The Boston Area Classics Calendar for September 8, 2017 PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry *Aneurin Ellis-Evans (Brasenose College, Oxford) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Sep. 11, 2017, 5 �C 6:30 p.m. "Bimetallism and Empire in Persian Anatolia" Event Series: GSAS Workshop "East Mediterranean and West Asian Connections" *James Rives (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George St., Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 Wed., Sep. 13, 2017, 5:30 �C 7:30 p.m. "Animal Sacrifice and Euergetism in the Hellenistic and Roman Polis" More info: www.brown.edu��<http://www.brown.edu%E2%80%A6/> Antonios Thodis (Harvard Graduate School of Design) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Mon., Sep. 18, 2017, 4 �C 6 p.m. "The Origins of the Corinthian Order: the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae" Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome More info: mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu��<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harva… *Suzanne Lye (Dartmouth College) BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Reading Room 303, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 Tue., Sep. 19, 2017, 5 �C 6 p.m. "From Beyond the Grave: A Hypertextual Commentary in Odyssey 24" Have you ever wondered why there are Underworld scenes in ancient Greek literature? This talk discusses the function, purpose, and attributes of Underworld scenes in Homeric epics. More info: www.brandeis.edu��<http://www.brandeis.edu%E2%80%A6/> Anthony Kaldellis (Ohio State University) BROWN UNIVERSITY, 60 George St., Room 108, Providence, RI 02912 Thu., Sep. 28, 2017, 5:30 �C 7:30 p.m. ��The Roman Empire One Thousand Years In: Imperial Expansion and Governance at the Millennium�� More info: www.brown.edu��<http://www.brown.edu%E2%80%A6/> *Laura Massetti (Center for Hellenic Studies) Boylston Hall 335, Harvard University Fri., Sep. 29, 2017, 5 �C 7 p.m. "Indo-European phraseological inheritance in Greek choral lyric" *Joseph Eska (Virginia Tech) Boylston Hall 335, Harvard University Wed., Oct. 4, 2017, 5 �C 7 p.m. "Laryngeal Realism and implications for Celtic" *Charlie Bartlett (Duke University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 10, 2017, 2 �C 3:30 p.m. Topic: Law. Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome" Boylston 203 Tue., Oct. 17, 2017, 4:30 �C 6 p.m. Musicology. Suzanne Paszkowski (G3, Classics and Philosophy). Philodemus�� Epicurean music theory Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *J.P. Oleson (UBC) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Oct. 24, 2017, 4:30 �C 6 p.m. ��Herodotus, Aristotle, and Sounding Weights: The Deep Sea as a Frontier in the Hellenistic and Roman World�� Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *Johanna Hanink (Brown University) Wellesley College Tue., Oct. 24, 2017, 5:30 �C 7:30 p.m. "American Pericles: Edward Everett, Ancient Greece, and the Shaping of a New American Nationalism." *Roger Bland (Emeritus British Museum) Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums Thu., Oct. 26, 2017, 6 �C 8 p.m. ��How coin finds are changing the face of Roman Britain: the contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme�� *Jos�� Luis Garc��a-Ram��n (University of Cologne) Boylston Hall 105, Harvard University Tue., Nov. 14, 2017, 5 �C 7 p.m. TBA *Katharina Volk (Columbia University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tue., Nov. 28, 2017, 4:30 �C 6 p.m. Topic: Astronomy Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *Joe Wolf (Harvard University) Boylston Hall 335, Harvard University Fri., Dec. 1, 2017, 5 �C 7 p.m. "Celtic toponymy: Computational approaches and the ancient place-names of Europe and Anatolia" *Matilde Serangeli (University of Copenhagen) Boylston Hall 103, Harvard University Fri., Dec. 8, 2017, 5 �C 7 p.m. "Linguistic remarks on South-West Anatolian inscriptions" *Alexander Forte (Colgate University) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wed., Dec. 13, 2017, 2 �C 3:30 p.m. Topic: Analogy and techn��. Event Series: GSAS Workshop "Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice" *Alan Stahl (Princeton University) Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall Wed., Mar. 21, 2018, 6 �C 7 p.m. TBA Subscribe to weekly emails: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/calclass-list Subscribe to/download calendar: http://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar New event submissions/current event revisions welcome: calclass@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:calclass@fas.harvard.edu>. PLEASE send event information in the format modeled above.