Dear all,
My apologies, but two postings on the previous version were listed with incorrect dates.
The two events listed immediately below will take place on April 19th (not May 19th).
*Thurs., Apr. 19
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-Harvard
Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Bernadette J. Brooten (Brandeis University)
"A Precarious Life: Human Property and the Synod of Elvira"
Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, an
association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston area. For more information,
please, contact Annewies van den Hoek, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, or visit the website at
http://www.bostontheological.org/patristica_bostoniensia.html
*Thurs., Apr. 19
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 305, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Agnes Callard (University of Chicago)
"Remoralizing Weakness of Will"
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy
Reception in Emerson Hall, Room 107 immediately following talk.
CORRECTED CALENDAR for April 16, 2012
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* = new entry
** = alteration or addition to a former entry
*Tues., Apr. 17
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138
José Luis García Ramón (University of Cologne)
"Indo-European Continuity in Greek and Italic Onomastics"
A James Loeb lecture, sponsored by the Department of the Classics
Tues., Apr. 17
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall 104, Medford, MA 02155
Josephine Crawley Quinn (University of Oxford)
2012 Classics and Archaeology Speaker Series: "Phoenicianisms"
Lecture 1: Imagining Phoenicians
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
**Wed., Apr. 18
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahondra Humanities Center, Kresge Room, Cambridge, MA 02138
Eric M. Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
"Christians Saved at Pompeii? Examples of literary evocations of Pompeii in AD
79"
Poster:
http://tinyurl.com/MoormannPompeii
Wed., Apr. 18
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall 104, Medford, MA 02155
Josephine Crawley Quinn (University of Oxford)
2012 Classics and Archaeology Speaker Series: "Phoenicianisms"
Lecture 2: Constructing a Punic World
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
*Thurs., Apr. 19
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
BOSTON AREA PATRISTICS GROUP, Rabinowitz Room, third floor of the Andover-Harvard
Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Bernadette J. Brooten (Brandeis University)
"A Precarious Life: Human Property and the Synod of Elvira"
Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, an
association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston area. For more information,
please, contact Annewies van den Hoek, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, or visit the website at
http://www.bostontheological.org/patristica_bostoniensia.html
*Thurs., Apr. 19
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
José Luis García Ramón (University of Cologne)
A Block Seminar on the Greek Dialects
"Thessalian in Light of New Inscriptions"
Presented by the Department of the Classics and the Department of Linguistics
*Thurs., Apr. 19
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Emerson 305, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Agnes Callard (University of Chicago)
"Remoralizing Weakness of Will"
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy
Reception in Emerson Hall, Room 107 immediately following talk.
Thurs., Apr. 19
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen)
"Elephant of India"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://www.facebook.com/classicsbrown.
Thurs., Apr. 19
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Barnum Hall 104, Medford, MA 02155
Josephine Crawley Quinn (University of Oxford)
2012 Classics and Archaeology Speaker Series: "Phoenicianisms"
Lecture 3: Roman Phoenicianisms
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
*Fri., Apr. 20
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNVERSITY, Boylston 303, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
José Luis García Ramón (University of Cologne)
A Block Seminar on the Greek Dialects
"The New Tablets in Linear B from Thebes and Mycenaean Religion"
Presented by the Department of the Classics and the Department of Linguistics
Fri. & Sat., Apr. 20-21
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center Room 133, 12 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Workshop: "Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in Antiquity: The
Silk Trade"
This interdisciplinary workshop brings together historians, archaeologists and textile
specialists to discuss questions and approaches concerning the silk trade between the
Mediterranean world and Asia.
Peter Fibiger Bang (University of Copenhagen), Mary Harlow (The Danish National Research
Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research Copenhagen / University of Birmingham), Berit
Hildebrandt (Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard / University of Hannover), Irene Good
(University of Oxford), J. Mark Kenoyer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Xinru Liu (The
College of New Jersey), Richard Meadow (Harvard University), Marie-Louise Nosch (The
Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research Copenhagen), Beate
Wagner-Hasel (University of Hannover), Thelma K. Thomas (New York University), Lillian
Lan-ying Tseng (New York University), Angela Sheng (McMaster University), Feng Zhao (China
National Silk Museum Hangzhou).
The workshop is sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation in collaboration with the Mahindra
Humanities Center at Harvard. It is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Please register in advance with the organizer Berit Hildebrandt
(bhildebrandt(a)fas.harvard.edu). For more information, please visit
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/exchange-along-silk-roads…
*Fri., Apr. 20
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Translating the Bible in the Middle Ages: A One-Day Symposium at Harvard University
Organizers: Nicholas Watson and Luis Girón-Negrón
Sponsored by the Provostial Fund for the Humanities, the Medieval Studies Committee, and
the Medieval English Colloquium
Please see blogspot for program information:
http://vernacularbibles.blogspot.com/
Fri., Apr. 20
4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Faculty Dining Room, George Sherman Union, 5th fl., 745 Commonwealth
Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Boston University Roman Studies Conference
Joy Connolly (New York University): "The Poetics of Non-Sovereign Freedom in
Horace's Satires"
James Uden (Boston University): "The Satirist and the Scholar in Second-Century
Rome"
Joel Relihan (Wheaton College): "Apuleius and Lucian: A Menippean Moment in the
Second Century"
Dinner to follow the conference. INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Contact Stacy Fox, Dept.
of Classical Studies, Boston University, sfox(a)bu.edu / 617-353-2427.
Fri., Apr. 20
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 110, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"Coin Hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive
deposits?"
http://www.archaeological.org/lectures/abstracts/5776
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America (William E. Metcalf Lecture in
Numismatics) and the Harvard University Department of the Classics
Wed., Apr. 25
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Benjamin Isaacs (Tel Aviv University)
"Romans and Nomads"
Wed., Apr. 25
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Manfred Bietak (University of Vienna, Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo)
"The gold of valour and the Palace of the Hyksos Khayan at Avaris: Recent results of
the excavations at Tell el-Dab'a"
For the schedule of papers and abstracts, and to register, please see:
http://www.tinyurl.com/giza2012
Thurs., Apr. 26
8:45 a.m. - 5 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, Room S-010, 1730 Cambridge
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Egyptology symposium
"Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Perspectives on the
Pyramid Age"
A one-day International Egyptology symposium to consider questions of kingship,
religion, art, economics, and old and new archaeological excavations at the
Giza Pyramids and beyond (3rd millennium BCE).
For the schedule of papers and abstracts, and to register (a free, five-second process)
please go to
http://www.tinyurl.com/giza2012.
(Please note: there will also be a special lecture on Tell ed-Daba by Prof. Manfred Bietak
on Wednesday, April 25 at 5:00 p.m.)
Thurs., Apr. 26
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485
Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
Roger Bland (British Museum)
"New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain"
Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture
For more information, visit our website:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=42093
**Mon., Apr. 30
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Location: RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania)
"Divination in Augustine and Iamblichus"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://brown.edu/academics/classics/events-highlights/upcoming-events/upcom…
May 5 through June 24
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH 03755
"Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean"
This exhibition explores how the close observation of works of art can reveal connections
to wider cultural, religious, political, and social themes. It is part of an innovative
collection-sharing initiative created to highlight the importance of teaching with
original works of art as part of the college curriculum. Funded by a generous grant from
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this program enabled Yale University Art Gallery to lend
forty-seven ancient Mediterranean objects to the Hood for a two-year period. Over the
course of this past year and a half, Dartmouth faculty and students from a range of
disciplines including art history, classical archaeology, and history have used both the
Yale loans and works from the Hood collection to explore current discourses on such topics
as gender systems, representation and identity, and center and periphery in the Roman
Empire. By working closely with faculty and students to document these projects, the Hood
wishes to highlight this major part of its daily activities as a teaching museum and make
visible its work with undergraduate students, most of which happens “behind the scenes” in
Bernstein Study-Storage Center. For more information, visit
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~yaleart/
**Tues., May 8
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, RI Hall 108, Providence, RI 02912
Beatrice Caseau (Universite Paris-Sorbonne; Paris IV)
"Shaping the Body for God"
Free and Open to the Public. For more information visit
http://brown.edu/academics/classics/events-highlights/upcoming-events/upcom…
*Wed., May 16
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hood Museum of Art, Kim gallery, Hanover, NH 03755
Panel Discussion
"Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean: Spotlight on Teaching with
Objects"
Dartmouth professors teaching courses on ancient Greek and Roman culture will discuss
their work with objects on loan from Yale University Art Gallery over the past year.
Roberta Stewart, Paul Christesen, Kathleen Corrigan, Jeremy Rutter, and Roger Ulrich will
talk about introducing students to the issues that stem from the close investigation of
objects. The session will include a preview of a documentary film about the project. A
reception will follow.
Sat., July 14
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
LEGION III CYRENAICA PRESENTATION, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester MA
01606
Andy Volpe (Legion III Cyrenaica)
"Legion III Cyrenaica Roman Legion"
Legion III, a New England based Roman living history group, will give a presentation about
the life of a Roman Soldier in the 1st Century AD / CE and a brief history of the Legion
during its tenure in Alexandria, Egypt. Also discussed will be combat, training, arms and
armor.
For more information, contact Legion member Andy Volpe at PalusButeo(a)hotmail.com; or,
Higgins Armory Museum at
www.higgins.org.
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.
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