright (Duke University)
"The Pantheon: Why is Agrippa's Name on Hadrian's Building?"
A Free and Public Lecture
http://tinyurl.com/Boatwrightlecture
*Thurs., Oct. 18
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, 745 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 541), Boston,
MA 02215
Alessandra Fussi (University of Pisa)
"Leo Strauss's Reading of Plato and Xenophon"
In this workshop, Professor Fussi will discuss the following works by Leo Strauss:
"On Plato's Symposium" (Chicago 2001, pp. 174-251) and "The Problem
of
Socrates: Fourth Lecture," in "The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism:
Essays and Lectures by Leo Strauss" (Chicago 1989, pp. 150-168). For information
contact David Roochnik (roochnik@bu.edu<mailto:roochnik@bu.edu>).
Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests"
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s):
Perspectives from the Outside"
(faculty bio:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
APPENDIX:
Wheelchair access: to the Barker Center at Harvard via the ramp at the main entrance off
Quincy Street, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the Humanities
Center; to Boylston Hall at Harvard via the ramp to the basement at the main entrance in
the Yard, and from there by the elevator to the W. S. Fong Auditorium (a.k.a. Boylston
Auditorium) on the first floor; to Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School via the
sign-posted entrances, and from there along the same level (i.e. first floor) to the
Sperry Room. There is regrettably no wheelchair access to the Semitic Museum at Harvard.
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