Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #2 (9/16/05)
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*Fri., Sept. 16, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence
RI
Alan Boegehold (Brown University)
"Ways of Reading Archilochus, fr. 2 West"
*Wed., Sept. 21, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Crystal Room of Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting Street,
Providence RI
The Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Geoffrey Lloyd (Cambridge University)
"Models for Living in Ancient Greece and China"
Thurs., Sept. 22 - Sat., Sept. 24
YALE UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, Phelps Hall, 344 College
Street, New Haven, CT
Conference: The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual
For information:
http://www.yale.edu/classics/emperor_conf.html
*Mon., Oct. 3, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Arrowsmith/Lindsay Library, Room 409, 745
Commonwealth Ave., Boston
The Institute for the Classical Tradition and the Study Group on Myth
and Religion in the Ancient World
Aldo Setaioli (Universita di Perugia)
"Seneca and the Divine"
For more information, contact Sal Sordillo, 617-353-2427,
salvy(a)bu.edu. Refreshments will be served
*Mon., Oct. 3, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Institute for Archaeology, 70 Waterman Street,
Providence RI
Paul Cartledge (Cambridge University)
"Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past"
*Thurs., Oct. 6, 5:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Semitic Museum, Braun Room, Harvard Divinity
School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA
In conjunction with the American Schools of Oriental Research and
Massachusetts Archaeology Month
Dr. Holly Pittman (University of Pennsylvania)
"An Iranian Nexus of Trade and Commerce at 2500 B.C."
Reception following lecture at Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue
For more information contact Dena Davis (617 495 4631)
davis4(a)fas.harvard.edu
Tues., Oct. 11, 4:15 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Irad Malkin (Tel Aviv University)
"Mediterranean Networks: Between Rhodes and Naukratis"
*Tues., Oct. 11, 5:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence
RI
Tony Woodman (University of Virginia)
"Making History: The Heading of Augustus' *Res Gestae*"
*Fri., Oct. 14, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence
RI
John Penwill (Latrobe University, Australia)
"Philosophy in Performance: Seneca's *Trojan Women*"
*Fri., Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union, Conference Auditorium,
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
The Ernest R. Graham Lecture in Ancient Architecture
Peter Richardson (University of Toronto)
"Herod's Innovative Architecture, between Rome and the Levant"
Sponsored by Boston Society of The Archaeological Institute of America
Free and open to the public
*Mon., Oct. 31, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence
RI
Lowell Edmunds (Rutgers University)
"The Abduction of the Beautiful Wife: The Helen Myth in Comparative
Perspective"
*Fri., Nov. 4 - Sat., Nov. 5
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (specific location TBA)
"Teaching with Objects: The Curatorial Legacy of David Gorden Mitten"
A celebration to honor David Mitten's 70th birthday and his retirement
after thirty years
as Curator of Ancient Art at the Harvard University Art Museums
Reception and keynote address on Friday evening; symposium on Saturday
Contact: Amy Brauer (brauer(a)fas.harvard.edu) or Karen Manning
(kmanning(a)fas.harvard.edu), 617-495-3393
*Wed., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Babbott Room of the Octagon, Amherst, MA
On the Aeneid (exact title TBA)
Michael Putnam, (Brown University)
Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
*Thu., Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence
RI
Eran Lupu (George Washington University)
"The Hellenization of Palestine: An Epigraphic Perpective"
*Thu. Nov. 17, 8:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Institute for Archaeology, 70 Waterman St.,
Providence RI
Catherine Kiessling (Georgetown University)
"Portraits in Ancient Greece: An Alternative History"
*Mon., Nov. 28, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, 48 College Street, Providence
RI
Maurice Rehn (Stanford University)
"Antigone and Family Values"
*Mon., Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst, MA
Title TBA
Jean Sorabella (Adelphi University)
Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
*Mon., Apr. 10, 4:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst, MA
"Life and Death in Roman Dura-Europus"
Simon James, (University of Leicester)
Reception following (for directions e-mail swupton(a)amherst.edu)
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
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.