Boston Area Classics Calendar 2007/2008: #2 (9/21/07) 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 Thurs., Oct. 4, 4:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, 301 Herter Hall, Amherst, MA Corinne O. Pache (Yale University) "Why Do Nymphs Fall in Love? Nympholepsy in Ancient Greece" Sponsored by the UMass Amherst Department of Classics For more information contact Brian Breed at bbreed(a)classics.umass.edu Fri., Oct. 5, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Room S020, Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics, the Department of History, and the Harvard Law School Aldo Schiavone (Istituto di Studi Umanistici, Florence) "The Roman Empire as World-Empire: Identity, Culture, Law" *Tues., Oct 9, 4:00 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Pollack (Fine Arts) Auditorium, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA A Martin Weiner Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies Thomas Martin (College of the Holy Cross) "Can Comedy Be Treason? Aristophanes and Athenian Democracy" Reception to follow, with light refreshments For further 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) Tues., Oct. 9, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome Vivienne Gray (The University of Auckland) "Formulaic Scenes in Xenophon" *Fri., Oct. 12, 6:00 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Nancy de Grummond (Florida State University) "Etruscan Lightning, Livers and Lore: Myth and Ritual in Ancient Etruria" Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Free to the public; MFA admission not required *Wed., Oct. 17, 7:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sperry Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA Dr. Mark Lehner (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) "A Tale of Two Towns: 4,500-Year Old Urban Footprints at Giza, Egypt" Reception preceding at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue Free and open to the public For more information contact Dena Davis at 617-495-4631 or davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu Sponsored by the Semitic Museum of Harvard University Mon., Oct. 29, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) "The Ugly Peasant and the Naked Virgins: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Imitation" Sat., Nov. 10 - Sun., Nov. 11 AMHERST COLLEGE and THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, Amherst, MA "See How I Rip Myself!" Rome and Its Civil Wars Keynote Address: T. P. Wiseman (University of Exeter) "The Two-Headed State: How Romans Explained Civil War" For registration, speakers, and program see http://www.umass.edu/ civilwars/ MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Fall 2007 Gallery Report Due to ongoing construction at the museum, some Classical installations have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the fall term begins, the following galleries will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art (1A01); Archaic Greek Art (1A06 and 1A04b); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the Eastern Roman Empire, including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We hope to have the gallery of South Italian/ Hellenistic Art (2A12), which abuts the construction site, re-opened as soon as possible. We thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the Classical offices at (617) 369-3259. 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.