By Edith Hall Prof. Edith Hall gives the Wilde Lecture at the Manchester Lit. and Phil. Society on 4 November 2013 to speak on the question ‘Is the Study of Greek and Roman Classics Elitist?’ By breaking down Thomas…
By Yung In Chae Abstract: Yung In Chae discusses epistemic injustice in Classics by speaking with various classicists of colour about their experiences in the discipline and whether they have been made to feel like…
By Rebecca Futo Kennedy Abstract: Drawing on evidence and analyses from Greco-Roman literature and other Classics scholars, Kennedy asks whether race and ethnicity existed within antiquity and proposes options for how…
Edited by Edith Hall and Henry Stead This online archive details working class scholars and their “encounters” with Greco-Roman antiquity. These sources provide an introduction to the many lost and excluded voices of…
By Sarah E. Bond Abstract: The equation of white marble with beauty is not an inherent truth of the universe; it’s a dangerous construct that continues to influence white supremacist ideas today. Drawing on various…
By Page duBois Abstract: To know all we know about Sappho is to know little. Her poetry, dating from the seventh century B.C.E., comes to us in fragments, her biography as speculation. How is it then, Page duBois asks,…