SPRING 2004
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New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center presents:
The Hagop Kevorkian Center's Middle East Research Workshop
“Thing, Object, Artefact: The Many Lives of Tut's Matter”
Elliot Colla, Brown University
Monday, April 19, 2004, 3:00 pm
The Hagop Kevorkian Center
50 Washington Square South at 255 Sullivan St
Ettinghausen Library
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The New York University Center for Ancient Studies presents:
The Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies
“Athens to New York: Athletic Games/Civic Identity”
Introduction:
Matthew S. Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science, NYU
Greetings:
John Brademas, President-Emeritus, NYU
Adamantios Vassilakis, Ambassador of Greece to the United Nations
Daniel L. Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor, City of New York, and NYC2012
Alexander Garvin, New York City Planning Commission and NYC2012
John Sexton, President, NYU
“The Legacy of Classical Athens in Post 9/11 New York”
Joan Breton Connelly, NYU
“Athenian Altruism in Euripides' Political Plays: Readings from the Erechtheus and Children of Herakle”
Lisa Harrow, Actress
“The Ancient Olympic Games: Cities and Athletes”
David Romano, University of Pennsylvania
“Heroes vs. Virgins: The Dilemmas of Civic Belonging on the Athenian Stage”
Daniel Mendelsohn, Critic and author
“The Modern Olympics: The Contradictory Symbolism of the Opening Ceremonies”
Allen Guttmann, Amherst College
“Urban Planning at Athens as a Reflection of Public Activities”
Manolis Korres, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and Committee for the Preservation of the Acropolis Monuments
“The Civic Role of the Games in New York City”
Diana Balmori, Balmori Associates and Yale University
Thursday, March 4, 2004, 4:30 pm
Friday, March 5, 2004, 9:00 am
Hemmerdinger Hall
Silver Center Room 102
100 Washington Square East
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The New York University Center for Ancient Studies presents:
The Rose-Marie Lewent Conference on Ancient Studies
"Performing Justice"
Screening of Zvika Serper's Agamemnon
(Hebrew with English subtitles)
Zvika Serper (director), Tel Aviv University and Carol Martin, NYU
“Representations of Justice in Aeschylus' Oresteia”
Helene Foley, Barnard College/Columbia University
“Popular Culture and the Juridical Process”
Richard Schechner, NYU
“The Theater of Rules: Re-membering Law in Performance”
Bernard Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Comments and Discussion
Carol Martin, NYU and Danielle Allen, University of Chicago
“Theatre and Justice: The Exonerated”
Jessica Blank (author), Erik Jensen (author), and Robert Balaban (director)
“Agamemnons”
Laura Slatkin (NYU), John Chioles (NYU), Charles Mee (playwright), Peter Meineck & Robert Richmond (Aquila Theatre Company), Richard Schechner (NYU), and Zvika Serper (Tel Aviv University)
Thursday, February 5, 2004, 4:30 pm
Friday, February 6, 2004, 9:30 am
Hemmerdinger Hall
Silver Center Room 102
100 Washington Square East
The conference is held in conjunction with the Aquila Theatre Company's production of Agamemnon by Aeschylus.