Constanze Güthenke (University of Oxford)
Harvard Classics Lectures
TBD.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA.
Inger Kuin (University of Virginia)
Harvard Classics Lectures
TBD.
Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; TBD.
Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge)
"Dionysos and Theater in Ancient Athens"
Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Tragedy and comedy in Athens were performed at festivals of the god Dionysos, but even in antiquity the connection between drama and Dionysos was unclear. Recent scholarship has been skeptical of any link. Making use of neglected visual evidence for Athenian ways of thinking about Dionysos, revisit this question and think further about what connects the gods to the acts by which they were worshipped. Changes in the nature of the Dyonisiac imagery found on Athenian pottery—including drinking cups in MFA the collection—indicate the ways in which Dionysos was conceived of as the god who presided over individuals in their personal and peculiar situations, not simply as members of civic or other groups.
Ticket Information
Free. To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975 ($6 processing fee applies); to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON, Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161), 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA.
For more info visit www.mfa.org. Odysseus Returns: Reflections on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center and the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Featuring a panel discussion with Emily Greenwood (Harvard University), David Elmer (Harvard University), and Jie Li (Harvard University), moderated by Robin Kelsey (Mahindra Humanities Center).
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; the Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Book Celebration
Celebration in honor of Margaret Andrews’ new book, The Subura of Rome: Landscape and Ideology from the Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages.
Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Location TBD.
Book Celebration
Harvard Classics Lectures
Celebration in honor of Leah Whittington’s book, Antiquity Made Whole: The Renaissance Continuation of Ancient Literature.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome. Event Series (if not listed): The Early Modern Workshop at Harvard University.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit emworkshop.fas.harvard.edu.