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Fri., Nov. 2
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, 207 Founders Hall, Wellesley, MA 02481
Timothy Cornell (The University of Manchester)
"Biographers in Historians' Clothing? The Methods of Plutarch and
Suetonius"
Reception to follow. For information call 781-283-2605.
Sat., Nov. 3
9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The Science Center, Hall A, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Athens Dialogues. Science, Technology and Ethics: Ancient Perspectives and Modern
Challenges
Technology is sometimes viewed as a force that diminishes the creative possibilities of
human life at the same time as it enhances material prosperity. This meeting will explore
an alternative view that takes its inspiration from the ancient Greek conception of tekhnê
as a form of knowledge that embraces art, craft, and science. Gathering together an
internationally renowned group of scholars, educators, and practitioners, the meeting will
examine ways in which an appreciation of technology as tekhnê can help to bridge perceived
gaps between the sciences (pure and applied), the arts, and the humanities.
Convener: Mark Schiefsky, Professor and Chair, Department of the Classics, Harvard
University
Speakers:
Suzanne Anker, Visual Artist, Theorist
Albert Borgmann, Professor of Philosophy, University of Montana
Joseph Brain, Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
Constantinos Daskalakis, Assistant Professor, MIT
John Durant, MIT Museum Director and Adjunct Professor in the Science, Technology &
Society Program
Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University
Sean Kelly, Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
George Khushf, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Director, Center for Bioethics
University of South Carolina
https://www.facebook.com/athensdialogues
http://www.onassisusa.org/documents/STE_HarvardProgram.pdf
Tues., Nov. 6
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Mandel G12, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
Fred S. Kleiner (Boston University)
"Deification and Damnation: The Creation and Destruction of Art in Imperial
Rome"
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.
*Wed., Nov. 7
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Law Barristers Hall (765 Comm. Ave., first Floor), Boston, MA
02215
Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews)
"Greek Gods and the Archaic Aesthetics of Life"
Commentator: Charles Griswold (BU)
Part of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion's 2012-2013 Lecture Series:
http://www.bu.edu/ipr/
Free and open to the public.
Wed., Nov. 7
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, Herter Hall 227, Amherst, MA 01003
Asa Mittman (California State University Chico)
"Sea Monsters to Space Aliens, or, Why We Need Monster Studies"
Presented by the UMass Department of Classics and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts,
with the Departments of Art History, English, History, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies,
and the Five College Medieval Studies Seminar.
Reception to follow.
Poster:
http://tinyurl.com/seamonstersumass
*Thurs., Nov. 8
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Theology Building, Rm. 409 (745 Commonwealth Avenue), Boston,
MA 02215
Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews)
"Greek Gods and the Archaic Aesthetics of Life"
This seminar will be a discussion of passages in Greek (with translations also available)
related to Halliwell's general talk the night before.
Free and open to the public.
http://www.bu.edu/classics/about/the-study-group-on-religion-and-myth-in-th…
Thurs., Nov. 8
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ian Moyer (University of Michigan)
"A Polis of Priests: Ptolemaic priestly decrees and the politics of
translation"
Mahindra Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Discovery of the Classical World(s):
Perspectives from the Outside"
(faculty bio:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/people/ci.moyerian_ci.detail)
Mon., Nov. 12
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
02138
Oswyn Murry (Balliol College, University of Oxford)
"The Symposion between East and West"
A James Loeb Lecture sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Nov. 13
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
SWISSNEX BOSTON, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Benedikt Zäch (Chief Curator of the Coin Cabinet and Collection on Antiques in Winterthur,
Zurich, and Lecturer at the University of Zurich)
"Numismatics – a Swiss perspective"
Benedikt Zäch will speak about the Coin Cabinet and the importance of the Swiss
numismatist Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer and his impact on the study of ancient Greek and Roman
coins to this day, as well as as well as on the legacy of his work and collection in the
21st century.
Q & A session, moderated by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins
at the Harvard Art Museums, and a networking reception will follow the lecture.
Please RSVP HERE if you would like to attend (free of charge):
http://tinyurl.com/swissnexRSVP
Thurs., Nov. 15
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106, 95 Cushing St. Providence, RI
02912
Timothy Lubin (Washington and Lee University)
"Status Mapping in Classical India: How Brahmins Cornered the Market in Norms"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown
**Mon., Dec. 10
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
02138
Jan Felix Gaertner (Privatdozent, University of Leipzig and Lecturer on the Classics,
Harvard University)
"Caesar rediscovered? The Bellum Alexandrinum and its Language(s) and
historiographical style(s)"
Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar
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