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Fri. & Sat., Mar. 2-3
BROWN UNIVERSITY, JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012
Fri., Mar. 2
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm 409 (Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library), Boston, MA
02215
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"Tacitus' Germania. A Short History of a Most Dangerous Book"
For information, contact Melissa at mjoseph@bu.edu<mailto:mjoseph@bu.edu> or 617
353-2427.
Mon., Mar. 5
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Olin-Sang 101, Shapiro Forum, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
"The Marble and Wall Paintings in Nero's Golden House in Rome"
Martin Weiner Lecture Series
Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking.
Contact: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (aoko@brandeis.edu<mailto:aoko@brandeis.edu>) or
Heidi McAllister (hmallis@brandeis.edu<mailto:hmallis@brandeis.edu>) for additional
information.
Mon., Mar. 5
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
02138
Chris Livanos (University of Wisconsin)
"Amazons, Dragons, and Masculinity: Policing the Borders of Nature and Gender in
*Digenes Akrites*"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Tues., Mar. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacFarlane House, 48 College St., Providence, RI 02912
Andre Malta (Sau Paulo)
"Dream, Reality, and the Rhesus' Death: *Illiad* 10.494-497"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Wed., Mar. 7
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA 01002
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"The Unsolved Mystery of the Agora Bone Well"
Abstract:
http://www.umass.edu/aia/Abstracts.htm#Rotroff
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Massachusetts Society.
*Mon., Mar. 12
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, The Heights Room, John M. Corcoran Commons, 140 Commonwealth Avenue,
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
"The Greek Influence: Democracy Today"
A panel discussion featuring: H.E. Ambassador of Greece, Mr. Vassilis Kaskarelis; Dr. John
Grossomanides (Supreme President, AHEPA); Robert Bartlett (Behrakis Professor of Hellenic
Political Studies, Boston College); Elizabeth Prodromou (Assistant Professor, Department
of International Relations, Boston University, and Vice Chair, United States Commission on
International Religious Freedom)
Presented by The Hellenic Alumni Network & The Hellenic Society of Boston College.
Reception to follow. Admission free. RSVP by Mar. 5 to Courtney Hough at
courtney.hough@bc.edu<mailto:courtney.hough@bc.edu>
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 16-17
St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
Classical Association of New England (CANE) 2012 Annual Meeting
Site for annual meeting:
http://www.caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=255.
The program, registration (printable and online), and hotel info are available on that
page.
Wed., Mar. 21
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
02138
Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge, King's College)
"The Lyric Voice of Sophocles"
Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome
Thurs., Mar. 22
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Simon Goldhill (Cambridge University)
"Breaking the Lyric Voice: Sophocles' Choral Experiments"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 22
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Carol Mattusch (George Mason University)
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
For more information, visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42068
Fri., Mar. 23
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room TBA, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge MA 02138
"Ancient Bronzes"
Lisa Anderson (Harvard Art Museums), Francesca Bewer (Harvard Art Museums), Ruth Bielfeldt
(Harvard University), Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums), Katherine Eremin (Harvard
Art Museums), Seán Hemingway (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Henry Lie (Harvard Art
Museums), Carol Mattusch (George Mason University), Josef Riederer (Bayerisches
Nationalmuseum, Munich), Adrian Staehli (Harvard Art Museums) This workshop, organized in
conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture "Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze
Statues and Roman Marble Copies," brings together archaeologists, art historians,
conservators, and scientists to discuss Greek and Roman bronzes, both sculptural and
utilitarian. The workshop is complimentary, but space is limited and advance registration
is required. To register, call 617-495-4544, or email
am_membership@harvard.edu<mailto:am_membership@harvard.edu>. For more information,
please visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42071
Tues., Mar. 27
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall,) Amherst, MA 01002
Katherine Schwab (Fairfield University)
"Investigating the Surface: Hairstyles of the Athenian Caryatids"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics, Amherst College
Thurs., Mar. 29
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) will offer a paper relating to the revolt of the
Maccabees, with Joseph Manning (Yale University) will be the respondent. Further details
TBA.
Thurs., Mar. 29
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, School of Management, Room 137 Amherst, MA 01002
Margarita Gleba (University College London)
"The Fabric of Society: Textile Production in pre-Roman Italy"
8th Annual David F. Grose Memorial Lecture
Sponsored by Charles Grose and the Dept. of Classics
Contact: Tony Tuck (atuck@classics.umass.edu<mailto:atuck@classics.umass.edu>)
*Thurs., Mar. 29
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ART MUSEUM, Gamble Auditorium, Lower Lake Road, South Hadley,
Massachusetts 01075-1499
William Metcalf (Yale University)
"Collection-building in the 21st Century"
In conjunction with the special exhibition, Reconstructing Antiquity
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum
Fri., Mar. 30
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Hall 202, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tonio Hölscher (University of Heidelberg)
Title: TBA
Sat., Mar. 31
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Harvard Certamen 2012
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history,
mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature. Both area and national
high schools are invited to register teams. Lunch will be sold, and a Harvard Classics
professor will give opening remarks and a lecture for students. Registration required. For
more information and a complete event schedule, contact Christopher Londa
(cjlonda@college.harvard.edu<mailto:cjlonda@college.harvard.edu>).
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics/
Mon., Apr. 2
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Nicholas Purcell (Oxford University)
"Roman Diasporas and the Texture of Empire"
46th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Apr. 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks)
Graduate International Colloquium
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Mon., Apr. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Stray (Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London)
"Our Two Friends: The Making and Remaking of Liddell and Scott's *Greek-English
Lexicon*"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Wed., Apr. 11
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
02138
Michele Trizio (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks)
"Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition"
Fri.-Sun., Apr. 13-15
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
W. Scheidel (Standford University) and John Bodel (Brown University)
Conference: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and
Social Death"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Sat., Apr. 14
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA
01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about
the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion
during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and
armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at
PalusButeo@hotmail.com<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at
www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org>rg>.
Tues., Apr. 17
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Title: TBA
Thurs., Apr. 19
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
**Fri., Apr. 20
4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, George Sherman Union, 5th fl., 745 Commonwealth
Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in
Horace's Satires"
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century
Rome"
Joel Relihan (Wheaton College): "Apuleius and Lucian: A Menippean Moment in the
Second Century"
Dinner to follow the conference. INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Contact Stacy Fox, Dept.
of Classical Studies, Boston University, sfox@bu.edu<mailto:sfox@bu.edu> /
617-353-2427.
**Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 110, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive
deposits?"
http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University
Department of the Classics
Thurs., Apr. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBA, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Tues., May 8th
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Sat., Jul. 14, 2012, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA
01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about
the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st Century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion
during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and
armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at
PalusButeo@hotmail.com<mailto:PalusButeo@hotmail.com>; or, Higgins Armory Museum at
www.higgins.org<http://www.higgins.org/>g/>.