by Heba Abd el Gawad and Usama Ali Gad. Description: Shivaike Shah talks to Dr Heba Abd El Gawad from University College London and Dr Usama Ali Gad from Ain Shams University in Cairo about the colonisation of…
by Anastasia Bakogianni. Description: Classics Confidential’s own Anastasia is interviewed by Sonya Nevin about her work for War as Spectacle (Anastasia tells us how Greek tragedy was co-opted by film director Michael…
By Nick Barksdale (host) and Rebecca Futo Kennedy Abstract: Dr Futo Kennedy describes the 2017 controversy around the presence of non-white soldiers in Roman armies stationed in Britain which Mary Beard and other…
by Arum Park. Description: A Google search for ‘diversity and Classics’ reveals the field’s growing dedication to diversity in recent years, particularly in North America and the United Kingdom. But what do we mean…
by Mihoko Suzuki. Description: What is the appeal of Greek tragic heroines for later writers, particularly women authors? During a visit to the University of Miami CC’s Anastasia Bakogianni met up with the Director of…
By Rosemary Barrow Abstract: In this chapter, Barrow uses Poynter’s Faithful unto Death and other Victorian artistic works such as Bulwer-Lytton’s The Last Days of Pompeii to explore the way in which the golden-age…
By Miriam Kamil Abstract: Kamil explores bleeding trees as an important motif in ancient literature both in the West and the East, suggesting that ‘transcultural anxiety around the wellbeing of trees’ has racked…
By Milly Ayers Abstract: In this article, Ayers explores how she came to become the first person from a Showman’s background to study Classics at Oxford. She discusses her motivations for taking her degree and her…
by Bet Hucks. Description: Bet Hucks talks about Roman importation and love of Egyptian art and other cultural material, the importance of thinking about material remains in assemblages and considering the contexts in…
by Bink Hallum and Uwe Vagelpohl. Description: Bink Hallum and Uwe Vagelpohl discuss the formation of the Islamic civilisation through translation. Why were nearly all available Greek texts translated into Arabic? How…
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