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What is BASS?
BASS is an annual gathering of scholars from Central
Kentucky who work on ancient material (from East and/or West) that meets
at area colleges and universities on a rotating basis. Founded in 2004-05
by Rubén Dupertuis (Centre College) and Jeff Richey (Berea College),
BASS brings together classicists, historians, philosophers, religionists,
and others whose research and teaching focuses on China, Greece, Rome,
and other civilizations of Old World antiquity.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of BASS is scheduled to take place in fall 2009 at a locatio (TBA) in Lexington, KY. Building on the April 11, 2009 meeting's theme of "Eros in the Ancient World," the next meeting will be devoted to "Allegorizing Eros in the Ancient World," with texts for discussion drawn from allegorical interpretations of erotic poetry found in Christian, Confucian, Hindu, and Roman literature. Further information about this meeting will be posted online by early fall 2009.
Previous Meetings
The inaugural meeting of BASS was organized by
Rubén Dupertuis and Tom McCollough and took place on April 30, 2005,
at Centre College in Danville, KY.
The program featured two sessions: (1) a discussion of the work of G.E.R.
Lloyd's Ambitions
of Curiosity: Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China (Cambridge
University Press, 2002), followed by (2) a presentation by Rubén
Dupertuis (Centre College) on the implications of educational practices in
the late Hellenistic and Roman periods for the study of early Christian and
Jewish narratives. Photos from this meeting are available for viewing by clicking
here.
The 2006 meeting of BASS took place on April 29,
2006, at Berea
College in Berea, KY. Our guest speaker was Professor Steven
Shankman of the University of Oregon, whose book (co-edited with Stephen
W. Durrant), Early China/Ancient
Greece: Thinking Through Comparisons (SUNY Press, 2002), formed the
basis for our discussions.
The 2007 meeting of BASS took place on April 21,
2007, at Transylvania University in Lexington,
KY. The texts for this year’s discussion were Lucretius' On the Nature of Things and the Zhuangzi.
In 2008, BASS met twice. The first 2008 meeting of BASS took place
on April 12, 2008, at the University of
Kentucky in Lexington, KY. The texts for this discussion were
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the Mencius. The second 2008 meeting
of BASS took place on September 13, 2008, at Georgetown College in Georgetown,
KY. The texts for this discussion were Plotinus' Enneads
(trans. O'Brien) and the Upanishads (trans.
Olivelle).
The 2009 meeting of BASS took place on April 11, 2009 at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. The theme for this year’s discussion was "Eros in the Ancient World," with texts for discussion drawn from classical Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, and Sanskrit poetry.
Suggested Links
ABZU: Guide to Information on the Study
of the Ancient Near East
Archive of Indological Resources Online
Diotima: Materials for
the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Early China
Roundtable
Exploring Ancient World
Cultures
Internet Ancient
History Sourcebook
Internet Classics Archive
Internet
East Asian History Sourcebook
Internet
Indian History Sourcebook
Silk Road Seattle
Sino-Platonic
Papers
Society for
Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Society
for Intercultural Comparative Studies
Society for
the Study of Early China
Southeastern
Early China Roundtable
Stanford
Ancient Chinese and Mediterranean Empires Comparative History Project
Warring States
Project
Site Information
This site was originally developed
by Rubén Dupertuis (Centre College). It has been maintained
by Jeff Richey (Berea
College) since January 25, 2006.
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