The Boston Area Classics Calendar for September 16, 2016
PLEASE NOTE: * = new entry, ** = alteration or addition to an existing entry
*Dag Nikolaus Hasse (Würzburg)
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Olin Center 007, 180 Packard Avenue Tufts University Medford, MA 02155
Fri., Sep. 16, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.
“Identifying anonymous translators from Arabic into Latin.
Solving problems of philology and computational stylometry”.
Contact: Riccardo Strobino
(riccardo.strobino@tufts.edu<mailto:riccardo.strobino@tufts.edu>)
*Ari Bryen (Vanderbilt University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY—Law School WCC (Wasserstein-Casperson Student Center) 3034 1585
Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Sep. 26, 2016, 5:10 – 7:10 p.m.
“Injury and Community in the Early Roman Empire”
Event Series: Harvard Law School Legal History Workshop
*Joe Goodkin’s Odyssey
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 113 Downey House, 294 High Street Middletown, CT 06459
Wed., Sep. 28, 2016, 4:15 – 6:30 p.m.
Joe Goodkin’s performance represents In a contemporary musical mode both the abridged plot
and the performance circumstances of Homer’s original oral composition of The Odyssey.
Sponsored by Classical Studies Department
For more information please contact Debbie Sierpinski
(dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu<mailto:dsierpinski@wesleyan.edu>)
More info:
www.wesleyan.edu…<http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/events/events.html>
Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Huddleston Ballroom, 73 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
"The Measure of Homer"
Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by the John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series
Timothy Moore (Washington University in St. Louis)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Oct. 11, 2016, 6 p.m.
“Ludic Music in Ancient Greek and Roman Theater"
Cosponsored by the Department of the Classics.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Ludics
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Eric Adler (University of Maryland)
HOLY CROSS, Rehm Library (Third Floor, Smith Hall), Worcester, MA 01607
Thu., Oct. 20, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
"The Transformation of Humanism and the Fate of Classical Studies in America"
More info:
www.holycross.edu…<http://www.holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-cent…
Sabine Ladstätter (Austrian Archaeological Institute)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA
Tue., Oct. 25, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.
Sabine Ladstätter is the Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, and is
Excavation Director at Ephesus.
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics and the Standing Committee on Archaeology.
Event Series: Standing Committee on Archaeology: Harvard University
Brita Lorentzen (Cornell University, Dendrochronology Lab)
HOLY CROSS, Smith Labs 154, Worcester, MA 01607
Thu., Oct. 27, 2016, 5 p.m.
"Fueling the Desert Fires: Long-Term Environmental Impacts of Copper Production in
the Faynan, Jordan"
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program
Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (Johns Hopkins University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, 4 p.m.
"Inscriptions on Attic and non-Attic vases"
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Joel Christensen (Brandeis University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Plimpton Room (Barker 133), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
TBA
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Johanna Hanink (Brown University)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 13, 2017, 5 p.m.
TBA
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greek and Rome
More info:
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu…<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvar…
Hellenistic Sardis Project
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Feb. 23 – Fri., Feb. 24, 2017
TBA
Christelle Fischer-Bovet (Univ. of Southern California)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Mar. 20, 2017, 5 p.m.
TBA
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