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*18 February-8 June: Exhibition: "Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics
from the Roman Empire." McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. This
exhibition presents the reconstruction of an ancient mosaic floor
from a synagogue in Hammam Lif, Tunisia (the ancient town of Naro,
later called Aquae Persianae by the Romans). The mosaics, along with
contemporary jewelry, coins, marble statues, ritual objects, and
textiles from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection shed light on the role
of synagogues in the Diaspora during Late Antiquity, the development
of Jewish art in the Roman period, the importance of female patrons
in the ancient Jewish community, connections among early Christian,
Jewish, and Pagan symbolism in this period, and the relationship
between ancient and modern understanding of the synagogue as an
institution. The works of art in the exhibition reveal a society
where Jews were more integrated and accepted than ancient texts would
suggest. This exhibition is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and made
possible by the Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Exhibition Fund.
Presentation at the McMullen Museum is underwritten by Boston College
with major support from the Lassor and Fanny Agoos Charity Fund.
Additional funding has been provided by the Patrons of the McMullen
Museum. Exhibition page at
www.bc.edu/artmuseum/exhibitions/archive/tree-off-paradise. Two hours
free parking available in the Commonwealth Garage. For directions see
www.bc.edu/artmuseum. The exhibition runs through 8 June.

Monday, 25 February, 4:15 p.m.: Falk Eisermann (Director,
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin) "Secrets of
Success. Printers and their Patrons in 15th Century Leipzig."
Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, Harvard University;
Houghton Library Workshops in the History of the Book. Lamont Forum
Room, Lamont Library, Harvard University.

Monday, 25 February, 7:30 p.m.: Dallas G. Denery II (Bowdoin College)
"Protagoras and the Fourteenth-Century Invention of Epistemological
Relativism." The Boston Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy Lecture
Series, Boston College, McGuinn Third Floor Lounge, McGuinn 321,
Chestnut Hill MA. Visitors Parking:
http://www.bc.edu/Offices/Transportation/Visitor.Html Contact:
geesh@bc.edu

Monday, 25 February, 7:30 p.m.: Elizabeth Fentress (International
Association of Classical Archaeology) "Sea Roads and Cargoes." Tufts
University, Cabot Auditorium, Medford, MA. Sponsored by the
Department of Classics, Tufts University. Underwritten and funded by
the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth.

Tuesday, 26 February, 7:30 p.m.: Elizabeth Fentress (International
Association of Classical Archaeology) "Oxcarts and Periodic Markets."
Tufts University, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA. Sponsored by the
Department of Classics, Tufts University. Underwritten and funded by
the family and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth.

Wednesday, 27 February, 7:30 p.m.: Elizabeth Fentress (International
Association of Classical Archaeology) "Trading in People." Tufts
University, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA. Sponsored by the Department
of Classics, Tufts University. Underwritten and funded by the family
and friends of Miriam S. Balmuth.

*Thursday, 28 February, 5:00 p.m.: Rita Copeland (University of
Pennsylvania) "Medieval Intellectual Autobiography: the Case of
Guido Faba." English Medieval Doctoral Conference, Harvard
University. Harvard University, Warren House, Kates Room (201), 12
Quincy St, Cambridge, MA.

*Thursday, 28 February, 5:30 p.m.: Susanna Caroselli (Luce Visiting
Professor in Scripture and Visual Arts, Department of Religion,
Boston University, and Professor of Art History, Messiah College)
"The Moralized Bible: Life's Little Royal Instruction Book." In the
early 1200s a group of lavishly illuminated Bibles was produced in
Paris for members of the royal house of France. Unlike most
illustrated Bibles or typological manuscripts, these so-called
moralized Bibles paired images in which biblical episodes were
interpreted and applied to the conduct of modern life. Such lessons
had as their object not the cultivation of a devout personal life,
but the execution of significant royal policies, from issues as large
as the treatment of the Jews of France to matters as specific as the
orthodoxy of philosophers of the University of Paris. This lecture
analyzes imagery from the earliest moralized Bible, Codex
Vindobonensis 2554, examines the messages conveyed by juxtaposition
of text and image, and speculates on the identity of those who would
dare to instruct a king. Boston University School of Management, 595
Commonwealth Avenue, room 412. For more information please visit
www.bu.edu/luce or contact Program Coordinator Christine
Hutchison-Jones at 617-358-1754 or crissy@bu.edu.

Thursday, 28 February, 7:30 p.m.: Elizabeth Fentress (International
Association of Classical Archaeology) "Trading Enclaves through the
Middle Ages." Tufts University, Braker Hall 001, Medford, MA.
Sponsored by the Department of Classics, Tufts University.
Underwritten and funded by the family and friends of Miriam S.
Balmuth.

Thursday, 6 March, 6:00 p.m.: Mitchell Merback (DePauw University;
Fellow 2007-08, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study): “Blood, Soil
and Water: Topographies of Cult and Memory in the Renaissance
Altarpiece." Harvard University, Sackler Museum, Room 318. This talk
is part of the Department of History of Art and Architecture's
Graduate Student Lecture Committee 2007-08 lecture series.