» GRS Lecture Series
There’s a series of Greek and Roman Studies lectures (they should call it “Classics” — why don’t they?) being put on by a Berkeley prof. next week:
“Individuality and Innovation in Greek Sculpture”
Monday, October 5, 2009
Lansdowne Lecture
3:30 pm, University Centre, Room A180 (Senate Room)
“The Acumen of Praxiteles”
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Lansdowne Lecture
3:30 pm, University Centre, Room A180 (Senate Room)
“Mighty Aphrodite: Praxiteles, Phryne, and the Knidia”
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Classical Association of Vancouver Island
7:30 pm, University Centre, Room A180 (Senate Room)
“A Tale of Seven Nudes: The Capitoline Aphrodite (And Some Others) Revisited”
Friday, October 9, 2009
Greek and Roman Studies Departmental Seminar
2:30 p.m., Clearihue B415
Looking at the list I bet there’s one Wednesday too, unless buddy needs a rest. I’ll check with my sources. That last one might not be free.
That would be privileging Greek and Roman society of that era above others, wouldn’t it? Eurocentric labels must be destroyed.
Don
2 Oct 09 at 9:10 am
That’s totally it, too: The arrogant assumption that our culture is so dominant, so important, that it has to be careful about naming its parentage generally for fear of offending others. It’s not like Chinese scholars call it “The Chinese Warring States Period” — it’s just called “The Warring States Period”, even though we had warring states in Europe too.
There’s a weird kind of scholarly self-loathing or willful academic ignorance of history there, certainly a lack of poetry: The “Greek and Roman” period sounds kludgy compared to The “Classical” period. Worse, it disenfranchises all those Celts, Saxons, proto-Germans, Carthaginians, Franks, Slavs, Egyptians, Persians, Africans, Indians, Palestinians, & etc who contributed to our society! Racists.
Jack
2 Oct 09 at 12:05 pm