BU Classics Dept. Grad. Conference

The Department of Classical Studies at Boston University is now accepting papers for its 11th annual Graduate Studies Conference entitled "The Mythological Other".

This year, the conference will examine the question of marginalization in mythic narratives and religious life in the Greek city-states, the kingdoms of the Hellenistic Period and the Roman Republic and Empire. We invite papers that explore how the ancient Greeks and Romans – citizens and non-citizens, male and female, free and slave alike – sought to define who belonged, and who did not, in both their mythic narratives and religious practice.

Our keynote speaker, Rebecca Futo Kennedy, will give a talk entitled "Suppliants at the Dionysia: Embracing Refugees in an Anti-Immigrant Athens".

Abstracts for 20 minute papers should include a brief bibliography and should not exceed 500 words. Please send your proposals and a title to [email protected] by January 7th, 2019.

See full CFP here: https://t.co/II2OdXqVg0

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Miss the deadline for registration on March 9th? Never fear! You may not get a free lunch, but there will still be food for the soul (and also coffee). So if any of these talks speak to you, make sure you clear your schedule for Saturday and come to BU's School of Theology (745 Commonwealth Avenue) and make Seneca proud! (For as we all know, Seneca knows how to have a good time!)

9:45-11:15am: Panel One: Identity in Greek and Roman Cults
Sherry Lee, Yale University: “From Courtesans, To Goddesses: Tracing Locrian female cult and the Adonia in the dedicatory epigrams of Nossis”
Kevin Woram, University of Virginia: “The Matronae Cult of the Roman Rhineland: Religion, Identity and Creolization in a Provincial Context”
Maggie Eismeier, University of California, Los Angeles: “Societal Multilingualism and Personal Identity in Roman Leptis Magna”

11:30am-12:30pm: Panel Two: Identity Politics of Judaism and Christianity
Ben Nikota, New York University: “Famosae Urbis Supremum Diem: Idealization, Anxieties of Empire, and Ethnic Distortion in Tacitus’ Jewish Excursus”
Damon Smith, Catholic University of America: “Hellenic Identity and Julian’s Edict on Teachers”

2:00-3:30pm: Panel Three: Slavery, Provincial Identity, and Material Culture in Greece and Rome
Rebecca Gerdes, Cornell University: “‘International cuisine’ in port cities of the Hellenistic Aegean”
Sergio Arguello, University of Southern California: “Vox Capillata: The Identity of Slave Boys in the Cena Trimalchionis”
Luther Karper, Brown University: “From Thessaly to Rome: The Journey of a Provincial Ass in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses”

3:45-5:00pm: Keynote
Steven Smith, Hofstra University: “A Question of Breeding: Aelian, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great in India (De natura animalium 8.1)”

We hope to see you there!

Still considering coming to our graduate conference next Saturday, March 17th? Well, we'll let our program speak for itself!

9:45-11:15am: Panel One: Identity in Greek and Roman Cults
1. Sherry Lee, Yale University: “From Courtesans, To Goddesses: Tracing Locrian female cult and the Adonia in the dedicatory epigrams of Nossis”
2. Kevin Woram, University of Virginia: “The Matronae Cult of the Roman Rhineland: Religion, Identity and Creolization in a Provincial Context”
3. Maggie Eismeier, University of California, Los Angeles: “Societal Multilingualism and Personal Identity in Roman Leptis Magna”

11:30am-12:30pm: Panel Two: Identity Politics of Judaism and Christianity
1. Ben Nikota, New York University: “Famosae Urbis Supremum Diem: Idealization, Anxieties of Empire, and Ethnic Distortion in Tacitus’ Jewish Excursus”
2. Damon Smith, Catholic University of America: “Hellenic Identity and Julian’s Edict on Teachers”

2:00-3:30pm: Panel Three: Slavery, Provincial Identity, and Material Culture in Greece and Rome
1. Rebecca Gerdes, Cornell University: “‘International cuisine’ in port cities of the Hellenistic Aegean”
2. Sergio Arguello, University of Southern California: “Vox Capillata: The Identity of Slave Boys in the Cena Trimalchionis”
3. Luther Karper, Brown University: “From Thessaly to Rome: The Journey of a Provincial Ass in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses”

3:45-5:00pm: Keynote
1. Steven Smith, Hofstra University: “A Question of Breeding: Aelian, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great in India (De natura animalium 8.1)”

And on top of all this goodness, you'll also get a free lunch - provided you register by March 9th! So don't miss out!
www.bu.edu/classics/gradcon

Graduate Student Conference | Classical Studies

Registration for our 2018 Graduate Conference, "Identity Under Empire," is now LIVE! You won't want to miss out on a day full of exciting talks, from cult worship to the material culture of Hellenistic food and so much more!

We're looking forward to you joining us and meeting all the impressive speakers; so make sure you sign up by March 9th!

Graduate Student Conference | Classical Studies

It's nearly 2018 - happy almost new year, everyone! And what better way to kick off January than sending in an abstract on "Identity Under Empire"?

We look forward to your fresh perspectives on identity in antiquity! Check out the details at our website, and don't forget to email your abstracts to [email protected] by January 14th!

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We're baaack!

I'm very happy to announce that Boston University is now accepting papers for its 2018 Graduate Conference, "Identity Under Empire: Defining the Self under the Cultural Hegemony of the Athenian, Macedonian, and Roman Empires." Abstracts are due January 14, 2018.

We're excited to hear from you! And for more details, check out our website!

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It's that time of year again! The 2018 BU Graduate Conference is under construction! Keep your eyes peeled for a call for papers, but for now we're happy to announce our keynote speaker (and distinguished alum), Professor Steven Smith!

BU Classics Dept. Grad. Conference updated their phone number.

What a great conference! We were really pleased to have such a wonderful lineup of speakers. Thanks to everyone who helped make yesterday's event possible!

Today's the day! Come to BU for the 2017 graduate conference, Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World!

Are you excited for Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World this Saturday? Come join us for some really amazing talks! Don't worry if you missed the initial registration: all attendees are welcome, we just may not have a lunch for you.

I am pleased to announce open registration for Boston University's 2017 Graduate Conference, Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World! The conference will take place on Saturday, March 18, from 11 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Please register by March 8! http://www.bu.edu/classics/lectures-conferences/graduate-student-conference/conference-reg/

Conference Registration | Classical Studies Please fill out the form below to register for the Graduate Conference 2017. Email [email protected] with any questions.

Wondering what's happening with the BU Classics Grad. Conference this year? Check out the BU Classics page, or stay tuned! Our conference this year is on the theme of Foreign Relations in the Ancient World. We'll have more information here soon! If you wanted to apply but missed the deadline, contact us via buclassicsgradconf at gmail dot com ASAP!

Dear Boston graduate students in Classics and related fields (History, Archaeology, Comp Lit, etc.), there's going to be an informal party at BU for us on Friday! Take a look at the announcement from Steve Burges:

I am happy to invite all graduate students studying the ancient Mediterranean and Classical world in the Boston area to an informal gathering at Boston University on Friday, September 18th at 6 PM. Past events at Harvard and Brandeis have been great opportunities to socialize and share ideas. The event will be held at: 725 Commonwealth Ave (CAS Bldg), Rm 306 Boston, Massachusetts 02215 and drinks and snacks will be provided. We will also adjourn afterwards (8:30 or so) to a bar in Kenmore square, if there is interest. Please share this email with any potential symposiasts in Classics, archaeology, art history, religious studies, etc., and let me know if you have any questions.

I'll do my best to stop by, and I hope to see others there too! - Daniel

A write-up for the BU Department newsletter from Amanda on this year's graduate conference. Thanks again to all who participated and helped out! We can't wait until next year's conference.

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σώφρονος δ᾽ ἀπιστίας / οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν χρησιμώτερον βροτοῖς

A sound sense of credulity— than this, there is nothing more beneficial for mankind.

Euripides’ Helen 1617-1618

What are the essential components of love? How can one properly define friendship? When are love and friendship two names for the same thing? Millennia of human inquiry into such questions as those posed above have produced innumerable responses, some quite convincing, but few, if any, definitive. Therefore, in the spirit of Euripides’ messenger (though his immediate concerns were somewhat different), participants of the seventh annual Boston University Classics Graduate Student Conference undertook a fresh examination of the concepts of Love and Friendship in Greek and Roman antiquity.

Eight graduate student panelists delivered brief papers on a variety of topics related to our conference themes. First, two of our panelists examined friendship and desire in a social and material context—Noreen Sit (Yale) considered the link between “Friendship and the sportula,” while Katie Deutsch (Harvard) analyzed “The Workings of Desire: Eros and Ancient Sculpture.” Turning to a more focused investigation of erotics and elegy in Roman epic, Yujhán Claros (Columbia) provided attendees with a close “Reading Familial Erotics in the Aeneid,” and Patrick J. Burns (Fordham) defended an intriguing analysis in his “From Amicitia to Amor: Lucan’s Elegiac Turn.” Leah Berryhill (Brandeis) and Danilo Piana (Johns Hopkins) investigated the topic of normative gender roles and terminology, in “Vestal Virgins as Symbols of Rome through Their Gender Performance and Virginity” and “Homoerotic Elements in Chariton,” respectively. Our final panelists considered the topic of friendship and desire in Greek tragedy and lyric, with Abigail Akavia’s (U. Chicago) analysis of metrical responsion in “‘Speak, if you have come as friends’: Listening in the Philoctetes,” and Kathryn Caliva’s (Ohio State) close reading of select lyric fragments in “Letting Πόθος Go: Presence, Absence, and Desire in Sappho.”

Due to a scheduling snafu, the conference will be held in CAS 200 (rather than 211) -- same building, just down the hall! Building #25 on the Campus Map (725 Commonwealth Avenue). We start at 9am (registration opens at 8:30am) on Saturday, so hope to see you all then!
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Registration is open and a full schedule for the day has been posted! Please make sure to let us know if you're coming (and what kind of lunch you would like). Can't wait for the 21st!

http://www.bu.edu/classics/events-news/graduate-student-conference/

Graduate Student Conference » Classical Studies | Boston University The seventh annual Graduate Student Conference of Classical Studies at Boston University is scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2015 in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), on the second floor in room 211. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Welcome to the revitalized page for the Classics Graduate Student Conference at Boston University! The theme for this year's seventh annual conference will be "Love and Friendship in Greek and Roman Antiquity," and our keynote speaker will be Prof. David Konstan of NYU and Brown, "Of Love and Loyalty." Our program of papers will span all aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, from the tragic to the epic, from the lyric to the archaeological, from the Archaic to the Imperial. We hope to see you on Saturday, March 21, 2015, on BU's campus!