Pro Publica: A Public Classics Workshop Northwestern University, October 18-19, 2019 How can we better speak and write about the…
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…
My Statement on the ‘Future of Classics’ Panel and the Aftermath
This morning, the SCS released a statement over confusion about whether I have been formally censured by the society. I…
Reacting to the Racist Events At the SCS-AIA Annual Meeting in San Diego: A Roundup
[This post was originally published on the SCS Blog] It has now been a month since the SCS-AIA annual meeting…
Deus Ex Machina: Depicting Cranes and Pulleys in the Ancient World
Within ancient theater, the phrase ‘deus ex machina‘ actually referred to a crane called a μηχανή (the Greek term from…
Building the Iron Gates of Alexander: The Migrant Caravan & Geographies of Fear
Thousands of refugees are currently standing at the US-Mexico border. In their 2,500 mile journey from Central America, these women,…
Book Review: Not All Dead White Men
Over on Ancient Jew Review, I have a review of Donna Zuckerberg’s new book, Not All Dead White Men. The review was certainly…
Taking a Sapphic Stanza: Papyri, Digital Humanities, and Reclaiming the Work of Ancient Women
This semester, I am teaching our department’s Archaic to Classical Greek Survey. I specialize in late antique Roman history and…
Signs of the Times: Ancient Symbols Reused by Hate Groups
For the past year and half, I have written extensively about the appropriation of ancient symbols, texts, and material culture…
Redesigning WOAH: Women of Ancient History
For a long time now, I have been interested in the ways in which digital humanities projects can be used…
