The 2026 Res Difficiles conference took place on March 13th. 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 Elke Nash, with moderating support from Ben Davis. With thanks to the support of the UCLA Division of Humanities.

March 13th 2026. All times Pacific Standard Time. 

9.20 Introductions

9.30-10.15 Keynote: Samuel Agbamu, “The Battle for Births: Rethinking the Birth of Biopolitics” 

10.15-10.30 Q&A 

10.30-11 Rick Castle, Carissa Chappell, “Redesigning Myth: Equitable Pedagogy for a Large Lecture Course”

11-11.30 Basil-Anne Stackpole, “Framing Sexual Violence in Student Commentaries: A Case Study”

11.30-11.45 Q&A 

11.45-12.15 Sarah Cullinan Herring, “Walk like a man? Trans readings of Adonis in the contemporary college setting”

12.15-12.45 Rhiann Thomas, “Roman Destitution: Bridging the gap between textual evidence and archaeological invisibility”

12.45-1 Q&A 

1-1.30 Break

1.30-2 Manolis Pagkalos, “Across the Vast Land and Over the Sea: The Experiences of a Member of the Academici Vagantes”

2-2.30 Derek Cebrián Ocampo, “A Testimony: Don’t ignore the present while you spend your leisure in the past”

2.30-2.45 Q&A

2.45-3.15 Curtis Dozier, “‘What our ancestors cared about’: a mini-memoir of white supremacist classicism”

3.15-3.45 Grace McGowan, “Transformative Classicism: Copper Venuses and Midnight Galateas”

3.45-4 Q&A

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 #ResDiff7

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WATCH THE CONFERENCE AS A YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

Keynote: Samuel Agbamu, “The Battle for Births: Rethinking the Birth of Biopolitics” 

Basil-Anne Stackpole, “Framing Sexual Violence in Student Commentaries: A Case Study”

Rhiann Thomas, “Roman Destitution: Bridging the gap between textual evidence and archaeological invisibility”

Manolis Pagkalos, “Across the Vast Land and Over the Sea: The Experiences of a Member of the Academici Vagantes”

Derek Cebrián Ocampo, “A Testimony: Don’t ignore the present while you spend your leisure in the past”

Curtis Dozier, “‘What our ancestors cared about’: a mini-memoir of white supremacist classicism”

Grace McGowan, “Transformative Classicism: Copper Venuses and Midnight Galateas”