by Erica Venturo cover picture: Lake Nemi (Wikipedia). Pictures by Erica Venturo unless stated otherwise. Collaborators and friends shown with their permission. I often question how ‘Italian’ I am. I am a second-generation Italian Canadian. I learned the Italian language in addition to my grandparents’ Calabrese and Friuli dialects (with varying degrees of success) and … Continue reading Invisible Lines: Doing Archaeological Fieldwork in One’s Ancestral Home Country
Dacia Matters: Roman History through the Eyes of a Romanian
by Paul Ionescu cover picture: Glacial lakes in the Retezat Mountains How does one do Classics as a Romanian? What does Classics mean to a Romanian? To most Romanians Classics is our ethno genesis, our beginning as a people from the fusion of native Daco-Getic 'barbarian' culture, which itself included heavy Celtic, Sarmatian, and Thracian … Continue reading Dacia Matters: Roman History through the Eyes of a Romanian
Doing Classics on Indigenous Land
by Katherine Blouin cover picture: Bust of Alexander of Macedon, Toronto's Greektown (credit. K.Blouin) Disclaimer What I share in this paper is the result of my own journey of (un)learning about Indigeneities and the Classics. I have hugely benefited from the work and teachings of many colleagues and knowledge keepers, whose names are on the … Continue reading Doing Classics on Indigenous Land
When Greece is not Ancient: Colonialism, Eurocentrism and Classics
by Katerina Apokatanidis cover picture: Temple of Dionysos, Yria, Naxos, Wikipedia As any survivor of an ancient 'civilization' knows, colonialist views on the meaning and interpretation of that 'civilization' are still very much alive. European and settler colonies-based scholars (termed Western throughout this post) in the Humanities have often ignored the continuity of a cultural … Continue reading When Greece is not Ancient: Colonialism, Eurocentrism and Classics
Queer Feminist Organizing in Ghana and Beyond: A Special Panel
Join us on zoom on April 6th 2021 for a special panel on queer feminist organizing in Ghana and beyond. This event was put together by Dr Wunpini Mohammed and Dr Girish Daswani and will feature Nana Yaa Agyepong, Fatima B. Derby, El-Farouk Khaki, and Zeeyyah Mudasir. It is co-sponsored by Silent Majority Ghana, Africa Proactive, and Everyday Orientalism.




