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** = alteration or addition to a former entry
Wed., Oct. 12
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CGIS-S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ananya Jahanara Kabir (University of Leeds)
"Village Communities and Sacred Groves: Tacitus's Germania in British
India"
Center for History and Economics Seminar
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/index.html
*Thurs., Oct. 13
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Yan Shaoxiang (Capital Normal University, Beijing)
"Greek and Roman Historical Scholarship in China"
Professor Shaoxiang is a Visiting Scholar in the Harvard University
Department of the Classics.
poster:
http://tinyurl.com/YanShaoxiang
Fri-Sun., Oct. 14-16
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 650 Beacon St, Suite 510, Boston, MA 02215
Association of Literature Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW) 17th
Annual Conference
This year's keynote speaker is Irish novelist Colum McCann (CUNY
Hunter), who will read after Saturday night's dinner. The conference
includes panels on The King James Bible, Horace, teaching the Odyssey,
and Berryman's Dream Songs, to name just a few. The panel on Berryman
will respond to Jim Vrabel's Homage to Henry, an hour-long performance
of the poet's The Dream Songs.
Registration and more information about the conference can be found at
www.alscw.org.
Fri., Oct. 14
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 Commonwealth Ave. (School of Theology Building)
Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, Rm 409, Boston, MA 02215
Ian Storey (Trent University)
"Angling in Archippus"
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Melissa at mjoseph(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427.
**Mon., Oct. 17
5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
UMASS BOSTON, Campus Center, Room 3545, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA
02125-3393
New England Ancient History Colloquium / Christopher van den Berg
(Amherst College)
Schedule of Events:
5:30-6:30 Gathering and Cash Bar
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Brief introduction and highlights of pre-circulated paper by
Christopher van den
Berg (Amherst College) entitled "Deliberative Oratory in the Annals
and the Dialogus," followed by commentary by Elizabeth Keitel (UMass
Amherst) and general discussion.
Please see the registration form for more information:
http://tinyurl.com/NEAHC10172011
Tues., Oct. 18
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel G12, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Richard Thomas (Harvard University)
"Virgil, the nineteenth century and the aesthetics of empathy"
Martin Weiner Lecture Series
Reception to follow. Open to the public. Free parking. Contact: Ann O.
Koloski-Ostrow (aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Heidi McAllister
(hmallis(a)brandeis.edu) for additional information.
Thurs., Oct. 20
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street,
Middletown, CT 06459
Margaret Imber (Bates College)
"Daughters, Whores and Anxious Fathers: the Function of Women in Roman
Declamation"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski
(dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
Thurs., Oct. 20
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, College of Arts & Sciences Room 224, 675
Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Gregory Aldrete (University of Wisconsin at Green Bay)
"Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome"
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University
*Tue.-Thu., Oct. 25-27
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth
Ave., Boston MA 02215
Exhibit: Discovering Perge
8 a.m.-8 p.m.
EXHIBIT: "Discovering PERGE: Celebrating 65 Years of Excavations on
Turkey's Mediterranean Coast"
Free and open to the public.
Tues., Oct. 25
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Rm. 114, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Jacob Soll (Rutgers University)
"A Lipsian Legacy? Neo-Stoicism, Natural Law and the Decline of
Classical Prudence in Enlightenment Politics"
Classical Traditions Seminar
*Wed., Oct. 26
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law, 12th Floor Lounge, 765 Commonwealth
Ave., Boston MA 02215
İnci Delemen (İstanbul University)
Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, the Turkish-American
Cultural Society of New England, the Boston Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Archaeology
at Boston University
With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the Perge since
1946, the excavation project now celebrates its 65th anniversary,
making it the longest-running all-Turkish excavation in the country.
Coinciding with a traveling poster exhibition that marks this special
occasion will be a lecture from Dr. İnci Delemen of İstanbul
University, a long-time member of the excavation team. Both the
exhibition and the lecture will highlight the remarkable archaeology
of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site for understanding
Classical antiquity.
Free and open to the public.
Wed., Oct. 26
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall,
Durham, NH 03824
Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University)
"The Talk of the Town: Essays and Op-Ed Columns by the Younger Pliny"
The John C. Rouman Lecture
Thurs., Oct. 27
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UMass Boston, Wheatley Building First Floor, Room 54, 100 Morrissey
Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393
Raymond Cormier (Longwood University)
"The Methods of Medieval Translators"
A Comparison of Virgil's Latin Aeneid and its High Medieval
Adaptation, with illustrations of manuscript glosses relevant to the
Old French Roman d’Enéas
Sponsored by The Department of Classics UMass Boston
Questions: Kenneth.Rothwell(a)umb.edu
Thurs., Oct. 27
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue,
Boston, MA 02215
Concert in tribute to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis
The Department of Classical Studies at BU in cooperation with the BU
Hellenic Association, the BU Center for the Humanities, the Greek
Institute, the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, and Arion: a
Journal of Humanities and the Classics, presents "Manos and Mikis,"
featuring The Greek Music Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by
contacting the Dept. of Classical Studies at 617-353-2427, The Tsai
Center (
bu.edu/tsai), or The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770. Tickets
are $20 for general admission and $5 for
students (with student ID). BU Faculty and Staff Members $15. Tickets
will be also available at the door. For more information, contact the
Department of Classical Studies Melissa Joseph josephmv(a)bu.edu
617-353-2427.
URL:
http://www.greekmusicensemble.com/
Thurs., Nov. 3
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street
Middletown, CT 06459
Marcus Folch (Columbia University)
"How to Kill a Prisoner: the Poetics of Bondage in Ancient Greece"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski
(dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
**Sat., Nov. 5
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 02115
SYMPOSIUM: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, A Symposium will be held on Saturday,
November 5th from 10:30 to 4:30 in Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston in conjunction with the exhibition (Torf Gallery, October
26, 2011 – February 20, 2011), the first devoted to the ancient
goddess. An international team of experts, drawn largely from the
contributors to the catalogue of the same title (available in the MFA
bookshop and online), will present papers on different aspects of this
complicated goddess: her cults and ancestors, the philosophy of
beauty, and Eros. The symposium is funded by the Estelle Shohet
Brettman Lecture Series supported by the International Catacomb
Society. It is free and open to the public. Free tickets will be
available at the Huntington and Fenway entrances on the day of the
event, on a first come, first served basis.
poster:
http://tinyurl.com/AphroditeSymposiumMFA
Thurs., Nov. 17
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street
Middletown, CT 06459
James Uden (Boston University)
"The Images and Ideology of Childhood Education in Statius' Achilleid"
Sponsored by the Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski
(dsierpinski(a)wesleyan.edu) or see
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/
Tues., Dec. 6
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Brown University, Religious Studies Seminar Room (Rm 101), Shirley
Miller House, 59 George Street, Providence, RI 02912
Christopher Krebs (Harvard University)
"A Different Caesar: Neglected Aspects of his Writing"
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
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, Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
title: TBA
Mildenberg Lecture
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.