Boston Area Classics Calendar
November 2023
Mary Lefkowitz (Wellesley
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Nov. 30, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Octagon 200 (Babbott Room), 220 St. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
"Songs of Praise for Mortals: What They Can and Cannot Do"
classics@amherst.edu<mailto:classics@amherst.edu>
Niels Kuehlert (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Nov. 30, 5 p.m.
Via Zoom
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
December 2023
Activating Kore 670: Women's Voices and Greek
Tragedy<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., Dec. 2
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Early Greek Art Gallery, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
02115
In celebration of Kore 670, a stunning archaic Greek statue now on view in Gallery 213,
see live performances by Emerson College students and area high school students adapting
excerpts from ancient Greek tragedies. From Elektra and Antigone to Cassandra and
Iphigenia, women featured prominently in ancient Greek theater, yet their roles were
performed by men. In three 20-minute performances, students studying theater actively
disrupt that traditional practice, revealing how gender bias—both in the ancient world and
now—is hardly a new concept.
Saturday, December 2
11:00–11:20 a.m.
1:00–1:20 p.m.
2:00–2:20 p.m.
www.mfa.org…<https://www.mfa.org/event/special-event/activating-kore-670…
Danny Cashman | dcashman@mfa.org<mailto:dcashman@mfa.org>
[Activating Kore 670: Women's Voices and Greek Tragedy]
Screening of Michael Cacoyannis' film "The Trojan
Women"<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Dec. 5, 6 – 8 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium (Room 110), Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
02138
Featuring introductory remarks by Professor Panagiotis Roilos: "On Trauma in Ancient
Greek Tragedy"
Harvard Greek Film Society
dourou@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:dourou@fas.harvard.edu>
[Screening of Michael Cacoyannis' film "The Trojan Women"]
Benjamin Dunning (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Dec. 8, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
New Ancient Music for Euripides’
Helen<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Fri., Dec. 8, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Room 110 (Fong Auditorium), Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
02138
Join us for an evening of revived ancient Greek choral music, performed by The Call of
Kinnaru! This band uses replica instruments to perform “new ancient music,” choral
dramatic songs revived using a blend of philology and original composition according to
carefully researched ancient principles. Before the performance, Professor Naomi Weiss
will give an introduction.
Band:
John Franklin (lyre, kinnaru)
Julia Irons (voice)
Rachel Fickes (aulos, lyre)
Jamie Levis (framedrums)
Reception to follow.
[New Ancient Music for Euripides’ Helen]
February 2024
Tom Sapsford (Boston
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Fri., Feb. 23, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
April 2024
Dr. Vesta Sarkhosh
Curtis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Tue., Apr. 9, 6 – 7:15 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Title TBD
llse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
Sarah Olsen (Williams
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Fri., Apr. 12, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
Association of Ancient Historians 2024 Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Thu., Apr. 18 – Mon., Apr. 22
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138
associationofancienthistorians.org<https://associationofancienthistorian…
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