SPRING 2006
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The New York University Faculty Resource Network, in conjunction with NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies announces:
The Summer 2006 Seminar
Conditions for Democracy: From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Iraq
Convener: Kurt Raaflaub, David Herlihy University Professor of Classics and History, Brown University
June 12-16, 2006
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The New York University Center for Ancient Studies presents:
The Rose-Marie Lewent Conference on Ancient Studies
Enacting Medea: Theatre, Opera, and Film
Moderator, Peter Meineck, Artistic Director of the Aquila Theatre Company
and Clinical Assistant Professor of Classics, NYU
“Medea in 431 BC: Passions and Politics”
Daniel Mendelsohn, Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities, Bard College
“Medea in Opera: Cherubini and Jiri Bender”
Michael Beckerman, Professor of Music, NYU
“Medea on Film: Passolini, Jules Dassin, and Lars von Trier”
Herbert Golder, Professor of Classics, Boston University
Performance: Selected scenes from Euripides and Cherubini
The Aquila Theatre Company
Thursday, June 1, 2006, 5:00 pm
Hemmerdinger Hall
Silver Center 102
100 Washington Square East
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York University Center for Ancient Studies present:
“Pyramid Envy: Middle Class Tombs at Giza, Egypt”
Ann Macy Roth, Professor, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
Saturday, May 20, 2006, 11:00 am
Sunday, May 21, 1:00 pm
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The New York University Department of Classics and NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies present:
“Music for Monsters: Bucolic Evolution and Bucolic Criticism in Ovid's Metamorphoses”
Alessandro Barchiesi, University of Siena (Arezzo) & Stanford University
Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 6:30 pm
19 University Place, Room 101
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The New York University Deutsches Haus and NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies present:
“Poetics & Theory Conference at New York University: “Life - Ordinary vs. Biological”
Thursday, April 20, 2006, 6:00 pm
Deutsches Haus, 42 Washington Mews
Friday, April 21, 2006, 9:30 am
19 University Place, Room 101
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The New York University Institute of Fine Arts presents:
“Scythian Elite Burials in the Siberian Steppes: New Discoveries at Arzhan in Tuva”
Hermann Parzinger, President of the German Archaeological Institute
Thursday, April 20, 2006, 6:00 pm
Institute of Fine Arts Seminar Room
1 East 78th Street
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The New York University Department of Classics presents:
“Preservation of Monuments as a Medium of Memory in Antiquity”
Ortwin Dally, German Archaeological Institute
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 8:00 pm
Classics Department Seminar Room
25 Waverly Place
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The New York University Department of Classics presents:
“Caesar's Massilia: Historiographical and Narratological Approaches”
Christina Kraus, Yale University
Friday, April 7, 2006, 7:00 pm
Kriser Room
25 Waverly Place, 1st floor
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The New York University Department of Classics and NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies present:
“Divination as a System of Knowledge and Belief in Classical Greece”
Michael Flower, Department of Classics, Princeton University
Monday, March 27, 2006, 6:30 pm
Jurow Lecture Hall
Silver Center Room 101A
100 Washington Square East
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The New York University Department of Classics presents:
“Mastering History: Caesar and his Civil War”
Cynthia Damon, Amherst College
Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 5:00 pm
Classics Seminar Room
25 Waverly Place
FALL 2005
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The New York University Department of Classics presents:
“Tel Zayit and Writing the ABC's in the Age of Solomon”
Ron Tappy, G. Albert Shoemaker Professor of Bible and Archaeology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Monday, December 12, 2005, 11:00 am
Cantor Film Center, Room 101
36 East 8th Street
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The New York University Center for Ancient Studies presents:
The Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies
Conditions of Democracy: From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Iraq
“Does Democracy Have a History?”
Noah Feldman, Professor of Law, NYU
“Before Democracy: Mesopotamia and Greece”
Daniel Fleming, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
“Foundations of Democracy: Forms of Equality and People’s Power in Early Greece”
Kurt Raaflaub, David Herlihy University Professor of Classics and History, Brown University
“The Corpse in the City: Intramural Burial and Civic Space in Ancient Greece”
Christopher Ratté, Associate Professor of Classics and Fine Arts, NYU
“The Theory of Elective Autocracy in Ancient Israel”
Baruch Halpern, Chaiken Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Ancient Studies, Pennsylvania State University
“Precursors of Democracy: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Talmudic Rabbis”
Lawrence Schiffman, Ethel and Irwin A. Edelman Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
“Was Roman Voting a Consensus Ritual?”
Robert Morstein-Marx, Professor of Classics, University of California at Santa Barbara
“Lessons from the Roman Forum: The Chastening of Traditional Authority”
Joy Connolly, Assistant Professor of Classics, NYU
Panel Discussion
Lewis Lapham (Moderator), Editor, Harper’s Magazine
Chris Hedges, Journalist, Senior Fellow, the Nation Institute
Stephen Holmes, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law, NYU
Bernard Manin, Professor of Politics, NYU
Ali Mirsepessi, Interim Dean, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NYU
Pasquale Pasquino, Global Distinguished Professor of Politics, NYU
Paul Woodruff, Darrell K. Royal Professor of Ethics and American Society, University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, November 3, 2005, 4:30 pm
Friday, November 4, 2005, 9:00 am
Hemmerdinger Hall
Silver Center Room 102
100 Washington Square East
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The Archaeological Institute of America New York Society in conjunction with the New York University Institute of Fine Arts and NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies present:
The Ellen Sparry Brush Lecture
“Naj Tunich: The Discovery of the First Temple of the World”
James Brady, UCLA
Thursday, October 6, 2005, 6:30 pm
Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th Street
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The Archaeological Institute of America New York Society and NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies present:
“Recent Excavations at Aphrodisias in Caria”
Christopher Ratté, Dept. of Classics, NYU
Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 6:30 pm
Jurow Lecture Hall
Silver Center Room 101A
100 Washington Square East