Boston Area Classics Calendar 2007/2008: #29 (4/25/08)
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Fri., Apr. 25, 4:00 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
Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universitaet, Berlin)
"Dance in Satyr Play"
Fri., Apr. 25 - Sat., Apr. 26
YALE UNIVERSITY, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, New Haven, CT
Graduate colloquium "Provincials and Empire"
Keynote address: Clifford Ando (University of Chicago)
Sponsored by the departments of Classics, History, and History of
Art, the Graduate School
and the European Studies Council
A conference program is available at
www.yale.edu/classics/news.html
For free registration, please email your name and institutional
affiliation to prov.conference(a)gmail.com;
registration deadline is APRIL 11th
See Appendix for details
*Wed., Apr. 30, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker Center, Room 133, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Anna Stavrakopoulou (University of Thessaloniki)
"Greek Phanariots and their Struggle for Survival between Empires:
Alexander Mavrokordatos
(1754-1819) and Alexandrovodas the Unscrupulous (1785) by G. N. Soutsos"
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
See Appendix for details
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Spring 2008 Gallery Report: Due to ongoing construction at the
museum, some Classical installations
have been temporarily de-installed. We expect that as the spring term
begins, the following galleries
will be OPEN on a regular basis: East Greek Art (1A11); Etruscan Art
(1A01); Archaic Greek Art
(1A06); Classical Greek Art (2A02); Roman Art (2A06); and Art of the
Eastern Roman Empire,
including the Antioch Marine mosaic (2A07). We thank you for your
patience and understanding.
If you have questions about particular pieces, you can reach the
Classical offices at (617) 369-3256.
APPENDIX:
Fri., Apr. 25 - Sat., Apr. 26
YALE UNIVERSITY, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, New Haven, CT
Graduate colloquium "Provincials and Empire"
Keynote address: Clifford Ando (University of Chicago)
Sponsored by the departments of Classics, History, and History of
Art, the Graduate School
and the European Studies Council
A conference program is available at
www.yale.edu/classics/news.html
For free registration, please email your name and institutional
affiliation to prov.conference(a)gmail.com;
registration deadline is APRIL 11th
This colloquium explores aspects of provincial attitudes and
responses to Roman power, from the Late
Republic through Late Antiquity. How did provincials represent and
negotiate Roman power? How did
the realities of empire affect the lives and identities of
communities from around the Mediterranean?
Topics of special interests include: provincial law; local
identities; art and architecture; trade and
communication; and religion.
Thurs., May 1 - Sat., May 3, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents Terence's "Brothers" (in original
translation)
Ticket Price: $5 for everyone
Terence's "Brothers" is a hilarious Roman comedy about the
difficulties of adolescence and the best
way to raise a child. When Aeschinus assaults a pimp in order to
facilitate the romantic inclinations of
his brother Ctesipho, he ends up putting his own romance in peril.
Meanwhile, the brothers' father
Demea is running all over Athens (literally) to find his brother
Micio to admonish his indulgent
lifestyle. Through a series of unfortunate events, the two pairs of
brothers work out their various issues
and everything comes to a (relatively) happy ending. Updated by the
Classical Club with a new,
outrageously witty and racy translation, and complete with
traditional sets and costumes, this
masterpiece of Roman drama is full of vivid characters and roles with
great comedic opportunity.
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.