Boston Area Classics Calendar 2006/2007: #22 (2/23/07) This calendar appears weekly during term. Information about upcoming events and subscription requests should be sent to an address dedicated exclusively to this calendar: calclass(a)fas.harvard.edu. Please send information as plain text e-mail in the format shown below instead of as word-processor file attachments. NEW ITEMS AND CORRECTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY WILL APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR WHICH IS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK. Any items received after that time will appear in the Calendar issued the following week. Please circulate as widely as possible. PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry ** = alteration or addition to a former entry Mon., Feb. 26, 7:00 p.m. TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Cabot Auditorium, Medford, MA Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the Invention of Modernity: Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action" Josiah Ober (Stanford University) "Herodotus on the Happiest Man in World We Have Lost" For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts University (617-627-3213 or classics(a)tufts.edu) Tues., Feb. 27, 7:00 p.m. TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the Invention of Modernity: Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action" Josiah Ober (Stanford University) "Thucydides on Democratic Rationality and Military Efficiency" For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts University (617-627-3213 or classics(a)tufts.edu) Wed., Feb. 28, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Humanities Center John Matthews (Yale University) "From Byzantium to Constantinople: Origins and Early Development of an Urban Landscape" Wed., Feb. 28, 7:00 p.m. TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the Invention of Modernity: Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action" Josiah Ober (Stanford University) "Plato's Socrates on Wise Athenians and Wandering Cows" For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts University (617-627-3213 or classics(a)tufts.edu) Thurs., Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m. TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA Miriam S. Balmuth Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth, on "Ancient Greek Democracy and the Invention of Modernity: Rational Choice, Dispersed Knowledge, and Public Action" Josiah Ober (Stanford University) "Aristotle on Political Animals" For more information contact the Department of Classics at Tufts University (617-627-3213 or classics(a)tufts.edu) Thurs., Mar. 8, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Sponsored by the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the Harvard University Art Museums Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (University of California, Berkeley) "Highlights of Archaeological Fieldwork at Sardis, 2002-2006" Reception following Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage on Felton Street between Cambridge Street and Broadway *Fri. Mar. 2, 5:00 pm BROWN UNIVERSITY, Mencoff Hall, 2nd Floor, 68 Waterman Street, Providence, RI Sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Alison Wylie (University of Washington) "Collaborative Stewardship: Epistemic Pluralism and Collaborative Practice in Archaeology" Reception to follow at 70 Waterman Street For more information, email Joukowsky_Institute at Brown.edu, call (401) 863-3188, or visit www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute Free and open to the public *Wed., Mar. 7, 5:30 pm BROWN UNIVERSITY, Mencoff Hall, 2nd Floor, 68 Waterman Street, Providence, RI Sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Cyprian Broodbank (University College, London) "Before Corruption: The Making of the Mediterranean" For more information, email Joukowsky_Institute at Brown.edu, call (401) 863-3188, or visit www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute Free and open to the public Fri., Mar. 9 - Sat., Mar. 10 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH Classical Association of New England, 2007 Annual Meeting For preregistration and preliminary program, see www.caneweb.org For more information contact Stephen Brunet (sabrunet(a)unh.edu) or Cynthia Damon (cdamon(a)amherst.edu) *Wed., Mar. 14, 5:00 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Shiffman 201, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA A Jennifer Eastman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies Carol L. Dougherty (Wellesley College) "Just Visiting: The Mobile World of Classical Athens" Reception to follow, with light refreshments For more information contact Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or jbarry(a)brandeis.edu) Free and open to the public (for directions: http://www.brandeis.edu/ overview/directions.html) *Thurs., Mar. 15, 7:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sperry Hall, Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA Sponsored by the Semitic Museum and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Gernot Wilhelm (University of Wurzburg, Germany) "'When the King Comes to Celebrate the Harvest Festivals', Hittite Temples and Open Air Sanctuaries" Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 2nd Floor, 6 Divinity Avenue Free and open to the public For more information contact Dena Davis (davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-4631) *Sat., Mar. 17 BROWN UNIVERSITY, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Brown Street at Meeting Street, Providence, RI Conference: "Re-Presenting the Past: Archaeology through Image and Text" Organizers: Sheila Bonde and Stephen Houston For more information, email Joukowsky_Institute at Brown.edu, call (401) 863-3188, or visit www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute Free and open to the public Wed. March 21, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Standing Committee on Archaeology Jutta Stroszeck (German Archaeological Institute, Athens) "A Spartan Heroon in the Athenian Kerameikos" Fri., Mar. 30, 6:00 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Co-sponsored by the International Catacomb Society, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America Joseph Rife (Macalester College) "Death, Ritual and Society at a Port in Roman Greece: The Kenchreai Cemetery Project" Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required Thurs., Apr. 5, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome Martha Nussbaum (Harvard Law School and University of Chicago) "Stoic Laughter: A Reading of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis" Wed., Apr. 11, 6:00 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 224, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, the Department of Archaeology at Boston University, and the Gabel Museum of Archaeology at Boston University Donald Easton (Independent Scholar) "Troy: New Reflections on an Old Site" Thurs., Apr. 12, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture Michel Amandry (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) "Hadrian's Journey in the East (AD 128-134) and its Impact on the Local Coinage" Mon., Apr. 16, 4:30 p.m. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Gamble Auditorium, South Hadley, MA AIA Lecture, co-sponsored by Mt. Holyoke Classics Department Norton Lecture: "Living it up in the Late Roman World: the Country Mansions of the Mega-Rich" Roger Wilson (University of British Columbia) For more information contact Geoffrey Sumi (gsumi(a)mtholyoke.edu) Thurs., Apr. 19, 5:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, specific location TBA, Amherst, MA Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium Speaker: Serena Connolly (Yale University) title and respondent TBA Schedule: 5:30 Wine and Cheese, 6:30 Dinner, 7:30 Paper, Response, and Discussion For more information contact Cynthia Damon (cdamon(a)amherst.edu, 413-542-8126) Fri., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA The Thirteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation of Boston University "Poetry and the City" A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference For the online registration form and further information see http:// www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Zsuzsa Várhelyi or Ben Thompson at the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2426 or romstud(at)bu.edu) See Appendix for details Tues., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard University Andreas Scholl (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) "The Pergamon Altar: Sacrificial Site, Hero Tomb, or Victory Monument?" Spring 2007 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA For collections on view during renovations, see Appendix APPENDIX: Fri., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. (registration opens at 3:45) BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA The Thirteenth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation of Boston University "Poetry and the City" See Appendix for details Kristina Milnor (Barnard College): "Speaks Latin, that Satin Doll: Virgil's Aeneid and 'Canonical Taste' in Pompeian Graffiti" Patricia Larash (Boston University): "Who Owns an Epigram? Authorship Anxieties in Martial's Rome" Eleanor W. Leach (Indiana University): "Urban Perambulations: The Politics of Textual Itineraries" A reception with cash bar and dinner will conclude the conference. For the online registration form and further information see http:// www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Zsuzsa Várhelyi or Ben Thompson at the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2426 or romstud(at)bu.edu). Spring 2007 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA FOR YOUR COURSE PLANNING, MFA NEWS: The good news is that we are about to enter into a period of extensive renovations and gallery changes that will ultimately result in an expanded, unified, and updated galleries. The down side is that we cannot keep everything on view while we are doing this. We know that many of you use the collections for teaching, and we want to provide an update so that you might be able to use the visible parts of the collection in your classes. If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the Classical offices at (617) 369-3259 or look online at www.mfa.org. Spring 2007 On view: Assos and East Greek Archaic and Classical Greek (1st and 2nd floor galleries) Etruscan Art Hellenistic Art Roman art in so called Roman Court (newly relabeled, including the Italian loan of Eirene) East Mediterranean Art, includes Antioch mosaic (this gallery is visible but not open) Expected to go off view during Spring 2007: Bronze Age: Expected to go off view Feb. 21 Early Black Figure Greek Geometric: Expected to go off view Feb. 15 Currently off view: Late Provincial Roman (although some pieces have been incorporated into the East Mediterranean gallery) Much of the Early Greek collection 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.