Invisible Lines: Doing Archaeological Fieldwork in One’s Ancestral Home Country

Invisible Lines: Doing Archaeological Fieldwork in One’s Ancestral Home Country

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

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

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

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

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.