The 2025 Res Difficiles conference took place on March 21st. Watch the recorded videos below.

Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. Co-organized by Hannah Čulík-Baird and Joseph Romero, with moderating support from Nicolette D’Angelo. With thanks to the support of the UCLA Division of Humanities.

March 21st 2025. All times Pacific Standard Time. 

9.20 Introductions.

9.30-10 Holly Ranger, “The Wounded Attachments of Feminist Classical Receptions”

10-10.30 Sally Mubarak, “‘Whitewashing’ the Samnites: Roman Imperialism and the Modern Legacy of Empire”

10.30-10.45 Q&A

10.45-11.15 Kyle Lewis Jordan, “All Our Yesterdays: Why Classics / Ancient World Studies needs a Disability Paradigm”

11.15-11.45 Sydney Hertz, “A Plea for Performativity: a Study on ‘Grotesque’ Hellenistic Sculpture and Disabled Performance” 

11.45-12 Q&A

12-12.30 BREAK

12.30-1 Jessica Cruz-Taylor and Tara Wells, “Breaking the Barriers: How PhD Program Structures Perpetuate Systemic Racism & Ableism”

1-1.30 Maya Chakravorty and Caitlin Mostoway Parker, “Then and Now: Pedagogies of Ancient and Modern Indigeneity in Classics”

1.30-1.45 Q&A

1.45-3 Keynote: Sarah Derbew, “Africa in the (Classics) Classroom” 

All times are US Pacific. The event will be live-streamed via Zoom and use automated Zoom captioning. Participants/viewers may live-post the event on Bluesky via the hashtag #ResDiff6

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WATCH THE CONFERENCE AS A YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

Holly Ranger, “The Wounded Attachments of Feminist Classical Receptions”

Sally Mubarak, “‘Whitewashing’ the Samnites: Roman Imperialism and the Modern Legacy of Empire”

Kyle Lewis Jordan, “All Our Yesterdays: Why Classics / Ancient World Studies needs a Disability Paradigm”

Sydney Hertz, “A Plea for Performativity: a Study on ‘Grotesque’ Hellenistic Sculpture and Disabled Performance” 

Maya Chakravorty and Caitlin Mostoway Parker, “Then and Now: Pedagogies of Ancient and Modern Indigeneity in Classics”

Keynote: Sarah Derbew, “Africa in the (Classics) Classroom”