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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

What Are the Best Classics Books for Children?

Finishing my third trimester in the midst of a pandemic was not what I had planned for the last months … More

classics, pandemic, pregnancy, reading

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

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 … More

AIA, annual meeting, classics, racism in academia, scs, state of the field

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 … More

Ancient Jew Review, Book Review, classics, Donna Zuckerberg, misogyny, Red Pill Communities

The Gospel of Unicode: Digital Love Letter(s) and Art Through Numbers

Over at Hyperallergic this week, I discuss the proposed release of over 2,000 Hieroglyphs into Unicode by 2020 or 2021.  … More

classics, computer history, DH, digital humanities, digital preservation, encoding, hieroglyphics, hyperallergic, manuscripts, TEI, text

Replacing the Squeeze? Teaching Classical Epigraphy With 3D Models

This semester, I am incorporating more epigraphy into my undergraduate and graduate level courses. The University of Iowa has a … More

3D, ancient history, classics, DH, digital humanities, digital models, epigraphy, Late Antiquity, open access, pedagogy, sketchfab

Yes, Women Do Study Military History

In an important article over at Eidolon, Nadejda Williams discusses the visibility of female military historians within the field of ancient history. Prof. Williams … More

academia, ancient history, classics, eidolon, feminism, inclusion, manel, mentorship, military history, women

Eating Nocturnal Fruits: A Round-Up Of My Favorite Ancient and Medieval Posts of 2017

One of my favorite reflections on the act of writing was written by a late Roman historian, poet, and rhetorician … More

academic writing, ancient history, blogs, classics, history, Judaism, late antique, medieval, roman, round-up

The Argument Made By The Absence: On Whiteness, Polychromy, And Diversity In Classics

It has been a few days since I published a piece on my Forbes blog regarding the perception of whiteness … More

ancient history, art history, classics, color, Greek, polychromy, racism, roman, whiteness

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