Spring 2009 New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents Excavations At Amheida In Egypt Roger Bagnall, Director, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 6:00PM Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 15 E. 84th Street New York, NY 10028
Amheida is a vast archaeological site on the western edge of Dakhla Oasis in Egypt. A team of researchers led by Dr. Roger Bagnall, Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU, began the Amheida Project in 2001 with an intensive investigation and survey of the site.
One of the most spectacular discoveries, near the centre of the town in Area 2, is the house of Serenus, who was part of the city council in the middle of the 4th century. The structure contains fifteen rooms, one of which was painted with classical wall scenes. On the northern wall, to the left of the doorway, a mythological scene depicts the legend of Perseus rescuing the beautiful Andromeda who is about to be devoured by a sea-monster, while to the right of the door is the Homeric scene of the Return of Odysseus to Ithaca, from his long voyage which brought him to Egyptian shores.
The site at Amheida will be part of a long-term scheme for the Dakhla Oasis Project. Please join us for a presentation and discussion on Amheida and its archaeological significance.
This lecture is free and open to the public, please RSVP to isaw@nyu.edu. For more information please visit www.nyu.edu/isaw/events.htm or contact the ISAW events office directly at 212.992.7818. The Martha Graham Dance Company Presented by Paul Szilard Productions, Inc. in association with Attract Productions.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 – Saturday, May 16, 2009 Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South) New York, NY 10012
The Martha Graham Dance Company will be performing two programs, described below, throughout their engagement with the Skirball Center in addition to a special gala repertory program on May 14, honoring Paul Szilzard.
Program A: Clytemnestra This classic tale of love, betrayal and murder at the time of the Trojan War is reimagined by America’s greatest choreographer through the eyes of Agamemnon’s queen, the all-powerful Clytemnestra.
Program B: Lamentation Variations, Sketches from “Chronicle,” Errand into the Maze, Maple Leaf Rag
A program of diverse repertory ranging from Graham’s compelling rejection of war in Sketches from “Chronicle” to her lighthearted spoof, Maple Leaf Rag. Plus, three contemporary choreographers offer their take on Graham’s iconic solo Lamentation. Please click here for more information. New York University's Department of Classics presents Rewriting History from Inscriptions: New Perspectives on Hadrian and the Bar Kochba Revolt Werner Eck, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, Universität Köln
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:00 PM Classics Seminar Room, Room 503 Silver Center, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access) New York University's Department of Classics presents "All shapes, all objects multiplied from his"- On Some Metamorphoses of Proteus Filippomaria Pontani, University of Venice
Monday, April 27, 2009, 6:00 PM Classics Seminar Room, Room 503 Silver Center, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access) New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents Another Persian Crisis: the Persepolis Fortification Archive in Chicago Matthew W. Stolper, Professor of Assyriology, John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies in the Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago
Friday April 24, 2009, 12:00 PM Lecture Room, Second Floor Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 15 E. 84th Street New York, NY 10028
In 1933, Oriental Institute archaeologists working at Persepolis, clearing the ruined palaces of Kings Darius, Xerxes, and their Achaemenid Persian successors, found tens of thousands of clay tablets in a bastion in the fortification wall at the edge of the great stone terrace. These documents were pieces of a single, complex system, the Persepolis Fortification Archive, that proved—after decades of painstaking work—to be the largest and most important single source of information from within the Persian Empire on Achaemenid Persian languages, history, society, religion and art. Now, the Archive faces a legal battle that could well lead to its dismemberment and loss if it is seized and sold, and disappears into the holdings of private collectors around the world. Fueled by this crisis the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project is a new phase in recording and distributing the results of the study of the archive, responding to emergency conditions with electronic equipment and media alongside the conventional tool-kits of philology and scholarship.
The Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies Writing Science: Mathematical and Medical Authorship in Ancient Greece
Thursday, April 23, 2009 Hemmerdinger Hall Silver Center for Arts and Science 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair accessible)
5:30 p.m. Welcome
Matthew S. Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts and Science, and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, New York University
5:45 p.m. Keynote Talk: Authorship in Science, Ancient and Modern Reviel Netz, Classics, Stanford University Mario Biagioli, History of Science, Harvard University
7:00 p.m. Reception
Friday, April 24, 2009
9:00 a.m. GREEK MEDICINE Writing the Animal Heinrich von Staden, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Ways of Organizing (Medical) Knowledge and Questions of Authorship in Late Antiquity: Synopsis, Synagoge, Paraphrase, Epitome Philip J. van der Eijk, Classics, Newcastle University
Chair: David Sider, Classics, New York University
11:00 a.m. GREEK MATHEMATICS Hellenistic Introductions to the Science of the Heavens: Three Definitions of Astronomy in the First Century BC Alan C. Bowen, Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science, Princeton
Who Were the Authors of the Athenian Accounts? Between Authorship and Anonymity Serafina Cuomo, History, Birkbeck College, London University
Chair: Alexander Jones, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. SCIENCE WRITING AND/AS LITERATURE In Strange Lands: Situating Knowledge in Odyssey 10 and Airs, Waters, Places Brooke Holmes, Classics, Princeton University
The Name and Nature of Science Paul Keyser, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Chair: Markus Asper, Classics, New York University
All events are free and open to the public. For more information about the colloquium, please contact the College Dean’s Office at 212.998.8100 or e-mail ken.kidd@nyu.edu New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents Transformation of material culture in the Frontier of the Han Empire (205 BC to 250 AD) Dr. Zhefeng Yang, Peking University, China
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6:00pm Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 15 E 84th Street New York, NY 10028
This event is open to the public.
For more information click here. New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents Publishing Archaeological Data on the Web
Digital Publication and Linked Data at Troy Dr. Sebastian Heath, American Numismatic Society
Open Context: Digital Dissemination of Field Research and Museum Collections Dr. Eric Kansa, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 7:30 PM Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 15 E 84th Street New York, NY 10028
This event is open to the public.
Click here for more information. The Egyptological Seminar of New York presents Egyptian Landscape Painting: The Old Kingdom Mastaba Chapel as a Map of the World Ann Macy Roth, Clinical Associate Professor of Egyptology; Clinical Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Art History, New York University
Friday, April 3, 2009, 6:30PM The Art Study Room, Uris Center Metropolitan Museum of Art
Just as New Kingdom temple decoration represents an attempt to model the world schematically in a building, the decoration in some Old Kingdom mastaba chapels suggests a kind of modeling more literally tied to the surrounding landscape. Some scenes were apparently placed on the walls to make complex allusions to space and time, creating an internal world that has some startling correlations with the external one. This kind of mapping of the landscape alternated and combined with more independent cosmological models, and can sometimes also be seen in the decorative programs of later periods. The Columbia Center For Archaeology presents A Brown Bag Research Seminar Archaeological survey in Central Yunnan: Documenting the Rise and Fall of the 'Dian' Kingdom Professor Alice Yao, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
Click here for more information. The Center for Ancient Studies and the Department of Classics present Democrats vs Republicans--Ancient Greek and Roman Style
March 30, 2009, 5:00 PM Jurow Lecture Hall, Room 101A Silver Center for Arts and Science 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)
Paul Cartledge Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of Democracy
Janet Coleman Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of Democracy
Moderators Joy Connolly, Associate Professor of Classics Andrew Monson, Assistant Professor of Classics The Archaeological Institute of America New York Society presents Celluloid Idylls: Swords, Sandals & Sex, or How the Movies Made My Career
A full day of cinema and archaeology, featuring excerpts C.B.De Mille's 1956 The Ten Commandments and the entire Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade.
Sunday, March 29, 2009, 10:00AM Anthology Film Archives 32 2nd Avenue, New York, NY
General public: $8 for the day. All students free with ID.
Featuring: Brian Boyd, Columbia Department of Anthropology Rock Brynner, Western Connecticut State University Antonia Lant, New York University Cinema Studies Mark Rose, Archaeology Magazine
Moderator Peter Herdrich, Senior Producer, Inside Edition, Chair, Media Task Force, AIA National Governing Board
Morning session, 10:00 AM Using two Biblical epics made a generation apart, the often parallel universe of archaeology in the cinema will be explored with respect to how it influences mainstream views of what archaeology actually is and how it has influenced the lives and career choices of individuals who have been deeply affected by both.
Rock Brynner, a historian and the son of Yul Byrnner (Ramses), brings an inside view of the world of Hollywood and along with Antonia Lant, a scholar of Egyptomania in film, they will discuss De Mille's second Ten Commandments and archaeology & film.
Afternoon Session, 1:00 PM Screening of Indiana Jones followed by Brian Boyd, a working archaeologist, and Mark Rose, a specialist in Bronze Age Greece, working in media at Archaeology Magazine, will further our discussion by exploring how movies present landscapes and develop the idea of "cinemagraphic" archaeology.
Panel discussion and Q&A, 4:10 PM
Sponsored by: New York Council for the Humanities--A State Affiliate of the NEH Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in the program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH. The American Institute of Archaeology, New York Society The American Institute of Archaeology, New York Society Board The Eccola Foundation Columbia Center for Archaeology (CCA) NYU College of Arts & Science NYU Center for Ancient Studies
Please click here for more information. New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Israel Antiquities Authority present Gold Glass Through The Ages
Saturday, March 28th, 2009, 10:30 AM Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 15 East 84th Street, New York
A Roundtable to be held at The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in conjunction with the current exhibition of an Early Byzantine Gold Glass Panel from Caesarea, Israel, on display in the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Byzantine Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Participants: Dr. Christopher Lightfoot The Metropolitan Museum of Art Associate Curator, the Greek and Roman Department Gold Glass at the Met: From Classical to Christian Times
Yael Gorin-Rosen Head of Ancient Glass Israel Antiquities Authority Byzantine Gold-Glass from the holy Land
Dr. David Whitehouse Director, Corning Museum of Glass Early Islamic Gold Glasses
Moderator: Dr. Helen C. Evans Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Following the roundtable, participants can go to the Metropolitan Museum for further discussion of the Gold Glass Panel. On Sunday March 29 at 3:00 p.m., Yael Gorin-Rosen will give a presentation on "Ancient Glass in the Holy Land". Both events free with Museum admission.
Please RSVP to isaw@nyu.edu The Columbia University Center for Archaeology presents The New York Archaeological Consortium
Friday, March 27 2009, 2:10PM 614 Schermerhorn Hall Columbia University
2:10PM Introductory Remarks Professor Terence D'Altroy, Columbia University Professor Brian Boyd, Columbia University
2:20PM Systematic Sampling in Intensive Surface Survey: Initial Results and Implications of Archaeological Research at Guicheng, Shandong, China Elizabeth Berger, Columbia University
2:45PM Death and the Primitive Modern: Stone Bodies in a 19th Century Welsh Graveyard Darryl Wilkinson, Columbia University
3:10PM Continuity and Change in North Iceland - 9th to 19th centuries - Zooarchaeology at Skutustaðir Megan Hicks
3:35PM Coffee Break
4:00PM The 2008 Field Season at Dun Ailinne, Ireland Professor Pamela Crabtree, New York University Susanne Garrett, New York University
4:25PM Historical insights on an Ancient Calabrian Landscape Paula Lazrus, Saint John's University
4:50PM Recent Discoveries from Poggio Civitate (Murlo): The 2008 Field Season Jason Bauer, Assistant Director, Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project Dr. Anthony Tuck, University of Massachussetts Amherst; Director, Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project
5:15PM Discussion
5:30PM The Faces of Phlamoudhi: a photographic essay of life in a northern Cypriot village, 1972 Ian J. Cohn
5:50PM Closing Remarks and Reception The NYU Center for Ancient Studies and the Department of Classics present The Greek Historians and the Intellectual World of Rome: Josephus and his "Colleagues" Jonathan Price, Professor of Classics and Ancient History, Tel Aviv University
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 6:30 PM Classics Seminar Room, Room 503 Silver Center, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access) New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study presents The Book of Job: Tragedy and Politics Professor Peter Euben, Duke University Professor George Shulman, New York University
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 6:30PM Jurow Lecture Hall Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East
For more information please contact 212-992-7766 or nd35@nyu.edu New York University's Fine Arts Society presents Ritual Movement through Sacred Space: Procession, Dance, and Footrace within Greek Landscapes Joan Breton Connelly, Professor of Classics and Art History, New York University; Director, Yeronisos Island Excavations, Cyprus
March 11, 2009, 6:30PM Room 300 Silver Center for Arts and Science 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access) New York University's Institute of Fine Arts presents Marble for Athens and the Ancient World: Pentelicon and Hymettos Dr. Hans Rupprecht Goette, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin
Friday, March 4, 2009, 1:00 PM The Loeb Room at the Institute of Fine Arts 1 East 78th Street
All are invited, and students in the ancient field are encouraged to attend. For more information, please call 212-992-5800 New York University's Institute of Fine Arts presents The Portraiture of the Roman Emperor Caligula and Its Message Dr. Hans Rupprecht Goette, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 5:00 PM Institute of Fine Arts Lecture Hall 1 East 78th Street
All are invited, and students in the ancient field are encouraged to attend. For more information, please call 212-992-5800 The New York Classical Club and New York University's Department of Classics present The 2009 New York Classical Club Winter Conference Reading Greek and Roman Elegy
Saturday, February 28th, 2009, 10:30 AM Jurow Lecture Hall Silver Center, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)
10:00 AM On-Site Registration
10:30 AM On Some Aspects of Solon’s Re-use and Reception Dr. Maria Noussia, Georgetown University
11:30 AM The Origins of the Theognidea: A Modest Proposal Dr. Ewen Bowie, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University
12:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM A Recitation by Dr. Stephen Daitz and Jerise Fogel
2:00 PM Why Sulpicia is as good as Sappho Dr. Mark Buchan, Columbia University
3:00 PM Tibullan Didaxis Dr. Jeri DeBrohun, Brown University
4:00 PM Ipsa Dixerat: Women’s Words in Roman Love Elegy Dr. Sharon James, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Registration Fees $20 student members $25 member pre-registration (By Feb. 20th) $35 non- members and on-site registration
For Information please contact Lawrence Kowerski at lkowersk@hunter.cuny.edu New York University's Department of Classics presents Deborah Steiner, Professor of Classics, Columbia University
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6:00 PM Classics Seminar Room, Room 503 Silver Center, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access) New York University's Department of Classics presents Lavinia's Pallor Joseph Reed, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan
Thursday, February 5, 2009, 6:00pm Classics Seminar Room, Room 503 Silver Center, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)
This talk will cover the position of Lavinia in Virgil's *Aeneid*, particularly in the teleology of the poem.
