You
are cordially invited to the Society’s annual Boat Race Dinner on Saturday
June 4th at The Cambridge
Boat Club, Gerry’s Landing, Cambridge,
Mass., starting at 6:15pm. View our own Oxford/Cambridge
boat race on the Charles from the balcony of the boat house during the
reception. If you are interested in rowing in our race, please contact Nick
Copley at ncopley@gmail.com. We will also show the video of the ‘official’
race which took place on the Thames in March.
Our speaker, Kathleen Coleman, (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford),
distinguished scholar, author and teacher, is the James Loeb Professor of
Classics at Harvard
University and President
of the American Philological Association.
Professor Coleman who was born and raised in Zimbabwe,
is a graduate of the University of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
and of Cape Town, and Oxford Universities.
She has taught at Cape Town University, Trinity
College, Dublin, and, since 1998, Harvard. An
internationally recognized authority on Roman literature and society, Professor
Coleman has published widely in the field of Roman spectacle and has received
many awards, most recently the 2010 Jerome Lectureship at the American Academy
in Rome where her work was characterized as “known for its exemplary integrated
use and analysis of literary, epigraphic and artistic sources on the most
compelling ancient topics imaginable.”
Her
talk this evening is appropriately titled:
“Rowed
to death: Naval battles in the Colosseum.”
Attire for gentlemen will be black tie, college blazer
or business suit. Festivities will begin at 6:15 pm and include our own boat
race on the Charles River. We remind those who
plan to come that we give a commitment to our caterers several days before the
dinner, and that after that point we are unable to refund any payment. The cost
of the dinner is $95 per person ($75 for full time students). Directions
to the Cambridge Boat Club are also on the website
Reception: 6:15pm (including our own boat race)
Dinner: 7:15pm
Location: Cambridge Boat Club
Sincerely,
David Manns
David G Manns, Trinity (Cantab.)
President of the Society
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