Boston Area Classics Calendar 2005/2006: #28 (4/14/06)
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Mon., Apr. 17, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Humanities Center, Room 133, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA
Seminar on the Civilizations of Greece and Rome
Donald Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley)
"Males as Agents in Euripides"
Tues., Apr. 18, 4:00 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics,
48 College Street, Providence, RI
Erwin Cook (Trinity University)
"Nestor's Big Adventure: Making Sense of Iliad, Book 8"
Tues., Apr. 18, 5:15 p.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Hall, Northampton MA
James Tatum (Dartmouth College)
"Hector's Tomb: The War Memorial as Side Show" (illustrated lecture)
An event in the series "Nostoi: Stories of War and Return from Troy to
Iraq"
Tues., Apr. 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Goddard Chapel, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 1: "From Imperium to Imperialism: Writing the Roman Empire"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>du>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Wed., Apr. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 2: "Ruling Regions, Exploiting Resources"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>du>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Thurs., Apr. 20, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
The Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Lecture
Christof Boehringer (Curator Emeritus of the Collection of the
University of Gottingen, Germany)
"Signing and Non-Signing Engravers in the Classical Greek Coinage of
Sicily"
Thurs., Apr. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 3: "Power, Sex, and Empire"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>du>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Fri., Apr. 21, 3:45 p.m.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, George Sherman Union's Faculty Dining Room, 775
Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA
The Twelfth Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
Denis Feeney (Princeton University), "Founding and Re-founding the City
of Rome"
Ann Vasaly (Boston University), "Characterization and Complexity:
Caesar, Sallust, and Livy"
Tony Woodman (University of Virginia), "Mutiny and Madness: Annals
1.16-51"
A reception and dinner conclude conference
For registration and other information see
http://www.bu.edu/classics/events/roman/ or contact Prof. Pat Larash or
Mr. Ben Thompson <romstud(at)bu.edu>, 617-353-2426
Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and Boston
University's Humanities Foundation
Sat., Apr. 22 - Sun., Apr. 23
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA
The Third Biennial Graduate Student Conference of the Department of the
Classics
"Imagined Places: The Construction of Space in the Ancient World"
Keynote Speaker: Alessandro Barchiesi (Stanford University/Universita
di Siena ad Arezzo)
Closing Comments: Gregory Nagy (Harvard University)
For the full schedule of events and information on panelists see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/conferences/ImaginedPlaces/
ImaginedPlaces.html
*Mon., Apr. 24, 4:30 p.m.
YALE UNIVERSITY, Department of Classics, PH 407, New Haven, CT
Classics and Theory Colloquium
Alessandro Barchiesi (University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford
University)
"Phaethon and the Monsters"
Mon., Apr. 24, 6:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA
A James Loeb Lecture
Hermann Parzinger (German Archaeological Institute)
"Monumental Kurgans in the Siberian Steppe: The Scythian Elite Burial
from Arzhan in Tuva"
Sponsored by the Department of the Classics, Harvard Art Museums, and
the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Mon., Apr. 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, 001 Braker Hall, Medford, MA
Balmuth Lectures: "Experiencing Empire: Power and Identity in the Roman
World"
David J. Mattingly (University of Leicester)
Lecture 4: "Identity and Discrepancy"
For more information contact R. Bruce Hitchner
<bruce.hitchner(a)tufts.edu>du>, 617-627-3213
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and generously underwritten by
the family and friends of the late Professor Miriam S. Balmuth
Tues., Apr. 25, 5:30 p.m.
AMHERST COLLEGE, Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall, College
Street (Rt 9), Amherst, MA
Spring Meeting of the New England Ancient Historians Colloquium
Emma Dench (Harvard University and Birkbeck College, University of
London)
Schedule: 5:30 Wine and Cheese, 6:30 Dinner, 7:30 Paper, Response, and
Discussion
For more information contact Cynthia Damon <cdamon(a)amherst.edu>du>,
413-542-8126
Wed., Apr. 26, 5:30 p.m.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Department of Philosophy,
54 College Street, Room 119, Providence, RI
Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
"Why Physics? Stoic Views on the Contributions of Natural Science to
Human Happiness"
*Wed., Apr. 26, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Richards Auditorium, 115 Murkland Hall,
Durham, NH
John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series spring lecture
Monica Cyrino (University of New Mexico)
"From Helen of Sparta to Helen of Troy"
Presented with the support of the UNH College of Liberal Arts and the
Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Eta Sigma Phi
Open and free to the public; small reception to follow
For more information contact Thelma Sidmore <tss(a)cisunix.unh.edu>
*Thurs., Fri., Sat., Apr. 27, 28, 29, 8:00 p.m.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Classical Club presents:
Aristohanes' "The Birds" in original translation
Ticket Prices: $5 for students, $7 for non-students
Sat., Apr. 29, 11:00 a.m.
SMITH COLLEGE, Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Art Building, Northampton, MA
16th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Susan Rotroff (Washington University)
"Industrial Religion: Ritual Pyres in Ancient Athens"
Reception following
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mass.
Society
Thurs., May 18, 7:30 p.m.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Rockefeller Hall, Hanover, NH
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
David Reeve (UNC, Chapel Hill)
"Plato's Goat-Stags: Philosophers and Cities in the Republic"
Commentary by Mark McPherran (U Maine, Farmington)
For more information contact Margaret Graver
<margaret.r.graver(a)dartmouth.edu>
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.