The intersection of history-writing, cinema and fiction will be our focus as we engage with the greatest Greek historians—Herodotus, Thucydides,…
All roads lead to Rome! But what was Rome really like? This class is an introduction to the history, art,…
What does large-scale culture change look like? What does it feel like? What do individuals and communities experience as world-views…
Taking a participatory approach to ancient Greek drama, this course pairs readings from three Athenian playwrights (Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes)…
What is the connection between oratory and democracy? What makes a speech powerful – and dangerous? Can you learn to…
The course will involve a close reading of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid, and as a transition from…
In this course, we will study the great tragic heroines of ancient Greek drama, focusing on Clytemnestra, Medea, Alcestis, Phaedra,…
A study of Greek and Roman depictions of marginalized and peripheral peoples in both literary and visual sources, with consideration…
What is health? What does it mean to be ill? How would doctors, patients, and ordinary people who lived more…
The course is a comparative study of the archaeology of Ancient Egypt and the Bronze Age Aegean, ca. 3000-1100 B.C.,…