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Mon. & Tues., Feb. 13 & 14
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Petteruti Lounge, Providence RI 02912
"Ancient Religion/Modern Technology"
For more information, visit
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Judaic_Studies/AncientReligionModernTechno….
Mon., Feb. 13
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
"Isaac Casaubon and the Study of Ancient History"
Classical Traditions Seminar
Mon., Feb. 13
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
02138
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
"How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Early Modern Views of the Last Supper"
Anthony Grafton, a leading cultural and intellectual historian of Renaissance Europe, will
speak about important historical developments in the understanding of the Last Supper. He
will posit that the Christian discovery of a Jewish Jesus began not in the 19th century
but in the Renaissance.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 617-495-8600.
Mon., Feb. 13
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon Hall Room 001, 69-91 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Agocs (University of Cambridge)
Title TBA
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Feb. 14
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 008, Providence, IR 02912
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
"The Great Dionysia of 404 BCE"
Tues., Feb. 14
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE, Robsham Theater, 140 Commonwealth Ave Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3815
Yannis Simonides (Elliniko Theatro)
Plato's The Apology of Socrates: A Dramatic Performance
Free Admission but Tickets Required
For tickets and information, contact Robert Bartlett at robert.bartlett(a)bc.edu or 617
552-4163.
Thurs., Feb. 16
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 110, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
David Ferry (Wellesley College) & Richard Thomas (Harvard University)
"Translating Vergil"
on Aeneas Remembering the Fall of Troy
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
*Tues., Feb. 21
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, (Barker Center) Room 133, 12 Quincy
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Maria Tatar (Harvard University)
"'Disturbing the Airwaves': Writing about Greece under Nazi
Occupation"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Mon., Feb. 27
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm 133, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Richard Rutherford (Christ Church, Oxford)
"Decorum and Sexuality in Greek Tragedy"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
Tues., Feb. 28
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacMillan Hall room 117, Providence, RI 02912
J. Strauss Clay (University of Virginia)
"Mapping the Trojan Plain and Plotting the Greek Catalogue"
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 1
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston,
MA 02215
Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
"Borrowed Gods? The Reception and Translation of Greek Myth in Archaic Cyprus"
A Kershaw Lecture in Near East Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America);
co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the
Department of Archaeology at Boston University
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 2-3
BROWN UNIVERSITY, JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012
Fri., Mar. 2
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm 409 (Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library), Boston, MA
02215
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"Tacitus' Germania. A Short History of a Most Dangerous Book"
For information, contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu or 617 353-2427.
*Mon., Mar. 5
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center
Chris Livanos (University of Wisconsin)
"Amazons, Dragons, and Masculinity: Policing the Borders of Nature and Gender in
*Digenes Akrites*"
Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture
Tues., Mar. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MacFarlane House, 48 College St., Providence, RI 02912
Andre Malta (Sau Paulo)
"Dream, Reality, and the Rhesus' Death: *Illiad* 10.494-497"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Wed., Mar. 7
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall), Amherst, MA 01002
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"The Unsolved Mystery of the Agora Bone Well"
Abstract:
http://www.umass.edu/aia/Abstracts.htm#Rotroff
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Massachusetts Society.
Fri. & Sat., Mar. 16-17
St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
Classical Association of New England (CANE) 2012 Annual Meeting
Site for annual meeting:
http://www.caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=255.
The program, registration (printable and online), and hotel info are available on that
page.
Thurs., Mar. 22
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Salomon 001, Providence, RI 02912
Simon Goldhill (Cambridge University)
"Breaking the Lyric Voice: Sophocles' Choral Experiments"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Thurs., Mar. 22
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Carol Mattusch (George Mason University)
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies"
M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
For more information, visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42068
Fri., Mar. 23
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Room TBA, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge MA 02138
"Ancient Bronzes"
Lisa Anderson (Harvard Art Museums), Francesca Bewer (Harvard Art Museums), Ruth Bielfeldt
(Harvard University), Susanne Ebbinghaus (Harvard Art Museums), Katherine Eremin (Harvard
Art Museums), Henry Lie (Harvard Art Museums), Carol Mattusch (George Mason University),
Adrian Staehli (Harvard Art Museums)
This workshop, organized in conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture
"Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies," brings
together archaeologists, art historians, conservators, and scientists to discuss Greek and
Roman bronzes, both sculptural and utilitarian. The workshop is complimentary, but space
is limited and advance registration is required. To register, call 617-495-4544, or email
am_membership(a)harvard.edu. For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42071
Tues., Mar. 27
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall,) Amherst, MA 01002
Katherine Schwab (Fairfield University)
"Investigating the Surface: Hairstyles of the Athenian Caryatids"
Sponsored by the Department of Classics, Amherst College
Thurs., Mar. 29
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
New England Ancient History Colloquium (NEAHC) Spring Meeting
Paul Kosmin (Harvard University) will offer a paper relating to the revolt of the
Maccabees, with Joseph Manning (Yale University) will be the respondent. Further details
TBA.
*Sat., Mar. 31
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Harvard Certamen 2012
Certamen is a contest in which students compete to answer questions on classical history,
mythology, and culture, as well as Latin grammar and literature. Both area and national
high schools are invited to register teams. Lunch will be sold, and a Harvard Classics
professor will give opening remarks and a lecture for students. Registration required. For
more information and a complete event schedule, contact Christopher Londa
(cjlonda(a)college.harvard.edu).
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics/
Mon., Apr. 2
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Nicholas Purcell (Oxford University)
"Roman Diasporas and the Texture of Empire"
46th Annual Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Tues., Apr. 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Margaret Mullett (Dumbarton Oaks)
Graduate International Colloquium
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
Mon., Apr. 9
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall room 108, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Stray (Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London)
"Our Two Friends: The Making and Remaking of Liddell and Scott's *Greek-English
Lexicon*"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Wed., Apr. 11
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Michele Trizio (UniversitĂ degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dumbarton Oaks Fellow)
Aristotle's Ethics in the West and the Byzantine Commentary Tradition
Fri.-Sun., Apr. 13-15
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
W. Scheidel (Standford University) and John Bodel (Brown University)
Conference: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and
Social Death"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
*Sat., Apr. 14, 2-3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA
01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about
the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion
during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and
armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or,
Higgins Armory Museum at
www.higgins.org.
Thurs., Apr. 19
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBD, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Fri., Apr. 20
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TBA, Boston, MA
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Title: The Worlds of Roman Satire
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century
Rome"
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in
Horace's Satires"
Joel Relihan (Wheaton College): "Apuleius and Lucian: A Menippean Moment in the
Second Century"
Dinner to follow the conference.
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Contact Stacy Fox, Dept. of Classical Studies, Boston
University, sfox(a)bu.edu / 617-353-2427
Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive
deposits?"
http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard University
Department of the Classics
Thurs., Apr. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: TBA, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Tues., May 8th
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
*Sat., Jul. 14, 2012, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA
01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about
the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st Century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion
during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and
armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or,
Higgins Armory Museum at
www.higgins.org.
CalClass
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