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2015 Jan 23

Readings in Greek and Roman Dance: from Plato to Macrobius

Registration Closed 9:00am to 11:00am

Location: 

RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

Graeco-Roman authors have provided interesting sources for the study of Ancient dance. In this session students will be able to discuss the value of texts as means to approach embodiment and kinesthesia. They will also investigate the differences between the Greek culture of dance and that of the Romans.... Read more about Readings in Greek and Roman Dance: from Plato to Macrobius

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2015 Jan 23

Medieval Art, Harvard, and the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Registration Closed 10:00am to 1:30pm

Location: 

RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

This seminar offers an overview of the importance of Harvard University for the study of Spanish Medieval Art. The first lecture examines the history and relevance of the Medieval art collection in the Harvard Museums. The second presents new research on the meanings and art historical significance of one of the masterpieces of medieval art, the "Portal of Glory” of the Cathedral of Santiago. The third lecture introduces students to the Santiago Cathedral Project, one of the most ambitious projects of research and conservation currently underway in major monument in Europe. The headquarters of this project are now at Harvard University’s Real Colegio Complutense, offering students a great opportunity to get involved in the development of several interdisciplinary lines of research, for which they can obtain funding through a fellowship program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.... Read more about Medieval Art, Harvard, and the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

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2014 Oct 17

Santiago Cathedral Project. RCC-Mellon Seminar in Valencia (Spain)

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Auditorio Alfons Roig, Facultad de Bellas Artes (UPV)

Francisco Prado-Vilar, PR of the Andrew W. Mellon Program on the Santiago Cathedral and RCC Fellow (Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University) will offer a lecture titled "El Pórtico de la Gloria: Proyecto, Restauración y Descubrimientos".... Read more about Santiago Cathedral Project. RCC-Mellon Seminar in Valencia (Spain)

2014 Sep 29

Ludi, Ludic, Ludicrous: Choreographing Rome from Spartacus to Caligula

6:30pm

Location: 

Mahindra Humanities Center. Barker Center. Room 133.

RCC Fellow, Zoa Alonso Fernández, will be presenting this talk on ludics and dance.

The Seminar Ludics is chaired by Kathleen Coleman, James Loeb Professor of the Classics at Harvard and Vassiliki Rapti, preceptor in Modern Greek and at Harvard University. It focuses on the concepts of play and games, widely interpreted. It aims at fostering an open dialogue among scholars who are interested in exploring the ludic principle across a...

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2014 Apr 29

Dance / Transit / Displacement: Perspectives on Cross-Temporal Reenactments, Cosmopolitan Modernisms and Diasporic Bodies.

4:30pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. CGIS South. Belfer Room. S020. 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge 02138

Please, join us for the celebration of the International Dance Day with a Dance Studies Panel.

Featured Presentations By Michelle Clayton (Brown University), Lester Tomé (Smith College, DRCLAS Harvard) and Zoa Alonso (RCC-Harvard). Moderated by Grete Viddal (Harvard University).

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