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The NYU Center for Ancient Studies presents
Legitimizing Violence: Execution, Human Sacrifice and Assassination
Larissa Bonfante, Department of Classics, NYU

Spring 2009

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The NYU Center for Ancient Studies Presents
The Ranieri Colloquim on Ancient Studies
Writing Science: Mathematical and Medical Authorship in Ancient Greece

April 23-24, 2009

The conference will approach the texts of ancient Greek science from a new angle; it will focus on practices of authorship, especially in medicine and mathematics. What is a scientific author, then and now? How does he present himself in his texts? Since modern science studies have investigated this topic to some extent, some of the invited speakers will be dealing with authorship in modern science.

Fall 2008

The NYU Center for Ancient Studies, Poetics and Theory, and the Department of Classics present
The Rose-Marie Lewent Conference on Ancient Studies
Discourses of Republicanism

November 13-15, 2008

One of the most important ways classical antiquity shaped later thinking in Europe and the Americas about the nature of the state, citizenship and collective identity is through the rich tradition of texts that define and explore "republicanism". This conference seeks to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars interested in the dynamic influence of Roman republicanism on literature, political theory, history, and philosophy from the Roman empire to the current day. We will be attempting to define what is distinctive about the republic as a form over against other systems to which it is often compared or contrasted, such as democracy and empire. A recurring concern is the extent to which later revolutions and foundations look back to Rome and at what point in both history and political thought Rome is left behind as a model and the idea of the republic develops its own momentum.

The NYU Center for Ancient Studies presents
From Slavery to Freedom: Messene and the Cities of Messenia

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102
Silver Center for Arts and Science
100 Washington Square East

6:00 PM: Welcome
Matthew S. Santirocco
Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts and Science; Angelo Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies; Professor of Classics, NYU

6:15 pm: Keynote Talk: Ancient Messene: Recent Discoveries
Petros G. Themelis
Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology, University of Crete at Rethymnon, President of the Society for Messenian Archaeological Studies

7:15 pm: Reception

Friday, September 26, 2008

9:00 am: Ritual Movement through Sacred Space: Lessons from the Sanctuary of Artemis Ortheia at Messene
Joan Breton Connelly
Professor of Classics and Art History, NYU; Director, Yeronisos Island Excavations, Cyprus

10:30 am: The Reluctant Liberators: Athenians and Messenians in the Fifth Century
Nino Luraghi
Professor of Classics, Harvard University

12:00 pm: Lunch Break

1:30 pm: Greatest of the Ancient Greeks? Epameinondas the Liberator
Paul A. Cartledge
Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the Theory and History of Democracy, NYU; AG Levant’s Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge University

3:00 pm: Venice and Messenia during the Middle Ages
Andrea Nanetti
Lecturer, School of cultural Heritage Preservation, University of Bologna

For their generous support of this conference, we wish to thank the Hellenic Parliament, the Prefecture of Messenia, the Greek National Tourist Board, and the Hellenic Manpower Employment Organization

All events are free and open to the public. For information about the conference, please contact the College Dean’s Office
(212) 998-8100; email:ken.kidd@nyu.edu

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The Center for Ancient Studies in conjunction with the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance presents
Clytemnestra: Women and Power from Aeschylus to Martha Graham

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102
Silver Center for Arts and Science
100 Washington Square East

5:00 pm: Welcome
Matthew S. Santirocco
Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts and Science; Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies; Professor of Classics, NYU

5:15 pm: Aeschylus' Rebellious Women
Helene Foley
Professor of Classics, Barnard College, Columbia University

5:45 pm: Clytemnestra in Context: Real Women, Religion, and Power in Ancient Greece
Joan Breton Connelly
Professor of Classics and Art History, NYU; Director, Yeronisos Island Excavations, Cyprus

6:15 pm: Creating Clytemnestra: Women and Power
Ellen Graff
Former member of the Martha Graham Company; Assistant Professor of Dance, Columbia University

6:45 pm: Curating Graham for the New Audience
Janet Eilber
Artistic Director, Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance

7:15 pm: Graham, Women, and Power
A panel discussion moderated by LaRue Allen
Executive Director, Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance

7:30 pm: Light Buffet

8:00 pm: Selected Readings by the Aquila Theatre Company
Peter Meineck
Artistic Director, Aquila Theatre Company; Clinical Assistant Professor of Classics, NYU

All events are free and open to the public. For further information about the conference, please contact the NYU College Dean's Office:
(212) 998-8100; email:ken.kidd@nyu.edu