Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans in the Shadow of New Boston
Steve Ostrow
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2005
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts holds one of the richest collections of Greek & Roman antiquities in all the Western Hemisphere. Join us to say hello to Greeks & Romans (and their Etruscan neighbors)with the help of these striking, often beautiful, sometimes bizarre physical remnants of their ancient civilization. We gather for two separate visits of 90 minutes each.
Contact: Steve Ostrow, E51-178, 253-9621, sostrow@mit.edu
"Meet the Greeks"
Steve Ostrow
Dr. Ostrow, lecturer in Greek & Roman history,has enjoyed excavation experience at Greek & Roman sites. Participants meet at 1:15 pm at MFA, 465 Huntington Ave. entrance, inside admission-badge booth. By "T": Green Line, "E" train, "Museum" stop. MIT students-free entry w/ MIT ID. Adult admission-$15.00. Snow date: Wed., 19 Jan. 1:30-3:00 pm.
Tue Jan 18, 01:30-03:00pm, Museum of Fine Arts
"Meet the Romans"
Steve Ostrow
Dr. Ostrow, lecturer in Greek & Roman history,has enjoyed excavation experience at Greek & Roman sites. Participants meet at 1:15 pm at MFA, 465 Huntington Ave. entrance, inside admission-badge booth. By "T": Green Line, "E" train, "Museum" stop. MIT students-free entry w/ MIT ID. Adult admission-$15.00. Snow date: Wed., 26 Jan. 1:30-3:00 pm.
Tue Jan 25, 01:30-03:00pm, Museum of Fine Arts
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Old Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking
Anne McCants, William Broadhead, Steven Ostrow, Charles Wilkins
Sun Jan 16, 03-07:30pm, Next Hse-Cntry Kitch
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 07-Jan-2005
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Stomach and sense of humor
Interested in gnawing on greasy lamb shanks? Perhaps you prefer vetches, oats and spelt-cakes? How about fermented fish sauce? Come join us for an afternoon of good old--and we mean REALLY old--fashioned ancient & medieval cookery. We will prepare, cook, and eat medieval foods from both sides of the Mediterranean Sea. Preparations will involve the use of authentic period recipe-books. You are invited to join us for this afternoon of fun and feasting. You may come as late as 5 PM, but as early as 3 PM, if you want to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. For those with more academic interests we will have sources availabe for your reading pleasure--or horror. Location:Next House, Country Kitchen
Contact: Anne McCants, E51-175, x8-6669, amccants@mit.edu
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Religious Experience in Contemporary Latin America
Jeff Ravel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
While Latin America inherited a Catholic religious legacy from its colonial past, the region today is home to a number of faiths and spiritual practices. In a series of films to be shown during three consecutive weeks of IAP, we will learn about Christianity, Judaism, and religious practices such as Umbanda and Candomble that synthesize African and indigenous faiths with Christianity.
Contact: Jeff Ravel, E51-285, x3-4451, ravel@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Western Hemisphere Project
Christianity: Persistence and Challenge
Jeff Ravel
At the Crossroads: Faith in Cuba. This documentary explores religious and political
belief in Cuba four decades after the 1959 Revolution. (52 minutes)
Televangelism in Brazil. This program examines the TV ratings war between the Pentecostals and the Catholics. (41 minutes)
Tue Jan 4, 07-10:00pm, 56-169
Judaism : Hidden Faith and Resurgence
Jeff Ravel
Eight Candles. Of Mexico’s 90 million people, only 40,000 are Jewish. In the
vibrant community in Veracruz, the majority of the families are converts. (70 minutes)
Havana Nagila: Jews in Cuba. An investigation of the Jewish experience in Cuba, this documentary offers a unique window on Cuba as an evolving nation and culture. (60 minutes)
Tue Jan 11, 07-10:00pm, 56-169
Syncretistic Religions in Brazil
Jeff Ravel
Hail Umbanda. Umbanda, the Brazilian animistic religion , is a syncretism of Christianity, with African and indigenous religions. (46 minutes)
Odō Yį! Life With AIDS. This is the affirming story of how Candomble, a Brazilian religion of African origin, has become a source of strength and power for a group of AIDS sufferers. (58 minutes)
Tue Jan 18, 07-10:00pm, 56-169
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Selections from Middle Eastern Cinema
Charles Wilkins
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
This film series presents three dark comedies from Turkish, Kurdish-Iranian, and Palestinian perspectives. These films depict the human dramas played out along national borders and suggest the contested nature of national identities. Screenings will be followed by discussion led by member of the History Faculty.
Contact: Charles Wilkins, E51-293, 253-4456, cwilkins@mit.edu
Propaganda
Charles Wilkins
Satirizing Turkish state borderland policies in the 1940s, Propaganda (2000) offers commentary on identity politics in present-day Turkey.
Mon Jan 17, 07-10:00pm, Room 2-131
Marooned in Iraq
Charles Wilkins
Directed by an Iranian of Kurdish ethnicity, Marooned in Iraq (2002) follows the adventures of a musical Kurdish family during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).
Tue Jan 18, 07-10:00pm, Room 2-131
Divine Intervention
Charles Wilkins
Divine Intervention (2002) is a Palestinian-directed absurdist comedy on the everyday lives of Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank in the post-Oslo Accords era.
Wed Jan 19, 07-10:00pm, Room 2-131
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