Boston Area Classics Calendar
February 2023
Sherry (Chiayi) Lee (Princeton
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Thu., Feb. 9, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
UMass Boston, Remote via Zoom
"Using tiered texts for reading proficiency in the intermediate/advanced Latin
classroom."
Use this
link<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_SL…
to sign up to receive Zoom information.
UMass Boston SLA and Classics
Seminar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.umb.e…
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Christopher Cochran
(Christopher.Cochran@umb.edu<mailto:Christopher.Cochran@umb.edu>)
Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical
Effectiveness<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-cale…
Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
This is a virtual event - please register here to attend on Zoom:
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Five panelists will share their expertise and suggestions to facilitate the goals of
preparing all graduate students in Classical Studies for their teaching careers:
Dr. Ellen Cole Lee, University of Pittsburgh;
Dr. Ivy Livingston, Harvard University;
Dr. Amy Pistone, Gonzaga University;
Dr. Colin Shelton, University of Chicago;
Dr. Molly Swetnam-Burland, College of William and Mary.
Dr. Evelyn Adkins, of Case Western Reserve University, will preside with assistance from
the members of the Committee for College and University Education of SCS.
All are welcome, and Directors of Graduate Programs and Graduate Faculty in Classical
Studies are particularly encouraged to attend.
This event is sponsored by the Society for Classical Studies and the CCUE.
classicalstudies.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3…
Teresa Ramsby, tramsby@umass.edu<mailto:tramsby@umass.edu>
[Preparing Graduate Students in Classical Studies for Pedagogical Effectiveness]
Panel. Women in Ancient Greece: Violence, Labor and
Poverty<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Thu., Feb. 16, 2 – 4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RCCHU Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 or via
Zoom
Elena Duce Pastor (Autonomous University of Madrid), Irene Cisneros-Abellán (University of
Zaragoza), and Aida Fernández Prieto (Manchester Metropolitan University) will each
deliver a lecture. Attend in person or via Zoom.
"Rape and marriage: A gender perspective from violence in the Archaic Greek
colonization (c. VIII – VI BC)"
Speaker: Elena Duce Pastor
"Female workers: The invisible hands (c. V – IV BC)"
Irene Cisneros-Abellán
"Endowing poor girls: Civic concern and private initiative in Ancient Greece (c. V –
III BC)"
Aida Fernández Prieto
Organized by Unai Iriarte Asarta (RCCHU Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of the
Classics at Harvard University). Sponsored by RCCHU, Autonomous University of Madrid,
University of Zaragoza, and Manchester Metropolitan University.
rcc.harvard.edu…<https://rcc.harvard.edu/event/panel-greece-ii-women-anc…
Nadav Asraf (Havard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Feb. 24, 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"A Case Study in Homeric Versification and Technique: The Homeric Forms πέρθετο
(Il.12.15), περθομένη (Il.2.374 = 4.291 = 13.816), and πέρθαι (Il.16.708) as Bardic
Usages"
The Homeric averbo of the verb πέρθω 'destroy, sack [a city]' presents a few
unique forms and usages: first, the forms πέρθετο and περθομένη, which, despite being
present formations, have aoristic value; second, the form πέρθαι which is a morphological
mystery. The solutions proposed thus far sought to explain these forms as either
linguistic archaisms or as the outcome of ad hoc linguistic changes. The talk will examine
these explanations and offer a new explanation, one rooted in the formulaic and metrical
constraints of Homeric versification.
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
March 2023
Alexander Jones (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World,
NYU)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?trum…
Wed., Mar. 1, 5:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker Center, Room 133, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Representations of Time and Space on Greco-Roman Timekeeping Devices"
Two technologies predominated in Greco-Roman timekeeping: sundials, which were static
objects exploiting the changing directions of sunlight and shadow, and waterclocks, which
translated a controlled flow of water into a display of time. It was characteristic of
both technologies to represent both the season of the year and the time of day, measured
in hours of seasonally varying length such that the intervals separating sunrise and
sunset always comprised twelve equal hours. The grids of "day curves" and
"hour curves" featured in varied ways on sundials and mechanized waterclocks
were not merely a means of reading off the present date and time, but also a diagrammatic
image of the spherical framework of Greek cosmology embedding astronomical definitions of
uniform motion and measurable time.
Also sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Diagrams Across Disciplines:
History, Theory,
Practice<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/diagrams-ac…ce>.
Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and
Rome<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/civilizations-ancient-gr…
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harva…
Jorge Wong (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Mar. 3, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
The -εσσι Datives in Homer and Lesbian Aeolic
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
Arsen Nisanyan (Harvard
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Wed., Mar. 8, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Kindling the song of Humanism: How one translation of Homer's Iliad changed the
intellectual life of modern Turkey"
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
David Stifter (Maynooth
University)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calend…
Fri., Mar. 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
What’s the News in Ancient Celtic?
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Tue., Mar. 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Gyges: Parable, Greek mythos and the Near East"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the first of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series,
titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks," will reexamine the Greeks' relation with Lydia in the archaic period in
the light of the important recent archaeological discoveries. Lectures will include
discussion of Gyges, the Greek cities of Asia Minor, Lydian tradition and Xanthos of
Lydia, the impact of Lydia on the Greeks and on Greek traditions, Greek fable in contrast
to Near Eastern evidence.
The lectures are open to the public.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Thu., Mar. 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
"The East Greek cities and Lydia"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the second of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series
is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks."
Reception to follow.
Jackson Lecture Series
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Mon., Mar. 27, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Lydian tradition, Xanthus and post-military Lydia
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the third of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series
is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at
Sardis<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Tue., Mar. 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Menschel Hall, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses recent
excavations at Sardis, sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958,
and authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Since 1979 a member of the
Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, situated in western Türkiye, Prof. Cahill has served
beginning in 2008 as its director. Recent accomplishments include the discovery of some
of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historic context, a new restoration of
antiquity’s largest Synagogue, and discovery of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating
earthquake.
Please see the Harvard Art Museums event calendar for full event details:
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Photo ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
Sardis Biennial Lecture
Contact: am_sardis@harvard.edu<mailto:am_sardis@harvard.edu>
[Biennial Lecture: Research and Excavations at Sardis]
Rosalind Thomas (University of
Oxford)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?t…
Wed., Mar. 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Croesus and the Lydian empire: Some thoughts"
Professor Rosalind Thomas presents the fourth of her Jackson Lectures. Her lecture series
is titled "'...than the Chariots of the Lydians': Archaic Lydia and the
Greeks."
Jackson Lecture Series
April 2023
Alexander Vega (Harvard University) and Maxwell Wade (Boston
College)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Wed., Apr. 12, 5 – 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Topics TBD
John Duffy
Society<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/links/john-duffy-society>
Thórhallur Eythorsson (University of
Iceland)<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?…
Thu., Apr. 13, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 335, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Oblique Subjects in Indo-European: a Reassessment
GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical
Linguistics”<https://linguistics.fas.harvard.edu/pages/indo-european-wor…
A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb
Collection<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Sun., Apr. 16, 2:30 – 4 p.m.
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, Deknatel Room, Lower Level, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Join us for presentations, a conversation, and a stroll through the special exhibition
with
Florian Knauss, Director, State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek, Munich, and
Professor University of Augsburg.
Mirte Liebregts, Doctoral candidate, Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Nijmegen,
the Netherlands.
Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of Classics, Harvard University.
Sponsored by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation.
harvardartmuseums.org…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-…
A Symposium: Antiochus III’s Edict(s) to Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local
Agency<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calendar?tr…
Thu., Apr. 20 – Fri., Apr. 21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,, Cambridge, MA 02138
Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder (co-organizers)
See
website<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochus-iiis-edicts…
for details.
cjs.fas.harvard.edu…<https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_event/antiochu…
Harvard Classics Graduate Student
Conference<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 21 – Sat., Apr. 22
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
Keynote speaker: Eric Cline (George Washington University)
See the Call for
Papers<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-papers-2023-graduate-s…
for details.
classics.fas.harvard.edu…<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/news/call-pap…
contact: harvardgradconf@gmail.com<mailto:harvardgradconf@gmail.com>
A Symposium in Honor of Ioli
Kalavrezou<https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/boston-area-classics-calenda…
Fri., Apr. 28 – Sun., Apr. 30
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Sackler Building, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
02138<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__maps.google.co…
Students and colleagues will gather to celebrate the career of Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton
Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art, Harvard University. The symposium will feature papers by
her students. This event is free and open to the public.
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