2000 Fall Ancient Worlds
“The Darker Face of the Earth”
The Darker Face of the Earth, the first full-length play by Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove, is an Oedipal tragedy of interracial love set on a plantation in pre-Civil War […]
Read MoreThe Ancient World as a World System
Our notions of the Ancient World in the West have been dominated by the image of Greek and Roman civilizations and their foundational role in the formation of European culture […]
Read MoreAncient Religion?
Alongside assertions of their relevance to contemporary issues, religions frequently appeal to their ancient roots and traditions as a guarantee of their truth or values. What is the significance of […]
Read MorePage DuBois
Slaves were ubiquitous in ancient Greek society. Yet they are often invisible in classical studies today. How can we come to terms with this ubiquity and its erasure as we […]
Read MoreThe Classical Body Revisited
Since the European Renaissance, ideas of the classical Roman or Greek body have helped to shape modern ideals of physical form, norms for the gendered body, in short, our corporeal […]
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