Boston Area Classics Calendar
March 2021
CANE Virtual Annual
Meeting<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Sat., Mar. 20
CANE - remote via Zoom
This two-day meeting on consecutive Saturdays (March 13 and 20) features many panels and
workshops related to the discipline of classics, with focus on social justice and
innovative pedagogy. The cost is $40.
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president@caneweb.org<mailto:president@caneweb.org>
Conference: Res Difficiles
2.0<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trumb…
Sat., Mar. 20, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON, on Zoom
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is required.
Res Difficiles is a conference series where those who study and teach the ancient
Greco-Roman world can address inequities within the field of Classics.
This year's keynote speaker is Patrice Rankine, “Power/Memory: Reception, Classicism,
and Some Considerations on the Current State of Play.” See the full list of speakers on
the series
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[Conference: Res Difficiles 2.0]
Denis Feeney (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Tue., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Zoom, hosted by Brown University
The 2021 Michael C.J. Putnam Lecture: “In and Out of Virgil’s Labyrinths”
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[Denis Feeney (Princeton University)]
Lecture: Lisa Raphals (UC Riverside, Harvard's Center for Hellenic
Studies)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Wed., Mar. 24, 4:30 p.m.
Zoom, registration required.
Lecture, Wednesday, March 24, 4:30 p.m.
"Mind-Body Dualism and the Tripartite Self"
Please
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for this event to receive Zoom link.
This talk uses evidence from early China to reflect on a longstanding philosophical
problem arising out of Greek antiquity. It begins with evidence that in early China, there
were two very different views of a person, understood as composed of body, mind and
spirit. In one, which can be called a mind-centered view, mind-and spirit combined to rule
the body. This view is very compatible with Eurocentric mind-body dualism. In a very
different spirit-centered view, all three were distinct, often with pride of place given
to spirit over mind. The second part of the talk uses the Chinese divergence between mind-
and spirit-centered views to reconsider the Greek discourse on body and soul
(soma-psyche).
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
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[Lecture: Lisa Raphals (UC Riverside, Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies)]
Workshop: Lisa Raphals (UC Riverside, Harvard's Center for Hellenic
Studies)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Mar. 25, 3 – 5:45 p.m.
Zoom
Workshop, Thursday, March 25, 3–5:45 p.m. Part of the Ancient Studies graduate-student
seminar: ANCSTD 201. “Oracles and Divination in the Ancient Mediterranean”
Prof. Raphals’ seminar class, “Divination and Risk in Early China and Greece: Evidence
from Dodona and Shuihudi” is open to interested students (graduate and advanced
undergraduate). Please write to both
rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu> and
gbazzana@hds.harvard.edu<mailto:gbazzana@hds.harvard.edu> if you would like to
attend.
This presentation begins with several methodological problems in the comparative study of
antiquity. It explores them through detailed example through the comparison of mantic
texts across traditions, using the lead inscriptions from Dodona and the daybooks from
Shuihudi.
Ancient Studies at Harvard Visitors
Series<https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/visitors-series>
contact: rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu> and
gbazzana@hds.harvard.edu<mailto:gbazzana@hds.harvard.edu>
[Workshop: Lisa Raphals (UC Riverside, Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies)]
Joshua Billings (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Mar. 25, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Zoom<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.com…
"Debating sophia"
Methods and Practice in Classics
Workshop<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/methods-and-practice-cla…
Contact: davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu<mailto:davidenapoli@g.harvard.edu>
Solange Ashby (Barnard
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Mar. 25, 6 – 7 p.m.
Zoom, organized by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of
Science & Culture with support from the Marcella Tilles Memorial Fund
"Black Is Queen: The Divine Feminine in Kush"
The prominence of powerful goddesses and queens in the Nubian Kingdom of Kush (now
Northern Sudan) highlights the unusually high status of women in this ancient African
society and serves as a fitting focus for the study of female power in the ancient world.
Using temple inscriptions found in Egypt and Nubia, the rich funerary goods found in royal
burials, and temple and tomb imagery, Solange Ashby will discuss how ancient Africans of
the Nile Valley understood female power and presence. Songs from Beyoncé’s recent
production “Black Is King” will be woven into this presentation on Kushite queens to
emphasize the power and centrality of the African queen mother in her royal family and
kingdom.
Advanced registration required. Visit the event website to register for this free virtual
event. Registration closes 30 minutes before start time.
hmsc.harvard.edu…<https://hmsc.harvard.edu/black-queen>
HMSC Programs, hmscprograms@hmsc.harvard.edu<mailto:hmscprograms@hmsc.harvard.edu>,
617-496-1638
Jeremy Mynott
(
Cambridge)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Mar. 26, 4 – 5 p.m.
Zoom
A lecture on birds in the Greco-Roman world by Dr Jeremy Mynott
(jeremymynott.org<mailto:jeremymynott.org>), followed by Q&A. 1hr.
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required.
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zainaldin@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:zainaldin@fas.harvard.edu>
[Jeremy Mynott (Cambridge)]
April 2021
Harvard Forum on Cultural
Heritage<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Tue., Apr. 6, 10 – 11 a.m.
Zoom. Registration required.
"The National Museum of Afghanistan—Retrieving the Past, Securing the Future"
Speakers:
* Deborah Klimburg-Salter (Professor of Art History, University of Vienna, Austria/
Assoc. Dept. of South Asian Studies, Harvard University)
* Philippe Delanghe (Head of Cultural Unit, UNESCO, Kabul, Afghanistan)
* Mohammad Fahim Rahimi (Director of the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul)
This event will take place online via Zoom. It is open and free to all, but
registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvar…
is required.
Until its destruction during the decades-long war, the National Museum of Afghanistan in
Kabul was considered one of the most important museums in Asia. Tens of thousands of
unique excavated objects illuminated more than 5,000 years of Afghan history. The progress
of the restoration of the museum in all its areas has been remarkable. But continuing
violence and severe deficits in financial and human resources represent serious
obstacles.
This roundtable conversation will address the present situation of the museum, the
priorities of its director and staff, and visions for its future. The speakers will
discuss the museum's immediate and longer-term goals in capacity building and the
preservation of the country’s archaeological heritage, and they will address ways in which
international specialists can assist with these efforts.
This is first in a series of events organized by the Forum on Cultural Heritage at
Harvard, which aims to create a (for now virtual) meeting place for members of the
university community and others who share a concern for the preservation of cultural,
especially archaeological, heritage around the world.
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Excavations and Research at
Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Wed., Apr. 7, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS - ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF SARDIS, Virtual lecture; online via
Zoom
Excavations and Research at Sardis
Join us for the biennial lecture on research and discoveries at Sardis, one of the great
ancient cities of western Turkey from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. While the
pandemic prevented a full field season in 2020, a virtual Sardis season in Cambridge and
limited fieldwork in Turkey contributed to the publication of two long-awaited monographs
and advanced the conservation and preservation of this beautiful site. Director Nicholas
Cahill will report on recent work and discoveries from the 2019 and 2020 seasons and will
discuss future prospects.
Led by:
Nicholas Cahill, Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and Director, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
This talk will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required.
Sardis Biennial Lecture
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Harvard Art Museums, am_register@harvard.edu<mailto:am_register@harvard.edu>
[Excavations and Research at Sardis]
Classical Studies Graduate
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Sat., Apr. 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Zoom, organized by Boston University
13th Annual Boston University Classical Studies Graduate Conference
"A Traveller in an Antique Land: Travel and Traveling in the Ancient World"
Keynotes:
Professor William E. Mierse (University of Vermont)
Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
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classics@bu.edu<mailto:classics@bu.edu>
[Classical Studies Graduate Conference]
John Duffy (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 14, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
"The Man and the Mask: Michael Psellos on the Περὶ ἑρμηνείας of Aristotle"
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required.
John Duffy
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41st Medieval and Renaissance
Forum<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tru…
Fri., Apr. 16 – Sat., Apr. 17
Virtual Event (organized by Keene State College)
"Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance"
Please submit abstracts and full contact information on this Google
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Abstract deadline: January 15, 2021; presenters and early registration: March 15, 2021
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Kathy Eden (Columbia
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Mon., Apr. 26, 5 p.m.
Zoom, hosted by MIT
"The Shifting Status of Conjecture from Law to Literature"
Abstract: Traditionally ascribed to Hermagoras (2nd C BCE) for use in the law courts and
later developed by, among others, Cicero and Quintilian as the infrastructure of
argumentation, the so-called status system, with its three foundational
questions—conjectural (“did it happen?” [sitne]), definitional (“what happened?” [quid
sit]), and qualitative (“what kind of action was it?” [quale sit])—leaves a deep and
pervasive impact on the analysis of human agency from antiquity to the early modern
period. Focusing on the first of the three status, the conjectural, and more precisely on
its two main topics, will and power (voluntas and potestas), this talk will chart their
itinerary both in theory and practice from legal through theological to literary
discourse, with special attention to Augustine and Petrarch.
Additional
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Register<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mit.zoom.u…
in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the meeting.
MIT Ancient & Medieval Studies Colloquium Series
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[Kathy Eden (Columbia University)]
Curtis Dozier (Vassar
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Tue., Apr. 27, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
Harvard University (Zoom)
"Pharos—Doing Justice to the Classics: A Workshop"
Registration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvar…
required.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical
Traditions<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/classical-traditio…
harvard.zoom.us…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ha…
John Mulhall (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Apr. 28, 6 – 7 p.m.
Zoom
"Islam and the Prophet in the Scientific Translations of the Twelfth Century:
Accuracy and Accommodation"
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required.
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
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July 2021
Classical Association of New England Summer
Institute<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar…
Tue., July 13 – Thu., July 15 and
Tue., July 20 – Thu., July 22
Zoom
On the theme “Power and the Individual in the Ancient Mediterranean World”
The 2021 CANE Summer Institute will be held virtually over Zoom, covering 6 days over 2
weeks, July 13-15 and July 20-22.
graduate credit available
For more information and registration details, go to
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Please direct questions to the CSI director Amanda Loud at
summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>
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Amanda Loud (summerinst@caneweb.org<mailto:summerinst@caneweb.org>)
[Classical Association of New England Summer Institute]
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