There's really no way to avoid difficult topics from rape to incest to infanticide to genocide to suicide in the Classics classroom. These are central to the material we read and study. In my opinion, it is unethical to pretend they aren't there. So the question is: how do we address them responsibly? By "responsibly"… Continue reading Difficult Topics
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Teaching Roman Africa
From Dido to Elissa
To say that North Africa was integral to the history of Rome is hardly controversial. Much of what has been said about ancient North Africa itself, however, is another story. Overt or implicit colonialist attitudes permeate the Latin and subsequent European literature. In turn, decolonization often informs how Rome is remembered in North Africa, if… Continue reading From Dido to Elissa