Boston Area Classics Calendar 2004/2005: #29 (3/25/05) 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., Mar. 24, 4:30 p.m. AMHERST COLLEGE, Pryne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather, Amherst, MA Richard Brilliant (Columbia University) "The Roman Peace and its Cost-Benefit Imagery" This lecture is funded by the Department of Fine Arts and the Eastman Lecture Fund Fri., Mar. 25, 4:15 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA John Curtis Franklin "Lyre Gods, East and West" For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo, salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427 Wed., Mar 30, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street, Pollack Auditorium, Waltham, MA A Martin Weiner Lecture Ada Cohen (Dartmouth College) "Alexander's Travels, From Home to Home Page" For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or JBarry(a)brandeis.edu) Thu., Mar 31, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, 415 South Street, Shiffman 219, Waltham, MA Pamela Allara, Paul Morrison, Ibrahim Sundiata, and Cheryl Walker "The Film 'Alexander': Great or Grating? A Panel Discussion on the Historic Figure, the Film, and the Film's Message" For further information: Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow (781-736-2183 or aoko(a)brandeis.edu) or Janet Barry (781-736-2180 or JBarry(a)brandeis.edu) *Fri., Apr. 1, 4:00 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy, Photonics Center, 2 St. Mary's St., Room 205, Boston, MA Friday Colloquium Series Michael Silk (King's College, London, and Boston University) "Nietzsche's Socrateases" For electronic copy of pre-circulated paper, please contact John Manna, casphilo(a)bu.edu Sun., Apr. 3, 2:00 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Estell Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture Richard Brilliant (Columbia University) "Hope that Unlocks the Gates of Hades: Roman Funerary Arts" Presented with the support of the International Catacomb Society Open to the public; free tickets available at Remis Box Office on day of lecture Thurs., Apr. 7, 5:30 p.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Co-sponsored by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) "The Dramatic Rescue of the Mosaics of Zeugma: Greek Life along the Euphrates" Free and open to the public; MFA admission not required Fri., April 8, 4:15 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Department of Classical Studies, Lindsay/Arrowsmith Library, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 409, Boston, MA Michael Silk (King's College, London, and Boston University) "The Invention of Greek: Poets, Macedonians, and Others" For more information, please contact Salvatore Sordillo, salvy(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2427 Fri., Apr. 8, 5:30 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Cambridge, MA Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) "The Gaze in and out of Ekphrasis: Visualizing Ariadne from Catullus to Pompeii" Sun., Apr. 10, 10:30 a.m. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Sponsored by SAFE (Saving Antiquities for Everyone) Roger Atwood (author of "Stealing History") Tour of MFA discussing provenance of objects Fee: $30 plus museum admission; student discounts available To make a reservation for the tour, please visit http://www.savingantiquities.org/g-whatwedosafetours.htm For more information, please email tours(a)savingantiquities.org Wed., April 13, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI Departmental Lecture Martin Dreher (University of Magdeburg) "'Primitive' Sparta: Reflections on Sparta's Early Constitution" Wed., Apr. 13, 12:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University) "The Rise and Fall of the Canaanites (c. 1900-1175 BCE)" Wed., Apr. 13, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fogg Art Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Christian Lecture Room, 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA A seminar sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) Carlos A. Picon (Metropolitan Museum of Art) "The Reinstallation of the Collection of Classical Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" For more information contact Amy Brauer (brauer(a)fas.harvard.edu) Wed., Apr. 13, 7:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Divinity School, Sperry Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University) "The Arrival of the Philistines" Reception preceding at 6:15 at Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue Thurs., Apr. 14, 12:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA Lawrence E. Stager (Harvard University) "Ashkelon on the Eve of Destruction" Thurs., Apr. 14, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics Wayne Hankey (Dalhousie University) "Reevaluating E. R. Dodds' Platonism" Thurs., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center, 855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT New England Ancient Historians Colloquium Carlos Norena (Yale University) "Local Honors for the Roman Emperor: Notes on a Silent Revolution" Commentator: Kathleen Coleman (Harvard University) Wine and cheese at 5:30, dinner at 6:30, paper at 7:30 For further information: Allen M. Ward, ward(a)uconnvm.uconn.edu Fri., Apr. 15, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Leo Mildenberg Lecture Brooks Emmons Levy (Princeton University) "Holy Shekels: the Currency of Jerusalem's Temple Tax" Free admission: a reception will follow Mon., Apr. 18, 8:00 p.m. TRINITY COLLEGE, Life Sciences Auditorium, Hartford, CT Hartford Society, AIA Lecture Elaine K. Gazda (University of Michigan) "Water Colors of the Villa of the Mysteries by Maria Barosso: Archaeology, Art, and Politics of Italy of the 1920s" Tues., April 19, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Program in Ancient Studies, Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown Street, Providence, RI Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Colloquium Burkhard Meissner (Brown University) "Siege Warfare and Its Socio-Political Conditions: Near-Eastern Precedents, Classical Models, and Hellenistic Innovation" For more information: Michael Satlow (401-863-3911, Michael_Satlow(a)Brown.edu) Tues., Apr. 19, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA Oswyn Murray (Balliol College, Oxford) "Zeno and the Art of Polis Maintenance" *Wed., Apr. 20, 4:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 105, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics Brad Inwood (University of Toronto) "Happiness and the causes of things: physics and ethics in Stoicism" *Thurs., Apr. 21, 4:15 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston Hall, Room 237, Cambridge, MA Maurizio Giangiulio (University of Trento) "Oral tradition and narrative strategies in Herodotus: the speech of the Corinthian Socles" Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion" Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston University's Humanities Foundation For registration and other information see http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof. Patricia Larash (plarash(a)bu.edu) See Appendix for details Mon., April 25, 5:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 48 College Street, Room 102, Providence, RI Departmental Lecture Shadi Bartsch (University of Chicago) "Seneca's Medea, or the Stoic as Monster" Tues., Apr. 26, 4:30 p.m. YALE UNIVERSITY, Old Art Gallery 200, 56 High Street, New Haven, CT Archaeological Institute of America - New Haven Society Elaine Gazda (University of Michigan) "The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Contexts and Meanings" For more information: Richard A. Grossmann (rag33(a)pantheon.yale.edu) Tues., Apr. 26, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series: "Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate" Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley) Lecture 1: "Before Excavation: Legends and their Reception" *Wed., Apr. 27, 6:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Sponsored by the Department of the Classics Johannes Koder (University of Vienna) "The Hymns of Romanos the Melodist and their Potential Role as Mass Propaganda" Wed., Apr. 27 [time TBA] HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA [specific location TBA] English Department Medieval Doctoral Conference Co-sponsored by the English Department and the History of the Book Seminar Seth Lehrer (Stanford University) "Aesop in the Middle Ages: Authority and Authorship in the History of Children's Literature" Thurs., Apr. 28, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series: "Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate" Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley) Lecture 2: "The Lydian City" Thurs., April 28, 7:30 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI Sponsored by the Departments of Classics and Philosophy Thomas Johansen (Edinburgh University) "In Defense of Aristotelian Common Sense" Response: Aryeh Kosman (Haverford College) Mon., May 2, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series: "Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate" Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley) Lecture 3: "Between East and West: from Persia to Rome" (NOTE: THIS LECTURE IS ON A MONDAY) Tues., May 3, 12:00 p.m. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown St., Providence, RI Culture and Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean Seminar Silke Knippschild (Technical University Dresden) "Spoils and Iconoclasm in Ancient West Asia and Greece: The Role of Art in Creating and Destroying Identities" Thurs., May 5, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA The Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures Series: "Sardis, an Ancient City in Asia Minor. The Gifts of Fortune and Fate" Crawford H. Greenewalt (University of California, Berkeley) Lecture 4: "Golden Sunset, Furious Afterglow: Late Antiquity and Beyond" Thurs., May 19, 5:00 p.m. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 114, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics Barbara Borg (University of Exeter) "Monuments for Eternity or Brilliant Performance? Changes in the Representational Behaviour of the Roman Elite in the Third Century AD" LECTURE CANCELLED: Wed., May 18, 5:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Co-sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Department of History Christian Jacob (NRS and EHESS, Paris) "From texts to books: circulation and authority of the written word in Greek culture" APPENDIX Fri., Apr. 22, 3:45 p.m. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA Boston Area Roman Studies Conference on "Reading Imperial Religion" Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston University's Humanities Foundation Zsuzsanna Varhelyi (Boston University) "Religion and Power in the Early Empire" James Rives (York University) "Reason and Revelation in Apuleius" Joseph Pucci (Brown University) "Catullus Among the Christians" A reception and dinner will conclude the conference For registration and other information see http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2427) or Prof. Patricia Larash (plarash(a)bu.edu) 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.