History 392AH - S-AncientHeritage/ModernRacism

This course explores the history of the Ancient Mediterranean and its multiple influences on the modern world and contemporary contexts. The course asks how we can reimagine the scholarly study of Greece and Rome to engage with contemporary experiences and social transformation in today?s globally interconnected world. Together, we will trace the development of ancient ideas of race and ethnicity, slavery and freedom, gender and sexuality, belonging and hope, fear and oppression, and warfare and peacemaking, encountering others and othering. We will also consider the ways in which ancient ideas have influenced early modern, modern, and contemporary expressions of oppression and resistance and justice and liberation in social movements, art, theater, media, literature, politics, and scholarship.