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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Mary Beard
DESCRIPTION:Parthenon Symposium: Book Talk with Mary Beard Author of Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old\nSunday May 10\, 2:00 PM Central\, at the Paschall Theater \nAIA-Nashville Society and the Parthenon are proud to partner with Montgomery Bell Academy to welcome Mary Beard to the “Athens of the South”! Join distinguished classicist Mary Beard for a talk on her most recent exploration of the relevance of the ancient world in our contemporary lives. RSVP required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-mary-beard-tickets-1984904305209?aff=oddtdtcreator \nIn her newest book\, Mary Beard explores our ongoing fascination with the ancient Greek and Roman worlds\, starting with a personal\, childhood encounter with a very old piece of bread on display in a museum. From this\, she introduces the idea of the wonder\, or “thauma\,” that drew her into a lifetime of trying to understand everyday lives in the remote past. She confronts the uses and abuses of symbols from the ancient world\, reminding us that although the ancient world is often politicized\, it does not belong to partisans. She argues that the classics remain relevant because they teach us to debate complex and difficult topics. She welcomes everyone into classics\, bringing curiosity and wonder to the study of the past. \nTalk is free and open to the public with an RSVP. Copies of Mary Beard’s new book Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old will be available onsite for purchase through Parnassus Books while supplies last. There will be a signing line following the talk where books can be signed and/or personalized. \nRSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-mary-beard-tickets-1984904305209?aff=oddtdtcreator \nAbout the speaker: \nMary Beard is a distinguished classicist\, bestselling author\, and popular commentator\, known for her pioneering scholarship and for her witty approach to making antiquity accessible. She is a professor emerita of classics at the University of Cambridge\, a fellow of Newnham College\, and professor of Ancient Literature at the Royal Academy\, with many additional international academic distinctions. She has served as the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Her books include The Parthenon\, one of the most readable accounts of the thousands of years of use and re-use of the ancient Greek building. Among many other wide-ranging works\, she is the author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome; Women and Power: A Manifesto; and How Do We Look: the Body\, the Divine\, and the Question of Civilization. \nAbout the book: Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard\nWhy the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty\, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum\, Beard introduces the idea of thauma\, or wonder\, that kick-started a lifetime engaging with classics. It was not the canonical “greats” of ancient literature and art that initially drew her in\, she confesses\, but rather the more intimate\, messy\, and humdrum evidence of daily life in the remote past. \nConfronting the uses and abuses of symbols of the ancient world\, Beard reminds us that the traditions and “masterpieces” of Greece and Rome have certainly been politicized\, but they belong to neither the left nor the right. Happily\, no one owns the past. She warns us not to let a sense of reverence or overfamiliarity dampen the “shock of the old\,” arguing that one of the most important things that classics teach us is how to grapple with complicated and controversial things. “The Greeks and Romans are long dead\, they cannot answer back\, and you can say what you like about them\,” she reminds readers. “The simple fact that classics belong to none of us can offer a safe space to argue about the most difficult debates we face now.” \nBeard welcomes everyone into classics. “It is not compulsory to be excited by the ancient world\,” she writes. “But it can be a shame not to be.” This charming\, sharp\, and readable book from one of the world’s most entertaining classicists offers something for both new and established fans of classics\, bringing new wonder and curiosity to even the most ancient of ideas.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/book-talk-with-mary-beard/
LOCATION:Paschall Theater @ Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 Harding PikeNashville\, TN\, 37205United States\, Paschall Theater\, Montgomery Bell Academy\, 4001 Harding Pike\, Nashville\, TN\, 37205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Other Event
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SUMMARY:Egyptian Gardens and Greek Grids: The Middle Kingdom Funerary Garden at Dra Abu el-Naga\, the Stele of Moskhion\, and Greek Stoikhedon
DESCRIPTION:The American Research Center in Egypt\, Northern California chapter\, invites you to attend a lecture by Dr. Patricia Butz\, UC Riverside: \n“Egyptian Gardens and Greek Grids: The Middle Kingdom Funerary Garden at Dra Abu el-Naga\, the Stele of Moskhion\, and Greek Stoikhedon” \nSunday\, May 10\, 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time\nLive Oak Community Center (New venue!)\n1301 Shattuck Ave.\, Berkeley\nThis is an in-person lecture\, not virtual. The lecture will not be recorded. \nAbout the Lecture: \nDr. Butz explores her research on a remarkable cross-cultural connection between Egypt and Greece in their use of grids and gridded texts. The word stoikhedon in Greek is used to describe the layout of alphabetic inscriptions in a grid formation from the late 6th century BCE onward. Dr. Butz argues that the phenomenon is attested to by Greeks\, not because of a static crossing of horizontal and vertical lines but because of their understanding and incorporation of the dynamic inherent in Egypt’s own use of grids\, specifically for garden planning and water distribution. Tomb paintings beginning in the Old Kingdom have long depicted gridded gardens\, but the spectacular archaeological discovery in 2017 by Dr. José Galán and his Spanish mission (Scribe 6\, Fall 2020) of a gridded funerary garden at Luxor dating to the Middle Kingdom has supplied the on-ground evidence. Dr. Butz shows how modules (stoikoi) were used in Egyptian agriculture\, matching the only literary attestation for stoikhedon ever found — on the bilingual (demotic and Greek) magical Stele of Moschion\, where the movement of letterforms on magical grids acts like water passing through these squares. \nAbout the Speaker: \nPatricia A. Butz (pronounced “Boots”) specializes in research addressing the Greek presence in Egypt and the Egyptian presence in Greece. Her attention to the paleography and layout of ancient inscriptions is longstanding\, especially on the Greek stoikhedon style and its origins. She is the author of The Hekatompedon Inscription at Athens and the Birth of the Stoikhedon Style (Leiden: E. J. Brill\, 2010) and many articles on the subject of visual literacy in antiquity\, including\, “Dialogue at Edfu? The Dedications of Lichas\, Son of Pyrrhus\, and the Concept of Egyptian Double Composition” in the Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists (2023) and “The Memorial of Metrodoros: Greek Stoichedon from North Africa” in Abgadiyat\, the Journal of the Center of Writings and Scripts at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2013). She received her PhD. from the University of Southern California in Ancient Art History\, where she also completed the master’s program in Museum Studies/Art History. She is affiliated with the University of California\, Riverside\, and is teaching courses\, including Egyptian Art History\, at California State Polytechnic University\, Pomona. \n——————— \nLive Oak location and parking: \nThis month\, we’re meeting in the Fireside Room of the city’s Live Oak Community Center in north Berkeley. It’s in Live Oak Park\, less than half a mile from the northern edge of campus. Parking is mainly on neighboring streets: Shattuck\, Berryman\, Milvia\, etc. If you need disabled parking\, please arrive early as spots are few. \nUseful links: \nLive Oak Community Center – https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/parks-recreation/facilities/live-oak-community-center\nGoogle map of vicinity – https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8838014\,-122.2742405\,16z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D \nAbout Northern California ARCE: \nFor more information\, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernCaliforniaARCE\, https://www.facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE\, https://arce-nc.org\, https://bsky.app/profile/khentiamentiu.bsky.social\, and https://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership\, please go to https://arce.org/membership/ and select “Berkeley\, CA” as your chapter when you sign up.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/egyptian-gardens-and-greek-grids-the-middle-kingdom-funerary-garden-at-dra-abu-el-naga-the-stele-of-moskhion-and-greek-stoikhedon/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glenn Meyer":MAILTO:arcencZoom@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Why Has African Archeology Been Ignored
DESCRIPTION:Deepening our understanding of African heritage often starts in spaces that celebrate our history\, but while museums house these stories\, it is archaeology that unearths them. \nWhile the world is well-acquainted with the architectural wonders of the Mediterranean and the Near East\, the vast archaeological landscape of the African continent has often remained on the periphery of global conversation. This session is designed to explore the structural\, logistical\, and historical reasons behind this gap in our shared human story. \nFrom the complexities of preserving heritage in diverse climates to the economic challenges of long-term excavation\, we will look at the practical hurdles that have shaped the field of African archaeology\, highlight the groundbreaking work currently being done to bring these ignored narratives back into the global spotlight\, and explore opportunities for youth in Africa to participate in fieldwork across the continent and build careers in heritage preservation\, culture advocacy\, and archaeology. \nJoin us this May and connect with a continental and international community of storytellers\, historians\, archaeologists\, culture advocates and heritage enthusiasts working to ensure Archaeology in Africa takes center stage in global discourse. \nWhat to Expect: \n1. The Logistical Landscape: An overview of the unique challenges of archaeological research on the continent. \n2. Beyond the Surface: A look at sophisticated ancient African innovations in metallurgy\, urban planning\, and trade. \n3. The Tech Revolution: How new technologies like satellite imaging and 3D mapping are revealing sites that were previously inaccessible. \n4. Future Directions: A discussion on the importance of diversifying the global archaeological record for a more complete understanding of history.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/why-has-african-archeology-been-ignored/
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Narrative Network":MAILTO:abraham@africannarrativenetwork.com
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SUMMARY:Walter Farmer collection and Akenaton
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jack Green (Associate Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs\, Washington and Lee University) will present a lecture entitled “Tell es-Sa’idiyeah Cemetery (Jordan) and its connections to ancient Egypt and Persia.” A reception and chance to talk with the speaker will be held afterwards.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/walter-farmer-collection-and-akenaton/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Lecture Topic to be Announced
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kate Ayres (Institute for the Study of Ancient cultures at the University of Chicago) will deliver an interesting lecture; topic yet to be finalized. A reception and chance to talk with the speaker will be held afterwards.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/lecture-topic-to-be-announced/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Petra Byzantine Church
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Peter Warnock\, Adjunct faculty member in Anthropology at Muskegon Community College\, and board member of the St. Louis Society of the Archaeological Institute will discuss the archaeological discoveries at the Byzantine church in Petra\, Jordan. A reception will be held afterwards to talk with the speaker.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/petra-byzantine-church/
LOCATION:Longview Park\, 13525 Clayton Road\, Town and Country\, MO\, 63141\, United States
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