Boston Area Classics Calendar 2009/2010
(4/23/10)
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* = new entry
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*Fri., Apr. 23, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 110 Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
Demetrios Pandermalis (Director, new Acropolis Museum)
"The New Acropolis Museum: Its Exhibits and Architecture"
The Lecture is co-sponsored by the George Seferis Chair of Modern
Greek Studies, Harvard University, The Federation of Hellenic American
Societies of New England, and the Consulate General of Greece in Boston
A Reception will follow in Ticknor Lounge.
For more information, please contact: rapti(a)fas.harvard.edu,
617-384-7794 or greeceinboston(a)gmail.com, 617-775-5334. (For a map
please visit this link:
http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F7&quad…)
Fri., Apr. 23, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Adriano La Regina (La Sapienza University and National Institute of
Archaeology and History of Art, Rome)
Domus Aurea: Nero's "Golden House" in Rome
Professor La Regina, for many years the Superintendent of Antiquities
for the City of Rome, will explore the location and size of Emperor
Nero’s legendary palace, the Domus Aurea. He will look at the
surviving parts of the palace, discuss their relationship to other
buildings, and consider the transformation of this controversial
structure under later emperors.
The George M. A. Hanfmann Memorial Lecture
This lecture is cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America
and the Harvard Art Museum. Admission is free and the lecture is open
to the public.
Sat., Apr. 24, 8:00 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Jewett Auditorium, 106 Central St Wellesley, MA
An Evening with Anne Carson and Dancers
Bracko and Cassandra Float Can: Reading and Performance
Panel to follow
Tues., Apr. 27, 7:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard
Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Thomas E. Levy (Department of Anthropology, University of California)
King Solomon's Mines: New Data and Debates from South Jordan
Reception to be held at 6:15 p.m. in the Semitic Museum Galleries, 2nd
floor, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
For more information please call (617) 495-4631 or email Semiticm(a)fas.harvard.edu
.
This lecture is presented by the Semitic Museum and the Center for
Jewish Studies, and sponsored by the Marcella Tilles Memorial Fund.
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room 318, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
Core Group Classical Archaeology
Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College)
"The Politics of Beauty in Ancient Greek Art"
Thurs., Apr. 29, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, K262 (Bowie-Vernon Room), CGIS Knafel Building,
1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Haun Saussy (Yale University)
"Créolité for Everybody"
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Seminar on Cultural
Politics
This event is open to the public.
For further information, please visit this webpage:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~modgreek/events.html
Fri., Apr. 30, 3:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, George Sherman Union, 775
Commonwealth Ave., 5th floor, Boston, MA
The 16th Annual Meeting of the Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
"Shrinking the Muse: Psychoanalysis and Literature"
Lowell Edmunds (Rutgers University)
"Psychoanalytic Interpretation: Greek Myths and Roman Poems"
Jeffrey Mehlman (Boston University)
"Hippolytus Takes a Girlfriend: A Psychoanalytic Crux"
Ellen Oliensis (University of California, Berkeley)
"Loving writing: Ovid's Amores"
Reception and dinner will follow. To register for dinner or for
more information, please visit
www.bu.edu/classics/news/roman_studies.html
or contact Ms. Stacy Fox or Professor Patricia Johnson, e-mail: romstud(a)bu.edu
.
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities
Foundation at Boston University
Mon., May 3, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS S20 Center for Government and International
Studies, South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
The Medieval Studies Seminar presents Michael McCormick, Guoping
Huang, Kelly Gibson, et al. in "The Digital Atlas of Roman and
Medieval Civilizations: A Friendly Introduction and Public Launch."
A reception will follow.
Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, The Digital
Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization, with support from the Center
for Geographic Analysis and the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation.
Tues., May 4, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Macfarlane 101, 48 College St., Providence, RI
Luca Graverini (University of Arezzo)
"Love, 'Sweetness,' and Amazement: The Ancient Novel and Philosophy"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics.
Tues., May 4, 4:00 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 113, Amherst, MA
Jiři Machaček (Archaeology Institute, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech
Republic)
"Between West and East. The Archaeology of the Early Mediaeval East-
Central Europe"
A reception will follow the lecture.
Sat. May 8, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
HIGGINS ARMORY MUSEUM, 100 Barber Ave. Worcester, MA
Legion III Cyrenaica, Roman Legion Living History Group
"Legion III Cyrenaica" Presentation on Legion III and Legionary
soldiers in the first century AD/CE, their arms, armor, training and
life in Alexandria
Program is free with museum admission. Museum website:
www.higgins.org
Legion III information: Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com
Mon.-Sat., Jul. 12-17
Classical Association of New England (CANE) Summer Institute
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH
Lecturers, Guest Speakers and Course Instructors will include:
Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College)
"Songs About me: Why the Humanities Matter More Than Ever" AND "Games,
Gods and Generals: Video Games and the Ancient World"
Deborah Boedeker (Brown University)
"The Making of Sappho, Old and New"
Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
"Quintus Sulpicius Maximus: A Roman Schoolboy Learning Greek in A.D.
94" AND "A Year in the Roman Empire: The Problem of Hindsight"
Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University)
The Origins of Political Values in Ancient Greece: Justice, Equality,
Liberty, and Democracy
Phyllis Katz (Dartmouth College)
In a Different Voice: The Poetry of Sappho and Emily Dickinson
Eleanor Leach (Indiana University)
Storytelling in Roman Letters
Peter Machinist (Harvard University)
Between the Ancient Near East and the Classical World: The Case of the
Biblical Book of Ecclesiastes
Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College)
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Greek Athletics in Its Social Context
Margaret Graver (Dartmouth College)
Translating for Today: Some Case Studies
More information and registration can be found at:
http://www.caneweb.org/csi/CSI2010Brochure.pdf
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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