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Podcast #12: Thrown Together: Potters, Painters, and Ceramic Production with Sanchita Balachandran

Originally posted on Peopling the Past:
Sanchita Balachandran On episode 12 of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we are joined by Sanchita…

ceramics, museums, potters, trade

The Use and Abuse of History: A Syllabus

What follows is my syllabus for an undergraduate history majors course on the use and abuse of history. It is … More

archaeology, classics, Fascism, Hitler, medieval history, Mussolini, pedagogy, public history, Use and Abuse of History

The Story of the Black King Among The Magi

The Christian liturgical calendar reserves January 6 as Epiphany––the day when the Magi allegedly visited Jesus as recounted in the … More

citation, hyperallergic, Late Antiquity, magi, Nyasha Junior

“A Global Antiquity”: The Association of Ancient Historians Meeting 2020

After many months of preparation, we have released the CFP for the AAH 2020 meeting in Iowa City, which will … More

In Libris Libertas: Open Access Monographs in Classics, Ancient History, Art History, and Archaeology

It is syllabus time for many once again. If you are like me, you want to save your students from … More

digital humanities, free stuff, hathitrust, open access, pedagogy, syllabus, textbooks

Consider the Anus Radish: Etymologies, Adultery, and the Defense of the Microhistory

Isidore was a learned scholar and the Bishop of the Spanish city of Seville from 600-636 CE. Thousands of manuscripts … More

Through the Eyes of Ruby: Discovering Color and Trade in ‘The World Between Empires’

Last week, Candida Moss and I were lucky enough to catch the tail end of The World between Empires: Art … More

ancient roman, color, Dura-Europos, Judaea, metropolitan museum of art, Nabataeans, pigment, polychromy

The Jewish Colosseum: Revising the Memory of Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater

Originally known as the Flavian Amphitheater, the Roman Colosseum is oftentimes directly associated with the death of Christians; however, as … More

ancient history, colosseum, digital humanities, Early Christianity, gladiators, Judaism, martyrdom, rome

Pro Publica: A Public Classics Workshop

Pro Publica: A Public Classics Workshop Northwestern University, October 18-19, 2019 How can we better speak and write about the … More

ancient mediterranean, CFP, classics, northwestern, public history, public humanities, scs

The Art of the Logographer: Ghostwriting from Antiquity to Trump

Many incorrectly imagine that the life of a Classicist involves a blind obsession with the particulars of the ancient Greek … More

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